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The '''Purple Lotus''' is a seedy winesink by [[Meereen]]’s spice market.  The clandestine meeting between the [[Tattered Prince]] and [[Quentyn Martell]] takes place here, in the undercellar.
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The '''Purple Lotus''' is a seedy [[winesink]] by [[Meereen]]’s spice market. It is run by [[Zahrina]].{{ref|ADWD|60}}
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==Layout==
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From the outside the Purple Lotus is a low brick hovel squatting amidst a row of similar hovels in the shadow of the great yellow-and-green pyramid of [[House of Rhazdar|Rhazdar]]. A purple lotus is painted on its weathered wooden door.{{ref|ADWD|60}}
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Within, the Purple Lotus is actually a large space consisting of one long hall stretching left and right past adjoining hovels. At the far end of the room is a [[fighting pit]] in which naked [[pit fighters]] duel with knives while watchers cheer them on.{{ref|ADWD|60}}
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The undercellar of the Purple Lotus is a brick vault located below a flight of steep and twisting wooden steps. Wooden [[wine]] vats line the vaults of the cellar, which is three times as large as the winesink above. An overturned barrel can serve as a table. The vault is lit by a red lantern and a black candle.{{ref|ADWD|60}}
  
From the outside the Purple Lotus is a low brick hovel squatting amidst a row of similar hovels in the shadow of the great yellow-and-green pyramid of Rhazdar. There is no Westerosi style sign outside the establishment. Instead there is a mark - a purple lotus - painted on the weathered wooden door.
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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The clandestine meeting between the [[Tattered Prince]] and [[Quentyn Martell]] takes place at the Purple Lotus, with Quentyn providing the password "freedom" in order to gain admittance to the winesink. [[Zahrina]] has them descend to the undercellar. Quentyn is accompanied by Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]] and Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], while the Tattered Prince is joined by [[Caggo]], [[Meris]], and [[Denzo D'han]]. After apologizing for having previously misled the [[Windblown]], Quentyn asks the captain for aid in stealing one of the [[dragon]]s of [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{Ref|aDwD|60}}
  
To enter a patron has to knock twice and provide the password, in [[Quentyn Martell]]’s case it is ''freedom''.
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|Within, the air was hazy with bluish smoke, whose sweet smell could not quite cover up the deeper stinks of piss and sour wine and rotting meat.{{ref|ADWD|60}}|thoughts of [[Quentyn Martell]]}}
  
Within the Purple Lotus the air is hazy with bluish smoke - whose sweet smell cannot quite cover up the deeper stinks of piss and sour wine and rotting meat.
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{{quote|Will you drink? [[Zahrina]] offers food as well. Her bread is stale and her stew is unspeakable. Grease and salt, with a morsel or two of meat. Dog, she says, but I think rat is more likely. It will not kill you, though. I have found that it is only when the food is tempting that one must beware. [[Poison]]ers invariably choose the choicest dishes.{{ref|ADWD|60}}|the [[Tattered Prince]] to [[Quentyn Martell]]}}
  
The space is much larger than it seems from without, stretching off to right and left into adjoining hovels.  What appears to be a dozen structures from the street turns into one long hall inside.  There is a pit at the far end of the room where pairs of naked men slash at each other with knives while watchers cheer them on.
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==References==
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A shriveled old woman named Zahrina, who wears a dark red [[tokar]] fringed with tiny golden skulls, is the owner (or proprietor).  Her skin is as white are mare’s milk and her hair so thin that her scalp can be seen beneath it.  Zahrina offers patrons food, but according to the [[Tattered Prince]] the bread is stale and her stew is unspeakable, grease and salt with a morsel or two of meat, supposedly dog but it is more likely rat, it will not kill you though.
 
==The undercellar==
 
After [[Quentyn Martell]] and his two companions entered the Purple Lotus a door he had not seen before swung open and Zahrina appeared.  She gestured them beyond the door to a flight of steps, steep and twisting.  It is a long way down and so dark that Quentyn has to feel his way. 
 
  
Once at the bottom Quentyn and his two companions emerged in a brick vault, thrice the size of the winesink above.  Huge wooden vats line the walls as far as the eye can see.  A red lantern hangs on a hook just inside the door, and a greasy black candle flickers on an overturned barrel serving as a table.  That is the only light. 
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[[Caggo]] Corpsekiller is pacing by the wine vats, Pretty [[Meris]] stands cradling a crossbow and [[Denzo D'han]] bars the door once the Dornishmen are inside and takes up a position in front of it.  The [[Tattered Prince]] is seated at the table nursing a cup of wine, there is a bench across from him.
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Revision as of 15:09, 20 February 2020

The Purple Lotus is a seedy winesink by Meereen’s spice market. It is run by Zahrina.[1]

Layout

From the outside the Purple Lotus is a low brick hovel squatting amidst a row of similar hovels in the shadow of the great yellow-and-green pyramid of Rhazdar. A purple lotus is painted on its weathered wooden door.[1]

Within, the Purple Lotus is actually a large space consisting of one long hall stretching left and right past adjoining hovels. At the far end of the room is a fighting pit in which naked pit fighters duel with knives while watchers cheer them on.[1]

The undercellar of the Purple Lotus is a brick vault located below a flight of steep and twisting wooden steps. Wooden wine vats line the vaults of the cellar, which is three times as large as the winesink above. An overturned barrel can serve as a table. The vault is lit by a red lantern and a black candle.[1]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The clandestine meeting between the Tattered Prince and Quentyn Martell takes place at the Purple Lotus, with Quentyn providing the password "freedom" in order to gain admittance to the winesink. Zahrina has them descend to the undercellar. Quentyn is accompanied by Ser Gerris Drinkwater and Ser Archibald Yronwood, while the Tattered Prince is joined by Caggo, Meris, and Denzo D'han. After apologizing for having previously misled the Windblown, Quentyn asks the captain for aid in stealing one of the dragons of Daenerys Targaryen.[1]

Quotes

Within, the air was hazy with bluish smoke, whose sweet smell could not quite cover up the deeper stinks of piss and sour wine and rotting meat.[1]

—thoughts of Quentyn Martell

Will you drink? Zahrina offers food as well. Her bread is stale and her stew is unspeakable. Grease and salt, with a morsel or two of meat. Dog, she says, but I think rat is more likely. It will not kill you, though. I have found that it is only when the food is tempting that one must beware. Poisoners invariably choose the choicest dishes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 60, The Spurned Suitor.