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Lorath

2015-02-06T07:19:11Z

Busmans:

{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Lorath
| image = [[File:Stone Mazes.jpg|350px]]

| image_caption = The priests of the Blind God among the mazes of Lorath by [http://jordigart.blogspot.com/ Jordi Gonzalez] ©

| location = [[Essos]], [[Free Cities]]
| settlement_type= [[Free City]]
| seat = Council of three princes ([[Harvest Prince]], [[Fisher Prince]], [[Prince of the Streets]]) Council of magisters
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s, including [[Boash]]
| population =
| size =
| founded = about 1,700 years ago 
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[[File:Free Cities.png|thumb|350px|Nine Free Cities on the continent of [[Essos]]: [[Pentos]], [[Braavos]], [[Lys]], [[Qohor]], [[Norvos]], [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]], [[Volantis]], Lorath]]

'''Lorath''' is one of the Nine [[Free Cities]]. It is situated in a group of islands in the [[Shivering Sea]] near the northern coast of [[Essos]].

==Geography==
Lorath is located on the western side of the largest of three islands surrounded by storm seas.{{ref|AGOT|54}} It is located at the mouth of [[Lorath Bay]]. The second-largest island is [[Lorassyon]], but there are a score of smaller isles.{{ref|TWOIAF| Lorath}} To the east is the [[Axe]] and the west [[Braavos]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> [[Morosh (city)|Morosh]] at the [[Sarne]] delta is a Lorathi colony.{{ref|AWOIAF| 'Morosh' entry}}

==History==

Ancient Lorath was inhabited by a people known as the [[mazemakers]] who created mazes in the islands and on mainland Essos to the south. The mazemakers were followed first by a race of [[hairy men]] similar to the [[Ibben]]ese, and then by the [[Andals]], with each island having its own king. The Andal king [[Qarlon|Qarlon the Great]] united the Lorathi isles and conquered some of mainland Essos, but Qarlon's kingdom was destroyed in the [[Scouring of Lorath]] by an alliance of [[Norvos]] and the [[dragonlord]]s of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. The island was completely unpopulated afterwards, and thus modern Lorathi have no descent from these prior civilizations.

Valyrian worshippers of the Blind God [[Boash]] founded a temple and settled in the mazes of Lorath 1,322 years before the [[Doom of Valyria]]. Although the worship of Boash gradually vanished, the land was colonized by Ibbenese, Andals, and Valyrian refugees, who founded three villages which grew into a city on Lorath, the largest isle. The colonists eventually rose in rebellion against the priesthood of Boash, who had grown corrupt and rich off the taxes they exacted on their subjects. Only a few acolytes who fled to the temple maze of Lorassyon survived.

Afterward Lorath became a freehold, ruled by a council of three princes. The [[Harvest Prince]] was chosen by a vote of all those who owned land on the islands, the [[Fisher Prince]] by all those who owned ships, and the [[Prince of the Streets]] by the acclamation of the free men of the city. Once chosen each prince would serve for life. The princes continue to sit today, though their titles are purely ceremonial; the true authority now lies in a council of magisters made up of nobles, priests, and merchants.

The relative isolation of Lorath led them to be little involved in the [[Century of Blood]], save for those who sold their swords to [[Braavos]] and [[Norvos]].

Today Lorath is accounted as the poorest of the Free Cites, as well as the most isolated and backward. [[Jorah Mormont]] believes the city to be insignificant economically.{{ref|AGOT|54}}

Though possessing a large fleet of fishing vessels, the Lorathi build few warships and have little military power. Few Lorathi leave the islands and fewer still make their way to Westeros. Instead, they prefer to trade with their near neighbors: Norvos, [[Braavos]], and [[Ib]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Lorath}}

==People==
Lorathi men often dress richly and are commonly believed to be poets and merchants. The city's powerful textile merchants specialize in rich velvet, which they trade for steel. The steel is traded along the [[Shivering Sea]] for furs, ivory, and obsidian, which are then traded for the materials to make velvet. The Lorathi merchants hire large numbers of guards and [[mercenary]] companies.<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref>

Lorath is nominally ruled by the [[Harvest Prince]], the [[Fisher Prince]], and the [[Prince of the Streets]], but power actually resides in a council of [[magister]]s.{{ref|TWOIAF| Lorath}}

The Cult of Boash believed in extreme self-abnegation, and because all humans were equally humble before their god, they considered women to be equal to men in all matters, and did not practice slavery. This denial of the self extended to the point that adherents came to refer to themselves and others using indefinite pronouns: if a man wanted to thank a woman, he would not say, "I thank you, woman," but "A man thanks a woman." The Cult of Boash later declined and its weak descendants were removed from power, so that the cult is now extinct. However, the upper aristocracy of Lorath have retained this speech pattern as a sign of refined, elite manners. When one of the [[Faceless Men]] of Braavos was pretending to be a Lorathi named "[[Jaqen H'ghar]]" he used this speech pattern, not because this is how Faceless men speak, but because he was pretending to be a Lorathi - though not ''all'' Lorathi, as a rule, use this speech pattern.{{ref|TWOIAF| Lorath}}

Because the Cult of Boash did not believe in slavery, Lorath became a haven for runaway slaves from the main parts of the Freehold, who had originated in many different lands. As a result, and somewhat similar to Braavos, the modern Lorathi are a diverse mixture of ethnicities.{{ref|TWOIAF| Lorath}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Arya Stark]] meets [[Jaqen H'ghar]], who claims to be Lorathi, though he is really a Faceless Man of Braavos. He dyes one half of his hair red and the other white.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]] considers sending his sister Arya to Lorath on account of its geographical isolation, though he later discovers the grey girl on the dying horse is not Arya but [[Alys Karstark]].{{Ref|aDwD|44}}

Arya Stark observes a fat Lorathi man at the [[Pynto's]] tavern in [[Braavos]] complaining about the size of his booth.{{Ref|aDwD|45}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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User talk:Ryangibsonstewart

2015-02-05T05:26:24Z

Busmans: /* Ygritte Art */

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== Gilly art.jpg ==

Hi Ryangibsonstewart, I noticed you uploaded a new image : [[:File:Gilly art.jpg|File:Gilly art.jpg]]. Could you give some info about the copyright status prerably by using our [[Template:Copyright tags]]. Cheers, [[User:Scafloc|Scafloc]] 08:28, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
* Done. It was the same copyright status as [[:File:Only water by cabepfir.jpg]]. [[User:Ryangibsonstewart|Ryangibsonstewart]] 04:05, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

== File:Donella Manderly.jpg ==

Hi. I was wondering, where did the author of [[:File:Donella Manderly.jpg]] give permission to use the image on the wiki? --[[User:Aidon|Aidon]] 17:24, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
* The image was created by sir-heartsalot, who has previously given permission for artwork to be on the wiki. See [[:Category:Images by Sir-Heartsalot|here]]. [[User:Ryangibsonstewart|Ryangibsonstewart]] 21:02, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
**Where did he give permission? --[[User:Aidon|Aidon]] 20:24, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
*** Deviantart [[User:Ryangibsonstewart|Ryangibsonstewart]] 03:42, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

== Ygritte Art ==

Hi! I noticed you reversed my recent edit to Ygritte's page. I changed the main image for two reasons: first, I thought Steamey's image was a better representation of Ygritte's persona, and second, Amok's interpretation of the character exists elsewhere on the page. Why the reversal?
* GRRM has said that Amok's characterizations are some of his favorites, and that Amok depicts many characters the way GRRM imagines them to be. Amok was chosen to illustrate many of the official character portraits, including the covers of the ''Dunk and Egg'' series and portraits of the Targaryens, which were included in ''The Art of A Song of Ice and Fire''. I like Steamy's art, but it's not about what an individual prefers, especially since there is no "official" portrait of Ygritte. But if it's something you feel strongly about, feel free to bring it up on the character's talk page. [[User:Ryangibsonstewart|Ryangibsonstewart]] 04:29, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
* In general I think characterization is a bit more important that portrait-like-ness, hence Dany with dragons, Bran "flying" with the raven, Jon at the Wall, seductive Arianne, Arya as Cat, etc. Sometimes Amok's portraits characterize well (Catelyn, Cersei), and other times not so much (Ygritte). That said, I don't care enough to start another conversation about it on another page. Cheers!

User talk:Ryangibsonstewart

2015-02-05T03:09:59Z

Busmans: /* Ygritte Art */ new section

Ygritte

2015-02-05T02:56:26Z

Busmans:

{{Infobox character
| Character_name = '''Ygritte'''
| image = [[File:ygritte by steamey.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Ygritte in battle, by [http://steamey.deviantart.com Steamey©]
| Alias =
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Mance Rayder]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Wildling]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|280}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Ygritte|Ygritte]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Castle Black]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = Rose Leslie
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
}}
'''Ygritte''' is a [[wildling]] woman and [[spearwife]] who becomes a lover to [[Jon Snow]].

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Ygritte|Images of Ygritte]]''
Ygritte is eighteen when she is first introduced, and is described as short for her age, skinny but well-muscled, with a round face, small hands, a pug nose, crooked white teeth, and blue-grey eyes that are too far apart. Her most distinctive feature was her fiery red hair. The wildlings consider red hair to be lucky and describe those with it as having been "[[kissed by fire]]." {{ref|asos|15}}

Despite her unconventional features, Jon Snow sees her as beautiful.

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Ygritte by AniaEm.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Ygritte by Anja Dalisa ©]]

Ygritte is part of a wildling scouting party in [[Rattleshirt]]'s band, including [[Orell]] and one other, that is ambushed in the Skirling Pass by men of the [[Night's Watch]] including [[Jon Snow]] and [[Stonesnake]]. Her companions are slain, but Ygritte is spared as Jon balks at killing a woman. She yields, but only offers very minimal information. As she and Jon wait for the arrival of [[Qhorin Halfhand]], Jon reveals to her that he is Ned Stark's bastard, and she tells him the story of [[Bael|Bael the Bard]], a song which insinuates that the Starks have wildling blood as well. Jon scoffs at this idea, calling the Bard a liar. She shrugs it off and is brought to the Halfhand, who instructs Jon to do what must be done with her. Presuming that to be an order to kill her, Jon nevertheless lets her escape.{{ref|acok|51}}

She is present when Jon Snow, under Qhorin's implicit command, slays the Halfhand and purports to turn his cloak.{{ref|acok|68}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Ygritte Fire.jpg|400px|thumb|Ygritte and [[kissed by fire|fire]] - by Amok ©]]

After Jon meets with [[Mance Rayder]] and convinces him he has turned his cloak in truth, he is told to ride with [[Tormund|Tormund Giantsbane]]. Ygritte follows him to Tormund's company and routinely beds down next to him, though he initially refuses her advances.

When the wildling band, now well on its way to the Wall, comes upon the scene of the slaughter at the [[Fist of the First Men]], Mance is furious with Jon as he did not warn him of the Night's Watch force there. To save Jon, Ygritte lies and tells Mance that the two are sexually involved. This knowledge helps to convince Mance that Jon has turned his cloak in truth. That night, Ygritte seduces him, and the two begin a torrid, intensely sexual affair as they march for the Wall.

When Jon is commanded to join with [[Styr]] as part of the advance party for the assault on the Wall, which is to scale the Wall and attack [[Castle Black]] from the south, Ygritte joins him.

South of the Wall, at [[Queenscrown]], Styr's band comes upon a lone knight, whom they capture. Styr, still suspicious of Jon's true loyalties, orders Jon to slay the man. Jon refuses, and Ygritte slits the man's throat instead. In the confusion created by a raging thunderstorm and the sudden emergence of [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]], [[Bran Stark]]'s [[direwolf]], Jon escapes, despite Ygritte shooting him in the leg with an arrow as he starts to run.

Ygritte continues to Castle Black with Styr's band, but Jon has forewarned the castle of their arrival and the [[Battle of Castle Black|attack]] is thwarted. Along with the rest of the wildling band, Ygritte is killed, mortally wounded by an arrow. Jon finds her on the battlefield, where she dies in his arms.{{ref|asos|55}}
[[File:RoseLeslieYgritte.jpg|thumb|250px|Rose Leslie plays Ygritte]]
==Quotes by Ygritte==
{{Quote|You know nothing, [[Jon Snow]]}} – Ygritte, to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|Men can’t own the land no more’n they can own the sea or the sky.{{Ref|aSoS|41}}}} – Ygritte, to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|You’re mine. Mine, as I’m yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first we’ll live.{{Ref|aSoS|41}}}} – Ygritte, to [[Jon Snow]]

==Quotes about Ygritte==
{{Quote|I know one thing. I know that you are wildling to the bone.{{Ref|aSoS|41}}}} – [[Jon Snow]]'s thoughts

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

[[Category:Wildlings]]
[[Category:Characters from Beyond the Wall]]
[[Category: Warrior Women]]
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[[fr:Ygrid]]
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File:Ygritte by steamey.jpg

2015-02-05T02:53:31Z

Busmans: Ygritte by Steamey ©

== Summary ==
Ygritte by Steamey ©
== Licensing ==
{{artist permission}}

Mereen

2015-02-05T02:43:23Z

Busmans: Redirected page to Meereen

#REDIRECT [[Meereen]]

Slaver Cities

2015-01-27T20:22:16Z

Busmans:

'''Slaver Cities''' is a generic term used for the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]] and [[Meereen]], located around [[Slaver's Bay]] on the continent of [[Essos]]. Drawing on the culture of the [[Ghiscari Empire]], the Slaver Cities have been ruled by aristocrats that call themselves "Masters". Their wealth derives from engaging in slavery.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} They are distinct from the [[Free Cities]] located to the west, which are either former [[Valyrian]] colonies or colonies formed by Valyrian refugees.

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

[[Category:Places on the eastern continent]]

New Ghis

2015-01-27T08:22:22Z

Busmans:

{{Infobox Settlement
| name = New Ghis
| image = [[File:new_ghis.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = New Ghis, by Franz - FFG ©

| location = Island in the [[Gulf of Grief]]
| settlement_type= [[Ghiscari]] City
| seat =
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| religion = Gods of Ghis
| population =
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'''New Ghis''' is a city on an island in the [[Gulf of Grief]] that borders on the [[Summer Sea]]. Its island lies to the south of [[Ghaen]]. [[Ghiscar]] and the ruins of [[Old Ghis]] lie to the north, past the [[Ghiscari Strait]].{{Ref|tLoIaF}}

==Army==
New Ghis has an army divided in several iron legions, made up of free citizens who serve for three-years terms. They are armed and trained in the fashion of the Unsullied.{{Ref|aDwD|50}}{{Ref|aDwD|56}} Though they look more formidable to the naked eye than the Yunkish slave soldiers, the Unsullied know no other life than fighting, whereas the Ghiscari soldiers serve only in terms.{{Ref|aDwD|56}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Arstan Whitebeard]] and [[Strong Belwas]] sail from [[Pentos]] to New Ghis and then on to [[Qarth]].{{Ref|tLoIaF|Jounreys}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] is said to wield some influence in New Ghis, a city which depends upon its slaves. The [[Yunkai]]'i successfully stir up enmity in New Ghis against [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and her rule in [[Meereen]]. [[Quentyn Martell]] is not surprised that New Ghis allies with Yunkai, as they are both [[Ghis]]cari cities. The six legions of New Ghis, a total of 36,000 soldiers, fight beside Yunkai in the [[Siege of Astapor]].

Three galleys from New Ghis join the [[Qarth]]een galleys in Meereen's bay. Four legions out of New Ghis have a hundred [[elephants]], armored and towered.{{ref|adwd|36}} To the naked eye the legions of New Ghis look more formidable than the Yunkish slave soldiers, but [[Tyrion Lannister]] privately nurses doubts about the legions from New Ghis. He thinks they may be armed and organized in the same manner as the [[Unsullied]], but the eunuchs know no other life, whereas the Ghiscari are free citizens who serve for three year terms.

