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- Andor's symbol is a rampant white lion on a red
field. The Queen wears the Rose Crown of Andor.
- Andoran seal is a lion surrounded by the Rose
Crown in red wax. (VI: 443)
- desc of Andor's anthem (I: 587)
- the Andoran battlecry is "Forward the White Lion!"
(IV: 748)
- Andorans considered somewhat "prim" by others. (V:
50)
- Andor is a wealthy land, almost as wealthy as
Tear. (V: 51)
- Andorans are bluff and straightforward, and they
dislike being manoeuvred or bullied.(VI: 163)
- Andorans are mostly straightforward, and are proud
of that. (VI: 274)
- desc of old method of swearing binding oaths -
slice self with weapon to indicate you'd shed your own blood before breaking
the oath (V: 255)
- couples declare betrothals by kneeling and
speaking before Women's Circle. (III: 100; IV: 75)
- the custom is to wed one year after speaking
betrothal. Taking this year is a strong custom, which is designed to ensure
the couple get along well together. (IV: 890)
- for the wedding, the couple kneel in front of the
Women's Circle, with two people standing for each the bride and the groom,
who wear flowers in their hair. A red ribbon is wound around the groom's
neck, and another through the bride's hair. Then the two pledge vows to each
other. (IV: 890-891)
- supposed to wear marriage ribbons for 7 days. (IV:
923)
- most Andorans would feel that if they had sex with
someone, they should immediately marry that person. (V: 363)
- women ask the permission of their mothers and the
Wisdom before marrying. (V: 363-364)
- the Women's Circle makes the decision about when a
woman is mature and should change her hair style, the decision is based on
maturity, not physical age, though rarely later than 20 years old. (VI: 31)
- Andorans considered somewhat "prim" by others. (V:
50)
- there has been a bond between the White Tower and
Andor even before there was an Andor. (III: 173)
- most villages in Andor don't even see a Gleeman
once a year. (I: 466)
- Bel Tine is a spring feast day, particularly
celebrated in the country and smaller villages. The night before Bel Tine is
called Winternight, and is also a time of festivity.
- on Winternight, families visit from house to
house, enjoying food and drink with their neighbours, and exchange small
gifts. (I: 12)
- the morning of Bel Tine the single women of the
village gather around a shorn fir tree prepared in advance. They dance
around the tree and entwine it with coloured ribbons while the single men
sing. (I: 10)
- the rest of the day and night are taken up with
various contests and games, including: foot races, target hitting with sling
and bow, solving riddles and puzzles, rope-tugging, lifting and tossing
weights, darts, bowls, tag, rolling hoops, sheep shearing, singing, dancing,
instrument playing, stones, quarterstaff sparring. (I: 6, 10; III: 287)
- Sunday is another feast day, presumably in the
high Summer. (I: 443)
- other activities in smaller towns might include
harvest dances and picnic gatherings during the shearing. (III: 329)
-
villagers celebrate the Feast of Lights with
dancing. (VI: 653)
- Two Rivers' people can give mules lessons and
teach stones. (I: 9)
- A queen is twice a woman, wed to a man, and wed to
the land. (I: 526)
- One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two
pretty women mean trouble in the house. Three pretty women mean run for the
hills. (III: 324)
- Men believe the worst easily, and women believe it
hides something still darker. (VI: 92)
- A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife. (VI: 94)
- Even a queen must obey the law she makes, or there
is no law. (VI: 366)
- A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat, but nothing
for nothing. (VI: 305)
Two Rivers Culture
- large bones of unknown animals have been found in
the Sand Hills of the Two Rivers area. (I: 357)
- although the Two Rivers region is technically part
of the realm of Andor, it has not seen a tax collector in six generations,
or a member of the Queen's Guard in seven. (I: 611)
- from 100-200 years since the Queen really ruled
the Two Rivers. (IV: 731)
- there probably isn't another place where men live
that is as isolated as the Two Rivers. (III: 26)
- a woman goes courting by putting flowers in a
man's hair on Bel Tine or Sunday, embroidering a shirt for him, or asking
only him to dance. (IV: 139)
- the dead are buried in graves which the living
sometimes visit. (IV: 466)
- a lot of barley is also grown in the Two Rivers.
(IV: 469, 883)
- crops are barley, oats and hay. (IV: 515)
- peddlers come about once a month in good weather.
(IV: 469)
- the rest of the Two Rivers keeps somewhat separate
from Taren Ferry. (IV: 731)
- irrigation techniques are unknown in the Two
Rivers. (VI: 35)
- the Two Rivers if full of both types of women -
those who can be trained, and those who will be wilders. (VI: 210)
- the Aes Sedai found four girls who could be
trained to Channel in Watch Hill, and perhaps one with the ability in-born,
but at only 12, it was hard for them to be certain. They found no girls who
could Channel in Taren Ferry. (IV: 495)
- Andor's symbol is a rampant white lion on a red
field. The Queen wears the Rose Crown of Andor.
- Andoran seal is a lion surrounded by the Rose
Crown in red wax. (VI: 443)
- Andoran soldiers get pensions when they retire
from old age. (V: 47)
- Andorans salute with fist on heart. (V: 48)
- the Queen's Writ is the law in Caemlyn, upheld
by the Guard. (I: 354)
- there are lords who are members of the Queen's
Guard. (III: 548)
- the penalty for barn-burning in Andor is a
public strapping or flogging. (V: 32)
- victim awarded costs and damages, wrongdoer
set to work for victim if he can't pay. (V: 38, 46)
- companions of a criminal during a crime are
equally culpable under the law. (V: 36)
- Andor strongly resents foreign soldiers on its
land. (VI: 414)
- Murandy and Andor have a tense relationship, there
have been many border problems over the years. (V: 178)
- until Tigraine, Andor and Cairhien fought each
other in ceaseless wars. (V: 252)
- Andor, and likely other lands, would likely
send soldiers to the Two Rivers if they heard of the Trolloc problems,
and they wouldn't likely be happy about the amount of Children of the
Light there, either. (IV: 517)
- the Children of the Light hold no writ in
Caemlyn. (I: 626)
- the last four Queens have had problems holding on
to the Mountains of Mist area. (V: 246)
- Andor has been a country since the time of the
Breaking of the World, and is always ruled by a Queen. If she is
married, her husband is called the Prince Consort. Her eldest brother is
the Prince Regent, and commands Andor's armies. If there is no brother,
the Queen selects another man to be Captain-General. (I: 526, 541)
- the Prince pledges oath to protect queen: "My
blood shed before hers; my life given before hers."
