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[[File:Red Waste.jpg|thumb|350px|Red, parched barren plains]]
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{{Location map|Essos|long=155|lat=-45|label=red waste| caption = [[Essos]] west of the [[Bone Mountains]] and the location of the red waste}}
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The '''red waste'''{{ref|ACOK|12}}{{ref|ASOS|23}}{{ref|ADWD|16}} or '''Red Waste'''{{ref|ADWD|71}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}  is a region of [[Essos]] west of the [[Bone Mountains]]. The desert is a barren and unforgiving landscape of stunted trees, [[devilgrass]], and ancient ruins.
  
The '''Red Waste''' is a region on the continent of [[Essos]]. A forbidding landscape of stunted trees, devil grass and ancient ruins, which stretches southwards for hundreds of miles.
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==Geography==
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[[File:Red Waste.jpg|thumb|350px|The red waste in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of the red waste|Images of the red waste]]''
  
== Geography ==
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The red waste is located south of the [[Dothraki sea]] and [[Lhazar]], the land of the [[Lhazareen]]. It is east of [[Slaver's Bay]] and its hinterlands, north of the fabled city of [[Qarth]], and west of the [[Bone Mountains]]. It is a land of low hills, barren windswept plains, and dry rivers.{{Ref|aCoK|12}} Life is sparse in its red parched soil,{{ref|AGOT|72}} stone, sand, and red clay.{{ref|ACOK|12}} There is little forage and shallow, bitter, stagnant pools of water. Wood is hard to find, with the best being gnarled and tough.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}
The Red Waste located South of the [[Dothraki Sea]] and [[Lhazar]], the land of the Lhazareen. East of slaver cities and their hinterlands and north of the fabled city of [[Qarth]]. It is a land of low hills, barren windswept plains, dry rivers{{Ref|aCoK|12}} and red parched soil.{{Ref|aGoT|72}} Where the necessities of living are hard to come by. There are few things in the red waste that will support life. There is little forage and shallow, bitter, stagnant pools of water. Wood is hard to find, with the best being gnarled and tough.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}
 
  
Within the Red Waste are three abandoned cities, [[Vaes Tolorro]], and two others smaller than Vaes Tolorro. One of those is ringed with skulls on iron spears. To the south of Vaes Tolorro the waste continues to the sea. The two abandoned cities are to the southwest of Vaes Tolorro. To the southeast lies [[Qarth]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 12|Chapter 12]], Daenerys</ref>
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Within the red waste are four abandoned cities, [[Vaes Tolorro]], [[Vaes Orvik]], [[Vaes Shirosi]], and [[Vaes Qosar]], all formerly inhabited by the [[Qaathi]] but sacked by the [[Dothraki]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} South of the red waste along the [[Summer Sea]] are, from west to east, the cities of [[Port Yhos]], [[Qarkash]], and [[Qarth]].{{Ref|tLoIaF| Central Essos}}
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Beginning at Qarth, the [[Sand Road]] travels north through the eastern red waste along the [[Dry Bones]]. It then turns east through the Bones toward [[Bayasabhad]].{{ref|TLOIAF| The Known World}} Sandstorms have shaped the Dry Bones into strange shapes.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond}}
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==History==
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The red waste was originally a more fertile region, but it turned into a barren desert just as the [[Qaathi]] established their city-states there, pushed south by the [[Tall Men]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} The [[Dothraki]] sacked much of the region during the [[Century of Blood]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] built a funeral pyre for her husband [[Drogo]] in the Red Waste and sacrificed [[Mirri Maz Duur]] to beget [[dragon]]s.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}
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Following the [[red comet]] and avoiding rival [[Dothraki]], [[Daenerys Targaryen]] leads her small ''[[khalasar]]'' across the red waste, losing many of the weaker members of her group. They eventually stumble upon an abandoned city, which they name [[Vaes Tolorro]], and rest while Dany sends her [[bloodrider]]s to scout and explore. Searching in the south, [[Rakharo]] finds the bones of a [[dragon]]. Eventually, from the southeast, [[Jhogo]] returns with three envoys from [[Qarth]].{{Ref|aCoK|12|}}
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While in Qarth, Daenerys sees dusty men out of the red waste at a bazaar.{{ref|ACOK|40}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|Death followed death. Weak children, wrinkled old women, the sick and the stupid and the heedless, the cruel land claimed them all.{{ref|ACOK|12}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}
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{{Quote|Dany looked at the horizon with despair. They had lost a third of their number, and still the waste stretched before them, bleak and red and endless.{{ref|ACOK|12}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}
  
