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]

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]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Tyrosh was 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]


References and Notes