- the Queen's official title is: <Name>, by the
Grace of the Light, Queen of Andor, Protector of the Realm, Defender of
the People, High Seat of the House <name of royal house> (I: 599)
- the custom for 3000 years has been to send the
Daughter-Heir to train with the Aes Sedai at the Tower, while her
brother, the First Prince of the Sword trains with the Warders. (I:
525-526)
- the Daughter-Heir also trains in medicine, and
her brother must learn the principal products, crafts and customs of all
lands. (I: 597, 600)
- the Daughter-Heir occasionally makes state
visits. (IV: 327)
- the Queen's husband is known as the Prince of
Andor, and not all are titled before wedding. (II: 561)
- Queen has country estates. (IV: 322)
- women show honor to the Queen by curtseying
and bowing at the waist simultaneously. Men drop to their right knee,
bow their heads and bend forward to press the knuckles of their right
hands to the floor, while resting their left hands on the pommel of
sword or dagger.
- by law and custom, guests of the royal family
may go armed in the Palace, even in the presence of the Queen. (I: 607)
- it is a Palace custom to escort guests only as
far as the gates of the Palace, but not to watch them leave, as it is
the pleasure of the visit that should be remembered, not the sadness of
parting. (I: 616-617)
- there are few beggars in Caemlyn because of
the custom of the Queen's Bounty. On High Days the Queen hands it out
herself. Even a man under warrant can't be turned away while receiving
the Bounty, and no one in need is turned away. (I: 584)
- the last four Queens have had problems holding
on to the Mountains of Mist area. (V: 246)
- a queen has ruled Andor for 1000 years. (V:
249)
- Queens of Andor swear oaths with their hands
placed on the Lion Throne. (VI: 163)
- upon inheritance, the Daughter-Heir isn't
TRULY Queen until she's crowned in the Great Hall of the Caemlyn Palace.
(VI: 236)
- Andoran nobles marry commoners often enough
that it occasions no comment within Andor, though not all other nations
view it the same way. (IV: 137)
- there are country Lords in Andor. (III: 546)
- there are lords who are members of the Queen's
Guard. (III: 548)
- the Andoran nobility doesn't use assassins in
politics. (III: 372)
- there are local lords in Andor. (V: 36)
- Andoran nobles believe they can play Daes
Dae'mar when they have to, but are mere children next to Tairen or
Cairhienin nobles. (VI: 274)
- villages are governed by a Mayor and the
Village Council of men, selected by the villages. The symbol of the
Mayor is a medallion in the shape of scales, and the full-size scales he
uses to weigh coin. (I: 8, 10)
- the women of the village have a voice through
the Women's Circle, and the Circle must approve the selection of Wisdom.
(I:
- disputes are brought before the Men's Circle
and/or the Women's Circle, and the Mayor or the Wisdom pronounces the
verdict. (II: 648)
- couples declare betrothals by kneeling and
speaking before Women's Circle. (III: 100; IV: 75)
- for the wedding, the couple kneel in front of
the Women's Circle, with two people standing for each the bride and the
groom, who wear flowers in their hair. A red ribbon is wound around the
groom's neck, and another through the bride's hair. Then the two pledge
vows to each other. (IV: 890-891)
- most villages in Andor don't even see a
Gleeman once a year. (I: 466)
- Healthy economy. Less beggars, more trade.
- Exports: wool, precious metals, iron work, tabac, grain.
- This plays out into the following:
- Mining of iron, silver, gold, and other metals.
- Ranches and free ranges of sheep and maybe goats.
- Farms of tabacco and grains
- the price of goods varies with the size of a
village/town/city, how much trade they get, and the availability and demand
for goods. While a large silver coin could buy a good horse in the Two
Rivers, it is the price of passage on a trading ship elsewhere in Andor.
- Andor produces high-quality metal goods - steel,
bronze, copper. (III: 365)
- Andoran coins are the heaviest. (III: 363)
- Andor sells almost as much grain to Cairhien as
Tear does. (III: 425)
- there are few beggars in Caemlyn because of the
custom of the Queen's Bounty. On High Days the Queen hands it out herself.
Even a man under warrant can't be turned away while receiving the Bounty,
and no one in need is turned away. (I: 584)
- a lot of barley is also grown in the Two Rivers.
(IV: 469, 883)
- crops are barley, oats and hay. (IV: 515)
- many fine books are printed in Caemlyn. (IV: 889)
- many people travel to Caemlyn. (III: 521)
- Fair skinned
- blue eyes most common. brown also known.
- blond hair most common. Others also known.
- 16 years is the average age for braiding hair in the Two Rivers.
(IV: 466)
- Andorans are fairly pale-skinned. (V: 430)
- most Andorans are dark-haired and dark-eyed people
of medium height with a medium skin tone. Blondes and those with light eyes
are rare, though the Andoran royal line is known for having red hair. (I:
??)
- Belted, dresses with square-cut necks showing little cleavage, fitted
sleeves. Dresses are sometimes embroidered with flowers and leaves.
- Highborn women wear silk and have metallic threads. Commoner's wear
wool, higher necklines and many times an apron.
- typical dress for men is a pair of trousers, a
shirt, coat, a cloak when it's cold, and sturdy boots. Class
distinctions are shown through the difference in quality of cloth and
workman ship. The rich also wear a fair amount of jewelry, including
woven-metal belts. Both sexes also dress for their occupations, with
aprons, caps or gloves wear appropriate.
- most Andoran villages have a fashion that
marks a woman as mature. Some braid the hair, others wear a kerchief or
bonnet. Styles and fashions can also differ from village to village,
with some noted for preferring striped cloth, for example. Ankle-length
coats are popular in Baerlon, and many men wear wide-brimmed hats in
Caemlyn.
- women in Four Kings wear scarves on their
heads. (I: 467)
- women from the Two Rivers wear flowers and
ribbons in their hair for weddings. (VI: 650)
- Trousers and shirts with a surcoat. The coat has turned-back cuffs and
an upstanding collar.
- Highborn wear silk or brocade, metallic thread embroidery. Commoners
wear wool.
- typical dress for women wear long, demure
dresses and shoes, with a cloak for warmth. Class distinctions are shown
through the difference in quality of cloth and workman ship. The rich
also wear a fair amount of jewellery, including woven-metal belts. Both
sexes also dress for their occupations, with aprons, caps or gloves wear
appropriate.
- Caemlyn men favor wide-brimmed hats. (I: 534)
- high-crowned, curl-brimmed velvet hats are the
latest fashion from Caemlyn. (V: 45)
- Both men and women wear cloaks.
- ankle-length, fur-lined coats are often worn
in Baerlon. (I: 218)
- Queen's Guards wear a red undercoat, mail and plate armor, red cloak.
Long white collars hang over the armor. White cuffs at the wrists.
Helmets are conical with barred visors.
- Armsmen often carry lances with thin red streamers.
- High-ranking officers wear knots of rant on the shoulder. The Captain
General wears four golden knots and wide god bands on his white cuffs.