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

{{Cities}}

[[Category:Islands]]
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[[Category:Ghiscari cities]]
[[Category:Slaver's Bay]]
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[[es:Nuevo Ghis]]
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[[ru:Новый Гис]]

File:New ghis.jpg

2015-01-27T08:19:18Z

Busmans: New Ghis, by franz FFG ©

== Summary ==
New Ghis, by franz FFG ©
== Licensing ==
{{artist permission}}

Vaes Dothrak

2015-01-27T08:05:24Z

Busmans:

{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Vaes Dothrak
| image = [[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Vaes Dothrak.jpg|400px]]
| image_caption = Horse Gate into Vaes Dothrak, by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games
| location = [[Dothraki Sea]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type = [[Dothraki]] City
| seat =[[Dosh khaleen]]
| seat_type =
| religion = [[Dothraki]] religion
| population =
| founder =
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| named_for =
| places = Horse Gate, Western Market, Eastern Market
| organizations = [[Dosh khaleen]], Dothraki [[khalasar]]s
}}

[[File:Vaes Dothrak2.jpg|400px|thumb|Vaes Dothrak city of the [[Dothraki]] people]]


'''Vaes Dothrak''' is the only city of the [[Dothraki]] people. It is located in the northeast of the vast [[Dothraki sea]], beneath the [[Mother of Mountains]] and near a lake, the [[Womb of the World]]. Vaes Dothrak has no walls.{{Ref|aGoT|36}} It sprawls languorously, baking in the warm sun, ancient, arrogant, and empty. It is large enough to hold every ''[[khalasar]]'', were they all to return at once. [[Daenerys Targaryen]] thinks that Vaes Dothrak must be ten times as large as [[Pentos]]. The city is ruled and inhabited by [[slave]]s and the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', the wives of all the ''[[khal]]s'' who have come before. It is forbidden to wear a blade or shed a free man's blood within the confines of the city.{{Ref|aGoT|46}} The name Vaes Dothrak means City of Riders.<ref>[http://wiki.dothraki.org/Vocabulary The Tongues of Ice and Fire Wiki]</ref>

==The City==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Vaes Dothrak|Images of Vaes Dothrak]]''
Vaes Dothrak is the heart of the Dothraki sea and culture. It is at once one of the largest cities, due to its expansive layout, and one of the smallest, due to its small inhabitant population. It has broad, windswept streets paved in grass and mud. There are carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass, wooden towers, stepped pyramids and log halls. All of the buildings were brought to the city by slaves from the lands the Dothraki have conquered.{{Ref|aGoT|36}}

===Horse Gate===

The '''Horse Gate''' is no true gate, as there are no gates or walls in Vaes Dothrak. Instead, it is named for two gigantic bronze stallions whose hooves meet a hundred feet above the roadway to form a pointed arch. The Horse Gate can be seen from a distance, framing the great purple mountain which the Dothraki name the [[Mother of Mountains]]. The path beneath the Horse Gate is the godsway, where monuments and holy symbols from a hundred different religions line both sides, showing the vast range and power of the Dothraki's conquests.{{Ref|aGoT|36}}

===Godsway===
The '''godsway''' is a broad, grassy road that runs through the heart of the city in a straight line. It goes from the 'Horse Gate' to the 'Mother of Mountains'. Along the way it passes through the Western and Eastern Markets, the lake named the [[Womb of the World]] and a pit where important ceremonies are done in Vaes Dothrak.{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

===Markets===
The '''Western Market''' and the '''Eastern Market''' are the two markets in Vaes Dothrak. The Western Market is a grand bazaar used by traders from the [[Free Cities]]. It is a great square of beaten earth surrounded by mud-baked brick, animal pens and whitewashed drinking halls. Hummocks rise from the earth and beneath the square lie large storerooms. The interior of the square is made up of stalls and aisles.{{Ref|aGoT|54}} In the Eastern Market, traders from [[Asshai]], [[Yi Ti]] and the [[Shadow Lands]] come to trade. There one can find rarer items, such as [[manticore]]s, [[elephants]] and striped white and black horses ([[zorse]]s) of the [[Jogos Nhai]].{{Ref|aGoT|54}}

Traders are free to cross the [[Dothraki sea]] unmolested to Vaes Dothrak as long as they keep the peace, do not profane either the [[Mother of Mountains]] or the [[Womb of the World]] and give the traditional gifts of salt, silver and seed to the ''dosh khaleen''.

==Chapters that take place in Vaes Dothrak==
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 36|''A Game of Thrones'': 36. Daenerys IV]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 46|''A Game of Thrones'': 46. Daenerys V]]
*[[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 54|''A Game of Thrones'': 54. Daenerys VI]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|In this place, the crones of the [[dosh khaleen]] had decreed, all [[Dothraki]] were one blood, one [[khalasar]], one herd.}}
==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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Astapor

2015-01-27T01:37:33Z

Busmans:

{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Astapor
| image = [[File:Tom Garden Astapor.JPG|400px]]
| image_caption = Astapor. © Fantasy Flight Games
| location = [[Slaver's Bay]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type = [[Ghiscari]] City
| seat =[[Good Masters]]
| seat_type =
| religion = Gods of Ghis
| population =
| founder = Survivors of [[Old Ghis]]
| founded = Thousands of years ago
| named_for =
| places =
| organizations = [[Good Masters]], [[Graces]], [[Sons of the Harpy]]
}}
{{Location map|Slavers Bay |long=84 |lat=11|label=Astapor | caption = The [[Slaver's Bay]] and the location of Astapor}}
'''Astapor''' is a city on [[Slaver's Bay]] renowned for the special slaves that it produces, called the [[Unsullied]]. Their emblem is a [[w:harpy|harpy]]: a woman's torso, wings of a bat instead of arms, legs of an eagle and a scorpion's tail. In its talons hangs a chain with open manacles at either end.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} An old crumbling statue portraying it, is located atop the harbour gate. It lies near the mouth of the [[Worm River]], south of [[Yunkai]] and north of [[Old Ghis]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref>

Astapor is an old city, but not as populous as [[Qarth]] or [[Pentos]] or [[Lys]]. In Astapor, the city takes a tenth of the price whenever a slave changes hands.

==History==
Astapor was a [[Ghiscari Empire|Ghiscari]] colony that survived the destruction of [[Old Ghis|Ghis]] at the hands of [[Valyria]]. It was conquered by the Valyrians, who made it a center for slave trade. The Ghiscari tongue is largely forgotten now.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} An old saying describes Astapor:

{{Quote|Bricks and blood built Astapor, and bricks and blood her people.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}}}

==The City==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Astapor|Images of Astapor]]''
The bay shore is dominated by great stepped brick pyramids. The largest is four hundred feet high. Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] observes that the pyramids are larger than any castle he had ever seen.{{Ref|aDwD|25|page 322}} All manner of trees, vines and flowers grow on the pyramid terraces. At dusk the Good Masters light silk lanterns and the pyramids glow with coloured lights. Pleasure barges sail up and down the [[Worm River]]. Within the city are [[fighting pits]], dug deep and surrounded by descending rings of seats. The streets, stepped pyramids, the ancient walls are all made of the same red brick, old and crumbling, There is red dust everywhere, dancing down the gutters at each gust of wind. Astapor's streets are largely deserted in the heat of the day. [[Elephants]] are a common sight in the city, lumbering about with latticework litters on their backs.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

*The '''[[Plaza of Pride]]''' is an open market where the slavers take their customers to view their purchases. In the centre of the plaza stands a red brick fountain with the a hammered bronze version of the Astapori harpy standing in its centre.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

*The '''[[Plaza of Punishment]]''', located inside the main gate of Astapor, is where new slaves are brought into the city. There they go past rebellious slaves who have been punished or executed.{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

*The '''[[fighting pits]]''' are where all manner of entertainments are held. These include putting girls up against bulls and small boys rolled in honey and other foods against a bear so that viewers may wager on which child the bear will eat first. The pits are named after their owners. Two identified pits in Astapor are [[Douquor's Pit]] and [[Jothiel's Pit]]. {{Ref|aSoS|23}}

==Customs==
Astapori women veil their faces to keep the brick dust from their eyes, as it stings worse than sand {{Ref|aSoS|23}}. They wear gowns of sheer linen, often decorated with flakes of lapiz lazuli, and wear ivory combs in their hair. Free Astapori of high station wear ''[[tokar]]s'' as a mark of high station. Their hairs teased, oiled, and twisted into fantastic shapes, and they have copper disks sewn to their cloaks of yellow silk, denoting their status. Their tunics are embroidered linen and below the waist they wear sandals and pleated linen skirts.{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

Sons of the harpy, wealthy young men with old names and fat purses, play mock wars in the fighting pits. They pretend that the Ghiscari empire is still alive by dressing up as scourges of Old Ghis. Astapori slavers ride on white asses. Astapor has over a hundred slavers, but only the greatest are those who sell [[Unsullied]]. The Unsullied are the last protection for Astapor. The city is poorly defended and even a modest ''[[khalasar]]'' could take it, but none have ever tried because of the Unsullied.

==Recent Events==
[[File:T Jedruszek liberated slaves.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A crowd of recently freed slaves, rampaging through a wealthy neighbourhood in Astapor - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
===''A Storm of Swords''===
{{Main|Sack of Astapor}}
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] lands near Astapor and purchases all the [[Unsullied]] within its walls. After the Unsullied have been transferred to her ownership, Daenerys [[Sack of Astapor|sacks the city]], releasing all the slaves and killing the majority of the senior Good Masters.

Upon Daenerys's departure from the city, she leaves a council of three men, a healer, a scholar and a priest to rule. They are deposed by [[Cleon]], a former butcher, who leads the people to believe that the three intend to return the Good Masters to their positions of power. Naming himself king after he has the council executed, he has all the highborn boys seized to begin training new Unsullied. Each pyramid within Astapor is now an armed camp and the dead lie in the streets and the markets of devoid of food and slaves to purchase.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
{{Main|Siege of Astapor}}

Lord [[Ghael]] brings news to Queen Daenerys in Meereen that the [[Yunkai]]'i have attacked Astapor.{{Ref|aDwD|16}} He requests the queen aid them with her [[Unsullied]] warriors, but she refuses and tells him that the freed city must defend itself.{{Ref|aDwD|16}} Yunkai besieges Astapor and Cleon is killed by a rival who called himself [[Cleon the Second]]. Cleon the Second in turn is killed and a civil war erupts between Cleon the Second's murderer, [[King Cutthroat]], and his concubine, [[Queen Whore]].{{Ref|aDwD|23}}

In an attempt to break the siege, Astapor's new and inferior Unsullied march against the forces of Yunkai and its allies and sellswords but are defeated.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} The [[Pale mare|bloody flux]] breaks out in the city and when people open the gates to escape, the Yunkai'i and their armies are able to get in. Queen Whore dies fighting and King Cutthroat is ripped apart by dogs. To prevent the dead and dying and the flux they carry from escaping, the Yunkai'i have sealed Astapor's gates {{Ref|aDwD|30}}

[[Quentyn Martell]] reflects to himself that the sights he saw riding down the red brick streets of Astapor would haunt him forever and that the Red City is the closest thing to hell he ever hoped to know.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Astapor is most beautiful at dusk, Your Grace. The Good Masters light silk lanterns on every terrace, so all the pyramids glow with colored lights. Pleasure barges ply [[Worm River|the Worm]], playing soft music and calling at the little islands for food and wine and other delights.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}}} – [[Missandei]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|It is Astapor I’d set my sails for. In Astapor, you can buy Unsullied.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|Bricks and blood built Astapor, and bricks and blood her people.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}}} – "[[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]]", recalling a rhyme he learned as a boy

{{Quote|From here it looks almost beautiful, but it is dark below, in the streets and plazas and fighting pits. And it is darkest of all in the barracks , where some little boy is feeding scraps to the puppy they gave him when they took away his manhood.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Even a modest khalasar could crack this Astapor like a nut and spill out the rotted meat inside.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

==Chapters which take place at Astapor==
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23|''A Storm of Swords'': 23. Daenerys II]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27|''A Storm of Swords'': 27. Daenerys III]]

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}

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[[Zh:阿斯塔波]]

Yunkai

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Yunkai
| image = [[File:Tom Garden Yunkai II.png|400px]]
| image_caption = Yunkai. © Fantasy Flight Games
| location = [[Slaver's Bay]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type = [[Ghiscari]] City
| seat =[[Wise Masters]]
| seat_type =
| religion = Gods of Ghis
| population =
| founder = Survivors of [[Old Ghis]]
| founded = Thousands of years ago
| named_for =
| places =
| organizations = [[Wise Masters]], [[Graces]]
}}

{{Location map|Slavers Bay |long=105 |lat=50 |label=Yunkai | caption = [[Slaver's Bay]] and the location of Yunkai}}
[[File:YunkaiHarpie.png|thumb|300px|Yunkai emblem]]

'''Yunkai''', dubbed '''the Yellow City''', is a city on the eastern coast of [[Slaver's Bay]]. To the west lies the island of [[Yaros]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref> North of Yunkai is no-man's land. Its main export is [[slave]]s. Its main trade is in bed slaves.

==The City==
[[File:yunkai.png|thumb|350px|Yunkai as seen in [[Game of Thrones]]]]
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Yunkai|Images of Yunkai]]''
The city is made of yellow bricks, with crumbling walls and tall, stepped pyramids. Their emblem is a harpy; a woman's torso, wings of a bat instead of arms, legs of an eagle and a scorpion's tail. Its talons grasp a whip and an iron collar. They are ruled by slavers, called the [[Wise Masters]]. They speak a dialect of [[High Valyrian|Valyrian]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

==Slavery==
Yunkai can field an army of roughly five thousand men, all slaves. In Yunkai, [[eunuch]]s are made by only cutting the testicles off.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Yunkai is known for training bed slaves, not warriors. A slave in Yunkai learns the way of the seven sighs and the sixteen seats of pleasure.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] marches on Yunkai, they supplement their defence with sellswords.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} Daenerys defeats the city in the [[Battle of Yunkai]], turning the [[Second Sons]] and the [[Stormcrows]] in their service to her side.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} After Yunkai's surrender, Daenerys marches on [[Meereen]].{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After Daenerys's departure, Yunkai begins preparing for the next conflict by hiring other sellswords, such as the [[Long Lances]], the [[Windblown]] and the [[Company of the Cat]]. Their envoys travel to [[Qarth]] and other free cities spreading false tales about Daenerys in order to gain support to cast her down. [[Grazdan mo Eraz]] travels to [[Volantis]] to persuade the [[Triarchs]] to send their fleet against Daenerys. Yunkai [[Siege of Astapor|besieges Astapor]] in an effort to topple the regime that had come into power after Daenerys had sacked that city.{{ref|aDwD|6}} A force of a hundred soldiers is commanded by the [[Girl General]].{{ref|aDwD|47}}

The Yunkai'i do not lack for commanders. After the [[Siege of Astapor]], on the march to Yunkai to re-supply, the [[Windblown]] observe the Yunkish lordlings scuttling everywhere. [[Yurkhaz zo Yunzak]] has the supreme command; he comes and goes in a palanquin so huge it requires forty slaves to carry it. Half of the generals have similar sounding names and telling one Ghiscari name from the other is an art few of the Windblown have mastered, so the Windblown give them mocking styles of their own devising: {{Ref|aDwD|25}}

*The Yellow Whale - [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]
*The Girl General - [[Malazza]]
*The Little Pigeon - [[Paezhar zo Myraq]]
*The Clanker Lords: ([[Chezdhar zo Rhaezn]], [[Maezon zo Rhaezn]] and [[Grazdhan zo Rhaezn]])
*Lord Wobblecheeks - [[Ghazdor zo Ahlaq]]
*The Drunken Conqueror - [[Morghaz zo Zherzyn]]
*Pudding Face - [[Gorzhak zo Eraz]]
*The Rabbit - [[Faezhar zo Faez]]
*The [[Charioteer]]
*The [[Beastmaster]]
*The [[Perfumed Hero]]

Every one of the generals is wealthy and arrogant, and everyone is a captain and commander, answerable to no one but Yurkhaz zo Yunzak. They are disdainful of mere sellswords and prone to squabbles over precedence that are as endless as they are incomprehensible. In the time it takes the Windblown to ride three miles, the Yunkai’i have fallen two and a half miles behind. According to [[Beans]] they are:
{{Quote|A pack of sinking yellow fools [who] still ain't managed to puzzle out why the [[Stormcrows]] and the [[Second Sons]] went over to the dragon queen. {{Ref|aDwD|25}}}}

Once encamped outside of [[Meereen]] [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]] stands foremost amongst the Yunkish lords who favour honouring the peace with Meereen. Most of the other lords are only biding their time, waiting for the armies of [[Volantis]] to arrive. A few want to assault the city immediately, lest the Volantenes rob them of their glory and the best part of the plunder. Yezzan would have no part of that, nor would he consent to returning Meereen’s hostages by way of [[trebuchet]] – as the sellsword [[Bloodbeard]] had proposed.

