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'''Archon''' is the title of the rulers of [[Tyrosh]] and [[Lorath]].<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref>
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{{hatnote|For the ruler of Tyrosh, see [[Archon of Tyrosh]]}}
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'''Archons''' were officials in the [[Valyrian Freehold]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}
  
 
==History==
 
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The green-haired daughter of the Tyroshi Archon was sent to [[Dorne]] as a child and used to play in the [[Water Gardens]] with Princess [[Arianne Martell]].
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Archons were provisionally elected by their lords freeholder of [[Valyria]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} Often [[dragonriders]], archons from Valyria oversaw colonial cities and towns of the [[Valyrian Freehold]],{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}} with the exceptions of the self-ruling [[Free Cities]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities}} While the Freehold was destroyed with the [[Doom of Valyria]],{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} the ruler of the Free City of [[Tyrosh]] is known as the [[Archon of Tyrosh|Archon]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
  
==Recent Events==
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==References==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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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 manse in [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}
 
 
 
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It is rumored that the Archon of Tyrosh has offered terms to [[Lys]] to end the trade war.{{ref|AFFC|24}}
 
 
 
In [[Dorne]] Prince [[Doran Martell]] reveals to his daughter, Princess [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]], that at one point she was to have been sent to Tyrosh to serve as the Archon's cupbearer, where she could have met her betrothed, [[Viserys Targaryen]], in secret. 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 22:08, 27 February 2019

Archons were officials in the Valyrian Freehold.[1]

History

Archons were provisionally elected by their lords freeholder of Valyria.[1] Often dragonriders, archons from Valyria oversaw colonial cities and towns of the Valyrian Freehold,[2] with the exceptions of the self-ruling Free Cities.[3] While the Freehold was destroyed with the Doom of Valyria,[4] the ruler of the Free City of Tyrosh is known as the Archon.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria.
  2. The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: Valyria's Children.
  3. The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities.
  4. The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria.
  5. The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh.