Alchemist

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The Alchemist
Alias Pate
Allegiance Faceless Men
Book A Feast for Crows (appears)

The Alchemist is a man encountered by Pate in Oldtown.

Appearance

The Alchemist has a hooked nose and thick, black, curly hair, with a slight scar on his right cheek.[1] This is an identical description to that of the identity assumed by the Faceless Man assassin known to Arya Stark as Jaqen H'ghar.[2]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The Alchemist meets Pate outside the Quill and Tankard pub where Pate has spent the evening with some of his friends. Pate has stolen the personal key of the senile Archmaester Walgrave as part of an arrangement between the two that had been agreed upon three days prior. This key is supposed to be capable of opening any door in the Citadel.[1]

In return for the key, The Alchemist has promised Pate a gold dragon, with which Pate intends to purchase the maidenhood of his beloved Rosey. The indirect "transformation" of iron (the key) into gold (the coin) is the source of The Alchemist's name.[1]

Pate asks the Alchemist to reveal his face to him, which he does. They complete their transaction, during which Pate admits to being a thief. Immediately after, Pate falls to the ground and dies.[1]

When Sam Tarly meets Archmaester Marwyn 'the Mage' a youth is present who calls himself Pate and has the same features as the person who died previously.[3]

After Marwyn has gone, Pate tells Sam that there’s an empty sleeping cell under his own in the west tower, with steps that lead right up to Archmaester Walgrave’s chambers. He adds that the ravens quork but there is a good view of the Honeywine. Sam agrees to sleep there. Pate tells him he will bring Sam some woolen coverlets since the stone walls turn cold at night. Sam thanks him, but thinks to himself that there is something about the pale, soft youth that he mislikes, but he does not want to seem discourteous so he tells him his name, in return the youth tells him his name, which is Pate, "like the pig boy" he adds.[3]

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