Later, after the sudden death of Yurkhaz zo Yunzak, Yezzan zo Qaggaz has the most support for supreme command but he then dies of the [[pale mare]]. The council of masters have been unable to agree who their new commander should be so presently the Wise Masters are rotating the supreme command amongst themselves with the generals taking a turn each day.{{Ref|aDwD|59}} They provide the Windblown, and presumably their other sellsword companies, with a chart for the rotation.{{Ref|aDwD|60}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Ours is the blood of ancient [[Ghis]], whose empire was old when [[Valyria]] was yet a squalling child.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}}} – [[Grazdan mo Eraz]]

{{Quote|With their generals, it's a wonder they don't march into the sea.}} – [[Beans]]

{{Quote|Astapor was complacent and vulnerable. Yunkai is forewarned.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}}} – "[[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]]", to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|I spared Yunkai before, but I will not make that mistake again. If they should dare attack me, this time I shall raze their Yellow City to the ground.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]

==Chapters which take place at Yunkai==
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|A Storm of Swords: 42. Daenerys IV]]

==References and Notes==
{{references|3}}

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[[zh:渊凯]]

Meereen

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Meereen
| image = [[File:Meereen city.png|400px]]
| image_caption = Daenerys in Meereen, by lvlorf3us
| location = [[Slaver's Bay]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type = [[Ghiscari]] City
| seat =[[Great Masters]]
| seat_type =
| religion = Gods of Ghis
| population =
| founder = Survivors of [[Old Ghis]]
| founded = Thousands of years ago
| named_for =
| places = [[Great Pyramid]], [[Temple of the Graces]], [[Daznak's Pit]], [[Purple Lotus]]
| organizations = [[Great Masters]], [[Graces]], [[Shavepates]], [[Sons of the Harpy]]
}}
[[File:A city besieged by neisbeis-d5paski.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Meereen under siege - by Ignacio Lazcano © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Game-of-thrones-season-4-city-of-meereen.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Meereen ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]]) © HBO]]
{{Location map|Slavers Bay |long=125 |lat=65 |label=Meereen | caption = The [[Slaver's Bay]] and the location of Meereen}}
[[File:Meereen.png|thumb|300px|Meereen emblem]]

'''Meereen''' is the northernmost and the largest of the three great [[Slaver Cities]] of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It is ruled by the [[Great Masters]], the heads of Meereen's slaving families, and its wealthiest of citizens live in stepped pyramids.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

Meereen lies on the northeast coast of Slaver's Bay at the mouth of the [[Skahazadhan]], where it flows from its origins in Lhazar through the range of sandstone mountains separating Meereen and the rest of Slaver's Bay from the Red Waste. <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref> The [[Dothraki Sea]] lies to the north, beyond the river. To reach [[Lhazar]] from Meereen one must pass through the [[Khyzai Pass]].{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

==History==
Copper is plentiful in the [[Ghis]]cari hills, but the metal is not as valuable as it had been when bronze ruled the world. Cedars once grew tall along the coast but grow no more; they were felled by the axes of the [[Ghiscari Empire|Old Empire]] or consumed by [[dragon]]fire when [[Ghis]] made war against [[Valyria]]. Once the trees had gone, the soil baked beneath the hot sun and blew away in thick red clouds. According to [[Galazza Galare]] it was these calamities that transformed her people into slavers. Without slaves Meereen has little to offer.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}

When attempting to convince Dany to marry him, [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] tells her of Meereen’s past and future possibilities. Although what he says to Daenerys is worded in such a way so that it may appeal to her, there is likely much truth in what he declares,
{{Quote|Before you came Meereen was dying. Our rulers were old men with withered cocks and crones whose puckered cunts were dry as dust. They sat atop their pyramids sipping apricot [[wine]] and talking of the glories of the Old Empire whilst the centuries slipped by and the very bricks of the city crumbled all around them. Custom and caution had an iron grip upon us till you awakened us with fire and blood. A new time has come, and new things are possible. {{Ref|aDwD|23}}}}

==The City==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Meereen|Images of Meereen]]''
Meereen is as large as [[Astapor]] and [[Yunkai]] combined. Like them it is made of brick, except here the bricks are of many colors.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} The streets are wide and the fighting pits are red.{{Ref|aSoS|71}} The city is dominated by a monstrous pyramid, called the [[Great Pyramid]].

Meereen's walls are high, studded with bastions and anchored by great defensive towers at every angle. The north wall of the city runs along the river bank of the [[Skahazadhan]], the river that flows through the city. It's west wall runs along the shore of [[Slaver's Bay]]. Bronze harpy heads with open mouths top its gates, from which the Meereenese can pour boiling oil to deter attackers. Meereen draws its water from deep wells instead of the Skahazadhan river into which the sewers of the city empty out.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}.

* '''[[The Great Pyramid]]''' is huge, 800 feet tall and topped with a towering bronze harpy. There are a score of lesser pyramids in the city, but none stand even half as high.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} It is here [[Daenerys Targaryen]] resided after she [[Siege of Meereen|conquered the city]], in large chambers at the apex of the pyramid.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

* '''[[Temple of the Graces]]''' is a huge structure topped with golden domes. It houses the priestesses of Meereen, called the [[Graces]]. The Graces are divided into groups, each with a specific color and specialty. It lies to the west of the Great Pyramid.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

* '''[[Fighting pits|The Fighting pits]]''' are huge circular arenas built of many multicolored bricks. The largest and most extravagant in Meereen is [[Daznak's Pit]].

==Slaving Families of Meereen==
The city is ruled by slaving families who keep there residences within the pyramids of Meereen. The greater and more powerful the family the larger the Houses pyramid.
{{Columns|2|
*[[House of Dhazak]]
*[[House of Galare]]
*[[House of Ghazeen]]
*[[House of Hazkar]]
*[[House of Kandaq]]
*[[House of Loraq]]
*[[House of Merreq]]
*[[House of Naqqan]]
*[[House of Pahl]]
*[[House of Quazzar]]
*[[House of Reznak]]
*[[House of Rhazdar]]
*[[House of Uhlez]]
*[[House of Yherizan]]
*[[House of Zhak]]
}}
==Slavery==
Meereen is renowned for trading in [[slave]]s. Slaves are used in every aspect of life: as guards, cleaners, fighters in the pits, and pleasure givers. Healthy young girls and boys under ten are especially sought after as slaves to be used in brothels.{{Ref|aGoT|61}}

Slavers in Meereen only cut off the testicles when making [[Eunuch|eunuchs]], as opposed to [[Astapor]], where they cut off both penis and testicles.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] took Meereen, she abolished slavery within the city. However, the practice was continued in the hills where slaves still worked on the estates of the wealthy.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

==Sons of the Harpy==
The [[Sons of the Harpy]] are a secret group that uses guerrilla-like techniques to undermine Daenerys Targaryen's rule. No one knows who their mysterious leader, [[the Harpy]], is. Some suspect it might be [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], while others believe the sons have no leader.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Denkata5698_QueenofMeereen.jpg‎|thumb|250px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], Queen of Meereen - by denkata5698 ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] advises Khal [[Drogo]] to drive his slaves to Meereen since it has suffered from a plague recently.{{Ref|aGoT|61}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===

The Great Masters scorch the earth around Meereen when they hear [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s army is marching on the city. The city is soon besieged by the forces of Daenerys.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} She [[Siege of Meereen|takes the city]] by sending men through the sewers and battering down the eastern gate. After receiving news from [[Astapor]], which has not fared well since [[Sack of Astapor|its earlier capture]], Daenerys decides to remain and learn to rule in Meereen instead of spreading her rule elsewhere.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

Merchant ships from [[Westeros]] and the [[Free Cities]] are now few and far between, since the slave commerce and fighting pits are closed under Daenerys' rule.{{ref|aDwD|6|p 84}}

While several of the Wise Masters have accepted the rule of Daenerys, an organization known as the [[Sons of the Harpy]] are waging a shadow war against her and slaying small groups of [[Freedmen]], [[Shavepates]] and [[Unsullied]] in the dead of night.

The armies of [[Yunkai]] surround the city. The [[ruling council of Meereen]] assumes command of the overseeing of Meereenese affairs when Daenerys flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on [[Drogon]]'s back. Headed by the Queen's Hand, Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], they meet to discuss how to best deal with the Yunkish army.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
The [[Second Siege of Meereen]] commences.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|You stopped at [[Astapor]] to buy [[Unsullied|an army]], not to start a war. Save your spears and swords for the [[Seven Kingdoms]], my queen. Leave Meereen to the Meereenese and march west for [[Pentos]].{{Ref|asos|57|p 545}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]], counselling [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|A child departed [[Qarth]], as lost as she was lovely. I feared she was sailing to her doom, yet now I find her here enthroned, mistress of an ancient city, surrounded by a mighty host that she raised up out of dreams.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}}} – [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|You will not make Meereen rich and fat and peaceful. You will only bring it to destruction, as you did Astapor.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}}} – [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

==Chapters that take place at Meereen==
{{columns|3|
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 57|A Storm of Swords: 57. Daenerys V]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 71|A Storm of Swords: 71. Daenerys VI]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 2|A Dance with Dragons: 2. Daenerys I]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 11|A Dance with Dragons: 11. Daenerys II]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 16|A Dance with Dragons: 16. Daenerys III]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 23|A Dance with Dragons: 23. Daenerys IV]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 30|A Dance with Dragons: 30. Daenerys V]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 36|A Dance with Dragons: 36. Daenerys VI]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 43|A Dance with Dragons: 43. Daenerys VII]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 57|A Dance with Dragons: 47. Tyrion X]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 50|A Dance with Dragons: 50. Daenerys VIII]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 52|A Dance with Dragons: 52. Daenerys IX]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 52|A Dance with Dragons: 55. The Queensguard]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 57|A Dance with Dragons: 57. Tyrion XI]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 59|A Dance with Dragons: 59. The Discarded Knight]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 59|A Dance with Dragons: 60. The Spurned Suitor]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 66|A Dance with Dragons: 66. Tyrion XII]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 67|A Dance with Dragons: 67. The Kingbreaker]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 68|A Dance with Dragons: 68. The Dragontamer]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 70|A Dance with Dragons: 70. The Queen's Hand]]
}}
==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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[[zh:弥林]]

Meereen

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Meereen
| image = [[File:Meereen city.png|400px|Meereen, by lvlorf3us]]
| location = [[Slaver's Bay]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type = [[Ghiscari]] City
| seat =[[Great Masters]]
| seat_type =
| religion = Gods of Ghis
| population =
| founder = Survivors of [[Old Ghis]]
| founded = Thousands of years ago
| named_for =
| places = [[Great Pyramid]], [[Temple of the Graces]], [[Daznak's Pit]], [[Purple Lotus]]
| organizations = [[Great Masters]], [[Graces]], [[Shavepates]], [[Sons of the Harpy]]
}}
[[File:A city besieged by neisbeis-d5paski.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Meereen under siege - by Ignacio Lazcano © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Game-of-thrones-season-4-city-of-meereen.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Meereen ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]]) © HBO]]
{{Location map|Slavers Bay |long=125 |lat=65 |label=Meereen | caption = The [[Slaver's Bay]] and the location of Meereen}}
[[File:Meereen.png|thumb|300px|Meereen emblem]]

'''Meereen''' is the northernmost and the largest of the three great [[Slaver Cities]] of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It is ruled by the [[Great Masters]], the heads of Meereen's slaving families, and its wealthiest of citizens live in stepped pyramids.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

Meereen lies on the northeast coast of Slaver's Bay at the mouth of the [[Skahazadhan]], where it flows from its origins in Lhazar through the range of sandstone mountains separating Meereen and the rest of Slaver's Bay from the Red Waste. <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref> The [[Dothraki Sea]] lies to the north, beyond the river. To reach [[Lhazar]] from Meereen one must pass through the [[Khyzai Pass]].{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

==History==
Copper is plentiful in the [[Ghis]]cari hills, but the metal is not as valuable as it had been when bronze ruled the world. Cedars once grew tall along the coast but grow no more; they were felled by the axes of the [[Ghiscari Empire|Old Empire]] or consumed by [[dragon]]fire when [[Ghis]] made war against [[Valyria]]. Once the trees had gone, the soil baked beneath the hot sun and blew away in thick red clouds. According to [[Galazza Galare]] it was these calamities that transformed her people into slavers. Without slaves Meereen has little to offer.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}

When attempting to convince Dany to marry him, [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] tells her of Meereen’s past and future possibilities. Although what he says to Daenerys is worded in such a way so that it may appeal to her, there is likely much truth in what he declares,
{{Quote|Before you came Meereen was dying. Our rulers were old men with withered cocks and crones whose puckered cunts were dry as dust. They sat atop their pyramids sipping apricot [[wine]] and talking of the glories of the Old Empire whilst the centuries slipped by and the very bricks of the city crumbled all around them. Custom and caution had an iron grip upon us till you awakened us with fire and blood. A new time has come, and new things are possible. {{Ref|aDwD|23}}}}

==The City==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Meereen|Images of Meereen]]''
Meereen is as large as [[Astapor]] and [[Yunkai]] combined. Like them it is made of brick, except here the bricks are of many colors.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} The streets are wide and the fighting pits are red.{{Ref|aSoS|71}} The city is dominated by a monstrous pyramid, called the [[Great Pyramid]].

Meereen's walls are high, studded with bastions and anchored by great defensive towers at every angle. The north wall of the city runs along the river bank of the [[Skahazadhan]], the river that flows through the city. It's west wall runs along the shore of [[Slaver's Bay]]. Bronze harpy heads with open mouths top its gates, from which the Meereenese can pour boiling oil to deter attackers. Meereen draws its water from deep wells instead of the Skahazadhan river into which the sewers of the city empty out.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}.

* '''[[The Great Pyramid]]''' is huge, 800 feet tall and topped with a towering bronze harpy. There are a score of lesser pyramids in the city, but none stand even half as high.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} It is here [[Daenerys Targaryen]] resided after she [[Siege of Meereen|conquered the city]], in large chambers at the apex of the pyramid.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

* '''[[Temple of the Graces]]''' is a huge structure topped with golden domes. It houses the priestesses of Meereen, called the [[Graces]]. The Graces are divided into groups, each with a specific color and specialty. It lies to the west of the Great Pyramid.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

* '''[[Fighting pits|The Fighting pits]]''' are huge circular arenas built of many multicolored bricks. The largest and most extravagant in Meereen is [[Daznak's Pit]].

==Slaving Families of Meereen==
The city is ruled by slaving families who keep there residences within the pyramids of Meereen. The greater and more powerful the family the larger the Houses pyramid.
{{Columns|2|
*[[House of Dhazak]]
*[[House of Galare]]
*[[House of Ghazeen]]
*[[House of Hazkar]]
*[[House of Kandaq]]
*[[House of Loraq]]
*[[House of Merreq]]
*[[House of Naqqan]]
*[[House of Pahl]]
*[[House of Quazzar]]
*[[House of Reznak]]
*[[House of Rhazdar]]
*[[House of Uhlez]]
*[[House of Yherizan]]
*[[House of Zhak]]
}}
==Slavery==
Meereen is renowned for trading in [[slave]]s. Slaves are used in every aspect of life: as guards, cleaners, fighters in the pits, and pleasure givers. Healthy young girls and boys under ten are especially sought after as slaves to be used in brothels.{{Ref|aGoT|61}}

Slavers in Meereen only cut off the testicles when making [[Eunuch|eunuchs]], as opposed to [[Astapor]], where they cut off both penis and testicles.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] took Meereen, she abolished slavery within the city. However, the practice was continued in the hills where slaves still worked on the estates of the wealthy.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

==Sons of the Harpy==
The [[Sons of the Harpy]] are a secret group that uses guerrilla-like techniques to undermine Daenerys Targaryen's rule. No one knows who their mysterious leader, [[the Harpy]], is. Some suspect it might be [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], while others believe the sons have no leader.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Denkata5698_QueenofMeereen.jpg‎|thumb|250px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], Queen of Meereen - by denkata5698 ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] advises Khal [[Drogo]] to drive his slaves to Meereen since it has suffered from a plague recently.{{Ref|aGoT|61}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===

The Great Masters scorch the earth around Meereen when they hear [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s army is marching on the city. The city is soon besieged by the forces of Daenerys.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} She [[Siege of Meereen|takes the city]] by sending men through the sewers and battering down the eastern gate. After receiving news from [[Astapor]], which has not fared well since [[Sack of Astapor|its earlier capture]], Daenerys decides to remain and learn to rule in Meereen instead of spreading her rule elsewhere.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

Merchant ships from [[Westeros]] and the [[Free Cities]] are now few and far between, since the slave commerce and fighting pits are closed under Daenerys' rule.{{ref|aDwD|6|p 84}}

While several of the Wise Masters have accepted the rule of Daenerys, an organization known as the [[Sons of the Harpy]] are waging a shadow war against her and slaying small groups of [[Freedmen]], [[Shavepates]] and [[Unsullied]] in the dead of night.

The armies of [[Yunkai]] surround the city. The [[ruling council of Meereen]] assumes command of the overseeing of Meereenese affairs when Daenerys flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on [[Drogon]]'s back. Headed by the Queen's Hand, Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], they meet to discuss how to best deal with the Yunkish army.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
The [[Second Siege of Meereen]] commences.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|You stopped at [[Astapor]] to buy [[Unsullied|an army]], not to start a war. Save your spears and swords for the [[Seven Kingdoms]], my queen. Leave Meereen to the Meereenese and march west for [[Pentos]].{{Ref|asos|57|p 545}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]], counselling [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|A child departed [[Qarth]], as lost as she was lovely. I feared she was sailing to her doom, yet now I find her here enthroned, mistress of an ancient city, surrounded by a mighty host that she raised up out of dreams.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}}} – [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|You will not make Meereen rich and fat and peaceful. You will only bring it to destruction, as you did Astapor.{{Ref|aDwD|16}}}} – [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

==Chapters that take place at Meereen==
{{columns|3|
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 57|A Storm of Swords: 57. Daenerys V]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 71|A Storm of Swords: 71. Daenerys VI]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 2|A Dance with Dragons: 2. Daenerys I]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 11|A Dance with Dragons: 11. Daenerys II]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 16|A Dance with Dragons: 16. Daenerys III]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 23|A Dance with Dragons: 23. Daenerys IV]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 30|A Dance with Dragons: 30. Daenerys V]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 36|A Dance with Dragons: 36. Daenerys VI]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 43|A Dance with Dragons: 43. Daenerys VII]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 57|A Dance with Dragons: 47. Tyrion X]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 50|A Dance with Dragons: 50. Daenerys VIII]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 52|A Dance with Dragons: 52. Daenerys IX]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 52|A Dance with Dragons: 55. The Queensguard]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 57|A Dance with Dragons: 57. Tyrion XI]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 59|A Dance with Dragons: 59. The Discarded Knight]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 59|A Dance with Dragons: 60. The Spurned Suitor]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 66|A Dance with Dragons: 66. Tyrion XII]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 67|A Dance with Dragons: 67. The Kingbreaker]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 68|A Dance with Dragons: 68. The Dragontamer]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 70|A Dance with Dragons: 70. The Queen's Hand]]
}}
==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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Old Ghis

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| name = Old Ghis
| image = [[File:Fall of Ghiscar.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Fall of Ghis

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[[File:fall of ghis.png|thumb|right|350px|Fall of Old This, by Marc Simonetti ©]]
{{Location map|Essos|lat=-65|long=62|label=Old Ghis|caption=Essos and the location of Old This}}

[[File:GhisHarpie.png|thumb|right|250px|Ghis emblem - the [[harpy]]]]

'''Old Ghis''' is a ruined city in [[Essos]]. It is located in southwestern [[Ghiscar]], east across the [[Gulf of Grief]] from the [[Valyrian peninsula]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref><ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> As '''Ghis''', it was the capital city of the ancient [[Ghiscari Empire]]. The ancient city of Ghis is one of the oldest known cultures and nations in the world. Its founding and golden age predate that of its successor, [[Valyria]], by thousands of years.

