Chataya

Chataya runs a choice brothel in King's Landing, an establishment that Littlefinger describes as a sounder investment than ships, noting that whores seldom sink and that pirates pay good coin like everyone else. Her business is frequented by the city's elite, and it is to her brothel that Littlefinger brings Eddard Stark for a secret meeting with Catelyn Stark, who has come to the capital with urgent news about the attempt on Bran's life. The establishment is also where Ned Stark later visits to see Robert Baratheon's bastard daughter, Barra, whose mother is one of Chataya's workers. The woman tells Ned that Chataya allowed her half a year off work for the baby and for hoping the king would return, and she swears she has not been with anyone else. Chataya's brothel thus functions as a discreet space where the city's secrets and power plays intersect, a place where the high lords conduct their most sensitive business away from the prying eyes of the Red Keep.