Tyrosh
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| Tyrosh City state, one of the Free Cities | |
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| Location | Essos, Free Cities, Stepstones |
| Government | Archon |
| Religion | Mixed religions |
| Founded | Approx 1000 years ago |
Tyrosh is a harbor city, one of the Free Cities. It sits on an island to the north of the Stepstones, just off the coast of the Disputed Lands, Essos [1] The ruler of Tyrosh is called the Archon.[2]
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City
Tyrosh is far larger than the shadow city of Sunspear, being described as boisterous and loud. At the mouth of its harbor lies the Bleeding Tower.[3] There is a fountain in Tyrosh called the Fountain of the Drunken God. There is a temple called the Temple of Trios with a big statue of the three headed Trios beside the temple’s doors.
People
Tyroshi are renowned for their greed.[4] They constantly fight to gain control of the Stepstones and Disputed Lands.
They love bright colors, even coloring their hair brightly.[4] Their inventors are known for creating ornate helmets and ingenious torture devices. Their dialect is a corrupted form of High Valyrian.[5]
Economy
Slaves and sellswords are common in Tyrosh. It is renowned for its pear brandy[6], and Tyroshi armorsmiths can make fantastic helmets shaped like birds and animals, chased with precious metals
History
Tyrosh used to be one of the colonies of the Valyrian Freehold; it gained its independence following the Doom of Valyria.
The Band of Nine, a group of sellswords, pirates and merchants who had conquered the Disputed Lands, marched on Tyrosh and took it. They installed the wealthy merchant Alequo Adarys as a tyrant and then moved on. While the rest of the possessions of the Band of Nine were lost soon after the death of Maelys Blackfyre in the War of the Ninepenny Kings, Alequo managed to hold on for six more years before he too was removed from power.[5]
When Daenerys was a girl she and her brother Viserys spent some time in Tyrosh when they were wandering from place to place.
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
The green bearded brother of the Archon of Tyrosh attends the introduction of Daenerys Targaryen to her future husband Khal Drogo hosted in Drogo’s nine towered mance in Pentos. [2]
A Storm of Swords
Tyrosh is on the verge of going to war with Lys.[7]
A Feast for Crows
Tyrosh and Lys are now on the verge of war with Myr.[8] It is later rumored that the Archon had offered terms to Lys to end the trade war.[9]
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References and Notes
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Map of the Free Cities
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 3, Daenerys.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 35, Samwell
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book, Guardians of Order
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei
