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The '''Long Bridge''' is an old bridge that joins the two halves of [[Volantis]] across the mouth of the [[Rhoyne]]. It is a great span with a road supported by massive piers that the [[Valyria]]ns built at the height of their glory.  
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The '''Long Bridge''' is an old bridge that joins the two halves of [[Volantis]] across the mouth of the [[Rhoyne]]. It is a great span with a fused stone road supported by massive piers built by the [[Valyrian Freehold]].  
  
It’s gateway is an arch of black stone carved with [[sphinx]]es, [[manticore]]s, [[dragon]]s and other strange beasts. The road is just wide enough for two carts to pass abreast. Buildings rise on either side of the roadway. One can buy almost anything in the shops on the Long Bridge. In the center of the bridge the hands of thieves and the heads of executed criminals are displayed.
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==Description==
  
===Crossing the Long Bridge===
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The Long Bridge's gateway is an arch of black stone carved with [[sphinx]]es, [[manticore]]s, [[dragon]]s and other strange beasts. The road is barely wide enough for two carts to pass side by side. Buildings rise on either side of the roadway. Customers can buy almost anything in the shops on the Long Bridge. In the center of the bridge the hands of thieves and the heads of executed criminals are displayed by Volantene spearmen decorated with green tiger stripes.
  
After fruitlessly attempting to buy sea passage to [[Meereen]] [[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions cross the Long Bridge in a [[hathay]] pulled by a [[dwarf elephant]].{{Ref|aDwD|6}} Near the western end the traffic becomes thicker.  Wyans and carts and hathays crowd the streets, all of them coming from the bridge or making for it.  [[Slave]]s are everywhere, as numerous as roaches, scurrying about their master’s business.  
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Traffic is thicker at the western end of the bridge, where the streets are filled with wayns, carts, ''[[hathay]]s'' and [[slave]]s.
  
Months later a fettered [[Tyrion]] and his captor Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] walk over the Long Bridge on the way to the [[Merchant's House]]. {{Ref|aDwD|27}}  Buildings rise on either side of them: shops and temples, taverns and inns, [[cyvasse]] parlors and brothels.  Most are 3 to 4 stories tall, each floor overhanging the one beneath it, their top floors almost kiss.   
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Buildings rise on both sides of the bridge, including shops, temples, taverns, inns, ''[[cyvasse]]'' parlors, and brothels.  Most are three to four stories tall and each floor extending farther than the one beneath it. The topmost floors almost reach each other. Merchants include weavers, lacemakers, glassblowers, candlemakers, and fishwives. Goldsmiths and spicers keep guards at their doors.   
  
To [[Tyrion]], crossing the bridge feels like passing through a torchlit tunnel.  Along the span are shops over every sort: weavers and lacemakers display their wares cheek by jowl with glassblowers, candlemakers, and fishwives selling eels and oysters.  Each goldsmith has a guard at his door, and every spicer has two, for their goods are twice as valuable.   
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Here and there, between the shops, a traveler might catch a glimpse of the river he is crossing. To the north the [[Rhoyne]] is a broad black ribbon bright with stars, while south of the bridge the river joins the briny [[Summer Sea]].   
  
Here and there, between the shops, a traveler might catch a glimpse of the river he is crossing.  To the north the [[Rhoyne]] is a broad black ribbon bright with stars, five times as wide as the [[Blackwater Rush]] at [[King's Landing]]. South of the bridge the river opens up to embrace the briny sea. 
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From the far end of the Long Bridge it is a short walk through the teeming waterfront districts of the west bank to [[Fishmonger’s Square]] and the [[Merchant's House]].  
  
At the bridge’s center span, the severed hands of thieves and cutpurses hang like strings of onions from iron stanchions along the roadway.  Three heads are on display as well – two men and a woman, their crimes scrawled on tablets underneath them.  A pair of spearmen attend them, clad in polished helms and shirts of silver mail.  Across their cheeks are tiger stripes as green as jade.  From time to time the guards wave their spears to chase kestrels, gulls and carrion crows paying court to the deceased.  The birds return to the heads within moments. 
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
  
Farther on Ser [[Jorah]] stops to consider and jeweled tiara displayed upon a bed of purple velvet, he passes it by and a few steps later stops again to haggle over a pair of gloves at a leatherworkers stall.  
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After fruitlessly attempting to buy sea passage to [[Meereen]], [[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions cross the Long Bridge in a ''[[hathay]]'' pulled by a [[dwarf elephant]] to get to the [[Merchant's House]].{{Ref|aDwD|6}}
  
From the far end of the Long Bridge it is only a short walk for them through the teeming waterfront districts of the west bank, down torchlit streets crowded with sailors, slaves, and drunken merrymakers.  Not far is Fishmonger’s Square and their intended destination - the [[Merchant's House]].  
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Tyrion and his captor, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], cross the Long Bridge in order to get to the Merchant's House and the [[widow of the waterfront]]. To Tyrion, crossing the bridge feels like passing through a torchlit tunnel. He think the Rhoyne is five times as wide as the [[Blackwater Rush]] at [[King's Landing]]. Jorah considers purchasing a jeweled tiara on a bed of purple velvet and haggles over a pair of gloves at a leatherworkers stall.{{ref|ADWD|27}}
 
 
==Recent Events==
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
 
Qyenten Martell and his companions cross the Long Bridge in a hathay pulled by a [[dwarf elephant]] to get to the [[Merchant's House]].  
 
  
Tyrion and his captor Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] cross the Long Bridge in order to get to the [[Merchant's House]] and the [[widow of the waterfront]].
 
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==
 
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Revision as of 21:17, 15 August 2013

The Long Bridge is an old bridge that joins the two halves of Volantis across the mouth of the Rhoyne. It is a great span with a fused stone road supported by massive piers built by the Valyrian Freehold.

Description

The Long Bridge's gateway is an arch of black stone carved with sphinxes, manticores, dragons and other strange beasts. The road is barely wide enough for two carts to pass side by side. Buildings rise on either side of the roadway. Customers can buy almost anything in the shops on the Long Bridge. In the center of the bridge the hands of thieves and the heads of executed criminals are displayed by Volantene spearmen decorated with green tiger stripes.

Traffic is thicker at the western end of the bridge, where the streets are filled with wayns, carts, hathays and slaves.

Buildings rise on both sides of the bridge, including shops, temples, taverns, inns, cyvasse parlors, and brothels. Most are three to four stories tall and each floor extending farther than the one beneath it. The topmost floors almost reach each other. Merchants include weavers, lacemakers, glassblowers, candlemakers, and fishwives. Goldsmiths and spicers keep guards at their doors.

Here and there, between the shops, a traveler might catch a glimpse of the river he is crossing. To the north the Rhoyne is a broad black ribbon bright with stars, while south of the bridge the river joins the briny Summer Sea.

From the far end of the Long Bridge it is a short walk through the teeming waterfront districts of the west bank to Fishmonger’s Square and the Merchant's House.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

After fruitlessly attempting to buy sea passage to Meereen, Quentyn Martell and his companions cross the Long Bridge in a hathay pulled by a dwarf elephant to get to the Merchant's House.[1]

Tyrion and his captor, Ser Jorah Mormont, cross the Long Bridge in order to get to the Merchant's House and the widow of the waterfront. To Tyrion, crossing the bridge feels like passing through a torchlit tunnel. He think the Rhoyne is five times as wide as the Blackwater Rush at King's Landing. Jorah considers purchasing a jeweled tiara on a bed of purple velvet and haggles over a pair of gloves at a leatherworkers stall.[2]

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