- the Queen's Guards wear red cloaks and
undercoats, with long white collars, in addition to armour. Golden knots
on the shoulder indicate the rank of officers. (I: 489, III: 523)
- one shoulder knot is a Lieutenant? (III:
536-537)
- high officers wear lion-head spurs. (II:
xviii)
- the gatekeepers in Whitebridge wear mail
tunics with steal caps, and cheap red coats with white collars. (I: 399)
- servants in the Palace wear red livery with
white collars and cuffs, and a white lion on the breast. (I: 606)
- the noblemen wear colorful embroidered coats,
the women wide dresses. (III: 538)
- villages: Arien, Breen's Spring, Carysford (at
the bridge over the River Cary), Market Sheran, Aringill (across
from Maerone in Cairhien), Comfrey (north of Baerlon) Roundhill
(near Two Rivers?) (I: 465, 489, 490, 502, 513; III: 361, 540, 594)
- trip from Taren Ferry to Baerlon takes one
week at a horse's walk. (I: 175)
- the land around the Caemlyn Road (from Baerlon
to Caemlyn) is hilly. (I: 260)
- the Caemlyn Road curves south to bypass the
Hills of Absher until it reaches Whitebridge. (I: 260)
- the Hills of Absher are barren and dead. (I:
263)
- no settlements between Baerlon and
Whitebridge, it's all wilderness. (I: 261)
Need to fix the map. Right now there
are villages between Baerlon and Whitebridge. Need to relocate or
find proof of those settlement's location.
- Whitebridge is the only bridge crossing the
Arinelle River south of Maradon in Saldaea. The river is a frequent
route of traders. (I: 261)
- there are no rocks in the Arinelle, but areas
of shallows and shoals. (I: 352)
- on route south on Arinelle, there is a half
mile area of bluffs completely carved with 100 feet tall regal figures.
(I: 355)
- ten days boat ride north of Whitebridge on
Arinelle, you can spot a tower of shining steel in the distance. It is
200 feet tall and has no visible opening. (I: 355-356)
- the west side of the Arinelle is forested, the
east is plains dotted with thickets and copses. (I: 329)
- two day's walk northeast from the Arinelle is
an area of thickly-forested hills, another day further the hills
flatten. (I: 336)
- the Caemlyn Road is Lugard's link with the
mines. (I: 467)
- the Great Blackwood is also called the Forest
of Shadows, located to the south of the Two Rivers. (III: 403)
- there are no tracks in the Forest of Shadows
below the White River. (IV: 884)
- forested hills somewhere south of Caemlyn,
with half-buried statues. (VI: 466)
- kidney pie (IV: 712)
- cold, jellied soup, thin beef wrapped around a
filling. (V: 385)
- green-veined cheese (III: 469)
- mutton stew, lentil soup (IV: 484)
- youngsters in the Two Rivers drink milk,
cider or well-watered wine. (VI: 474)
- a lot of barley is also grown in the Two
Rivers. (IV: 469, 883)
- crops are barley, oats and hay. (IV: 515)
The first village, that we know of, to the east of Whitebridge on the
road to Caemlyn.
TEotW, Chapter 31, pg 457 (paperback)
The first village after
Whitebridge looked so much like Emond's Field that Rand's steps dragged when
he saw it. Thatched roofs with high peaks, and goodwives in their
aprons gossiping over the fences between their houses, and children playing
on a village green....Cows cropped on the green, and geese waddled
self-importantly across the road.
- Aringill is a walled town on the Erinin River.
It has long, tarred-timber docks which are protected by high stone wing
walls. (III: 461)
- ferries travel between Aringill and the
Cairhienin town opposite it. (III: 462)
- the docks lie outside of the city wall. (III:
466)
- the streets are paved with flat grey stones,
lined with buildings of all sorts - wood, brick and stone, with tile,
slate and thatch for roofs. (III: 466)
- there are at least six inns in Aringill,
including The Riverman and The Good Queen. (III: 467)
- Baerlon is a large town or small city,
surrounded by a log palisade with tall wooden watchtowers. The city
gates are closed from sunset to dawn. (I: 184, 186)
- the houses in Baerlon all have roofs of slate
or tile, no thatch. (I: 186)
- Baerlon has over nine inns (one called the
Stag and Lion), but no palaces or large buildings. (I: 217)
- murals of buildings and gardens are painted on
the walls of the inn. (I: 210)
- the main streets of Baerlon are paved with
flagstone, but the minor streets are muddy. (I: 217)
- Baerlon is administrated by a Governor, and
policed by the Town Watch (I: 188)
- the Town Watch wears round steel caps, studded
leather jerkins and carry quarterstaves. (I: 225)
- the population of Baerlon swells seasonally as
the miners and smelters come down from the Mountains of Mist. Wagoneers
and merchants also pass through the city. (I: 186)
- the accent of Baerlon residents seems slurred
and quick to Two Rivers people. (I: 194)
- Baerlon inn: The Miner's Rest, it's a bit
rough. (VI: 526)
TEotW, Chapter 13, pg 184-5 (paperback)
A log wall, nearly twenty feet tall, surrounded the town, with wooden
watchtowers scattered along its length. Within, rooftops of slate and tile
glinted with the sinking sun, and feathers of smoke drifted upward from
chimneys. Hundreds of chimneys. There was not a thatched roof to be
seen. A broad road ran east from the town, and another west, each with at
least a dozen wagons and twice as many ox-carts trudging towards the palisade.
Farms lay scattered about the town, thickest to the north while only a few broke
the forest to the south, but they might as well not have existed as far as Rand
was concerned.
TEotW, Chapter 13, pg 186 (paperback)
"..The gates of Baerlon are closed from sundown to sunrise"
Lan led the way down the hill and through the woods toward
the log wall. The road passed half a dozen farms -- none lay close, and
none of the people finishing their chores seemed to notice the travelers--ending
at heavy wooden gates bound with wide straps of black iron.
Lan rode close to the wall and gave a tug to a frayed rope
hanging down beside the gates. A bell clanged on the other side of the
wall. Abruptly a wizened face under a battered cloth cap peered down
suspiciously from atop the wall, ...... "Go around to the Whitebridge Gate if
you want..."
TEotW, Chapter 13, pg 189 (paperback)
She led them away from the gate, then....The way led
through dirt streets barely the width of two wagons, empty of people, all lined
with warehouses and occasional high, wooden fences.
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 217 (paperback)
...He wandered up broad streets, most paved with
flagstone, and down narrow twisting lanes, wherever chance and the shifting of
the crowd took him...
There certainly were no palaces, and only a few houses
were very much bigger than those back hom, but every house had a roof of slate
or tiles as fine as the roof of the Winespring Inn.
Shops dotted every street, with awnings out front
sheltering tables covered with goods, everything from cloth to books to pots and
boots.
