Talk:A Pot of Violant Ink/@comment-184.161.22.4-20160531204726/@comment-180.254.220.91-20170314112711

I think that's supposed to be an allusion. "Spired places" = the Bazaar's spires, "the most desperate treaties" = the treaties signed by the rulers of the five cities. I think it's alluding to the sale of the cities.