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[[File:Folko Streese Volantis InnII.png|The interior of the Merchant's House. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
 
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The '''Merchant's House''' is the finest and largest inn in [[Volantis]]. It is located on [[Fishermonger's Square (Volantis)|Fishmonger’s Square]].{{Ref|aDwD|27}}  It is a four story monstrosity that squats amongst the warehouses, brothels, and taverns of the waterside like some enormous fat man surrounded by children.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
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The '''Merchant's House''' is the finest and largest inn in [[Volantis]]. It is located on [[Fishermonger's Square (Volantis)|Fishmonger's Square]].{{Ref|aDwD|27}}  It is a four story monstrosity that squats amongst the warehouses, brothels, and taverns of the waterside like some enormous fat man surrounded by children.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
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[[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions stay at the Merchant's House when in [[Volantis]].  
 
[[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions stay at the Merchant's House when in [[Volantis]].  
 
   
 
   
Prior to leaving for [[Yunkai]] four [[Windblown]] serjeants set up a trestle table outside of the Merchant's House calling to every passing man and boy looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks.{{Ref|aDwD|6}} Their presence hatches [[Greenguts]]’s plan for himself and his companions to join the Windblown as a means to get to [[Meereen]] and thereby [[Daenerys Targaryen]].  
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Prior to leaving for [[Yunkai]] four [[Windblown]] serjeants set up a trestle table outside of the Merchant's House calling to every passing man and boy looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks.{{Ref|aDwD|6}} Their presence hatches [[Greenguts]]'s plan for himself and his companions to join the Windblown as a means to get to [[Meereen]] and thereby [[Daenerys Targaryen]].  
  
Much later Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] takes his hostage, [[Tyrion Lannister]], to the Merchant's House. He chains Tyrion to the wall in a room on the fourth floor and later takes Tyrion with him when he meets with the [[widow of the waterfront]], from whom he is seeking assistance in finding a ship to take himself and Tyrion to Meereen to meet Daenerys Targaryen. She's reluctant to aid them due to Jorah's secretive attitude but ultimately offers them the information they need after [[Penny]] attacks Tyrion.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
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Much later, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] takes his hostage, [[Tyrion Lannister]], to the Merchant's House. He chains Tyrion to the wall in a room on the fourth floor and later takes Tyrion with him when he meets with the [[widow of the waterfront]], from whom he is seeking assistance in finding a ship to take himself and Tyrion to Meereen to meet Daenerys Targaryen. She's reluctant to aid them due to Jorah's secretive attitude but ultimately offers them the information they need after [[Penny]] attacks Tyrion.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
  
 
==About==
 
==About==
 
The Merchant's House is the first choice for shippers, captains, and merchantmen.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
 
The Merchant's House is the first choice for shippers, captains, and merchantmen.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
 
Traders from [[Oldtown]] and [[King's Landing]] mingle with their counterparts from [[Braavos]] and [[Pentos]] and [[Myr]], with hairy [[Ibben]]ese, pale skinned voyagers from [[Qarth]], coal-black Summer Islanders in feathered cloaks, even masked [[shadowbinder]]s from [[Asshai]] by the Shadow.{{Ref|aDwD|6}}
 
Traders from [[Oldtown]] and [[King's Landing]] mingle with their counterparts from [[Braavos]] and [[Pentos]] and [[Myr]], with hairy [[Ibben]]ese, pale skinned voyagers from [[Qarth]], coal-black Summer Islanders in feathered cloaks, even masked [[shadowbinder]]s from [[Asshai]] by the Shadow.{{Ref|aDwD|6}}
There are cheap rooms on the fourth floor, iron rings are set in the walls for chaining up one’s slaves.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
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There are cheap rooms on the fourth floor, iron rings are set in the walls for chaining up slaves.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
  
The Merchant’s House is famous for its locks, which are as secure as a gaol.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
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The Merchant's House is famous for its locks, which are as secure as a gaol.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
  
 
It is also the headquarters of the [[widow of the waterfront]].
 
It is also the headquarters of the [[widow of the waterfront]].
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On the fourth floor, edged into a corner of the building beneath a sloping roof, the bedchamber his captor Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] engages features a low ceiling, a sagging featherbed with an unpleasant odor, and a slanting wood-plank floor that reminds [[Tyrion Lannister]] of his sojourn at the [[Eyrie]].   
 