TEotW, Chapter 13, pg 190 (paperback)
Lan had stopped by a section of head-high wooden fence
that looked no different from any other they had passed. He was working
the blade of his dagger between two of the boards... (Back entrance to the
Inn)
On the other side of the fence Rand found himself in the
stableyard of an inn. A loud bustle and clatter came from the building's
kitchen, but what struck him was its size: it covered more than twice as
much ground as the Winespring Inn, and was four stories high besides. Well
over half the windows were aglow in the deepening twilight. ..
No sooner had they come well into the
stableyard than
three men in dirty canvas aprons appeared at the huge stable's broad, arched
doors...
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 193 (paperback)
Inside, the inn was every bit as busy as the sounds coming
from it had indicated and more. The party from Emond's Field followed
Master Fitch through the back door, soon weaving around and between a constant
stream of mean and women in long aprons, platters of food and trays of drink
held high. (Sounds like they came right into a hall that went from
kitchen to the common room.)
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 193 (paperback)
Mat and Perrin craned their necks in interest toward the
common room, from which rolled a wave of laughter and singing and jovial
shouting whenever the wide door at the end of the hall swung open.
Muttering about finding out the news, the Warder grimly disappeared through that
swinging door, swallowed by a wave of merriment.
... Master Fitch's answer was lost to Rand in the arrival
of attendants to lead them to the baths.
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 194 (paperback)
...A dozen tall, copper bathtubs sat in a circle on
the tiled floor, which sloped down slightly to a drain in the center of the big
stone-walled room. A thick towel neatly folded, and a large cake of yellow
soap sat on a stool behind each tub, and big black iron cauldrons of water stood
heating over fires along one wall. On the opposite wall logs blazing in a
deep fireplace added to the general warmth.....Ara brought them each a large
bucket of hot water and a dipper.
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 197 (paperback)
The private dining room had a polished oak table with a
dozen chairs around it, and a thick rug on the floor.
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 200 (paperback)
... Rand found himself sharing with Lan and Thom, on the
fourth floor at the back, close up under the overhanging eaves, with a single
small window that overlooked the stableyard.
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 210 (paperback)
The common room of the Stag and Lion shared little except
its purpose with the same room at the Winespring Inn. It was twice as wide
and three times as long, and colorful pictures of ornate building with gardens
of tall trees and bright flowers were painted high on the walls. Instead
of one huge fireplace, a hearth blazed on each wall, and scores of tables filled
the floor with almost every chair, bench, or stool taken.
Every man among the crown of patrons with pipes in their
teeth and mugs in their fists leaned forward with his attention on one thing:
Thom, standing atop a table in the middle of the room.
TEotW, Chapter 14, pg 212 (paperback)
(after leaving Perrin in his room, Rand goes down the stairs.)
The stairs ended near the kitchen.
Located where Rand found Padan Fain.
An inn in Baerlon
Clothing
- ankle-length, fur-lined coats are often
worn in Baerlon. (I: 218)
Lies on the Caemlyn road, east of Andor Village 2.
- desc of city (V: 254-256)
- desc of Caemlyn (VI: 525)
- desc of Caemlyn - the city walls are 50
feet high, made of greyish stone streaked with white and silver,
with tall, round towers spaced along them. Buildings outside of the
walls are red brick, grey stone and white plaster. There are lots of
inns, shops with awnings, warehouses and merchant homes. Open
markets under red and purple roof tiles line the road. (III: 521)
- desc of Caemlyn - guarded, arched gates
twenty feet high lead into the city. Within are slender towers, some
taller than sixty feet high, gleaming white and gold domes, and a
wide grassed/treed verge in the centre of the main road. (III: 522)
- desc of Caemlyn - the New City is less
than 2000 years old, all its main boulevards lead to the Inner City,
which is surrounded by another wall with guarded gates. The Inner
City is almost as wondrous as Tar Valon. (III: 523)
- desc of farmer's market beyond the city
gates (VI: 564)
- the city is built on low hills that slope
up to a central hill. (I: 530)
- Caemlyn once had an Ogier grove and a
Waygate, but the city grew over them. (I: 551, 665-666)
- Caemlyn is almost as beautiful as Tar
Valon. (VI: 64)
- the city has narrow alleys, which are
known locally as "runs". (VI: 581)
- long lines of tile roofs make up a market
on the approach to Caemlyn. (VI: 373)
- one, or even two known Aes Sedai wouldn't
seriously affect an inn's trade, but more than that does. (VI: 589)
- the outer area of Caemlyn is called the
New City. (V: 254)
- the portion of Caemlyn that has expanded
outside of the city wall is called the New City. The streets of the
New City run every which way.
- the city wall is 50 feet tall, made of
grey stone streaked with silver and white. Within it are towers and
domes. Some of the buildings are as high as six stories. (I: 528,
625, 532)
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 528-9 (paperback)
Outside the great wall,
buildings clustered as if every town he had passed through had been gathered
and set down there, side-by-side and all pushed together. Inns thrust
their upper stories above the tile roofs of houses, and squat warehouses,
broad and windowless, shouldered against them all. Red brick and gray
stone and plastered white, jumbled and mixed together, they spread as far as
the eye could see. Baerlon could have vanished into it without being
notices and Whitebridge swallowed up twenty times over with hardly a ripple.
And the wall itself. The
sheer, fifty-foot height of pale gray stone, streaked with silvers and
white, swept out in a great circle, curving to north and south till he
wondered how far it must run. All along its length towers rose, round
and standing high above the wall's own height, red-and-white banners
whipping in the wind atop each one. From inside the wall other towers
peeked out, slender towers even taller than those at the walls, and domes
gleaming white and gold in the sun.
The cart creaked down the wide
road toward the city, toward tower-flanked gates. The wagons of a
merchants' train rolled out of those gates, under a vaulting archway in the
stone that could have let a giant through, or ten giants abreast.
Unwalled markets lined the road on both sides, roof tiles glistening red and
purple, with stalls and pens in the spaces between. Calves bawled,
cattle lowed, geese honked, chickens clucked, goats bleated, sheep baaed,
and people bargained at the top of their lungs. A wall of noise
funneled them toward the gates of Caemlyn.
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 531 (paperback)
Half a dozen of the Queen's
Guards stood at the gates, their clean red-and-white tabards and burnished
plate-and-mail a sharp contrast to most of the people streaming under the
stone arch.
- the Inner City is built up on the highest
peaking hills. (III: 522)
- the Inner City and the Palace were built
by Ogier after the Breaking of the World. (I: 529)
- the streets of the Inner City have been
built to follow the natural curves of the hills, and planned to
provide pleasing views from almost any spot. The Inner City has
parks with walks and monuments, and mosaic tile walls. The Inner
City spirals in on the Palace. It has pale spires, golden domes,
balconies, towers, gardens and intricate stonework traceries. On
feast days, the banner of Andor waves from every palace prominence.
