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While staying at [[Illyrio's manse]] in [[Pentos]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] goes for a walk in the gardens and notices a [[poison]]ous variety of [[Mushroom (fungi)|mushrooms]] growing in a cracked paving tile. He takes seven of them and stuffs them carefully in his boot. {{Ref|aDwD|1}}
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'''Tyrion's mushrooms''' are a [[poison]]ous variety of [[Mushroom (fungi)|mushroom]], found by [[Tyrion Lannister]] in the garden of the [[Illyrio's manse|manse]] of [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]] in [[Pentos]]. The mushrooms grow from a cracked paving tile. They are pale white, with speckles, and red-ribbed undersides dark as blood.{{Ref|ADWD|1}}
  
==The seven mushrooms==
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==Recent Events==
Tyrion sits on a stone bench drinking a flagon strongwine. He drops the flagon when it is empty and it rolls across the yard. As he goes to fetch it he notices some mushrooms growing up from a cracked paving tile.
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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While staying at the manse of Illyrio Mopatis in Pentos, a drunk Tyrion Lannister discovers seven poisonous mushrooms growing in the garden. Thinking they might be a message from [[The Faith of the Seven|the gods]], he picks them, wraps them in a glove, and stuffs them in his pocket. Later at dinner, Tyrion is skeptical when black mushrooms are prepared by Illyrio's cook, but after a conversation about poison, the magister assures him these mushrooms are not poisonous, and eats several.{{Ref|aDwD|1}}
  
The mushrooms are pale white, with speckles and red-ribbed undersides dark as blood. He snaps one off and sniffs it and thinks to himself ''delicious''…and ''deadly''.  
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At some point, Tyrion stores the mushrooms in the toe of his boot. While heading down the [[Rhoyne]] on the ''[[Shy Maid]]'', an angry Tyrion is tempted to slip the mushrooms into [[Griff]]'s supper.{{ref|ADWD|18}} After being kidnapped by Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], Tyrion thinks he could eat the mushrooms and thereby avoid being taken alive to his sister, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aDwD|27}} Tyrion is later sold to [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]] on the auction block outside [[Meereen]]. Having no faith that [[Daenerys Targaryen]] could rescue him, he considers using the mushrooms on [[Penny]] and himself.{{Ref|ADWD|47}}
  
There are seven mushrooms. Tyrion wonders if the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] are trying to tell him something. He picks them all, snatches a glove from down the washerwoman’s line and wraps them carefully, and stuffs them down his pocket. The effort makes him dizzy, so afterward he crawls back to the bench, curls up, and shuts his eyes. While it is not mentioned if Illyrio knows that Tyrion picked mushrooms, it is quite likely that he does.
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When Yezzan's hated overseer, [[Nurse]], contracts the [[pale mare]], Tyrion attends him, as the other slaves refuse to go near him. Nurse succumbs to the disease, but Tyrion is implied to have hastened his end by poisoning him. Tyrion serves him soup with slivers of mushroom in the broth, telling him "A [[House Lannister|Lannister]] always pays his debts."{{Ref|aDwD|57}} It is unknown whether Tyrion still has any more mushrooms.
  
==Tyrion’s travels==
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==Quotes==
While heading down the [[Rhoyne]] on the [[Shy Maid]], Tyrion is in a bad mood and thinks to himself that he still has the mushrooms he had plucked from the ground of Illyrio's manse, and there are days when he is sorely tempted to slip them into [[Griff]]’s supper. The trouble is that Griff scarcely seems to eat.
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{{quote|Delicious, and deadly.{{ref|ADWD|1}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
  
After being kidnapped and being held captive by Ser [[Jorah]] in [[Volantis]], Tyrion’s thoughts again go to his boot, to the mushrooms in the toe. His captor had not searched him quite as thoroughly as he might have. At the time Tyrion is under the (wrong) impression that Ser Jorah means to deliver him to his [[Cersei Lannister|sister]]. Thinking of the mushrooms he says to himself,
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{{quote|The pain is not so much, I am told. Some cramping in the gut, a sudden ache behind the eyes, and it is done. Better a mushroom than a [[sword]] through your neck, is it not so? Why die with the taste of blood in your mouth when it could be butter and garlic?{{ref|ADWD|1}}|[[Illyrio Mopatis]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
{{Quote|There will always be that escape. [[Cersei]] will not have me alive, at least. {{Ref|aDwD|27}}}}
 