==History==
Ghis was founded by [[Grazdan the Great]].{{Ref|aSoS|27}} Its emblem was a harpy, which had a woman's torso, the wings of a bat instead of arms, the legs of an eagle, and a scorpion's tail. In its claws rested a thunderbolt.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} It developed into a major power in the east, with the Ghiscari Empire dominating much of Essos.

In the dawn of days the city of Ghis opened its gates and poured fourth its legions across the continent of Essos. With their lockstep discipline and absolute obedience they ground entire nations beneath their boots and planted the [[harpy]] in every corner of the known world. What they did not destroy they enslaved. Although slavery was already present in the world until the Ghiscari it was never an art. The slavelords grew rich and fat as pyramids were raised around them, pleasure houses were filled and fighting pits were open. No one remembers if the waters around Ghis had names before the empire but ever since they have been known only as [[Slaver's Bay]] and the [[Gulf of Grief]].

===Fall===
Ghis was brought to ruin following a series of wars with the [[Valyrian Freehold]] 5,000 years ago. Ghiscar fought with Valyria five times, losing each time because of Valyria's [[dragon]]s. Ghis's legions were shattered in the final war. The best of their legions burned while the others broke. Its brick walls were pulled down, its streets and buildings were turned to ash and cinder by dragonflame, and its fields were sown with salt, sulfur, and skulls.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

The city of [[New Ghis]] developed on an island south of Ghiscar and the [[Ghiscari Strait]]. The ruins of Ghis are now known as Old Ghis.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Old Ghis ruled an empire when the [[Valyrian]]s were still fucking sheep.{{ref|ASOS|23}}}} - [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]]

{{Quote|Five times had Old Ghis contended with Valyria when the world was young, and five times had gone down to bleak defeat. For the Freehold had [[dragon]]s, and the Empire had none.}} - [[Daenerys]]'s thoughts in [[Astapor]]

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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Old Ghis

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[[File:fall of ghis.png|thumb|right|350px|Fall of Old Ghis]]
{{Location map|Essos|lat=-65|long=62|label=Old Ghis|caption=Essos and the location of Old This}}

[[File:GhisHarpie.png|thumb|right|250px|Ghis emblem - the [[harpy]]]]

'''Old Ghis''' is a ruined city in [[Essos]]. It is located in southwestern [[Ghiscar]], east across the [[Gulf of Grief]] from the [[Valyrian peninsula]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref><ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> As '''Ghis''', it was the capital city of the ancient [[Ghiscari Empire]]. The ancient city of Ghis is one of the oldest known cultures and nations in the world. Its founding and golden age predate that of its successor, [[Valyria]], by thousands of years.

==History==
Ghis was founded by [[Grazdan the Great]].{{Ref|aSoS|27}} Its emblem was a harpy, which had a woman's torso, the wings of a bat instead of arms, the legs of an eagle, and a scorpion's tail. In its claws rested a thunderbolt.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} It developed into a major power in the east, with the Ghiscari Empire dominating much of Essos.

In the dawn of days the city of Ghis opened its gates and poured fourth its legions across the continent of Essos. With their lockstep discipline and absolute obedience they ground entire nations beneath their boots and planted the [[harpy]] in every corner of the known world. What they did not destroy they enslaved. Although slavery was already present in the world until the Ghiscari it was never an art. The slavelords grew rich and fat as pyramids were raised around them, pleasure houses were filled and fighting pits were open. No one remembers if the waters around Ghis had names before the empire but ever since they have been known only as [[Slaver's Bay]] and the [[Gulf of Grief]].

===Fall===
Ghis was brought to ruin following a series of wars with the [[Valyrian Freehold]] 5,000 years ago. Ghiscar fought with Valyria five times, losing each time because of Valyria's [[dragon]]s. Ghis's legions were shattered in the final war. The best of their legions burned while the others broke. Its brick walls were pulled down, its streets and buildings were turned to ash and cinder by dragonflame, and its fields were sown with salt, sulfur, and skulls.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

The city of [[New Ghis]] developed on an island south of Ghiscar and the [[Ghiscari Strait]]. The ruins of Ghis are now known as Old Ghis.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Old Ghis ruled an empire when the [[Valyrian]]s were still fucking sheep.{{ref|ASOS|23}}}} - [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]]

{{Quote|Five times had Old Ghis contended with Valyria when the world was young, and five times had gone down to bleak defeat. For the Freehold had [[dragon]]s, and the Empire had none.}} - [[Daenerys]]'s thoughts in [[Astapor]]

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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Saath

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{{Location map|Essos|lat=38|long=-8|label=Saath|caption=Essos and the location of Saath}}

'''Saath''' is a city in northern [[Essos]] at the western end of the [[Sarne]] delta along the [[Shivering Sea]]. It is west of [[Vaes Graddakh]] and southwest of [[Morosh (city)|Morosh]]. Saath is connected by a [[Valyrian road]] to [[Vaes Khadokh]] farther to the south.<ref>"Central Essos", ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==History==
The small port of Saath, with its white walls, is the last surviving remnant of the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], as the other Sarnori cities were destroyed by the [[Dothraki]]. The people of Saath often trade with the [[Lorath]]i colony of Morosh.<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Behind the Scenes==
Saath has not yet been mentioned in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, only appearing in ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'' and ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''.

== Notes and References ==
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Qohor

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Qohor
| image = [[File:HBO dothraki khalasar to Qohor.png|375px]]
| image_caption = Qohor's army outside of the walls of the city
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[[File:Free Cities.png|thumb|350px|right]]
'''Qohor''', also known as the '''City of Sorcerers''' in folklore, is one of the nine [[Free Cities]] located in western [[Essos]]. It lies near a great forest, the [[Forest of Qohor]]. It sits on the banks of the [[Qhoyne]], a tributary of the [[Rhoyne]]. Qohor is east of [[Norvos]] and north of [[Volantis]].{{Ref|tLoIaF}}

==History==
Qohor was founded by religious dissidents that abandoned [[Valyria]], rejecting the religious tolerance practiced by the [[Valyrian Freehold|Freehold]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Norvos}}

Shortly after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the [[dragonlords|dragonlord]] [[Aurion]] raised a host of Qohorik colonists and proclaimed himself the Emperor of Valyria; flying out on the back of his dragon, with thirty thousand men to claim what remained of Valyria and reestablish the Freehold. None were seen again.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Doom of Valyria}}

Afterward, during the [[Century of Blood]], the [[Dothraki]] were stopped by the [[Unsullied]] in the bloody [[Battle of Qohor]].{{Ref|aSoS|8}} Qohor and [[Norvos]] broke [[Volantis|Volantene]] power on the [[Rhoyne]] in a battle involving fire galleys on [[Dagger Lake]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Shortly after being created, the [[Golden Company]] sacked Qohor, after the city refused to honor the contract it had made with the company. This event established the reputation of the sellword company quickly.{{ref|aWoIaF| ''[[Aegor Rivers]]'' entry}}

When they were young, [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] spent some time in Qohor when they were wandering from place to place.

==About the city==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Qohor|Images of Qohor]]''
Ever since the [[Battle of Qohor]], the city's defense has been made up entirely of [[Unsullied]], each carrying a spear with a braid of human hair.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

It is widely believed that the dark arts, such as divination, blood magic, and necromancy are practiced in Qohor.{{ref|TWOIAF|Qohor}}

The Qohorik worship the deity known as the [[Black Goat of Qohor|Black Goat]], who demands daily blood sacrifice.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> Calves, bullocks, and horses are the animals most often brought before the Black Goat's altars, but on holy days condemned criminals are sacrificed by the god's priests; and in times of crisis, the nobility of the city offer their own children to placate the god.{{ref|TWOIAF|Qohor}}

The wood from the [[Forest of Qohor]] is much sought after. Huge barges depart the river docks of Qohor daily, sailing down the Qhoyne to [[Dagger Lake]] and the markets of [[Selhorys]], [[Valysar]], [[Volon Therys]], and [[Volantis]]. The forest also yields up furs and pelts of all kinds. Even to this day, Qohorik are famed as hunters and foresters.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

Qohorik artisans are famed. Qohorik tapestries, woven mostly by women and children, are just as fine as those from [[Myr]], though less costly. Exquisiste, yet disturbings, wood carvings can be bought in Qohor's markets, while Qohorik swords, knives, and armor are superior even to the best castle-forged steel of [[Westeros]]. Qohorik blacksmiths have the ability to meld paint in with the metals. Some blacksmiths also preserve the secret of how to reforge [[Valyrian steel]], guarding it jealously.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

Maester [[Pol]], who wrote a treatise on Qohorik metalworking written during several years of residence, was thrice publicly whipped and cast out for making to many inquiries. The final time, his had was also cut following the allegation he had stolen a Valyrian steel blade. According to him, the true reason for his final exile was the discovery of blood sacrifice - including that of infant slaves - which the Qohorik smiths use in their efforts to produce steel equal to the original Valyrian steel.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

The city is also famed as the gateway to the east, where trading caravans bound for [[Vaes Dothrak]] and the lands beyond the [[Bones]] are outfitted and provisioned before venturing into the [[Forest of Qohor]], the desolated areas were the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]] once stood, and the [[Dothraki Sea]]. Likewise, caravans returning from the east enter first to Qohor. This trade has made the city one of the richest and most exotic of the [[Free Cities]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] passes Qohor during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|tLoIaF| ''Journeys'' map}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Garin (Orphans)|Garin]] tells [[Arianne Martell]] that according to sailors in [[Planky Town]], followers of [[R'hllor]] had rioted and tried to burn down the Black Goat.{{ref|AFFC|21}}

==See also==
:*[[:Category:Characters from Qohor|Characters from Qohor]]

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}

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Qohor

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{{Infobox Settlement
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| image = [[File:HBO dothraki khalasar to Qohor.png|375px]]
| image_caption = Qohor's army outside of the walls of the city
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[[File:Free Cities.png|thumb|350px|right]]
'''Qohor''', also known as the '''City of Sorcerers''' in folklore, is one of the nine [[Free Cities]] located in western [[Essos]]. It lies near a great forest, the [[Forest of Qohor]]. It sits on the banks of the [[Qhoyne]], a tributary of the [[Rhoyne]]. Qohor is east of [[Norvos]] and north of [[Volantis]].{{Ref|tLoIaF}}

==History==
Qohor was founded by religious dissidents that abandoned [[Valyria]], rejecting the religious tolerance practiced by the [[Valyrian Freehold|Freehold]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Norvos}}

Shortly after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the [[dragonlords|dragonlord]] [[Aurion]] raised a host of Qohorik colonists and proclaimed himself the Emperor of Valyria; flying out on the back of his dragon, with thirty thousand men to claim what remained of Valyria and reestablish the Freehold. None were seen again.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Doom of Valyria}}

Afterward, during the [[Century of Blood]], the [[Dothraki]] were stopped by the [[Unsullied]] in the bloody [[Battle of Qohor]].{{Ref|aSoS|8}} Qohor and [[Norvos]] broke [[Volantis|Volantene]] power on the [[Rhoyne]] in a battle involving fire galleys on [[Dagger Lake]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Shortly after being created, the [[Golden Company]] sacked Qohor, after the city refused to honor the contract it had made with the company. This event established the reputation of the sellword company quickly.{{ref|aWoIaF| ''[[Aegor Rivers]]'' entry}}

When they were young, [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] spent some time in Qohor when they were wandering from place to place.

==About the city==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Qohor|Images of Qohor]]''
Ever since the [[Battle of Qohor]], the city's defense has been made up entirely of [[Unsullied]], each carrying a spear with a braid of human hair.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

It is widely believed that the dark arts, such as divination, blood magic, and necromancy are practiced in Qohor.{{ref|TWOIAF|Qohor}}

The Qohorik worship the deity known as the [[Black Goat of Qohor|Black Goat]], who demands daily blood sacrifice.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> Calves, bullocks, and horses are the animals most often brought before the Black Goat's altars, but on holy days condemned criminals are sacrificed by the god's priests; and in times of crisis, the nobility of the city offer their own children to placate the god.{{ref|TWOIAF|Qohor}}

The wood from the [[Forest of Qohor]] is much sought after. Huge barges depart the river docks of Qohor daily, sailing down the Qhoyne to [[Dagger Lake]] and the markets of [[Selhorys]], [[Valysar]], [[Volon Therys]], and [[Volantis]]. The forest also yields up furs and pelts of all kinds. Even to this day, Qohorik are famed as hunters and foresters.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

Qohorik artisans are famed. Qohorik tapestries, woven mostly by women and children, are just as fine as those from [[Myr]], though less costly. Exquisiste, yet disturbings, wood carvings can be bought in Qohor's markets, while Qohorik swords, knives, and armor are superior even to the best castle-forged steel of [[Westeros]]. Qohorik blacksmiths have the ability to meld paint in with the metals. Some blacksmiths also preserve the secret of how to reforge [[Valyrian steel]], guarding it jealously.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

Maester [[Pol]], who wrote a treatise on Qohorik metalworking written during several years of residence, was thrice publicly whipped and cast out for making to many inquiries. The final time, his had was also cut following the allegation he had stolen a Valyrian steel blade. According to him, the true reason for his final exile was the discovery of blood sacrifice - including that of infant slaves - which the Qohorik smiths use in their efforts to produce steel equal to the original Valyrian steel.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

The city is also famed as the gateway to the east, where trading caravans bound for [[Vaes Dothrak]] and the lands beyond the [[Bones]] are outfitted and provisioned before venturing into the [[Forest of Qohor]], the desolated areas were the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]] once stood, and the [[Dothraki Sea]]. Likewise, caravans returning from the east enter first to Qohor. This trade has made the city one of the richest and most exotic of the [[Free Cities]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] passes Qohor during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|tLoIaF| ''Journeys'' map}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Garin (Orphans)|Garin]] tells [[Arianne Martell]] that according to sailors in [[Planky Town]], followers of [[R'hllor]] had rioted and tried to burn down the Black Goat.{{ref|AFFC|21}}

==See also==
:*[[:Category:Characters from Qohor|Characters from Qohor]]

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}

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Jon Connington

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| Character_name = [[File:House_Connington.png|50px|left]] '''Jon Connington''' [[File:House_Connington.png|50px|right]]
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| image_caption = ‎Jon Connington - by TheMico
| Alias = Griff
| Title = Lord of Griffin's Roost{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} [[Hand of the King]]<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>
| Allegiance = [[House Connington]] [[House Targaryen]]
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| Date_of_Birth = or between {{Date|263}} and {{Date|265}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Jon Connington|Jon Connington]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
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| Books = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Jon Connington''' was Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]], the head of [[House Connington]], and for a time [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Jon was one of the few close friends of [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{ref|aSoS|8}} He had no brothers.{{ref|aFfC|27}} After failing to defeat [[Robert Baratheon]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]], he fled in exile to [[Essos]]{{ref|AFFC|27}} and took the name '''Griff'''.{{ref|ADWD|18}} He is believed to have drunk himself to death in exile.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Jon Connington|Images of Jon Connington]]''
Jon is clean shaven with leathery skin and crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. His greying red hair is dyed blue when under the alias of "''Griff''".{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

In his youth Jon was described as proud, bold, energetic, reckless, and thirsty for glory, and was ever a capable warrior and commander. His years spent in exile have made him more cautious, more seasoned, and, according to [[Kevan Lannister]], more dangerous.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

It is implied that Jon was in love with Rhaegar, as he refers to Rhaegar as his ''silver prince'' when he reminisces about him. Jon's love for Rhaegar is supported by his disdain for Rhaegar's wife, [[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]]. He thinks of Elia as not having been worthy of Rhaegar, as she was frail and sickly from the start, and left even weaker by childbirth. Jon's love for Rhaegar may also have been confirmed by semi-canon sources.<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/5457/ July 14, 2011, Union Square Signing]</ref> It is also said that while [[Griffin's Roost]] is sworn to [[Storm's End]], Jon chafed at serving under a lord like [[Robert Baratheon]], whose liking for [[wine]] and [[whore]]s was well known even then.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>

==History==
[[File:Mustamirri Griff.jpg|260px|thumb|Jon Connington - by mustamirri ©]]
Jon Connington is the only surviving son of [[Armond Connington]], Lord of Griffin's Roost, and his wife. He served as a squire in [[King's Landing]], first alongside Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{Ref|aDwD|22}} later for Prince Rhaegar.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref> He was the most headstrong amongst the gaggle of young [[lord]]lings who would gather around Prince Rhaegar competing for his royal favour. He danced with [[Ashara Dayne]] at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]{{ref|aSoS|24}} and was unhorsed in a [[tourney at Storm's End]] by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{ref|aSoS|67}}

Due to his connections with the royal family, and because he was a noted warrior, Jon was chosen by King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] as [[Hand of the King]] after the dismissal of [[Owen Merryweather]]. Aerys wanted someone young and vigorous to match the [[Robert's Rebellion|rebelling]] [[Robert Baratheon]]. When word of the king’s choice reached [[Tywin Lannister]] he declared that the Handship had come to soon for Connington as he was too young, too bold and too eager for glory. Because the traditional lords of the Stormlands, [[House Baratheon]], were in rebellion to the crown, Jon Connington was possibly titled Lord of [[Storm's End]],{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} although that castle was still held by [[Stannis Baratheon]] during the rebellion.