(I: 587, 588)
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 531 (paperback)
The city rose on low hills, like
steps climbing to a center. Another wall encircled that center,
shining pure white and running over the hills. Inside that were even
more towers and domes, white and gold and purple, their elevation atop the
hills making them seem to look down on the rest of Caemlyn.
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 587 (paperback)
The Inner City was built on hills, and much of what the
Ogier had made still remained. Where streets in the New City
mostly ran every which way in a crazy-quilt, here they followed the
curves of the hills as if they were a natural part of the earth.
Sweeping rises and dips presented new and surprising vistas at every
turn. Parks seen from different angles, even from above, where
their walks and monuments made patterns pleasing to the eye though
barely touched with green. Towers suddenly revealed,
tile-covered walls glittering in the sunlight with a hundred
changing colors. Sudden rises where the gaze was thrown out
across the entire city to the rolling plains and forests beyond.
...there was the Palace.
The streets, even following the natural contours of the land, had
been laid out to spiral in on this..
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 590 (paperback)
...The way the Inner City was laid out, buildings were kept
low, if there were buildings at all, so that someone standing at a
particular spot would have nothing to interrupt the planned view.
The inner city was laid out low so that no matter where
you stood, you could see the view....
The gates to the inner city
- the city wall is 50 feet tall, made of
grey stone streaked with silver and white. Within it are towers
and domes. Some of the buildings are as high as six stories. (I:
528, 625, 532)
- desc of Origan Gate into Inner City -
great white marble arch (VI: 580)
- desc of Whitebridge Gate - towered,
vaulting arch (VI: 564)
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 531 (paperback)
The Caemlyn road itself changed
as soon as it was inside the city, becoming a wide boulevard, split down the
middle by broad strips of grass and trees.
Gaping at the city and the
people, Rand was taken by surprise when the cart turned down a side street,
narrower than the boulevard, but still twice as wide as any street in
Emond's Field.
People
- there are few beggars in Caemlyn because
of the custom of the Queen's Bounty. On High Days the Queen hands it
out herself. Even a man under warrant can't be turned away while
receiving the Bounty, and no one in need is turned away. (I: 584)
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 535-6 (paperback)
Some of them stood out in the crowd, skins too dark
or too pale, coats of strange cut or bright colors, hats with pointed peaks
or long feathers. There were women with veils across their faces,
women in stiff dresses as wide as the wearer was tall, women in dresses that
left more skin bare than any tavernmaid he had seen. Occasionally a
carriage, all vivid paint and gilt, squeezed through the thronged streets
behind a four or six-horse team with plumes on their harness. Sedan
chairs were everywhere, the polemen pushing along with never a care for who
they shoved aside.
A good many shops were fronted
with tables displaying the cloth and cord..
- desc of Palace (VI: 198)
- desc of palace (V: 50-51)
- desc of palace (V: 574, 648, 660)
- upon inheritance, the Daughter-Heir isn't
TRULY Queen until she's crowned in the Great Hall of the Caemlyn
Palace. (VI: 236)
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 588 (paperback)
...there was the Palace. The streets, even following
the natural contours of the land, had been laid out to spiral in on
this--this gleeman's tale of pale spires and golden domes and
intricate stonework traceries, with the banner of Andor waving from
every prominence, a centerpiece for which all the other vistas had
been designed. It seemed more sculpted by an artist than
simply built like ordinary buildings.
...Along the tops of the
white walls, on high balconies and towers, more Guards stood rigidly
straight..
- desc of outside palace - there is a
huge oval plaza before the Royal Palace. The Palace wall has
tall, gilded gates and guarded gates. (III: 523)
- desc of palace - golden domes, pale
spirals (V: 648)
- the Palace is white with many towers,
gold-covered domes, balconies and fancy stonework. (III: 523)
- the main gates of the Palace open on
the Queen's Square. (VI: 198)
- desc of outside palace - there is a
huge oval plaza before the Royal Palace. The Palace wall has
tall, gilded gates and guarded gates. (III: 523)
- there are usually few people in the
plaza. (III: 523)
- desc of palace courtyard (V: 648)
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 590-1 (paperback)
...on the slope, bare of buildings, rising above the street
where he was walking In a normal spring the slope would be an
expanse of flowers and grass, but now it was brown all the way
to the high wall along its crest, a wall over which the tops of
trees were visible.
This part of the
street had not been designed for any grand view, but just ahead,
over the rooftops, he could see some of the Palace spires,
topped by White Lion banners fluttering in the wind.
...The face of the
wall had been left much in the natural state of the stone, the
huge blocks fitted together so well that the joins were nearly
invisible, the roughness making it seem almost a natural cliff.
...Hastily he
twisted himself around to a seat on the flat, narrow top of the
wall. The leafy branches of a towering tree struck out
over his head, but he had no thought for that. He looked
across tiled rooftops, but from the wall his line of sight was
clear.
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 593 (paperback)
Near the wall in the garden where Rand met Elayne...
...then turned and strode down the
paved path, his long legs carrying him quickly out of sight
beyond the arbor.
The arbor may either mean a plot of grass or shelter
of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing
shrubs or vines. I think it is meant to be latticework
since it says he was out of sight beyond it. But, it could
mean either.
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 602 (paperback)
...There is a small gate on the other side of the garden.
It's overgrown, and no one but me even remembers it's there.
....slate paving stones.
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 605 (paperback)
...he suddenly became aware of the garden...Now he saw the
green grass that had only tickled the back of his mind before.
Green! A hundred shades of green. Trees and bushes
green and thriving, thick with leaves and fruit. Lush
vines covering arbors over the path. Flowers everywhere.
So many flowers, spraying the garden with color. Some he
knew--bright golden sunburst and tiny pink tallowend, crimson
starblaze and purple Emond's Glory, roses in every color from
purest white to deep, deep red--but others were strange, so
fanciful in shape and hue he wondered if they could be real.
- desc of the Palace interior (III: 538)
- desc of Palace and throne room (VI:
527)
- desc of Palace decorations (VI: 528)
- the Palace is decorated with art
objects in niches and on tables. (VI: 194)
- the Palace interior is decorated with
finely-carved wood and stone reliefs, and tapestries. (I: 606,
608)
- a dozen or so clocks in the palace,
but none wasted in a bedchamber. (IV: 203)
- by law and custom, guests of the royal
family may go armed in the Palace, even in the presence of the
Queen. (I: 607)
The Library
- there's a library in the Caemlyn
Palace, but it's nothing spectacular. (VI: 580)
This is where we first meet the Queen of Andor. It
is some kind of receiving room.
TEotW, Chapter 40, pg 606-8 (paperback)
...tall double doors of dark wood with a rich glow, not so
grand as some they had past.
