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'''Vaes Tolorro''' is the name given by [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to an abandoned city in the [[red waste]] beyond the [[Dothraki sea]]. Vaes Tolorro means ''the city of bones'' in the Dothraki language.{{ref|aCoK|12}}
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'''Vaes Tolorro''' is the name given by [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to an abandoned city in the [[red waste]] beyond the [[Dothraki sea]]. Vaes Tolorro means ''the city of bones'' in the [[Dothraki language]].{{ref|aCoK|12}}
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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To the southwest lie two more abandoned cities, [[Vaes Orvik]] and [[Vaes Shirosi]],<ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'', "Central Essos"</ref> similar to Vaes Tolorro but smaller in size. One city is surrounded by a ring of skulls, mounted on rusted iron spears. The second city seems more inviting to explorers. While exploring it, [[Aggo]] finds an iron bracelet. The bracelet is set with an uncut fire opal. There are scrolls within the city, dry and crumbling, not suitable for transportation. The land of this entire area is barren and burnt.{{ref|aCoK|12}}
 
To the southwest lie two more abandoned cities, [[Vaes Orvik]] and [[Vaes Shirosi]],<ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'', "Central Essos"</ref> similar to Vaes Tolorro but smaller in size. One city is surrounded by a ring of skulls, mounted on rusted iron spears. The second city seems more inviting to explorers. While exploring it, [[Aggo]] finds an iron bracelet. The bracelet is set with an uncut fire opal. There are scrolls within the city, dry and crumbling, not suitable for transportation. The land of this entire area is barren and burnt.{{ref|aCoK|12}}
  
To the southeast lies an inhabited city, [[Qarth]]. {{ref|aCoK|12}}
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To the southeast lies an inhabited city, [[Qarth]].{{ref|aCoK|12}} Vaes Tolorro may have been Qartheen in origin, as other ruins in the red waste are Qartheen settlements destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] during the [[Century of Blood]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>
  
 
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==Quotes==
{{Quote|A city, [[Khaleesi]], … A city as pale as the [[moon]] and lovely as a maid.{{ref|aCoK|12}} }}
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{{Quote|A city, [[Khaleesi]]. A city as pale as the [[moon]] and lovely as a maid.{{ref|aCoK|12}}}} - Dothraki outriders to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
  
{{Quote|-Ghosts. Terrible ghosts. We must not stay here, Khaleesi, this is their place.
 
-I fear no ghosts. {{ref|aCoK|12}} }} Conversation between [[Irri]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]], concerning Vaes Tolorro and its ghosts.
 
  
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{{Quote|'''Irri''': Ghosts. Terrible ghosts. We must not stay here, Khaleesi, this is their place.<br>
-There are ghosts everywhere. We carry them with us wherever we go. {{ref|aCoK|12}} }} Conversation between [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Jorah Mormont]], concerning Vaes Tolorro and its ghosts.
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'''Daenerys''': I fear no ghosts.{{ref|aCoK|12}}}} - [[Irri]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
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{{Quote|'''Daenerys''': My handmaids say there are ghosts here.<br>
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'''Jorah''': There are ghosts everywhere. We carry them with us wherever we go.{{ref|aCoK|12}}}} - [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Jorah Mormont]]
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 20:48, 21 March 2014

Ser Jorah gifted Queen Daenerys Targaryen with a peach Vaes Tolorro - © Dorota Pijewska

Vaes Tolorro is the name given by Daenerys Targaryen to an abandoned city in the red waste beyond the Dothraki sea. Vaes Tolorro means the city of bones in the Dothraki language.[1]

Description

The city has large white walls encircling it, though they are cracked and crumbling. There are also wall towers. The city gates are broken. [1]

The city is a maze of narrow, crooked alleys. The buildings are built close together, their façades blank and chalky. All buildings are windowless. Some of the houses have long fallen into rubble, and other buildings seem damaged by fire. The remnants of a gutted palace stand before a windswept plaza. Devilgrass grows between the paving stones. [1]

A marble plinth stands at the crossroads between six alleys, but no statue stands on it. The Dothraki are presumed to have visited the city, taking its statues to Vaes Dothrak.[1]

The city has vegetation. There are grapevines, fig trees, peach trees, and other fruit trees in the abandoned gardens, hidden behind closed doors. There is enough grass to sustain a small herd of horses. Its wells contain pure and cold water. [1] There are also small animals in the city, most notably flies and red scorpions. [1]

There are remnants of the previous inhabitants in the city: the skulls of the unburied dead, bleached and broken. The twisty alleys contain old bronze coins, bits of purple glass, stone flagons with handles carved like snakes. [1]

Vicinity

To the south of the city, the barren red waste continues until one reaches a bleak ocean shore and the "poison water". This area contains only swirling sand, wind-scoured rocks, and plants with sharp thorns. The bones of an immense dragon can also be found there. [1]

To the southwest lie two more abandoned cities, Vaes Orvik and Vaes Shirosi,[2] similar to Vaes Tolorro but smaller in size. One city is surrounded by a ring of skulls, mounted on rusted iron spears. The second city seems more inviting to explorers. While exploring it, Aggo finds an iron bracelet. The bracelet is set with an uncut fire opal. There are scrolls within the city, dry and crumbling, not suitable for transportation. The land of this entire area is barren and burnt.[1]

To the southeast lies an inhabited city, Qarth.[1] Vaes Tolorro may have been Qartheen in origin, as other ruins in the red waste are Qartheen settlements destroyed by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood.[3]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While wandering the red waste, Daenerys Targaryen's khalasar stumbles upon the abandoned city. They make camp within its walls to recover from their travels while sending out scouts to discover what is near.[1] Daenerys presumes that Vaes Tolorro and the cities of its vicinity were destroyed "in ancient days" by enemies who crossed the Red Waste.[1]

While inhabiting the city, Daenerys's bloodriders are sent to explore its vicinity. Jhogo reaches Qarth and returns to Vaes Tolorro with three new companions: Pyat Pree, Xaro Xhoan Daxos, and Quaithe.[1] The khalasar soon leaves Vaes Tolorro, heading for Qarth.[4]

Daenerys briefly considers travelling back to Vaes Tolorro to settle with her people, but thinks the journey back would be too difficult.[5]

Quotes

A city, Khaleesi. A city as pale as the moon and lovely as a maid.[1]

- Dothraki outriders to Daenerys Targaryen


Irri: Ghosts. Terrible ghosts. We must not stay here, Khaleesi, this is their place.
Daenerys: I fear no ghosts.[1]

- Irri and Daenerys Targaryen


Daenerys: My handmaids say there are ghosts here.
Jorah: There are ghosts everywhere. We carry them with us wherever we go.[1]

- Daenerys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont

References and Notes