After the [[Battle of Ashford]], Connington took over the pursuit of Robert from the [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] army. In the [[Riverlands]], near the town of [[Stoney Sept]], he caught up with Robert, who was hiding in the town. Jon's soldiers began a house-to-house search after failing to find him, but they did not locate Robert before his allies arrived at Stoney Sept to oust Connington and his forces. At this point the [[Battle of the Bells]] began. The rebel army under the joint command of Lords [[Eddard Stark]], [[Jon Arryn]] and [[Hoster Tully]] immediately began attacking the royal army. Jon Connington fought back fiercely, personally killing Jon Arryn's nephew and heir, [[Denys Arryn]], and wounding Lord Tully. It was thought that Robert would have killed Jon, but in spite of the determination of both men to find each in the chaos, they never crossed swords. When Connington saw that the battle was lost, he managed to escape and was able to retreat in good order.{{ref|aSoS|29}} Jon's retreat was quite a feat considering the fierce, urban fighting would make it hard to hold the army together.

When reflecting on his search for Robert, Jon says that [[Tywin Lannister]] himself could have done no better. [[Myles Toyne]] tells him that Lord Tywin would not have bothered with the search, but would've burned the town and everyone in it. Not wanting to be branded a murderer, Jon chose a more honourable course of action, wanting the glory of slaying Robert for himself.{{ref|aDwD|61}}

King Aerys II held Jon responsible for this defeat and exiled him, stripping him of his lands, wealth and titles. Griffin's Roost was rewarded to Jon's cousin, [[Ronald Connington]]. After the war, most of House Connington's lands were distributed to more fervent supporters of the new king, Robert Baratheon.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Once on the Iron Throne Robert was not willing to recall Lord Jon from exile, since he had been among Prince Rhaegar's closest friends. <ref>[The Citadel. “Knights and Lords” March 02, 2002 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2002/03/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

==Exile==
Once exiled Jon Connington joined the [[Golden Company]] and served with them for five years. He rose in the ranks to a place of honor at the right hand of [[Myles Toyne]], the captain-general. Years later Jon thinks to himself that he might have been a successor to Myles if his exile had gone otherwise. He thinks had he stayed it might well have been him the Golden Company turned to for command after Myles died, instead of [[Harry Strickland]].

It was said that Jon was kicked out of the Golden Company after being caught stealing from the company's war chests. It was also claimed that Jon died, that he drank himself to death in [[Lys]] afterwards. The shame of the lie still sticks in Jon's craw, but he recalls that [[Varys]] insisted the lie was necessary,
{{Quote|We want no songs about the gallant exile. Those who die heroic deaths are long remembered, thieves and drunks and cravens soon forgotten.{{ref|ADWD|24}}}}

Exactly when Jon became aware of Rhaegar’s son [[Aegon Targaryen]]'s survival is not mentioned. He went along with Varys's scheme for Prince Aegon's sake but he never liked it. The rumors of his disgrace and death reached Westeros and successfully convinced everyone involved in the game of thrones that he was dead and gone, enabling him to focus on raising and protecting "Young Griff" in the guise of his father, "Griff". Jon recalls that Varys was adamant about the need for secrecy.

Jon recalls the plans that Varys and [[Illyrio Mopatis]] made with [[Myles Toyne]] were known to them alone. The rest of the Golden Company had been left ignorant, as what they did not know they could not let slip.

==Recent Events==
[[File:griff_young_griff.jpg|Griff with Aegon - © Steamey|thumb|300px|right]]
[[File:Marc FishmanGriff.jpg|Griff - © Marc Fishman|thumb|200px|right]]

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
The story of Jon stealing from the [[Golden Company]] and then drinking himself to death was a fabrication created by [[Varys]], in order to hide Jon's true purpose. After some investigation, [[Tyrion Lannister]] learns that Connington changed his name to Griff and adopted Rhaegar's son [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]], whom many also believed to be dead, with the intention of eventually conquering [[Westeros]] and placing the boy on the [[Iron Throne]]. They plan to join their strength to [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in [[Volantis]].{{ref|aDwD|18}}

Jon is infected with [[greyscale]] during the journey on to Volantis when rescuing Tyrion from drowning in the [[Rhoyne]], but keeps it a secret.

When Jon reveals to the high commanders of the [[Golden Company]] that the young man with him is actually Prince Aegon Targaryen the men greet his announcement with silence. Connington realizes they know, as [[Harry Strickland]] had told them already.

Upon learning that Daenerys Targaryen remains in [[Slaver's Bay]], the Golden Company, under Aegon's direction, decide to invade Westeros instead because the time is ripe.{{ref|aDwD|24}} Jon, Aegon and the Golden Company [[Landing of the Golden Company|land in the Stormlands]] and take several castles, including the Connington ancestral keep, [[Taking of Griffin's Roost|Griffin's Roost]]. They next plan to take [[Storm's End]], where Aegon will raise the standard of [[House Targaryen]] above the battlements.{{ref|aDwD|61}}

Jon is plagued by guilt over the [[Battle of the Bells]] and hears the tolling of the bells every time he closes his eyes. He knows that with greyscale death is coming for him, but hopes to live just a few more years to end the [[Robert Baratheon]]'s line and put [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] on the Iron Throne. Jon Connington believes if he can achieve this it will finally stop the tolling of the bells and he can die content in his home of Griffin's Roost.

==Quotes by Jon==
{{Quote|I understand hate well enough.{{ref|ADWD|8}}}} – Jon, to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Let me live long enough to see [[Aegon Targaryen|the boy]] sit on the [[Iron Throne]], and [[Varys]] will pay for that slight and so much more. Then we'll see who's soon forgotten.{{ref|ADWD|24}}}} – Jon's thoughts

{{Quote|I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.{{ref|ADWD|61}}}} – Jon's thoughts

{{Quote|I failed [[Rhaegar Targaryen|the father]], but I will not fail [[Aegon Targaryen|the son]].{{ref|aDwD|61}}}} – Jon's thoughts

==Quotes about Jon==
{{Quote|He has supped on hate himself, this one. It has warmed him in the night for years.{{ref|ADWD|8}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{quote|Send me against my uncle, and I will bring you back his head, and the head of [[Aegon Targaryen|this false dragon]] too.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}}} – [[Ronnet Connington]], to the small council

{{Quote|What victories has he ever won that we should fear him? He could have ended [[Robert's Rebellion]] at [[Battle of the Bells|Stoney Sept]]. He failed. Just as the [[Golden Company]] has always failed. Some may rush to join them, aye. The realm is well rid of such fools.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}}} – [[Mace Tyrell]], to the small council

{{quote|Too soon. Connington is too young, too bold, too eager for glory.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}}} – [[Tywin Lannister]], on Jon being named [[Hand of the King]]

{{Quote|If this is indeed Jon Connington, he will be a different man. Older, harder, more seasoned ... more dangerous.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}}} – [[Kevan Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{quote|'''Arianne''': What sort of man was he? Honest and honorable, venal and grasping, proud? 
'''Daemon''': Proud, for a certainty. Even arrogant. A faithful friend to [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], but prickly with others. [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] was his liege, but I've heard it said that Connington chafed at serving such a lord.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>}} – [[Arianne Martell]] and [[Daemon Sand]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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== Summary ==
Griff and Young Griff, by Steamey ©
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Kingdom of Sarnor

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The '''Kingdom of Sarnor''' is a region of northern [[Essos]] along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]]. The [[Forest of Qohor]] and [[Vaes Khadokh]] are to the west, while the [[Dothraki sea]] extends along the south. [[Omber]] is a peninsula to the northeast of Sarnor, while the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]] is farther to the east.{{ref|tloiaf| Central Essos}}

Most of the histories regarding the Kingdom of Sarnor come from the ''[[Summer and Winter Annals]]'' and records of them from [[Qarth]], [[Slaver's Bay]], and the [[Free Cities]].<ref name=Grasslands>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', The Grasslands</ref>

The fall of the Kingdom of Sarnor are chronicled in works such as [[Bello]]'s ''[[The End of the Tall Men]]'', [[Maester]] [[Illister]]'s ''[[Horse Tribes, Being a Study of the Nomads of the Eastern Plains of Essos]]'', the eastern chapters and appendices of Maester [[Joseth (maester)|Joseth]]'s ''[[Battles and Sieges of the Century of Blood]]'', and [[Vaggoro]]'s definitive ''[[Ruined Cities, Stolen Gods]]''.<ref name=Grasslands/>

==History==
[[File: Sarnor_map.png |The cities of Sarnor|thumb|400px|right]]

Sarnor was an ancient kingdom centered around the great river [[Sarne]] and its tributaries and some of the lakes remnants of the [[Silver Sea]]. They boasted descent from legendary king [[Huzhor Amai]]. A confederation of city-states each with its own king, the Sarnori were nominally ruled from [[Sarnath]] by a High King. Most of the grassland kingdom was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] in the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], with the cities [[Gornath]], [[Kasath]], [[Sallosh]], Sarnath, [[Sarys]], and [[Sathar]] left in ruins. The only surviving Sarnori settlement is [[Saath]].{{ref|awoiaf}}

Sarnori traded with [[Valyria]], [[Yi Ti]], Leng, and [[Asshai]]. They also sailed the [[Shivering Sea]] to [[Ib]], the [[Thousand Islands]] and Mossovy; warred against the [[Qaathi]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]]; and led forays against the bands of [[Dothraki|nomadic horsemen]] who roamed the steppes to their east.<ref name=Grasslands/>

After the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Sarnori kingdoms took less than a century to fall. While the [[Free Cities]] became locked in a savage war for domination, the so-called [[Century of Blood]], the [[Tall Men]] ignored the [[Dothraki]] threat, even as ''[[khalasar]]s'' began to raid across their eastern borders. Accustomed to them being little more than a nuisance, some of the Sarnori kings even sought to use the Dothraki in their own wars, offering them gold and slaves and other gifts to fight against their rivals. However, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Mengo]], who had united all ''khalasars'' under his rule, took these gifts gladly, and then took the conquered lands as well, burning fields, farms, and towns to return the grasslands to their wild state.<ref name=Grasslands/>
[[File: sathar.jpg‎ |The Dothraki attack Sathar - by [http://paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©] |thumb|400px|right]]
The Tall Men didn't realize the danger until Mengo's son, ''Khal'' [[Moro (Century of Blood)|Moro]], led his ''khalasar'' to the gates of [[Sathar]]. The men of Sathar were put to the sword, while the women and children carried off as slaves; three-quarters of them dying on the march to the [[Ghiscari]] city of [[Hazdahn Mo]]. Sathar was burned to ash.<ref name=Grasslands/>

Even then, the kings of Sarnor did not united. the kings of [[Kasath]] and [[Gornath]] sent forth their armies, not to aid their compatriots, but to lay claim to a share of the plunder. In their greed for lands, both cities went to war with one another.<ref name=Grasslands/>

Six years after the fall of Sathar, ''Khal'' [[Moro]] razed Kasath, with the aid of the king of Gornath, who had made common cause with the Dothraki and taken one of Moro's daughters to wife. Yet a dozen years afterward Gornath also fell. ''Khal'' [[Horro]] had killed Moro whereas the King of Gornath was killed by his own wife, who despised for his weakness. Afterward, Horro took her for his own, as rats devoured the corpse of the late king.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The Kingdom of Sarnor got a reprieve after [[Horro]] was slain by a rival, which led to the splinter of his ''khalasar'' into a dozen lesser horses. The reprieve was short-lived, however, as the Dothraki knew of the Tall Men's weakness and the new ''khals'' sought to outdo one another by conquering wider territories, destroying cities, enslaving people, and carrying their broken gods to [[Vaes Dothrak]]. One by one the Sarnori cities fell, including [[Sallosh]], along with its great library. [[Kyth]] and [[Hornoth]] son followed, with rival ''khals'' trying to outdo each other in savagery.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The fortress city of Mardosh resisted nearly six years, cut off from its hinterlands. The Mardoshi were forced to eat their dogs, and horses, then the rats and other vermin, and finally their own dead. When they could endure no longer, the remaining warriors of the city slew their own wives and children to spare them from the ''khals'' and then opened the city gates to charge one final time. None survived, and the Dothraki named the ruins Vaes Gorqoyi, the City of the Blood Charge.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The fall of Mardosh finally awoke the Sarnori kings from their stupor and united under [[Mazor Alexi]], last of the High Kings, and struck to the east. In the halfway between Sarnath and the ruins of Kasath they met the combined power of four ''khalasars'' in a battle that would ever after become known as the [[Field of Crows]]. ''Khals'' [[Haro]], [[Qano]], [[Loso]] the Lame, and [[Zhako]] commanded nearly eighty thousand horsemen, while Alexi led six thousand scythed chariots with ten thousand armored warriors behind them, ten thousand light horsemen, many of them women, on the flanks, and, behind them, a hundred thousand spearmen and slingers.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The chariots smashed the center of the Dothraki horse. ''Khal'' Haro went down and was trampled, causing his ''khalasar'' to break and flee. The High King and his armored riders plunged in after them, following by the Sarnori foot. However, the rout was feigned and the Tall Men had fallen deep into the trap, as the fleeing Dothraki suddenly turned and unleashed arrows on them. The ''khalasars'' of Qano and Zhako swept in from north and south, while Loso and his screamers circled round and attacked the Sarnori from the rear, cutting off their retreat. It is said a hundred thousand men died, among them Mazor Alexi, six lesser kings, and more than threescore lords and heroes. Bereft of defenders, Sarnath was put to the torch by Loso less than a fortnight later.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The remaining cities continued to fall. Sarys was the last to fall, but its people had largely fled by the time ''Khal'' [[Zeggo]] descended upon it.<ref name=Grasslands/>

==Cities==
*[[Sarnath]] of the Tall Towers
*[[Kasath]], City of Caravans
*[[Sathar]], the Waterfall City
*[[Gornath]] by the Lake
*[[Sallosh]] by the Silver Shore, City of Scholars
*[[Rathylar]]
*[[Hornoth]]
*[[Kyth]]
*[[Mardosh]] the Unconquerable, City of Soldiers
*[[Saath]] the only surviving city
*[[Sarys]]

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels through southern Sarnor during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|tloiaf| Journeys}}

== Notes and References ==
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Kingdom of Sarnor

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Busmans: /* History */

The '''Kingdom of Sarnor''' is a region of northern [[Essos]] along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]]. The [[Forest of Qohor]] and [[Vaes Khadokh]] are to the west, while the [[Dothraki sea]] extends along the south. [[Omber]] is a peninsula to the northeast of Sarnor, while the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]] is farther to the east.{{ref|tloiaf| Central Essos}}

Most of the histories regarding the Kingdom of Sarnor come from the ''[[Summer and Winter Annals]]'' and records of them from [[Qarth]], [[Slaver's Bay]], and the [[Free Cities]].<ref name=Grasslands>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', The Grasslands</ref>

The fall of the Kingdom of Sarnor are chronicled in works such as [[Bello]]'s ''[[The End of the Tall Men]]'', [[Maester]] [[Illister]]'s ''[[Horse Tribes, Being a Study of the Nomads of the Eastern Plains of Essos]]'', the eastern chapters and appendices of Maester [[Joseth (maester)|Joseth]]'s ''[[Battles and Sieges of the Century of Blood]]'', and [[Vaggoro]]'s definitive ''[[Ruined Cities, Stolen Gods]]''.<ref name=Grasslands/>

==History==
[[File: Sarnor_map.png |The cities of Sarnor|thumb|400px|right]]

Sarnor was an ancient kingdom centered around the great river [[Sarne]] and its tributaries and some of the lakes remnants of the [[Silver Sea]]. They boasted descent from legendary king [[Huzhor Amai]]. A confederation of city-states each with its own king, the Sarnori were nominally ruled from [[Sarnath]] by a High King. Most of the grassland kingdom was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] in the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], with the cities [[Gornath]], [[Kasath]], [[Sallosh]], Sarnath, [[Sarys]], and [[Sathar]] left in ruins. The only surviving Sarnori settlement is [[Saath]].{{ref|awoiaf}}