The square chamber
was about the size of the common room at the Queen's Blessing,
its walls presenting hunting scenes carved in relief in stone of
the purest white. The tapestries between the carvings were
gentle images of bright flowers and brilliantly plumaged
hummingbirds, except for the two at the far end of the room,
where the White Lion of Andor stood taller than a man on scarlet
fields. Those two hangings flanked a dais, and on the dais
a carved and gilded throne where sat the Queen.
...Behind the throne
and to the other side a woman in deep green silk sat on a low
stool, knitting something out of dark, almost black wool.
TEotW, Chapter 40, pg 614 (paperback)
...feet had become rooted in the marble floor.
- desc of throne room (V: 678)
- desc of Lion Throne (V: 679)
- desc of Palace and throne room (VI:
527)
- desc of robing room behind throne
dais, red and white floor tiles (VI: 280)
- desc of Grand Hall (VI: 51)
- desc of ceiling of Palace Great Hall
(VI: 278)
TEotW, Chapter 40, pg 616-7 (paperback)
...startled to find himself in the great court at the front
of the Palace, standing at the tall, gilded gates, gleaming in
the sun.
...he ducked through
the sally-port barely clearing his heels before Tallanvor
slammed it behind him. The bars inside were jammed into
place loudly....A sally-port is a smaller door inside
a larger door, a gate in a fortification designed for sorties.
Small heavily fortified side door from which the defenders can
rush out, strike, and retire.
The oval plaza in
front of the Palace was empty, now...Nothing left but a
scattering of litter blowing across the pavement.
- desc of room in Palace (VI: 312)
- desc of Pensioner's Quarters in Palace
(V: 248)
- the Master of the Sword is the trainer
of the Queen's Guards. (VI: 540)
- it is a Palace custom to escort guests
only as far as the gates of the Palace, but not to watch them
leave, as it is the pleasure of the visit that should be
remembered, not the sadness of parting. (I: 616-617)
- there are lords who are members of the
Queen's Guard. (III: 548)
- the Queen's Guards wear red cloaks and
undercoats, with long white collars, in addition to armour.
Golden knots on the shoulder indicate the rank of officers. (I:
489, III: 523)
- one shoulder knot is a Lieutenant?
(III: 536-537)
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 606 (paperback)
Palace servants filled the halls, in red liveries with collar
and cuffs of white, the White Lion on the left breast of their
tunics.
- servants in the Palace wear red
livery with white collars and cuffs, and a white lion on the
breast. (I: 606)
- the First Maid in the Palace is
like the head housekeeper, it is she who organizes the
day-to-day details of Palace life. (VI: 193)
- the Chief Clerk keeps track of
financial records and is in charge of actually making
payments for expenditures.(VI: 193)
- palace servants wear red livery
with white collars and cuffs, white lion on breast. (I: 606)
- desc of what happens to old
servants of Palace (V: 248)
- Desc: The Ball and Hoop. (VI: 377)
- inns include the Goose and Crown, the
Crown and Lion and the Queen's Blessing, which has a library of 300
books. (I: 531, 613, 532, 547)
- the Crown of Roses is a favorite with
nobles from the country who have no mansions or houses of their own
in the city. (VI: 548)
- New City inn: The Crown of Roses, best inn
in city. (VI: 531)
- Desc: Crown of Roses (VI: 548)
- inn: Culain's Hound, in the west of city.
It's three stories high with a red tile roof. (VI: 199)
- desc of Culain's Hound Inn (VI: 200, 539)
- inns include the Goose and Crown, the
Crown and Lion and the Queen's Blessing, which has a library of 300
books. (I: 531, 613, 532, 547)
- the Queen's Blessing also has a secret
back exit out of the stables. (I: 660)
- the Queen's Blessing is three stories
high, with red roof tiles. (III: 525)
- inns include the Goose and Crown, the
Crown and Lion and the Queen's Blessing, which has a library of 300
books. (I: 531, 613, 532, 547)
TEotW, Chapter 41, pg 619 (paperback)
Langwin was sitting on a bench by the door.
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 537 (paperback)
The common room was large and
paneled with dark wood, and fires on two hearths warmed it. A serving
maid was sweeping the floor, though it was clean, and another was polishing
candlesticks in the corner.
TEotW, Chapter 41, pg 623 (paperback)
...the scrape of chair legs was loud... Must be
some chairs, probably all chairs and no benches.
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 537 (paperback)
The kitchen is in the back. There is a back door in the
kitchen leading to the stable yard.
TEotW, Chapter 41, pg 628 (paperback)
"We'll go up the back way." Could be stairs
in the kitchen or going to a hallway from the kitchen.
TEotW, Chapter 42, pg 635 (paperback)
on his surroundings, on the walnut
paneled walls and the oak stair railing...
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 537 (paperback)
There are rooms in the attic.
The attic rooms. A dormer window
pierced the slanting outer wall, with a bed on either side of it and pegs
beside the door for hanging their belongings.
TEotW, Chapter 41, pg 628 (paperback)
...dropped onto the edge of the other bed. There
are two beds in the room.
TEotW, Chapter 39, pg 584 (paperback)
Rand stuck his head out and looked both ways before slipping
into the alley. Is there a door right from the
inn into the alley?
TEotW, Chapter 35, pg 547 (paperback)
The shelves must have held three or four
hundred books, more than he had ever seen in one place before.
Clothbound, leather-bound with gilded spines. Only a few had wooden
covers. His eyes gobbled up the titles, picking out old favorites.
The Travels of Jain Farstrider. The Essays of Willim of Maneches.
Voyages Among the Sea Folk.
...settling down before the
fireplace.
TEotW, Chapter 41, pg 619-20 (paperback)
...through the common room...You must go through
the common room to get to the library, from the front entrance.
...playing
stones...must be a table that allows game playing.
Use the chess set board.
TEotW, Chapter 42, pg 635-6 (paperback)
He took them to the
library by the back way that went by the kitchens, avoiding the
common room.
...was sprawled on
the long couch, reading...
...as if the act of
being in a well-stuffed chair...
TEotW, Chapter 43, pg 646 (paperback)
...its claws scratching on the
hearthstone...Seems to indicate stone fireplace.
Clothing
- the Queen's Guards wear red cloaks and
undercoats, with long white collars, in addition to armor. Golden knots
on the shoulder indicate the rank of officers. (I: 489, III: 523)
- one shoulder knot is a Lieutenant? (III:
536-537)
- high officers wear lion-head spurs. (II:
xviii)
- Caemlyn men favor wide-brimmed hats. (I: 534)
- high-crowned, curl-brimmed velvet hats are the
latest fashion from Caemlyn. (V: 45)
- servants in the Palace wear red livery with
white collars and cuffs, and a white lion on the breast. (I: 606)
Lies on the Caemlyn road, east of Andor Village 1 and west of Andor
Village 2.
TEotW, Chapter 34, pg 513 (paperback)
...Neat, vine-covered brick houses
and narrow lanes, except for the Caemlyn Road itself, quiet and outwardly
peaceful.