Much later, after being sold on the auction block in [[Meereen]], he and [[Penny]] (and [[Jorah]]) are on their way to their new master [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]. Tyrion has heard about [[Daenerys Targaryen]], but he thinks to himself that he has no faith in royal rescues. He contemplates,
 
{{Quote|If need be, he would see to their deliverance himself. The mushrooms jammed into the toe of his boot should be sufficient for both him and [[Penny]]. [[Crunch]] and [[Pretty Pig]] would need to fend for themselves.}}
 
  
Later, when [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]'s hated overseer [[Nurse]] contracts the [[pale mare]], none of the other [[Slavery|slaves]] will go near him, so [[Tyrion]] attends to him. Nurse succumbs to the disease; however, Tyrion is implied to have hastened his end and be the ultimate cause of Nurse's death via poisoning. When Nurse falls ill Tyrion serves him a nice hot dogtail soup ''“with slivers of mushroom in the broth,"'' {{Ref|aDwD|57}} implying that the mushrooms used in the soup are the same poisonous ones that Tyrion took from [[Illyrio Mopatis]]’s mance. As he is feeding Nurse, Tyrion says to himself, ''drink it down Nursey, that shitwater squirting from your arse needs to be replaced''.
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==References==
 
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{{References}}
The last word spoken by Nurse is "No," while Tyrion's last words to Nurse are, 
 
{{Quote|A [[Lannister]] always pays his debts.{{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
 
As Tyrion only used a small amount of mushroom, he more than likely has plenty left. Presumably they are still in his boot when he signs up with the [[Second Sons]].
 
  
==Recent Events==
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[[Category:House Lannister]]
===A Dance With Dragons===
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[[Category:Plants]]
Tyrion discovers poisonous mushrooms growing in [[Illyrio]]’s garden. He picks them and stores them in his boot. {{Ref|aDwD|1}} He has them in his boot throughout his travels in [[Essos]]. In [[Meereen]] he serves his overseer [[Nurse]] dogtail soup with slivers of his mushrooms. 
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[[Category:Poisons]]
  
==References and Notes==
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[[pt:Cogumelos de Tyrion]]
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[[Category:Poisons]]
 

Latest revision as of 11:18, 25 June 2023

Tyrion's mushrooms are a poisonous variety of mushroom, found by Tyrion Lannister in the garden of the manse of Magister Illyrio Mopatis in Pentos. The mushrooms grow from a cracked paving tile. They are pale white, with speckles, and red-ribbed undersides dark as blood.[1]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

While staying at the manse of Illyrio Mopatis in Pentos, a drunk Tyrion Lannister discovers seven poisonous mushrooms growing in the garden. Thinking they might be a message from the gods, he picks them, wraps them in a glove, and stuffs them in his pocket. Later at dinner, Tyrion is skeptical when black mushrooms are prepared by Illyrio's cook, but after a conversation about poison, the magister assures him these mushrooms are not poisonous, and eats several.[1]

At some point, Tyrion stores the mushrooms in the toe of his boot. While heading down the Rhoyne on the Shy Maid, an angry Tyrion is tempted to slip the mushrooms into Griff's supper.[2] After being kidnapped by Ser Jorah Mormont, Tyrion thinks he could eat the mushrooms and thereby avoid being taken alive to his sister, Queen Cersei Lannister.[3] Tyrion is later sold to Yezzan zo Qaggaz on the auction block outside Meereen. Having no faith that Daenerys Targaryen could rescue him, he considers using the mushrooms on Penny and himself.[4]

When Yezzan's hated overseer, Nurse, contracts the pale mare, Tyrion attends him, as the other slaves refuse to go near him. Nurse succumbs to the disease, but Tyrion is implied to have hastened his end by poisoning him. Tyrion serves him soup with slivers of mushroom in the broth, telling him "A Lannister always pays his debts."[5] It is unknown whether Tyrion still has any more mushrooms.

Quotes

Delicious, and deadly.[1]

—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

The pain is not so much, I am told. Some cramping in the gut, a sudden ache behind the eyes, and it is done. Better a mushroom than a sword through your neck, is it not so? Why die with the taste of blood in your mouth when it could be butter and garlic?[1]

References