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The '''Old Mint''' is located within the city walls of [[White Harbor]] at [[Fishfoot Yard]]. It has huge oak and iron doors, which up until quite recently, have always been closed.{{Ref|aDwD|15}}   
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The '''Old Mint''' is located at [[Fishfoot Yard]] within the city walls of [[White Harbor]]. It has huge [[oak]] and [[iron]] doors.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}   
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
While at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] meets with [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]]. He proposes to mint coins for King [[Robb Stark]] at White Harbor.{{ref|ACOK|16}}
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While at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] meets with [[Bran Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], and Maester [[Luwin]]. Having held back [[silver]] from [[King's Landing]], Wyman proposes to mint [[Currency|coinage]] at White Harbor for [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While in [[Fishfoot Yard]] [[Davos Seaworth]] notices that the Old Mint is open. Davos glimpses hundreds of women and children and old men living inside, huddled on the floor on piles of furs.  Some have little cookfires going. Most are [[smallfolk]] from up the [[White Knife]], while others are from [[Hornwood]]. With the [[Ramsay Snow|Bastard of Bolton]] running loose they have sought sanctuary inside White Harbor city's walls.  
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While in [[White Harbor]], [[Davos Seaworth]] notices that the Old Mint's doors are open, while they had always been closed during his previous visits to [[Fishfoot Yard]]. Davos glimpses hundreds of women, children, and old men huddled on its floor on piles of furs with small cookfires. An apple seller tells Davos that most of them are [[smallfolk]] from the [[White Knife]] or the [[Hornwood (forest)|Hornwood]] who have sought sanctuary in the city from [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
  
What Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] means to do with them no one knows. They survive by begging and stealing. Many young girls have become prostitutes, while any boy that stands five feet tall can find a place in Lord Manderly's barracks, as long as he can hold a spear.{{Ref|aDwD|15}}
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==References==
 
 
When he hears that the people staying in the Old Mint have come for sanctuary Davos despairs, thinking:
 
{{Quote|They came here for refuge, to a city untouched by the fighting, and here I turn up to drag them back into the war. {{Ref|aDwD|15}}}}
 
 
 
==References and Notes==
 
 
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[[Category:Buildings]]
 
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[[Category:White Harbor]]
 
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[[fr:Vieil Hôtel des Monnaies]]

Latest revision as of 23:36, 9 May 2021

The Old Mint is located at Fishfoot Yard within the city walls of White Harbor. It has huge oak and iron doors.[1]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While at Winterfell for the harvest feast, Lord Wyman Manderly meets with Bran Stark, Ser Rodrik Cassel, and Maester Luwin. Having held back silver from King's Landing, Wyman proposes to mint coinage at White Harbor for Robb Stark, King in the North.[2]

A Dance with Dragons

While in White Harbor, Davos Seaworth notices that the Old Mint's doors are open, while they had always been closed during his previous visits to Fishfoot Yard. Davos glimpses hundreds of women, children, and old men huddled on its floor on piles of furs with small cookfires. An apple seller tells Davos that most of them are smallfolk from the White Knife or the Hornwood who have sought sanctuary in the city from Ramsay Bolton.[1]

References