...The River Cary was a bare
thirty paced wide there, and the black water moved sluggishly, but the ford
had long since been bridged over. Centuries of rain and wind had worn
the stone abutments until they seemed almost like natural formations.
Years of freight wagons and merchant trains had ground at the thick wooden
planks, too.
- Deven Ride is made up of rows of wooden houses
surrounding a green and a spring-fed pond. The Goose and Pipe Inn is at
the head of the green. It is larger than the Winespring, but has only a
thatched roof. (IV: 883)
- desc of Emond's Field (V: 309)
- only one clock in all of Emond's Field, in
Inn. (IV: 203)
- the Waterwood edge is a half-day away from
Emond's Field. (IV: 466)
- bowls are played in the outside part of the
Winespring Inn, beneath the big oak. (IV: 469)
- there is a sick house in Emond's Field, where
people are sent to convalesce if they are contagious. (IV: 484)
- there are few farmers and no markets in Four
Kings, it survives as a stopover for merchants and their cargo. (I: 467)
- there are a number of inns in Four Kings,
including the Dancing Cartman and the Royal Inn. The merchants are
served in private rooms, while their workers patronize the rowdy common
rooms. (I: 469, 475)
- Four Kings Road runs south. (V: 49)??
- desc of how Four Kings got its name. (VI: 379)
Lies on the Caemlyn road, east of Arien and west of Market Sheran.
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 467 (paperback)
The village was bigger than most, but
still a scruffy town to bear a name like Four Kings. As usual, the
Caemlyn Road ran straight through the center of the town, but another
heavily traveled highway came in from the south, too. (Four
Kings Road) Most villages were markets and
gathering places for the farmers of the area, but there were few farmers to
be seen here. Four Kings survived as a stopover for merchant's wagon
trains on their way to Caemlyn and to the mining towns in the Mountains of
Mist beyond Baerlon, as well as the villages between. The
southern road carried Lugard's trade with the mines in the west; Lugarder
merchants going to Caemlyn had a more direct route. The surrounding
country held few farms, barely enough to fee themselves and the town, and
everything in the village centered on the merchants and their wagons, the
men who drove them and the laborers who loaded the goods.
Plots of bare earth, ground to dust,
lay scattered through Four Kings, filled with wagons parked wheel to wheel
and abandoned except for a few bored guards. Stables and
horse-lots lined the streets, all of which were wide enough to allow wagons
to pass and deeply rutted from too many wheels. There was no village
green, and the children played in the ruts, dodging wagons and the curses of
wagon drivers. Village women, their heads covered with scarves, kept
their eyes down and walked quickly, sometimes followed by wagoneers'
comments...No women stood gossiping over the fence with a neighbor.
Drab wooden houses stood cheek by jowl, with only narrow alleys between and
whitewash--where anyone had bothered t whitewash the weathered boards--faded
as if it had not been freshened in years. Heavy shutters on the houses
had not been open in so long that the hinges were solid lumps of rust.
Noise hung over everything, clanging from blacksmiths, shouts from the wagon
drivers, raucous laughter from the town's inns.
3 Unnamed Inns
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 468 (paperback)
...garishly painted inn, all greens and
yellows that caught the eye from afar among the leaden houses.
All the inns are gaudy painted.
There were musicians inside. Two other inns were tried but they
also had musicians. Private dining was had upstairs in these inns -
the characters didn't see the more well dressed patrons when they peeked in.
The Dancing Cartman
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 469 (paperback)
It was as gaudy as the
other inns, yellow trimmed in bright red and bilious, eye-wrenching green,
though here the paint was cracked and peeling.
...dirt crusted the floor
and cobwebs filled the corners of the ceiling.
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 471 (paperback)
There was a small, raised
platform at the far end of the room, near the door to the back. Rand
lifted a bench up on it.
...lightning flashed in the
windows.
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 473 (paperback)
..Merchants apparently had no use for the run-down inn; there were not even
any private dining rooms for them, as far as he could make out. The
patrons were all rough-dressed, with the tough skin of men who labored in
the sun and wind.
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 474-5
(paperback)
Kitchen is through a door to the rear. There
is a backdoor in the kitchen to the outside and stables.
A stout door separated the
kitchen from the front of the inn, and, except when it opened to let a
serving maid through, the rain pounding the roof was louder in the kitchen
than the shouts from the common room. It was a big room, hot and
steamy from stoves and ovens, with a huge table covered with half-prepared
food and dishes ready to be served. Some of the serving maids sat
clustered on a bench near the read door...
TEotW, Chapter 32, pg 480-1
(paperback)
...from the common room....gestured
to the side door...The door led into a hall as black as pitch....The hall
ended in a rough, unpainted door. He had not seen if there were any
other doors along the way....An old storeroom and by the look of it not used
in some time. Weathered barrels and broken crates filled half the
floor. Steady drips fell from more than one place on the ceiling
(must mean there is no second floor here),
and a broken pane in the filthy window let the rain blow in freely.
Unidentifiable odds and ends littered the shelves, and thick dust covered
almost everything. The presence of the promised pallets was a
surprise.
Clothing
- women in Four Kings wear scarves on
their heads. (I: 467)
- village with red brick and thatch roofs. (V:
31)
- inn: the Good Queen's Justice. (V: 31)
On the road to Caemlyn. This is east of Four Kings and west of
unnamed Andor Village 1.
See Andor Village 1. Description for
that village says it is "much like Market Sheran."
TEotW, Chapter 33, pg 496-8
(paperback)
...The only inn was a sprawling
building, all on one floor, with the look of having ad rooms added in
bunches over the years without any particular plan.
Lamps hanging from the high
ceiling made the room bright and right away he could see and feel the
difference from Sami Hake's inn. ...The room was filled with people
who looked to be farmers and townsmen, if not entirely sober, not too far
from it...The common room itself was neat and clean, and warm from a fire
roaring in a big fireplace at the far end.
...He got a candle and showed
them through a jumble of corridors to a small room, with two narrow beds,
back in a far corner of the inn.
...He lay there, watching dawn
lighten the window.
Clothing
- the people of Market Sheran have a fondness for striped
clothing, and the women wear bonnets and aprons. (I: 488)
- Mountains of Mist are rich mining sites,
mining towns spring up there. (I: 311)
- includes gold, iron, bronze and copper mines.
