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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Flea Bottom was the home of the famous [[knight]], Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], who ended up as Lord Commander of the [[Kingsguard]]. [[Davos Seaworth]] also grew up in Flea Bottom, the son of a poor crabber. He made a career out of smuggling in the region. |
In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Flea Bottom was the home of the famous [[knight]], Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], who ended up as Lord Commander of the [[Kingsguard]]. [[Davos Seaworth]] also grew up in Flea Bottom, the son of a poor crabber. He made a career out of smuggling in the region. |
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| − | It is a dismal and disreputable place. The alleys are narrow and buildings lean toward each other. King's Landing was rapidly constructed within the first century of rule by the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]], to serve as a capital city for their new unified realm. |
+ | It is a dismal and disreputable place. The alleys are narrow and buildings lean toward each other. King's Landing was rapidly constructed within the first century of rule by the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]], to serve as a capital city for their new unified realm. This rapid expansion didn't keep pace with organized "city-planning", resulting in numerous slums forming such as the district known as [[Flea Bottom]]. Many of these slum districts are poorly organized, ugly, and filthy because their placement wasn't thought out during the rush to slap down new buildings. In contrast, the second largest city in Westeros, [[Oldtown]] in [[the Reach]], is thousands of years old, but grew only in incremental steps which were well planned out beforehand, resulting in it being a much better organized and beautiful city without the squalid slums of King's Landing, while being only slightly smaller than the capital itself. |
| − | Survival on the streets of Flea Bottom is tough and hardening. The district is full of tanneries, cheap brothels, low-class inns, and winesinks. Arya finds an establishment in Flea Bottom where she can take a pigeon and get half of it back cooked, in exchange for the other half. Before that she had to eat it raw. When Arya left the Red Keep she took a bundle of clothes and things to sell, but they were stolen the first night she slept in Flea Bottom (she was sleeping on top of Needle or would have lost it too). |
+ | Survival on the streets of Flea Bottom is tough and hardening. The district is full of tanneries, cheap brothels, low-class inns, and winesinks. Arya finds an establishment in Flea Bottom where she can take a pigeon and get half of it back cooked, in exchange for the other half. Before that she had to eat it raw. When Arya left the Red Keep she took a bundle of clothes and things to sell, but they were stolen the first night she slept in Flea Bottom (she was sleeping on top of Needle or would have lost it too). |
A large part of Flea Bottom burns down the night following Joffrey's riot. |
A large part of Flea Bottom burns down the night following Joffrey's riot. |
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Revision as of 14:48, 19 March 2013
The slums of Flea Bottom
Flea Bottom is the poorest slum district in King's Landing, located on the western side of Rhaenys's Hill. It is a maze-like warren of narrow streets, ramshackle buildings, and dark alleys.
History
Season 1
Arya Stark takes refuge in Flea Bottom after fleeing the Red Keep. She kills a pigeon in the Street of Flour where the bakers ply their trade, as birds are attracted to the crumbs. When she tries to barter it to a baker for bread, he refuses. Arya is in Flea Bottom when she hears the crowd say her father is being taken to the Sept of Baelor.[1]
Season 2
While talking to Daisy, a new prostitute in Petyr Baelish's brothel, Ros identifies Armeca as being from Flea Bottom, but notes that she likes to pretend she is from more exotic climes and doesn't speak the Common Tongue of Westeros.[2]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Flea Bottom was the home of the famous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, who ended up as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Davos Seaworth also grew up in Flea Bottom, the son of a poor crabber. He made a career out of smuggling in the region.
It is a dismal and disreputable place. The alleys are narrow and buildings lean toward each other. King's Landing was rapidly constructed within the first century of rule by the Targaryen dynasty, to serve as a capital city for their new unified realm. This rapid expansion didn't keep pace with organized "city-planning", resulting in numerous slums forming such as the district known as Flea Bottom. Many of these slum districts are poorly organized, ugly, and filthy because their placement wasn't thought out during the rush to slap down new buildings. In contrast, the second largest city in Westeros, Oldtown in the Reach, is thousands of years old, but grew only in incremental steps which were well planned out beforehand, resulting in it being a much better organized and beautiful city without the squalid slums of King's Landing, while being only slightly smaller than the capital itself.
Survival on the streets of Flea Bottom is tough and hardening. The district is full of tanneries, cheap brothels, low-class inns, and winesinks. Arya finds an establishment in Flea Bottom where she can take a pigeon and get half of it back cooked, in exchange for the other half. Before that she had to eat it raw. When Arya left the Red Keep she took a bundle of clothes and things to sell, but they were stolen the first night she slept in Flea Bottom (she was sleeping on top of Needle or would have lost it too).
A large part of Flea Bottom burns down the night following Joffrey's riot.