Sarnori traded with [[Valyria]], [[Yi Ti]], Leng, and [[Asshai]]. They also sailed the [[Shivering Sea]] to [[Ib]], the [[Thousand Islands]] and Mossovy; warred against the [[Qaathi]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]]; and led forays against the bands of [[Dothraki|nomadic horsemen]] who roamed the steppes to their east.<ref name=Grasslands/>

After the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Sarnori kingdoms took less than a century to fall. While the [[Free Cities]] became locked in a savage war for domination, the so-called [[Century of Blood]], the [[Tall Men]] ignored the [[Dothraki]] threat, even as ''[[khalasar]]s'' began to raid across their eastern borders. Accustomed to them being little more than a nuisance, some of the Sarnori kings even sought to use the Dothraki in their own wars, offering them gold and slaves and other gifts to fight against their rivals. However, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Mengo]], who had united all ''khalasars'' under his rule, took these gifts gladly, and then took the conquered lands as well, burning fields, farms, and towns to return the grasslands to their wild state.<ref name=Grasslands/>
[[File: sathar.jpg‎ |The Dothraki attack Sathar - by [http://paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©] |thumb|400px|right]]
The Tall Men didn't realize the danger until Mengo's son, ''Khal'' [[Moro (Century of Blood)|Moro]], led his ''khalasar'' to the gates of [[Sathar]]. The men of Sathar were put to the sword, while the women and children carried off as slaves; three-quarters of them dying on the march to the [[Ghiscari]] city of [[Hazdahn Mo]]. Sathar was burned to ash.<ref name=Grasslands/>

Even then, the kings of Sarnor did not united. the kings of [[Kasath]] and [[Gornath]] sent forth their armies, not to aid their compatriots, but to lay claim to a share of the plunder. In their greed for lands, both cities went to war with one another.<ref name=Grasslands/>

Six years after the fall of Sathar, ''Khal'' [[Moro]] razed Kasath, with the aid of the king of Gornath, who had made common cause with the Dothraki and taken one of Moro's daughters to wife. Yet a dozen years afterward Gornath also fell. ''Khal'' [[Horro]] had killed Moro whereas the King of Gornath was killed by his own wife, who despised for his weakness. Afterward, Horro took her for his own, as rats devoured the corpse of the late king.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The Kingdom of Sarnor got a reprieve after [[Horro]] was slain by a rival, which led to the splinter of his ''khalasar'' into a dozen lesser horses. The reprieve was short-lived, however, as the Dothraki knew of the Tall Men's weakness and the new ''khals'' sought to outdo one another by conquering wider territories, destroying cities, enslaving people, and carrying their broken gods to [[Vaes Dothrak]]. One by one the Sarnori cities fell, including [[Sallosh]], along with its great library. [[Kyth]] and [[Hornoth]] son followed, with rival ''khals'' trying to outdo each other in savagery.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The fortress city of Mardosh resisted nearly six years, cut off from its hinterlands. The Mardoshi were forced to eat their dogs, and horses, then the rats and other vermin, and finally their own dead. When they could endure no longer, the remaining warriors of the city slew their own wives and children to spare them from the ''khals'' and then opened the city gates to charge one final time. None survived, and the Dothraki named the ruins Vaes Gorqoyi, the City of the Blood Charge.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The fall of Mardosh finally awoke the Sarnori kings from their stupor and united under [[Mazor Alexi]], last of the High Kings, and struck to the east. In the halfway between Sarnath and the ruins of Kasath they met the combined power of four ''khalasars'' in a battle that would ever after become known as the [[Field of Crows]]. ''Khals'' [[Haro]], [[Qano]], [[Loso]] the Lame, and [[Zhako]] commanded nearly eighty thousand horsemen, while Alexi led six thousand scythed chariots with ten thousand armored warriors behind them, ten thousand light horsemen, many of them women, on the flanks, and, behind them, a hundred thousand spearmen and slingers.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The chariots smashed the center of the Dothraki horse. ''Khal'' Haro went down and was trampled, causing his ''khalasar'' to break and flee. The High King and his armored riders plunged in after them, following by the Sarnori foot. However, the rout was feigned and the Tall Men had fallen deep into the trap, as the fleeing Dothraki suddenly turned and unleashed arrows on them. The ''khalasars'' of Qano and Zhako swept in from north and south, while Loso and his screamers circled round and attacked the Sarnori from the rear, cutting off their retreat. It is said a hundred thousand men died, among them Mazor Alexi, six lesser kings, and more than threescore lords and heroes. Bereft of defenders, Sarnath was put to the torch by Loso less than a fortnight later.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The remaining cities continued to fall. Sarys was the last to fall, but its people had largely fled by the time ''Khal'' [[Zeggo]] descended upon it.<ref name=Grasslands/>

==Cities==
*[[Sarnath]] of the Tall Towers
*[[Kasath]], City of Caravans
*[[Sathar]], the Waterfall City
*[[Gornath]] by the Lake
*[[Sallosh]] by the Silver Shore, City of Scholars
*[[Rathylar]]
*[[Hornoth]]
*[[Kyth]]
*[[Mardosh]] the Unconquerable, City of Soldiers
*[[Saath]]
*[[Sarys]]

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels through southern Sarnor during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|tloiaf| Journeys}}

== Notes and References ==
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Myr

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| name = Myr
| image = [[File:Myrish villa.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Myrish villa © FFG

| location = [[Essos]], [[Free Cities]]
| settlement_type= [[Free City]]
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'''Myr''' is one of the [[Free Cities]]. It is known for its lace and its green nectar.{{ref|AGOT|54}} Myr sits on the eastern shore of the [[Sea of Myrth]], along the western coast of [[Essos]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref>
[[File:Free Cities.png|thumb|300px|Nine Free Cities on the continent of [[Essos]]: [[Pentos]], [[Braavos]], [[Lys]], [[Qohor]], [[Norvos]], Myr, [[Tyrosh]], [[Volantis]], [[Lorath]]]]
==About==
[[File:Myrish_tradeswoman.png‎|A Myrish tradeswoman - by Magali Villeneuve © |thumb|200px|right]]

The inhabitants of the city are renowned for being great craftsmen. Its main exports are its finished goods, such as its carpets and [[w:lace|lace]]. The best glass comes from Myr; a clear pane is worth its weight in spice. The best [[far-eye]]s are also made in Myr, and are as a result known as ''Myrish eyes''. Myr produces gowns made of Myrish lace.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} The city also has artisans skilled in creating crossbows and carving.<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref>

The city is located on the mainland of [[Essos]] and is ruled by [[magister]]s. It has its own language. Most native Myrmen are dark-haired and dark-eyed.<ref name=GuardianRPG/>

Slaves outnumber the freeborn three to one.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==History==
The origins of Myr are rather murky. Certain maesters believe Myrmen are akin to the Rhoynar, in account of their olive skin and dark hair. There are certain signs that indicate a city stood where Myr is located during the [[Dawn Age]] and the [[Long Night]], raised by an ancient, vanished people. Modern Myr, however, was founded by a group of Valyrian merchant adventurers on the site of a walled Andal town whose population they butchered or enslaved.{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

After the Doom a [[Volantene]] army took Myr and a Volantene fleet took [[Lys]], and for two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s. That ended when the [[tiger]]s tried to swallow [[Tyrosh]]. [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side, along with the Westerosi [[Storm King]]. [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], and Myr and Lys rose up in rebellion.{{Ref|aDwD|14}} Myr joined forces with Tyrosh and Lys and defeated Volantis in the [[Battle of the Borderland]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Roughly a century later, along with Lys and Tyrosh, Myr formed the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters]]. [[Craghas Drahar]] was a Myrish prince-admiral who led the conquest of much of the [[Stepstones]], earning the name Craghas Crabfeeder. After pacifying the pirates there, Craghas and his compatriots demanded tolls for safe passage, eventually leading to his death in battle against Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{ref|trp}} The Three Daughters broke apart around {{date|130}},{{ref|TPATQ}} brought down by internal conflict following the murder of a Lyseni admiral by a rival for the affections of the [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]], a famed courtesan, and, later, an alliance of [[Braavos]], Pentos, and [[Lorath]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], Lord [[House Bracken|Bracken]] tried to aid the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] with Myrish crossbowmen but was delayed from sailing by storms.{{ref|TSS}}

==Recent Events==

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Varys]] reveals that he became a eunuch while he was part of a mummer's company in Myr.{{ref|acok|44}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
When [[Tyrosh]] and [[Lys]] are on the verge of war, they both attempt to make Myr their ally.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Myr is on the verge of war with Tyrosh and Lys. They had contracted the sellsword company, the [[Golden Company]], however the sellswords broke their contract.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] discovers that [[Illyrio's manse]] has [[wine]] from Myr in the cellar.{{ref|adwd|1}} There is a Myrish carpet on the floor of Tyrion’s whore’s bedchamber in [[Selhorys]]. Drunk, Tyrion retches onto it. The carpet is wonderful, thick and as comforting as lies. The ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'' carries 50 Myrish carpets amongst its cargo.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}

[[Davos Seaworth]] notices a threadbare Myrish carpet on the floor of Lord [[Godric Borrell]]’s hall in [[Breakwater]].{{ref|aDwD|9}} He also notices that there is a Myrish carpet on the floor of Lord [[Wyman Manderly]]’s secret room in the [[New Castle]] where he meets with Wyman and [[Robett Glover]].{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

One of [[Haldon]]’s lessons with [[Young Griff]] on the [[Shy Maid]] is on languages, which includes the low dialect of Myr, which Tyrion notices Young Griff is fluent in.

At the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] muses that glass might be of use there. [[Castle Black]] needs its own glass gardens, like the ones at [[Winterfell]]. He thinks that they could grow vegetables even in the deep of winter. He recalls that the best glass comes from Myr, but a good clear pane is worth its weight in spice, and green and yellow glass would not work as well. He realises what they need is gold. If they had enough coin, the watch could buy ‘prentice glass-blowers and glaziers in Myr, bring them north and offer them their freedom for teaching them their art to some of the [[Night’s Watch]] recruits.{{Ref|aDwD|35}}

[[Victarion Greyjoy]] captures a Myrish cog named ''[[Dove]]'' on her way to [[Yunkai]] by way of [[New Ghis]] with a cargo of carpets, sweet green [[wine]]s, and Myrish lace. Her captain owned a Myrish eyes that makes far-off things look close. Victarian claims it for himself.{{ref|adwd|63}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=GuardianRPG>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>
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Norvos

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Norvos
| image = [[File:FM Norvos.png|350px]]
| image_caption = Norvos © FFG

| location = [[Essos]], [[Free Cities]], [[Hills of Norvos]]
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[[File:Free Cities.png|thumb|300px|Nine Free Cities on the continent of [[Essos]]: [[Pentos]], [[Braavos]], [[Lys]], [[Qohor]], Norvos, [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]], [[Volantis]], [[Lorath]]]]
'''Norvos''', called '''Great Norvos''' by its people, is one of the nine [[Free Cities]]. It lies in the interior of [[Essos]], between [[Pentos]] and [[Qohor]].

==Geography==
Norvos sits among the [[Hills of Norvos]], on the [[Noyne]], a tributary of the massive River [[Rhoyne]]. Located between Pentos and Qohor, it serves as a gateway for caravans and travelers going east-west on the ancient [[Valyrian roads]], with the ruins of [[Ghoyan Drohe]] to the southwest and Qohor to the southeast.

It is a land of rolling hills and terraced farms, surrounded by small walled villages{{Ref|aGoT|23}} that support the larger city. <ref name=RoninRPG/>

==History==

The Norvoshi do not descend from the [[Rhoynar]]. Yet, before the [[Valyrians]], another people dwelt along the Noyne were Norvos stands today, raising rude villages of their own. Some believe them to have been kin to the [[mazemakers]] of [[Lorath]], though the Norvoshi predecessors built in wood, not stone, and left no mazes behind. Other suggests these people were cousins to the men of [[Ib]], but most, however, believe them to have been [[Andals]]. Whoever they were, their towns did not survive. According to legend, [[hairy men]] out of the east, surely close kin to the Ibbenese, drove them away, but were in turn expelled by the legendary Prince of [[Ny Sar]], [[Garris|Garris the Grey]]. However, these Rhoynar did not linger, preferring the more temperate weather of the lower river to the dark skies and cold winds of the hills.

The modern Norvos, like [[Qohor]] and [[Lorath]], was founded by religious dissidents of Valyria who found the religious tolerance of the Freehold intolerable and set out to find or build city where only the "true faith" would be practiced.

During the [[Century of Blood]], Norvos and Qohor allied against [[Volantis]], and have been more often allies than enemies ever since. Nevertheless, the bearded priests regard the [[Black Goat]] of Qohor as a demon with a vile and treacherous nature.{{ref|TWOIAF| Qohor}}

==The city==
Norvos is nominally ruled by a High [[Magister]] and a council of religious protectors.<ref name=RoninRPG/> These are, in fact, chosen by the [[Bearded Priests of Norvos|bearded priests]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Norvos}}

The city is divided into two sections, with the High City on the tallest hill in the region, and the Low City located at the base of the hill by the river. {{Ref|aFfC|2}}<ref name=RoninRPG/> The lower city if full with riverman's haunts, brothels, and taverns. It is where the lowborn Norvoshi, out of sigh of priests, nobles, or soldiers, find entertainment, away from the wind and prayer of the higher city.{{ref|TWOIAF| Norvos}} Bears are known to be made to dance down the Sinner's Steps.{{Ref|aFfC|2}} There are also whispers of torchlit cellars were slave women mate with wolves.{{ref|TWOIAF| Norvos}}

There are [[three bells]] throughout the city, each given its own name:
* '''[[Noom]]''' having a deep sound
* '''[[Narrah]]''' having a strong sound
* '''[[Nyel]]''' having a higher pitched sound.

==People==

Among the Norvoshi only the bearded priests are allowed bears. The freeborn of the city, both noble or lowborn favor long, unswept mustachios, whilst slave and women are shaved bare. Norvoshi women shave off all of their hair, though noblewomen don wigs, specially when in company of men from other lands and cities.{{ref|TWOIAF| Norvos}}

==Norvoshi People==
Norvoshi men wear their mustaches long, with many sweeping them up into points and dyeing them.<ref name=GuardianRPG /> Norvoshi are known as masters at creating intricate textiles, including fine [[tapestries]] that are renowned the world over, and for an annual festival that features bears dancing down a path known as the Sinner’s Steps.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}<ref name=RoninRPG/>

==History==
During the [[Century of Blood]], [[Qohor]] and Norvos broke [[Volantis|Volantene]] power on the [[Rhoyne]] in a battle involving fire galleys on [[Dagger Lake]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] passes Norvos during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].<ref>"Journeys" map from ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

===''A Feast for Crows''===
As punishment for his part in the conspiracy to crown [[Myrcella Baratheon]], Ser [[Andrey Dalt]] is sent to serve Lady [[Mellario of Norvos|Mellario]] for three years in Norvos.{{Ref|aFfC|40}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2|refs=
<ref name=GuardianRPG>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>
<ref name=RoninRPG>[[A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying|A Song of Ice and Fire RPG]], [[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide|Campaign Guide]]</ref>
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Essos

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[[File:World map Essos.png|300px|thumb|The lands of Essos (in red) west of the [[Bone Mountains]] and [[Krazaaj Zasqa]] on the map of the known world]]

'''Essos''' is the largest of the four known continents in the [[Known World|world]]. It lies east of [[Westeros]] and north of [[Sothoryos]] and [[Ulthos]], stretching from the [[Shivering Sea]] in the north to the [[Summer Sea]] in the south, and from the [[narrow sea]] in the west to the lands surrounding the [[Jade Sea]] in the east, if not farther. Essos is populated by many different peoples and has a vast and varied geography.

In the novels of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the continent is simply called the eastern continent, beyond the narrow sea, or the east; [[George R. R. Martin]] first referred to it as Essos in mid-2008 in an interview,<ref>The Citadel. "Asshai.com Forum Chat" (July 27, 2008) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2008/07/ So Spake Martin]</ref> and later officially confirmed it. The [[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix|Appendix]] of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' officially refers to the continent east of the narrow sea as Essos.

==Geography==
Essos is roughly the size of [[w:Eurasia|Eurasia]] with similar latitudinal and longitudinal dimensions. It is considerably larger than [[Westeros]], though its true extent is unknown as no map of the entire continent currently exists. The north coast of the mainland is separated from the polar cap by the [[Shivering Sea]]. To the south, across the [[Summer Sea]], lies the uncharted continent of [[Sothoryos]]. In the extreme east, across the [[Jade Sea]], sit [[Asshai]], [[Yi Ti]], and the mysterious region called the [[Shadow Lands]]. South of the Shadow Lands is the continent of [[Ulthos]].<ref name="Lands">''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

Essosi geography and climate vary greatly. Being separated from the polar cap of the [[Land of Always Winter]] and located farther to the south, it is affected by winters to a lesser extent then Westeros.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1428/ SSM]</ref>

The western coastline appears to be temperate in the north, becoming drier and hotter to the south, and is characterized by green rolling hills, the massive [[Forest of Qohor]], and extensive island chains such as [[Braavos]] and [[Lys]]. The middle of the continent is covered by the flat grasslands plains of the [[Dothraki sea]] and, to the east, the arid wasteland of red sand known as the [[red waste]], where nothing grows. Beyond this desert, the city of [[Qarth]] sits beside the [[Jade Gates]] that lead to the [[Jade Sea]]. The south is dominated by dry rolling hills and has a [[w:Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean climate]] with a coastline along the [[Summer Sea]] connecting [[Volantis]] with the [[Valyria]] peninsula and the great inlet known as [[Slaver's Bay]]. Essos is dominated by the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]], longitudinal mountain ranges separating the western half more familiar to the Westerosi and an exotic eastern half of which less is known.<ref name="Lands"/>

==Regions==
Essos is divided into several regions, each of which are home to distinct cultural groups.

