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[[File:Chatayas.jpg|350px|thumb|right|© Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
[[File:Chatayas.jpg|350px|thumb|right|© Fantasy Flight Games]]
'''Chataya's brothel''' is an upscale brothel located behind [[Rhaenys's hill|Rhaenys's Hill]] in [[King's Landing]].  It is owned and run by [[Chataya]].{{ref|ACOK|15}} There is a secret passageway that runs from the brothel to a nearby stable.{{ref|ACOK|15}}
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'''Chataya's brothel''' is an upscale brothel on the [[King's_Landing#Streets.2C_Squares_and_other|Street of Silk]] in [[King's Landing]].  It is owned and run by [[Chataya]].{{ref|ACOK|15}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The common room is behind an ornate [[Myr]]ish screen that has been carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens.  When looking into the common room [[Tyrion Lannister]] sees an old man playing a cheerful air on pipes.  There is a cushioned alcove and a leaded coloured glass window where sunlight pours through.
 
The common room is behind an ornate [[Myr]]ish screen that has been carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens.  When looking into the common room [[Tyrion Lannister]] sees an old man playing a cheerful air on pipes.  There is a cushioned alcove and a leaded coloured glass window where sunlight pours through.
  
==The Turret Room and Secret Passageway==
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===The Turret Room and Secret Passageway===
 
The turret room is up two flights of stairs from the ground floor, then down a long hall and up another stair to a lone door which opens to the turret room.  Within the room is a great canopied bed, a tall wardrobe decorated with erotic carvings and a narrow window of leaded glass in a pattern of red and yellow diamonds.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}   
 
The turret room is up two flights of stairs from the ground floor, then down a long hall and up another stair to a lone door which opens to the turret room.  Within the room is a great canopied bed, a tall wardrobe decorated with erotic carvings and a narrow window of leaded glass in a pattern of red and yellow diamonds.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}   
  
 
Inside the empty wardrobe there is a back panel concealing a secret passageway.  [[Chataya]] has closely guarded the knowledge of its existence.  When the back panel is pushed all the way aside it reveals a metal ladder, the rungs go well below street level, the shaft then opens onto a dark, slanting earthen tunnel.  
 
Inside the empty wardrobe there is a back panel concealing a secret passageway.  [[Chataya]] has closely guarded the knowledge of its existence.  When the back panel is pushed all the way aside it reveals a metal ladder, the rungs go well below street level, the shaft then opens onto a dark, slanting earthen tunnel.  
==The Tunnel==
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Having come perhaps a distance of three blocks under [[Rhaenys's hill|Rhaenys's Hill]] down the earthen tunnel a patron will then emerge through a trap door at the back of a nearby stable.{{Ref|aCoK|15}} 
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Having come perhaps a distance of three blocks under [[Rhaenys's hill|Rhaenys's Hill]] down the earthen tunnel a patron will then emerge through a trap door at the back of a nearby stable. The tunnel was dug for a [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]] whose honor would not allow him to enter such a house openly.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}
Tyrion uses the tunnel as an exit while pretending to be at Chataya’s when he is in fact concealing his visits to [[Shae]] - but it can also be the other way around.  The earthen tunnel was dug for [[Tywin Lannister|another]] [[King's Hand]] whose honor would not allow him to enter such a house openly.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}
 
  
 
==Chataya’s Girls==
 
==Chataya’s Girls==
 
Chataya’s girls are costly.  It is said the girls are fit for a king.  They are all as sweet as they are beautiful and skilled in every art of love.  They dress in flowing silks cinched at the waist with beaded belts.  
 
Chataya’s girls are costly.  It is said the girls are fit for a king.  They are all as sweet as they are beautiful and skilled in every art of love.  They dress in flowing silks cinched at the waist with beaded belts.  
 
*[[Alayaya]]
 
*[[Alayaya]]
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*[[Dancy]]
 
*[[Dancy]]
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*[[Marei]]
 
*[[Marei]]
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*[[Jayde]]
 
*[[Jayde]]
  
 
==Known Clients==
 
==Known Clients==
 
*King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]].
 
