Darcy Street Court, also referred to as Gauntlet Court, was one of the meeting places for the Court of the Rogue of Port Caynn in the third century of the Human Era, while Pearl Skinner was the Rogue. It was located in Gauntlet District,[1] on Darcy Walk. Another entrance was on Basilisk Alley.[2]
The building had originally been used as a Guild Hall, when that part of the city had been populated by richer people. The main hall and Pearl's "courtroom" was three stories high, with gallieries on the upper two stories and a "fancy ceiling framed in arches". Hearths were at each long end of the room. Tables, stools and benches provided space to sit for Pearl's court while she herself occupied a wooden dais beside the hearth farthest from the entrance. Pearl's chair was cushioned with furs while her bodyguards had to be content with two mere stools. Small tables allowed Pearl to put her cups or other things down.[3] The part of the hall where Pearl and her guards normally sit was shielded by magical protections.[4]
In the building, several hidden tunnels ran between the floors that Pearl and her folk didn't know about.[5] However, two younger members of the Court of the Rogue knew about them and helped Rebakah Cooper to hide from Pearl in them and get out of the court unnoticed.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Bloodhound, September 15, 247 (pg. 231)
- ↑ Bloodhound, September 17, 247 II (pg. 363)
- ↑ Bloodhound, September 19, 247 I (pg. 394)
- ↑ Bloodhound, September 19, 247 I (pg. 415)
- ↑ Bloodhound, September 19, 247 II (pg. 424)