===The Free Cities===
:{{main|Free Cities}}
:''See also [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the Free Cities|Map of the Free Cities]] from ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' and its locations.''
The Free Cities are nine independent city-states located on the western coast of Essos. Seven of the cities are coastal ([[Braavos]], [[Myr]], [[Pentos]] and [[Volantis]]) or island ports ([[Lorath]], [[Lys]] and [[Tyrosh]]), lying on the narrow sea, whilst two others ([[Norvos]] and [[Qohor]]) are located inland. Except for Braavos, which was founded by refugee slaves, these cities are former colonies of the destroyed [[Valyrian Freehold]]; as such they retain elements of its culture. They are more developed and mercantile than the cities of Westeros, even [[King's Landing]]. Each of the Free Cities controls a certain amount of territory surrounding it, including smaller towns and villages. The region of the Free Cities extends from the western coastline to the [[Forest of Qohor]] and the mighty [[Rhoyne|River Rhoyne]] in the east, which separate them from the Dothraki sea and the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]].

In the northwestern corner of this region, between [[Braavos]] and [[Pentos]], are the hills of [[Andalos]], the ancient homeland of the [[Andals]] and, according to legends, the source of the [[Faith of the Seven]].

===Kingdom of Sarnor===
:{{main|Kingdom of Sarnor}}
East of the [[Forest of Qohor]] and north of the [[Dothraki sea]] are the grasslands of the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], which are watered by the great [[Sarne|River Sarne]] and its tributaries. Most of the kingdom has been left in ruins by the [[Dothraki]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

===The Dothraki Sea===
:{{main|Dothraki sea}}

East of the Free Cities and Sarnor, the vast grassland plain known as the Dothraki sea covers much of the Essosi inland. It is inhabited by the [[Dothraki]] people, a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their own language and unique equestrian culture. While the Dothraki do not trade, their slave raids are a driving force of the Essosi economy. There are numerous ruined cities of older cultures in and near the Dothraki sea.

===The Shivering Sea===
:{{main|Shivering Sea}}
North of the Dothraki sea along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]] are the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], [[Omber]], and the forested [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]]. North of mainland Essos are the islands of [[Ibben]].<ref name="Lands"/>

===Valyrian Peninsula===
:{{main|Valyrian peninsula}}

The Valyrian peninsula is a large headland extending south from Essos into the [[Summer Sea]]. Once the heartland of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] and the location of the city of [[Valyria]], it was partially destroyed in the [[Doom of Valyria]], during which many islands formed, low-lying areas flooded, and Valyria fell into ruin. The peninsula and the [[Smoking Sea]] that surround its remnants are considered to be demon-haunted and rife with poisonous fumes; with few exceptions, those who travel there seeking the ruins of Valyria or its treasures never return.

===Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar===
:{{main|Slaver's Bay|Ghiscar}}

South of the Dothraki sea, east of Valyria, and west of [[Lhazar]] are Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar. The region holds many small city-states and the three great slaver port cities of [[Yunkai]], [[Meereen]], and [[Astapor]]. The cities were built from the rubble of [[Old Ghis]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]], an ancient rival of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] which crushed and superseded it thousands of years ago. The slaver cities are still connected to the Free Cities by the [[Valyrian road]] network. The city of [[New Ghis]] sits on an island south of Ghiscar, but the novels reveal little about it. The [[Skahazadhan]] is the largest river of the region.

===Lhazar===
:{{main|Lhazar}}

Lhazar is located southeast of the Dothraki sea and northeast of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It is a semi-arid land of pastures and hills. The horselords consider the [[Lhazareen]], its shepherding people, as easy targets and good slaves, calling them ''haesh rakhi'' ("Lamb Men").

===Qarth===
:{{main|Qarth}}

Qarth is an ancient city in the distant east, beyond the [[red waste]], on the shores of the [[Jade Sea]]. It is home to [[warlocks]] and merchant princes. Its position at the [[Jade Gates]] makes it the gateway of commerce and culture between the east and west (such as the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay), and more eastern lands (such as [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and [[Yi Ti]]). Brimming with wealth, and priding themselves on their sophistication, the Qartheen engage in unending intrigue between the many powerful factions of their society.

South of Qarth is the large island [[Great Moraq]], located between the [[Summer Sea]] and the Jade Sea.<ref name="Lands"/>

===Eastern Essos===

Little is known of the [[Further East|lands of Essos found east]] of the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]]. The southern lands along the [[Jade Sea]] include [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], and the [[Shadow Lands]]. North of Yi Ti are trading cities encircling the [[Great Sand Sea]], as well as the [[Plains of the Jogos Nhai]]. Farther east are even more exotic lands - the [[Thousand Islands]] in the [[Shivering Sea]], [[Mossovy]], the [[Grey Waste]], the [[Land of the Shrykes]], the [[Mountains of the Morn]], the [[Cities of the Bloodless Men]], the [[Hidden Sea]] with [[Carcosa]] and the [[City of the Winged Men]], the [[Five Forts]], etc.<ref name="Lands"/>

==People==
Essos is home to a much larger and more diverse set of races and cultures than Westeros. They are descendants of old cultures ranging from the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]], old [[Ghis]], and [[Valyrian Freehold]]. Unlike Westeros, which is unified under the [[Seven Kingdoms]], Essos is divided into many different sovereign regions and city-states and has had no dominant power since the Valyrian Freehold fell almost four centuries ago. Its peoples include:
* [[Dothraki]], a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their [[Dothraki language|own language]] and unique culture.
* [[Ghiscari]], a mongrel race that populates most of Slaver's Bay, that speak a bastardized version of [[High Valyrian]]. Descendants of old [[Ghis]].
* Peoples of the [[Free Cities]], descendants of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. They speak a distinct form of [[High Valyrian]], though the Common Tongue of Westeros is also used.
* [[Lhazareen]], a peaceful people with bronze skin, flat faces, and almond eyes. They are predominantly shepherds who worship the [[Great Shepherd]] and are called the 'Lamb Men' by the Dothraki, who frequently prey on them.
* [[Qartheen]], the inhabitants of [[Qarth]].
* [[Ibben]]ese fishing colonies in the north.
* [[Jogos Nhai]], renowned for capturing [[zorse]]s.
* [[N'Ghai]], kin to the more nomadic Jogos Nhai, the inhabitants of [[Nefer]] the Secret City.
* [[Sarnori]], or Tagaez Fen meaning "Tall Men", the brown-skinned, black-haired people of Sarnor, whose last survivors occupy [[Saath]].
* [[YiTish]], the bright-eyed people of the Golden Empire of [[Yi Ti]], the oldest and largest Essosi civilization.
* [[Lengii]], perhaps the tallest race, with teak-colored skin, golden eyes, long legs, slender build, and unmatched beaty, inhabiting the island of [[Leng]]

Vanquished or vanished cultures include the [[Jhogwin]], the [[Mazemakers]], and the [[Ifequevron]]. The [[Rhoynar]] largely fled the [[Rhoyne]] for [[Dorne]] in [[Westeros]].

==References and Notes==
{{references}}
{{EnWP|Across the narrow sea|small=yes}}

{{Regions}}
[[Category:Essos| ]]
[[Category:Continents]]
[[es:Essos]]
[[fa:ایسوس]]
[[fr:Continent oriental]]
[[ru:Эссос]]
[[zh:厄索斯]]

Essos

2015-01-04T09:44:47Z

Busmans: /* People */

[[File:World map Essos.png|300px|thumb|The lands of Essos (in red) west of the [[Bone Mountains]] and [[Krazaaj Zasqa]] on the map of the known world]]

'''Essos''' is the largest of the four known continents in the [[Known World|world]]. It lies east of [[Westeros]] and north of [[Sothoryos]] and [[Ulthos]], stretching from the [[Shivering Sea]] in the north to the [[Summer Sea]] in the south, and from the [[narrow sea]] in the west to the lands surrounding the [[Jade Sea]] in the east, if not farther. Essos is populated by many different peoples and has a vast and varied geography.

In the novels of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the continent is simply called the eastern continent, beyond the narrow sea, or the east; [[George R. R. Martin]] first referred to it as Essos in mid-2008 in an interview,<ref>The Citadel. "Asshai.com Forum Chat" (July 27, 2008) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2008/07/ So Spake Martin]</ref> and later officially confirmed it. The [[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix|Appendix]] of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' officially refers to the continent east of the narrow sea as Essos.

==Geography==
Essos is roughly the size of [[w:Eurasia|Eurasia]] with similar latitudinal and longitudinal dimensions. It is considerably larger than [[Westeros]], though its true extent is unknown as no map of the entire continent currently exists. The north coast of the mainland is separated from the polar cap by the [[Shivering Sea]]. To the south, across the [[Summer Sea]], lies the uncharted continent of [[Sothoryos]]. In the extreme east, across the [[Jade Sea]], sit [[Asshai]], [[Yi Ti]], and the mysterious region called the [[Shadow Lands]]. South of the Shadow Lands is the continent of [[Ulthos]].<ref name="Lands">''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

Essosi geography and climate vary greatly. Being separated from the polar cap of the [[Land of Always Winter]] and located farther to the south, it is affected by winters to a lesser extent then Westeros.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1428/ SSM]</ref>

The western coastline appears to be temperate in the north, becoming drier and hotter to the south, and is characterized by green rolling hills, the massive [[Forest of Qohor]], and extensive island chains such as [[Braavos]] and [[Lys]]. The middle of the continent is covered by the flat grasslands plains of the [[Dothraki sea]] and, to the east, the arid wasteland of red sand known as the [[red waste]], where nothing grows. Beyond this desert, the city of [[Qarth]] sits beside the [[Jade Gates]] that lead to the [[Jade Sea]]. The south is dominated by dry rolling hills and has a [[w:Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean climate]] with a coastline along the [[Summer Sea]] connecting [[Volantis]] with the [[Valyria]] peninsula and the great inlet known as [[Slaver's Bay]]. Essos is dominated by the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]], longitudinal mountain ranges separating the western half more familiar to the Westerosi and an exotic eastern half of which less is known.<ref name="Lands"/>

==Regions==
Essos is divided into several regions, each of which are home to distinct cultural groups.

===The Free Cities===
:{{main|Free Cities}}
:''See also [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the Free Cities|Map of the Free Cities]] from ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' and its locations.''
The Free Cities are nine independent city-states located on the western coast of Essos. Seven of the cities are coastal ([[Braavos]], [[Myr]], [[Pentos]] and [[Volantis]]) or island ports ([[Lorath]], [[Lys]] and [[Tyrosh]]), lying on the narrow sea, whilst two others ([[Norvos]] and [[Qohor]]) are located inland. Except for Braavos, which was founded by refugee slaves, these cities are former colonies of the destroyed [[Valyrian Freehold]]; as such they retain elements of its culture. They are more developed and mercantile than the cities of Westeros, even [[King's Landing]]. Each of the Free Cities controls a certain amount of territory surrounding it, including smaller towns and villages. The region of the Free Cities extends from the western coastline to the [[Forest of Qohor]] and the mighty [[Rhoyne|River Rhoyne]] in the east, which separate them from the Dothraki sea and the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]].

In the northwestern corner of this region, between [[Braavos]] and [[Pentos]], are the hills of [[Andalos]], the ancient homeland of the [[Andals]] and, according to legends, the source of the [[Faith of the Seven]].

===Kingdom of Sarnor===
:{{main|Kingdom of Sarnor}}
East of the [[Forest of Qohor]] and north of the [[Dothraki sea]] are the grasslands of the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], which are watered by the great [[Sarne|River Sarne]] and its tributaries. Most of the kingdom has been left in ruins by the [[Dothraki]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

===The Dothraki Sea===
:{{main|Dothraki sea}}

East of the Free Cities and Sarnor, the vast grassland plain known as the Dothraki sea covers much of the Essosi inland. It is inhabited by the [[Dothraki]] people, a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their own language and unique equestrian culture. While the Dothraki do not trade, their slave raids are a driving force of the Essosi economy. There are numerous ruined cities of older cultures in and near the Dothraki sea.

===The Shivering Sea===
:{{main|Shivering Sea}}
North of the Dothraki sea along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]] are the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], [[Omber]], and the forested [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]]. North of mainland Essos are the islands of [[Ibben]].<ref name="Lands"/>

===Valyrian Peninsula===
:{{main|Valyrian peninsula}}

The Valyrian peninsula is a large headland extending south from Essos into the [[Summer Sea]]. Once the heartland of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] and the location of the city of [[Valyria]], it was partially destroyed in the [[Doom of Valyria]], during which many islands formed, low-lying areas flooded, and Valyria fell into ruin. The peninsula and the [[Smoking Sea]] that surround its remnants are considered to be demon-haunted and rife with poisonous fumes; with few exceptions, those who travel there seeking the ruins of Valyria or its treasures never return.

===Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar===
:{{main|Slaver's Bay|Ghiscar}}

South of the Dothraki sea, east of Valyria, and west of [[Lhazar]] are Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar. The region holds many small city-states and the three great slaver port cities of [[Yunkai]], [[Meereen]], and [[Astapor]]. The cities were built from the rubble of [[Old Ghis]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]], an ancient rival of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] which crushed and superseded it thousands of years ago. The slaver cities are still connected to the Free Cities by the [[Valyrian road]] network. The city of [[New Ghis]] sits on an island south of Ghiscar, but the novels reveal little about it. The [[Skahazadhan]] is the largest river of the region.

===Lhazar===
:{{main|Lhazar}}

Lhazar is located southeast of the Dothraki sea and northeast of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It is a semi-arid land of pastures and hills. The horselords consider the [[Lhazareen]], its shepherding people, as easy targets and good slaves, calling them ''haesh rakhi'' ("Lamb Men").

===Qarth===
:{{main|Qarth}}

Qarth is an ancient city in the distant east, beyond the [[red waste]], on the shores of the [[Jade Sea]]. It is home to [[warlocks]] and merchant princes. Its position at the [[Jade Gates]] makes it the gateway of commerce and culture between the east and west (such as the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay), and more eastern lands (such as [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and [[Yi Ti]]). Brimming with wealth, and priding themselves on their sophistication, the Qartheen engage in unending intrigue between the many powerful factions of their society.

South of Qarth is the large island [[Great Moraq]], located between the [[Summer Sea]] and the Jade Sea.<ref name="Lands"/>

===Eastern Essos===

Little is known of the [[Further East|lands of Essos found east]] of the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]]. The southern lands along the [[Jade Sea]] include [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], and the [[Shadow Lands]]. North of Yi Ti are trading cities encircling the [[Great Sand Sea]], as well as the [[Plains of the Jogos Nhai]]. Farther east are even more exotic lands - the [[Thousand Islands]] in the [[Shivering Sea]], [[Mossovy]], the [[Grey Waste]], the [[Land of the Shrykes]], the [[Mountains of the Morn]], the [[Cities of the Bloodless Men]], the [[Hidden Sea]] with [[Carcosa]] and the [[City of the Winged Men]], the [[Five Forts]], etc.<ref name="Lands"/>

==People==
Essos is home to a much larger and more diverse set of races and cultures than Westeros. They are descendants of old cultures ranging from the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]], old [[Ghis]], and [[Valyrian Freehold]]. Unlike Westeros, which is unified under the [[Seven Kingdoms]], Essos is divided into many different sovereign regions and city-states and has had no dominant power since the Valyrian Freehold fell almost four centuries ago. Its peoples include:
* [[Dothraki]], a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their [[Dothraki language|own language]] and unique culture.
* [[Ghiscari]], a mongrel race that populates most of Slaver's Bay, that speak a bastardized version of [[High Valyrian]]. Descendants of old [[Ghis]].
* Peoples of the [[Free Cities]], descendants of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. They speak a distinct form of [[High Valyrian]], though the Common Tongue of Westeros is also used.
* [[Lhazareen]], a peaceful people with bronze skin, flat faces, and almond eyes. They are predominantly shepherds who worship the [[Great Shepherd]] and are called the 'Lamb Men' by the Dothraki, who frequently prey on them.
* [[Qartheen]], the inhabitants of [[Qarth]].
* [[Ibben]]ese fishing colonies in the north.
* [[Jogos Nhai]], renowned for capturing [[zorse]]s.
* [[N'Ghai]], kin to the more nomadic Jogos Nhai, the inhabitants of [[Nefer]] the Secret City.
* [[Sarnori]], or Tagaez Fen meaning "Tall Men", the brown-skinned, black-haired people of Sarnor, whose last survivors occupy [[Saath]].
* [[YiTish]], the bright-eyed people of the Golden Empire of [[Yi Ti]], the oldest and greatest Essosi civilization.
* [[Lengii]], perhaps the tallest race, with teak-colored skin, golden eyes, long legs, slender build, and unmatched beaty, inhabiting the island of [[Leng]]

Vanquished or vanished cultures include the [[Jhogwin]], the [[Mazemakers]], and the [[Ifequevron]]. The [[Rhoynar]] largely fled the [[Rhoyne]] for [[Dorne]] in [[Westeros]].

