The Figurehead

was a run-down inn on the waterfront of Unta. Its name came from the presence of a tall wooden figurehead removed from a Malazan man-'o-war. Over the years the carving had been so badly vandalised by customer knives and fists that nothing could be recognized of it other than the clawed feet of a bird or demon.
The inn's windows were made of oiled and stretched hides that provided a blurry view of the docks. The warped wood of the floor was covered with sawdust, straw, and occasionally faeces.
The Unta Harbour Guard were billeted there.Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 1 Chapter 4, UK PB p.189Return of the Crimson Guard, Book 2 Chapter 2, US HC p.293-294
==Notes and references==
Category:Inns
Category:Unta