(III: 365)
- there are half-buried ruins and broken
monuments scattered among the Mountain of Mists. (III: 31)
- most people feel it's bad luck to go into the
Mountains of Mist. (III: 33)
- one of the Mountains of Mist has been carved
with the giant figures of a man and a woman. (III: 39)
- the Mountains of Mist are named for the
ever-present clouds that ring their peaks. (IV: 450-451)
- desc of a valley area in the Mountains of Mist
(IV: 450-451)
- there are few, and only stunted trees, and
worthless grazing areas where Manetheren once stood. (IV: 454, 455)
- desc of figures and letters carved into
mountains (IV: 459)
- the journey from the Mountains of Mist to the
Sand Hills and beyond takes about three days ride. (IV: 465)
- fossils have been found in the Mountains of
Mist. (III: 533)
- east of Kore Springs, on the Andoran border on
road from Caemlyn to TV. (V: 48)
- the town is older than Andor, "Old Braem" was
destroyed in the Trolloc Wars. (V: 48)
- houses of Taren Ferry are built on tall
redstone foundations to protect them from spring melt of River Taren (I:
155)
- surnames like Hilltop, Stoneboat and Hightower
are common in Taren Ferry, and residents there have reputation of
slyness and trickery in the surrounding areas (I: 156)
- the River Taren is wide, deep and treacherous.
The ferry itself is a wooden barge with high sides and ramps that pull
up on either end pulled across the river by haulers along thick ropes.
The ferry doesn't cross at night. (I: 159, 161, 156)
- the rest of the Two Rivers keeps somewhat
separate from Taren Ferry. (IV: 731)
- desc of Two Rivers geography (IV: 42)
- towns of Emond's Field, Taren Ferry, Deven
Ride, Watch Hill and surrounding farms (I: 5,7)
- 600 miles south of the Blight (I: 113)
- generations of Aybaras are buried in the
ground with wooden headstones (headpieces). (IV: 659)
- the Westwood is heavily-treed, and grows on
stony soil broken by bramble-covered outcrops. (IV: 466)
- the forests of Two Rivers are thick. (V: 464)
- there are signs of gold, silver and iron in
the mountains near the Two Rivers. (VI: 33)
- the only tile roof in Watch Hill is on the
White Boar Inn. (IV: 504)
- Whitebridge is about the same size as Baerlon.
Most residents make living from travelers or working for merchants, but
there are also fishermen that live off the river. (I: 380, 384)
- the town is walled, with entry gates guarded
by the Town Watch. (I: 390, 391)
- the town is on the east bank of the Arinelle
and is named for the milky white bridge that spans the river. The bridge
is twice as high as a tall mast, looks like glass, can't be marred by
chisels and doesn't get slippery when wet. It is rumored to be a remnant
from the Age of Legends. (I: 375, 380)
- the bridge ends in the centre of the town, in
a paved square surrounded by inns (one of which is the Wayfarer's Rest)
and merchant houses. The houses are tall, made of stone and brick. (I:
380, 385)
- each merchant house has its own symbol, which
is also marked on their black lacquered carriages in gold or scarlet.
(I: 381, 385)
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 380 (paperback)
The White Bridge arched high
over the wide waters, twice as high as the Spray's mast and more, and from
end to end it gleamed milky white in the sunlight, gathering the light until
it seemed to glow. Spidery piers of the same stuff plunged into the
strong currents, appearing too frail to support the weight and width of the
bridge. It looked all of one piece, as if it had been carved from a
single stone or molded by a giant's hand, broad and tall, leaping the river
with an airy grace that almost made the eye forget its size. All in
all it dwarfed the town that sprawled about its foot on the east bank,
though Whitebridge was larger by far than Emond's Field, with houses of
stone and brick as tall as those in Taren Ferry and wooden docks like thin
fingers sticking out into the river. Small boats dotted the Arinelle
thickly, fishermen hauling their nets. And over it all the White
Bridge towered and shone.
"It looks like
glass," Rand said to no one in particular.
...carriages appeared at the end
of the dock, tall and lacquered shiny black, each one with a name painted on
the door in large letters, gold or scarlet.
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 384 (paperback)
...every bit as big as Baerlon,
though not so crowded with people. A few carts moved in the streets,
pulled by horse or ox or donkey or man, but no carriages. Those most
likely all belonged to the merchants and were clustered down at the dock.
Shops of every description lined
the streets, and many of the tradesmen worked in front of their
establishments, under the signs swinging in the wind. They passed a
man mending pots, and a tailor holding folds of cloth up to the light for a
customer. A shoemaker, sitting in his doorway, tapped his hammer on
the heel of a boot. Hawkers cried their services at sharpening knives
and scissors, or tried to interest the passerby in their skimpy trays of
fruit or vegetables, but none was getting much interest. Shops selling
food had the same pitiful displays of produce. Even the fishmongers
displayed only small piles of small fish, for all the boats on the river.
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 385 (paperback)
Where the White Bridge came down
in the center of the town was a big square, paved with stones worn by
generations of feet and wagon wheels. Inns surrounded the square, and
shops, and tall, red brick houses with signs out front bearing the same
names Rand had seen on the carriages at the dock.
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 399 (paperback)
....shutters banged down over
storefronts
But the gates themselves, thick
wood bound with black iron straps, stood open. The two gate-tenders,
in steel caps and mail tunics worn over cheap-looking red coats with white
collars, fingered their halberds and stared uneasily into the town.
- the Wayfarer's Rest has its common room
split down the middle by a low wall to divide groups of bickering
sailors. (I: 385)
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 385 (paperback)
Common room...A
shoulder-high wall split the room into two from front to back, with tables
and a blazing fireplace on each side.
No private dining rooms....using the wall is the best the innkeeper
has for privacy unless they want to rent a room.
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 386 (paperback)
The bare table was none too
clean, and the floor had not been swept in days if not weeks.
..."We passed other inns that
looked cleaner."
..."Straight on from the bridge, is the road to Caemlyn.
Anyone passing through Whitebridge comes through this square, unless they're
going by river, and we know your friends aren't doing that."
...Three battered pewter mugs
TEotW, Chapter 26, pg 395 (paperback)
The windows on either side of the
fireplace on their side of the wall looked out into an alleyway.
Big enough to squeeze through when opened.
Clothing
- the gatekeepers in Whitebridge wear mail
tunics with steal caps, and cheap red coats with white collars. (I:
399)
On the road to Caemlyn. This is east of Market Sheran and west
of Carysford.
TEotW, Chapter 33, pg 503 (paperback)
...much like Market Sheran.
The Caemlyn Road split the town neatly in two, but on both sides of the wide
road stood rows of small brick houses with thatched roofs. Webs of
vine covered the bricks, though only a few leaves hung on them. The
village had one inn, a small place no bigger than the Winespring Inn, with a
sign on a bracket out front, creaking back and forth in the wind.
The Queen's Man
There are no real descriptions of the inn other than what is quoted
above. There is a stable out back with a loft.
Lies on the Caemlyn road, east of Carysford and west of Caemlyn.
TEotW, Chapter 34, pg 520 (paperback)
...The inn in the middle of town was brightly lit,
surrounded by a golden pool that pushed back the darkness...At the near end
of the inn, a cart and horse stood in the Caemlyn Road.
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