On the fourth floor, edged into a corner of the building beneath a sloping roof, the bedchamber his captor Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] engages features a low ceiling, a sagging featherbed with an unpleasant odor, and a slanting wood-plank floor that reminds [[Tyrion Lannister]] of his sojourn at the [[Eyrie]].   
  
The room’s two windows are it’s chief amenity.   One window looks toward the Long Bridge and the black-walled heart of Old [[Volantis]] across the river.   The other opens on the square, called Fishmonger’s Square, below.  
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The room's two windows are it's chief amenity. One window looks toward the [[Long Bridge]] and the [[Black Walls|black-walled]] heart of Old [[Volantis]] across the [[Rhoyne|river]]. The other opens on the square, called Fishmonger's Square, below.  
  
There are iron rings set in the wall – so useful for chaining up one’s slaves. Jorah secures Tyrion’s chains to one of these rings.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
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There are iron rings set in the wall – useful for chaining up one's slaves. Jorah secures Tyrion's chains to one of these rings.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 23:09, 8 September 2020

The interior of the Merchant's House. © FFG

The Merchant's House is the finest and largest inn in Volantis. It is located on Fishmonger's Square.[1] It is a four story monstrosity that squats amongst the warehouses, brothels, and taverns of the waterside like some enormous fat man surrounded by children.[1]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Quentyn Martell and his companions stay at the Merchant's House when in Volantis.

Prior to leaving for Yunkai four Windblown serjeants set up a trestle table outside of the Merchant's House calling to every passing man and boy looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks.[2] Their presence hatches Greenguts's plan for himself and his companions to join the Windblown as a means to get to Meereen and thereby Daenerys Targaryen.

Much later, Ser Jorah Mormont takes his hostage, Tyrion Lannister, to the Merchant's House. He chains Tyrion to the wall in a room on the fourth floor and later takes Tyrion with him when he meets with the widow of the waterfront, from whom he is seeking assistance in finding a ship to take himself and Tyrion to Meereen to meet Daenerys Targaryen. She's reluctant to aid them due to Jorah's secretive attitude but ultimately offers them the information they need after Penny attacks Tyrion.[1]

About

The Merchant's House is the first choice for shippers, captains, and merchantmen.[1] Traders from Oldtown and King's Landing mingle with their counterparts from Braavos and Pentos and Myr, with hairy Ibbenese, pale skinned voyagers from Qarth, coal-black Summer Islanders in feathered cloaks, even masked shadowbinders from Asshai by the Shadow.[2] There are cheap rooms on the fourth floor, iron rings are set in the walls for chaining up slaves.[1]

The Merchant's House is famous for its locks, which are as secure as a gaol.[1]

It is also the headquarters of the widow of the waterfront.

Common Room

The common room is a cavernous warren, larger than the great halls of half the castles in Westeros. It is a dim lit maze of a place with a hundred private alcoves and hidden nooks whose blackened beams and cracked ceiling’s echo in the din the sailors, traders, captains, money changers, shippers, and slavers, lying cursing, and cheating each other in half a hundred different tongues.[1]

A lot of business is done in the common room. There is a central courtyard where a trellis of flowering vines throws intricate patterns across the flagstone floor and green and purple moss grows between the stones. The widow of the waterfront has a customary table in the common room in the corner by the courtyard where she is steeped in shadow so that she herself is nigh invisible.[1]

Tyrion and Ser Jorah’s room

Tyrion, chained to the wall for the night. © FFG

On the fourth floor, edged into a corner of the building beneath a sloping roof, the bedchamber his captor Ser Jorah Mormont engages features a low ceiling, a sagging featherbed with an unpleasant odor, and a slanting wood-plank floor that reminds Tyrion Lannister of his sojourn at the Eyrie.

The room's two windows are it's chief amenity. One window looks toward the Long Bridge and the black-walled heart of Old Volantis across the river. The other opens on the square, called Fishmonger's Square, below.

There are iron rings set in the wall – useful for chaining up one's slaves. Jorah secures Tyrion's chains to one of these rings.[1]

References