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'''The Ship''' is a [[mummer]]s playhouse in [[Braavos]].<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Chapter 34]], Cat of the Canals</ref> It is also known as the '''Mummer's Ship'''. It sits across the street from the [[Happy Port]].<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 26|Chapter 26]], Samwell</ref>
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The '''Ship''',{{ref|AFFC|34}}<ref name=mercy>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref> also known as the '''Mummer's Ship''',{{ref|AFFC|26}} is a [[mummer]]s' playhouse in [[Braavos]].{{ref|AFFC|34}}
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==Traditions==
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The Ship sits across the street from the [[Happy Port]],{{ref|AFFC|26}} moored to a quay for the last twenty years.<ref name=mercy/> A [[mummer]] from the Ship may perform weddings for the [[Sailor's Wife]] at the Happy Port when a priest or [[septon]] is not available. According to [[Meralyn|Merry]], the mummers make better priests than the real thing.{{ref|AFFC|34}}
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Girls from other mummers' troupes who trade sex to troupe leaders for favors may end up at the Ship, where any patron can [[prostitution|buy their services]].<ref name=mercy/>
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==Known members of the company==
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* [[Allaquo]]
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* [[Joss the Gloom]]
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* [[Myrmello]]
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* [[Quence]]
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* [[Quill]]
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* [[Sloey]]
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
The mummers of the Ship intend to put on a performance of the ''[[Seven Drunken Oarsmen]]'' as an answer to the [[Blue Lantern]]'s performance of ''[[The Lord of the Woeful Countenance]]''.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Chapter 34]], Cat of the Canals</ref>
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The mummers of the Ship intend to put on a performance of ''[[Seven Drunken Oarsmen]]'' as an answer to the [[Blue Lantern]]'s performance of ''[[The Lord of the Woeful Countenance]]''.{{ref|AFFC|34}}
  
The mummers show [[Arya]] how a hero stands, and teach her the speeches from ''The Song of the Rhoyne'', ''[[The Conqueror's Two Wives]]'', and ''[[The Merchant's Lusty Lady]]''. [[Quill]], the sad eyed little man who made up all the bawdy farces for the Ship offered to teach [[Arya]] how a woman kisses, but [[Tagganaro]] hit him with a codfish and put an end to that. <ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Chapter 34]], Cat of the Canals</ref>
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[[Arya Stark]], disguised as the street urchin and fish peddler Cat of the Canals, makes friends with the mummers of the Ship. The mummers show Cat how a hero stands, and they teach her the speeches from ''[[The Song of the Rhoyne]]'', ''[[The Conqueror's Two Wives]]'', and ''[[The Merchant's Lusty Lady]]''. [[Quill]], the man who writes bawdy farces for the Ship, offers to teach Cat how a woman kisses, but [[Tagganaro]] hits him with a codfish and puts an end to that.{{ref|AFFC|34}}
  
[[Joss the Gloom]] related the story of how [[Quence]] found [[Allaquo]] in bed with [[Sloey]]. The two mummers fought with swords and both left the Ship, leaving the performance of the ''Seven Drunken Oarsmen'' without two oarsmen.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Chapter 34]], Cat of the Canals</ref>
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[[Joss the Gloom]] tells Cat that [[Quence]] found [[Allaquo]] in bed with [[Sloey]]. The two men fought with mummer swords and both left the Ship, leaving the performance of ''Seven Drunken Oarsmen'' without two oarsmen.{{ref|AFFC|34}}
  
==References and Notes==
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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After becoming the blind beggar Beth, Arya avoids the Ship and other places where Cat had been well-known.{{ref|ADWD|45}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|Girls who start down that road wind up on the Ship, where every man in the pit knows he can have any pretty thing he might see up on the stage, if his purse is plump enough.<ref name=mercy/>|[[Daena (mummer)|Daena]] to [[Arya Stark|Mercy]]}}
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Brothels]]
 
[[Category:Places in Braavos]]
 
[[Category:Places in Braavos]]
[[Category:Buildings]]
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[[Category:Playhouses]]
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[[Category:Ships]]
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[[es:Barco]]
 
[[es:Barco]]
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[[ru:Корабль скоморохов]]
 
[[zh:戏子船]]
 
[[zh:戏子船]]

Latest revision as of 20:15, 23 September 2020

The Ship,[1][2] also known as the Mummer's Ship,[3] is a mummers' playhouse in Braavos.[1]

Traditions

The Ship sits across the street from the Happy Port,[3] moored to a quay for the last twenty years.[2] A mummer from the Ship may perform weddings for the Sailor's Wife at the Happy Port when a priest or septon is not available. According to Merry, the mummers make better priests than the real thing.[1]

Girls from other mummers' troupes who trade sex to troupe leaders for favors may end up at the Ship, where any patron can buy their services.[2]

Known members of the company

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The mummers of the Ship intend to put on a performance of Seven Drunken Oarsmen as an answer to the Blue Lantern's performance of The Lord of the Woeful Countenance.[1]

Arya Stark, disguised as the street urchin and fish peddler Cat of the Canals, makes friends with the mummers of the Ship. The mummers show Cat how a hero stands, and they teach her the speeches from The Song of the Rhoyne, The Conqueror's Two Wives, and The Merchant's Lusty Lady. Quill, the man who writes bawdy farces for the Ship, offers to teach Cat how a woman kisses, but Tagganaro hits him with a codfish and puts an end to that.[1]

Joss the Gloom tells Cat that Quence found Allaquo in bed with Sloey. The two men fought with mummer swords and both left the Ship, leaving the performance of Seven Drunken Oarsmen without two oarsmen.[1]

A Dance with Dragons

After becoming the blind beggar Beth, Arya avoids the Ship and other places where Cat had been well-known.[4]

Quotes

Girls who start down that road wind up on the Ship, where every man in the pit knows he can have any pretty thing he might see up on the stage, if his purse is plump enough.[2]

Daena to Mercy

References