===A Clash of Kings===
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{{Quote|To reach [[Qarth]], the [[Dothraki|horselords]] must needs drive their [[Slavery|captives]] across the red waste. Hundreds would die, if not thousands … and many [[horse]]s too, which is why no [[khal]] will risk it.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}|[[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}
Following the [[Red Comet|comet]], Daenerys leads her much-reduced ''[[khalasar]]'' across the red waste, losing many of the weaker members of her group. They eventually stumble upon an abandoned city, which they name [[Vaes Tolorro]] and rest while Dany sends her bloodriders to scout and explore. Eventually, from the southeast, [[Jhogo]] returns with envoys from [[Qarth]].{{Ref|aCoK|12}}  
 
  
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Revision as of 04:23, 7 February 2019

red waste is located in Essos
red waste
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of the red waste

The red waste[1][2][3] or Red Waste[4][5] is a region of Essos west of the Bone Mountains. The desert is a barren and unforgiving landscape of stunted trees, devilgrass, and ancient ruins.

Geography

The red waste in Game of Thrones
See also: Images of the red waste

The red waste is located south of the Dothraki sea and Lhazar, the land of the Lhazareen. It is east of Slaver's Bay and its hinterlands, north of the fabled city of Qarth, and west of the Bone Mountains. It is a land of low hills, barren windswept plains, and dry rivers.[1] Life is sparse in its red parched soil,[6] stone, sand, and red clay.[1] There is little forage and shallow, bitter, stagnant pools of water. Wood is hard to find, with the best being gnarled and tough.[6]

Within the red waste are four abandoned cities, Vaes Tolorro, Vaes Orvik, Vaes Shirosi, and Vaes Qosar, all formerly inhabited by the Qaathi but sacked by the Dothraki.[5] South of the red waste along the Summer Sea are, from west to east, the cities of Port Yhos, Qarkash, and Qarth.[7]

Beginning at Qarth, the Sand Road travels north through the eastern red waste along the Dry Bones. It then turns east through the Bones toward Bayasabhad.[8] Sandstorms have shaped the Dry Bones into strange shapes.[9]

History

The red waste was originally a more fertile region, but it turned into a barren desert just as the Qaathi established their city-states there, pushed south by the Tall Men.[5] The Dothraki sacked much of the region during the Century of Blood.[5]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Following the red comet and avoiding rival Dothraki, Daenerys Targaryen leads her small khalasar across the red waste, losing many of the weaker members of her group. They eventually stumble upon an abandoned city, which they name Vaes Tolorro, and rest while Dany sends her bloodriders to scout and explore. Searching in the south, Rakharo finds the bones of a dragon. Eventually, from the southeast, Jhogo returns with three envoys from Qarth.[10]

While in Qarth, Daenerys sees dusty men out of the red waste at a bazaar.[11]

Quotes

Death followed death. Weak children, wrinkled old women, the sick and the stupid and the heedless, the cruel land claimed them all.[1]

—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

Dany looked at the horizon with despair. They had lost a third of their number, and still the waste stretched before them, bleak and red and endless.[1]

—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

To reach Qarth, the horselords must needs drive their captives across the red waste. Hundreds would die, if not thousands … and many horses too, which is why no khal will risk it.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
  2. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 23, Daenerys II.
  3. 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
  4. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 71, Daenerys X.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands.
  6. 6.0 6.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.
  7. The Lands of Ice and Fire, Central Essos.
  8. The Lands of Ice and Fire, The Known World.
  9. The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond.
  10. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
  11. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 40, Daenerys III.

External Links

Red Waste on the Game of Thrones wiki.