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The '''Purple Harbor''' is a harbor located in the Free City of [[Braavos]].  It serves only the locals and is located on the north side of Braavos.  The [[Braavos]]i traders tie up their boats beneath the domes and towers of the [[Sealord's Palace]]. {{Ref|aFfC|26}}The ships of the Iron Bank moor at the Purple Harbor. {{Ref|aDwD|44}} It is a richer, nicer, cleaner port that the Ragman’s Harbor {{Ref|aFfC|34}}.  Ships from [[Braavos]]’s sister cities and the rest of the wide world must instead use the Ragman’s Harbor to berth.
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The '''Purple Harbor''' is a harbor in [[Braavos]], located west of the [[Sealord's Palace]] in the north of the [[Free City]]'s lagoon.{{ref|TLOIAF|Braavos}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Braavos}}
The streets that front on the Purple Harbor are cobbled. {{Ref|aDwD|64}}  
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The best alehouses, inns and brothels lie near the Purple Harbor or the Moon Pool.  
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==Layout==
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The Purple Harbor serves only Braavosi ships, such as those of local merchants and the [[Iron Bank of Braavos|Iron Bank]].{{Ref|aDwD|44}} The Purple Harbor is richer, nicer, and cleaner than the [[Ragman's Harbor]] in the west of the city,{{Ref|AFFC|34}} which is where ships from other [[Free Cities]] and the rest of the [[known world]] must berth.{{ref|AFFC|26}}
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The best alehouses, inns, and brothels lie near the Purple Harbor or the [[Moon Pool]] near the Sealord's Palace.{{ref|AFFC|26}} The streets that front on the Purple Harbor are cobbled.{{Ref|aDwD|64}} The [[Blue Lantern]] and the [[Dome]] are located in fashionable districts near the waterfront.{{ref|TLOIAF| Braavos}}{{ref|twow||[[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]}}
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==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
Every morning [[Brea]] wheels her wheelbarrow to the Purple Harbor, to sell to the Braavosi sailors whose ships anchor there. {{Ref|aFfC|34}}One time, when Brea had to take to her bed with her moon blood, [[Cat|Arya]] had pushed her barrow to the Purple Harbor to sell crabs and prawns to oarsmen of the Sealord’s pleasure barge, which is covered stern to stern in laughing faces.
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Every morning [[Brea]] wheels her wheelbarrow to the Purple Harbor to sell to Braavosi sailors whose ships anchor there.{{Ref|aFfC|34}} One time, when Brea takes to her bed with her moon blood, [[Arya Stark|Cat of the Canals]] pushes her barrow to the Purple Harbor to sell crabs and prawns to oarsmen of Sealord [[Ferrego Antaryon]]'s pleasure barge, which is covered stern to stern in laughing faces.{{Ref|AFFC|34}}
===A Dance with Dragons===
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[[Arya]] gets her first look at the man she has to kill as she wheels her barrow through the cobbled streets that front on the Purple Harbor. {{Ref|aDwD|64}}   He is an old man who spends his days sitting in a soup shop near the Purple Harbor. After she assassinates the man the city watch is looking for a certain ugly girl known to frequent the Purple Harbor. {{Ref|aDwD|64}}  
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
==References and Notes==
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[[Arya Stark]] gets her first look at the [[old man]] she has to kill as she wheels her barrow through the cobbled streets that front on the Purple Harbor.{{Ref|ADWD|64}} He spends his days sitting in a soup shop near the Purple Harbor. After she assassinates the man, the [[City watch (Braavos)|city watch]] looks for a certain ugly girl known to frequent the Purple Harbor.{{Ref|ADWD|64}}
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===''The Winds of Winter''===
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[[Arya Stark|Mercy]] recalls that on a clear day from the top of the span the [[Bridge of Eyes]] she can look through the arches and see all the city, including the masts rising like a forest from the Purple Harbor.{{ref|twow||[[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]}}
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[[Category:Harbors]]
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[[Category:Places in Braavos]]

Latest revision as of 17:40, 26 March 2021

The Purple Harbor is a harbor in Braavos, located west of the Sealord's Palace in the north of the Free City's lagoon.[1][2]

Layout

The Purple Harbor serves only Braavosi ships, such as those of local merchants and the Iron Bank.[3] The Purple Harbor is richer, nicer, and cleaner than the Ragman's Harbor in the west of the city,[4] which is where ships from other Free Cities and the rest of the known world must berth.[5]

The best alehouses, inns, and brothels lie near the Purple Harbor or the Moon Pool near the Sealord's Palace.[5] The streets that front on the Purple Harbor are cobbled.[6] The Blue Lantern and the Dome are located in fashionable districts near the waterfront.[7][8]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Every morning Brea wheels her wheelbarrow to the Purple Harbor to sell to Braavosi sailors whose ships anchor there.[4] One time, when Brea takes to her bed with her moon blood, Cat of the Canals pushes her barrow to the Purple Harbor to sell crabs and prawns to oarsmen of Sealord Ferrego Antaryon's pleasure barge, which is covered stern to stern in laughing faces.[4]

A Dance with Dragons

Arya Stark gets her first look at the old man she has to kill as she wheels her barrow through the cobbled streets that front on the Purple Harbor.[6] He spends his days sitting in a soup shop near the Purple Harbor. After she assassinates the man, the city watch looks for a certain ugly girl known to frequent the Purple Harbor.[6]

The Winds of Winter

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Mercy recalls that on a clear day from the top of the span the Bridge of Eyes she can look through the arches and see all the city, including the masts rising like a forest from the Purple Harbor.[8]

References