*King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]].
*Unnamed King’s Hand, possibly [[Tywin Lannister]]
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*Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]
 
*Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]
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*[[Bronn]]
 
*[[Bronn]]
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*[[Anguy]] the archer
 
*[[Anguy]] the archer
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*unnamed King’s Hand
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|You have a pleasant establishment.{{ref|acok|15|p 237}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]]
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{{Quote|You will find that they are all as sweet as they are beautiful, and skilled in every art of love.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}}} – [[Chataya]], on her girls
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{{Quote|[[Chataya]] runs a choice establishment, I’ve half a mind to buy it. Brothels are a much sounder investment than ships, I’ve found. Whores seldom sink, and when they are boarded by [[pirates]], why, the pirates pay good coin like everyone else.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}}} – [[Petyr Baelish]]
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{{Quote|It’s good to be a knight. No more looking for the cheaper brothels down the street. Now it’s [[Alayaya]] and [[Marei]] in the same featherbed, with Ser Bronn in the middle.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}}} – [[Bronn]]
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{{Quote|Chataya’s on the Street of Silk has several girls who might suit your needs.{{ref|aSoS|38}}}} [[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Oberyn Martell]]
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 18:33, 17 August 2014

© Fantasy Flight Games

Chataya's brothel is an upscale brothel on the Street of Silk in King's Landing. It is owned and run by Chataya.[1]

History

This brothel was one of Robert Baratheon's favorites.[1] Stannis Baratheon and Jon Arryn visited this brothel when trying to identify bastards fathered by Robert.[2]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

One of Chataya's whores has Barra, a bastard daughter of King Robert I.[3] During his search for the bastards of Robert, Lord Eddard Stark finds the child and her mother at Chataya's brothel.[3]

A Clash of Kings

Queen Cersei decides to erase any clue of her adultery and has Barra and her mother killed by men of the City Watch under the command of Allar Deem.[4] Tyrion Lannister visits Chataya's as a front for his clandestine visitations with Shae at a manse nearby.[1]

A Storm of Swords

Anguy reveals he spent the small fortune he had won at the Hand's tourney on Jayde, Alayaya and Dancy, roast swan and arbor wine.[5]

About

The brothel is a house two stories tall with a stone ground floor and a timber upper floor. A round turret rises from one corner of the structure. Many of the windows are leaded. Over the door swings an ornate lamp, a globe of gilded metal and scarlet glass.

Inside the entrance the air smells of some exotic spice and the floor beneath displays a mosaic of two women entwined in love.[1]

The common room is behind an ornate Myrish screen that has been carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens. When looking into the common room Tyrion Lannister sees an old man playing a cheerful air on pipes. There is a cushioned alcove and a leaded coloured glass window where sunlight pours through.

The Turret Room and Secret Passageway

The turret room is up two flights of stairs from the ground floor, then down a long hall and up another stair to a lone door which opens to the turret room. Within the room is a great canopied bed, a tall wardrobe decorated with erotic carvings and a narrow window of leaded glass in a pattern of red and yellow diamonds.[1]

Inside the empty wardrobe there is a back panel concealing a secret passageway. Chataya has closely guarded the knowledge of its existence. When the back panel is pushed all the way aside it reveals a metal ladder, the rungs go well below street level, the shaft then opens onto a dark, slanting earthen tunnel.

Having come perhaps a distance of three blocks under Rhaenys's Hill down the earthen tunnel a patron will then emerge through a trap door at the back of a nearby stable. The tunnel was dug for a King's Hand whose honor would not allow him to enter such a house openly.[1]

Chataya’s Girls

Chataya’s girls are costly. It is said the girls are fit for a king. They are all as sweet as they are beautiful and skilled in every art of love. They dress in flowing silks cinched at the waist with beaded belts.

Known Clients

  • unnamed King’s Hand

Quotes

You will find that they are all as sweet as they are beautiful, and skilled in every art of love.[1]

Chataya, on her girls


Chataya runs a choice establishment, I’ve half a mind to buy it. Brothels are a much sounder investment than ships, I’ve found. Whores seldom sink, and when they are boarded by pirates, why, the pirates pay good coin like everyone else.[3]

Petyr Baelish


It’s good to be a knight. No more looking for the cheaper brothels down the street. Now it’s Alayaya and Marei in the same featherbed, with Ser Bronn in the middle.[6]

Bronn


Chataya’s on the Street of Silk has several girls who might suit your needs.[7]

Tyrion Lannister, to Oberyn Martell

References and Notes