==References and Notes==
{{references}}
{{EnWP|Across the narrow sea|small=yes}}

{{Regions}}
[[Category:Essos| ]]
[[Category:Continents]]
[[es:Essos]]
[[fa:ایسوس]]
[[fr:Continent oriental]]
[[ru:Эссос]]
[[zh:厄索斯]]

Essos

2015-01-04T09:39:37Z

Busmans: /* People */

[[File:World map Essos.png|300px|thumb|The lands of Essos (in red) west of the [[Bone Mountains]] and [[Krazaaj Zasqa]] on the map of the known world]]

'''Essos''' is the largest of the four known continents in the [[Known World|world]]. It lies east of [[Westeros]] and north of [[Sothoryos]] and [[Ulthos]], stretching from the [[Shivering Sea]] in the north to the [[Summer Sea]] in the south, and from the [[narrow sea]] in the west to the lands surrounding the [[Jade Sea]] in the east, if not farther. Essos is populated by many different peoples and has a vast and varied geography.

In the novels of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the continent is simply called the eastern continent, beyond the narrow sea, or the east; [[George R. R. Martin]] first referred to it as Essos in mid-2008 in an interview,<ref>The Citadel. "Asshai.com Forum Chat" (July 27, 2008) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2008/07/ So Spake Martin]</ref> and later officially confirmed it. The [[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix|Appendix]] of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' officially refers to the continent east of the narrow sea as Essos.

==Geography==
Essos is roughly the size of [[w:Eurasia|Eurasia]] with similar latitudinal and longitudinal dimensions. It is considerably larger than [[Westeros]], though its true extent is unknown as no map of the entire continent currently exists. The north coast of the mainland is separated from the polar cap by the [[Shivering Sea]]. To the south, across the [[Summer Sea]], lies the uncharted continent of [[Sothoryos]]. In the extreme east, across the [[Jade Sea]], sit [[Asshai]], [[Yi Ti]], and the mysterious region called the [[Shadow Lands]]. South of the Shadow Lands is the continent of [[Ulthos]].<ref name="Lands">''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

Essosi geography and climate vary greatly. Being separated from the polar cap of the [[Land of Always Winter]] and located farther to the south, it is affected by winters to a lesser extent then Westeros.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1428/ SSM]</ref>

The western coastline appears to be temperate in the north, becoming drier and hotter to the south, and is characterized by green rolling hills, the massive [[Forest of Qohor]], and extensive island chains such as [[Braavos]] and [[Lys]]. The middle of the continent is covered by the flat grasslands plains of the [[Dothraki sea]] and, to the east, the arid wasteland of red sand known as the [[red waste]], where nothing grows. Beyond this desert, the city of [[Qarth]] sits beside the [[Jade Gates]] that lead to the [[Jade Sea]]. The south is dominated by dry rolling hills and has a [[w:Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean climate]] with a coastline along the [[Summer Sea]] connecting [[Volantis]] with the [[Valyria]] peninsula and the great inlet known as [[Slaver's Bay]]. Essos is dominated by the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]], longitudinal mountain ranges separating the western half more familiar to the Westerosi and an exotic eastern half of which less is known.<ref name="Lands"/>

==Regions==
Essos is divided into several regions, each of which are home to distinct cultural groups.

===The Free Cities===
:{{main|Free Cities}}
:''See also [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the Free Cities|Map of the Free Cities]] from ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' and its locations.''
The Free Cities are nine independent city-states located on the western coast of Essos. Seven of the cities are coastal ([[Braavos]], [[Myr]], [[Pentos]] and [[Volantis]]) or island ports ([[Lorath]], [[Lys]] and [[Tyrosh]]), lying on the narrow sea, whilst two others ([[Norvos]] and [[Qohor]]) are located inland. Except for Braavos, which was founded by refugee slaves, these cities are former colonies of the destroyed [[Valyrian Freehold]]; as such they retain elements of its culture. They are more developed and mercantile than the cities of Westeros, even [[King's Landing]]. Each of the Free Cities controls a certain amount of territory surrounding it, including smaller towns and villages. The region of the Free Cities extends from the western coastline to the [[Forest of Qohor]] and the mighty [[Rhoyne|River Rhoyne]] in the east, which separate them from the Dothraki sea and the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]].

In the northwestern corner of this region, between [[Braavos]] and [[Pentos]], are the hills of [[Andalos]], the ancient homeland of the [[Andals]] and, according to legends, the source of the [[Faith of the Seven]].

===Kingdom of Sarnor===
:{{main|Kingdom of Sarnor}}
East of the [[Forest of Qohor]] and north of the [[Dothraki sea]] are the grasslands of the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], which are watered by the great [[Sarne|River Sarne]] and its tributaries. Most of the kingdom has been left in ruins by the [[Dothraki]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

===The Dothraki Sea===
:{{main|Dothraki sea}}

East of the Free Cities and Sarnor, the vast grassland plain known as the Dothraki sea covers much of the Essosi inland. It is inhabited by the [[Dothraki]] people, a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their own language and unique equestrian culture. While the Dothraki do not trade, their slave raids are a driving force of the Essosi economy. There are numerous ruined cities of older cultures in and near the Dothraki sea.

===The Shivering Sea===
:{{main|Shivering Sea}}
North of the Dothraki sea along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]] are the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], [[Omber]], and the forested [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]]. North of mainland Essos are the islands of [[Ibben]].<ref name="Lands"/>

===Valyrian Peninsula===
:{{main|Valyrian peninsula}}

The Valyrian peninsula is a large headland extending south from Essos into the [[Summer Sea]]. Once the heartland of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] and the location of the city of [[Valyria]], it was partially destroyed in the [[Doom of Valyria]], during which many islands formed, low-lying areas flooded, and Valyria fell into ruin. The peninsula and the [[Smoking Sea]] that surround its remnants are considered to be demon-haunted and rife with poisonous fumes; with few exceptions, those who travel there seeking the ruins of Valyria or its treasures never return.

===Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar===
:{{main|Slaver's Bay|Ghiscar}}

South of the Dothraki sea, east of Valyria, and west of [[Lhazar]] are Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar. The region holds many small city-states and the three great slaver port cities of [[Yunkai]], [[Meereen]], and [[Astapor]]. The cities were built from the rubble of [[Old Ghis]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]], an ancient rival of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] which crushed and superseded it thousands of years ago. The slaver cities are still connected to the Free Cities by the [[Valyrian road]] network. The city of [[New Ghis]] sits on an island south of Ghiscar, but the novels reveal little about it. The [[Skahazadhan]] is the largest river of the region.

===Lhazar===
:{{main|Lhazar}}

Lhazar is located southeast of the Dothraki sea and northeast of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It is a semi-arid land of pastures and hills. The horselords consider the [[Lhazareen]], its shepherding people, as easy targets and good slaves, calling them ''haesh rakhi'' ("Lamb Men").

===Qarth===
:{{main|Qarth}}

Qarth is an ancient city in the distant east, beyond the [[red waste]], on the shores of the [[Jade Sea]]. It is home to [[warlocks]] and merchant princes. Its position at the [[Jade Gates]] makes it the gateway of commerce and culture between the east and west (such as the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay), and more eastern lands (such as [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and [[Yi Ti]]). Brimming with wealth, and priding themselves on their sophistication, the Qartheen engage in unending intrigue between the many powerful factions of their society.

South of Qarth is the large island [[Great Moraq]], located between the [[Summer Sea]] and the Jade Sea.<ref name="Lands"/>

===Eastern Essos===

Little is known of the [[Further East|lands of Essos found east]] of the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]]. The southern lands along the [[Jade Sea]] include [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], and the [[Shadow Lands]]. North of Yi Ti are trading cities encircling the [[Great Sand Sea]], as well as the [[Plains of the Jogos Nhai]]. Farther east are even more exotic lands - the [[Thousand Islands]] in the [[Shivering Sea]], [[Mossovy]], the [[Grey Waste]], the [[Land of the Shrykes]], the [[Mountains of the Morn]], the [[Cities of the Bloodless Men]], the [[Hidden Sea]] with [[Carcosa]] and the [[City of the Winged Men]], the [[Five Forts]], etc.<ref name="Lands"/>

==People==
Essos is home to a much larger and more diverse set of races and cultures than Westeros. They are descendants of old cultures ranging from the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]], old [[Ghis]], and [[Valyrian Freehold]]. Unlike Westeros, which is unified under the [[Seven Kingdoms]], Essos is divided into many different sovereign regions and city-states and has had no dominant power since the Valyrian Freehold fell almost four centuries ago. Its peoples include:
* [[Dothraki]], a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their [[Dothraki language|own language]] and unique culture.
* [[Ghiscari]], a mongrel race that populates most of Slaver's Bay, that speak a bastardized version of [[High Valyrian]]. Descendants of old [[Ghis]].
* Peoples of the [[Free Cities]], descendants of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. They speak a distinct form of [[High Valyrian]], though the Common Tongue of Westeros is also used.
* [[Lhazareen]], a peaceful people with bronze skin, flat faces, and almond eyes. They are predominantly shepherds who worship the [[Great Shepherd]] and are called the 'Lamb Men' by the Dothraki, who frequently prey on them.
* [[Qartheen]], the inhabitants of [[Qarth]].
* [[Ibben]]ese fishing colonies in the north.
* [[Jogos Nhai]], renowned for capturing [[zorse]]s.
* [[Sarnori]], or Tagaez Fen meaning "Tall Men", the brown-skinned, black-haired people of Sarnor, whose last survivors occupy [[Saath]].
* [[YiTish]], the bright-eyed people of the Golden Empire of [[Yi Ti]], the oldest and greatest Essosi civilization.
* [[Lengii]], perhaps the tallest race, with teak-colored skin, golden eyes, long legs, slender build, and unmatched beaty, inhabiting the island of [[Leng]]

Vanquished or vanished cultures include the [[Jhogwin]], the [[Mazemakers]], and the [[Ifequevron]]. The [[Rhoynar]] largely fled the [[Rhoyne]] for [[Dorne]] in [[Westeros]].

==References and Notes==
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Essos

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[[File:World map Essos.png|300px|thumb|The lands of Essos (in red) west of the [[Bone Mountains]] and [[Krazaaj Zasqa]] on the map of the known world]]

'''Essos''' is the largest of the four known continents in the [[Known World|world]]. It lies east of [[Westeros]] and north of [[Sothoryos]] and [[Ulthos]], stretching from the [[Shivering Sea]] in the north to the [[Summer Sea]] in the south, and from the [[narrow sea]] in the west to the lands surrounding the [[Jade Sea]] in the east, if not farther. Essos is populated by many different peoples and has a vast and varied geography.

In the novels of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the continent is simply called the eastern continent, beyond the narrow sea, or the east; [[George R. R. Martin]] first referred to it as Essos in mid-2008 in an interview,<ref>The Citadel. "Asshai.com Forum Chat" (July 27, 2008) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2008/07/ So Spake Martin]</ref> and later officially confirmed it. The [[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix|Appendix]] of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' officially refers to the continent east of the narrow sea as Essos.

==Geography==
Essos is roughly the size of [[w:Eurasia|Eurasia]] with similar latitudinal and longitudinal dimensions. It is considerably larger than [[Westeros]], though its true extent is unknown as no map of the entire continent currently exists. The north coast of the mainland is separated from the polar cap by the [[Shivering Sea]]. To the south, across the [[Summer Sea]], lies the uncharted continent of [[Sothoryos]]. In the extreme east, across the [[Jade Sea]], sit [[Asshai]], [[Yi Ti]], and the mysterious region called the [[Shadow Lands]]. South of the Shadow Lands is the continent of [[Ulthos]].<ref name="Lands">''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

Essosi geography and climate vary greatly. Being separated from the polar cap of the [[Land of Always Winter]] and located farther to the south, it is affected by winters to a lesser extent then Westeros.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1428/ SSM]</ref>

The western coastline appears to be temperate in the north, becoming drier and hotter to the south, and is characterized by green rolling hills, the massive [[Forest of Qohor]], and extensive island chains such as [[Braavos]] and [[Lys]]. The middle of the continent is covered by the flat grasslands plains of the [[Dothraki sea]] and, to the east, the arid wasteland of red sand known as the [[red waste]], where nothing grows. Beyond this desert, the city of [[Qarth]] sits beside the [[Jade Gates]] that lead to the [[Jade Sea]]. The south is dominated by dry rolling hills and has a [[w:Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean climate]] with a coastline along the [[Summer Sea]] connecting [[Volantis]] with the [[Valyria]] peninsula and the great inlet known as [[Slaver's Bay]]. Essos is dominated by the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]], longitudinal mountain ranges separating the western half more familiar to the Westerosi and an exotic eastern half of which less is known.<ref name="Lands"/>

==Regions==
Essos is divided into several regions, each of which are home to distinct cultural groups.

===The Free Cities===
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:''See also [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of the Free Cities|Map of the Free Cities]] from ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' and its locations.''
The Free Cities are nine independent city-states located on the western coast of Essos. Seven of the cities are coastal ([[Braavos]], [[Myr]], [[Pentos]] and [[Volantis]]) or island ports ([[Lorath]], [[Lys]] and [[Tyrosh]]), lying on the narrow sea, whilst two others ([[Norvos]] and [[Qohor]]) are located inland. Except for Braavos, which was founded by refugee slaves, these cities are former colonies of the destroyed [[Valyrian Freehold]]; as such they retain elements of its culture. They are more developed and mercantile than the cities of Westeros, even [[King's Landing]]. Each of the Free Cities controls a certain amount of territory surrounding it, including smaller towns and villages. The region of the Free Cities extends from the western coastline to the [[Forest of Qohor]] and the mighty [[Rhoyne|River Rhoyne]] in the east, which separate them from the Dothraki sea and the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]].

In the northwestern corner of this region, between [[Braavos]] and [[Pentos]], are the hills of [[Andalos]], the ancient homeland of the [[Andals]] and, according to legends, the source of the [[Faith of the Seven]].

===Kingdom of Sarnor===
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East of the [[Forest of Qohor]] and north of the [[Dothraki sea]] are the grasslands of the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], which are watered by the great [[Sarne|River Sarne]] and its tributaries. Most of the kingdom has been left in ruins by the [[Dothraki]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

===The Dothraki Sea===
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East of the Free Cities and Sarnor, the vast grassland plain known as the Dothraki sea covers much of the Essosi inland. It is inhabited by the [[Dothraki]] people, a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their own language and unique equestrian culture. While the Dothraki do not trade, their slave raids are a driving force of the Essosi economy. There are numerous ruined cities of older cultures in and near the Dothraki sea.

===The Shivering Sea===
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North of the Dothraki sea along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]] are the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], [[Omber]], and the forested [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]]. North of mainland Essos are the islands of [[Ibben]].<ref name="Lands"/>

===Valyrian Peninsula===
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The Valyrian peninsula is a large headland extending south from Essos into the [[Summer Sea]]. Once the heartland of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] and the location of the city of [[Valyria]], it was partially destroyed in the [[Doom of Valyria]], during which many islands formed, low-lying areas flooded, and Valyria fell into ruin. The peninsula and the [[Smoking Sea]] that surround its remnants are considered to be demon-haunted and rife with poisonous fumes; with few exceptions, those who travel there seeking the ruins of Valyria or its treasures never return.

===Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar===
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South of the Dothraki sea, east of Valyria, and west of [[Lhazar]] are Slaver's Bay and Ghiscar. The region holds many small city-states and the three great slaver port cities of [[Yunkai]], [[Meereen]], and [[Astapor]]. The cities were built from the rubble of [[Old Ghis]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]], an ancient rival of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] which crushed and superseded it thousands of years ago. The slaver cities are still connected to the Free Cities by the [[Valyrian road]] network. The city of [[New Ghis]] sits on an island south of Ghiscar, but the novels reveal little about it. The [[Skahazadhan]] is the largest river of the region.

===Lhazar===
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Lhazar is located southeast of the Dothraki sea and northeast of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It is a semi-arid land of pastures and hills. The horselords consider the [[Lhazareen]], its shepherding people, as easy targets and good slaves, calling them ''haesh rakhi'' ("Lamb Men").

===Qarth===
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Qarth is an ancient city in the distant east, beyond the [[red waste]], on the shores of the [[Jade Sea]]. It is home to [[warlocks]] and merchant princes. Its position at the [[Jade Gates]] makes it the gateway of commerce and culture between the east and west (such as the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay), and more eastern lands (such as [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and [[Yi Ti]]). Brimming with wealth, and priding themselves on their sophistication, the Qartheen engage in unending intrigue between the many powerful factions of their society.

South of Qarth is the large island [[Great Moraq]], located between the [[Summer Sea]] and the Jade Sea.<ref name="Lands"/>

===Eastern Essos===

Little is known of the [[Further East|lands of Essos found east]] of the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Krazaaj Zasqa]]. The southern lands along the [[Jade Sea]] include [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], and the [[Shadow Lands]]. North of Yi Ti are trading cities encircling the [[Great Sand Sea]], as well as the [[Plains of the Jogos Nhai]]. Farther east are even more exotic lands - the [[Thousand Islands]] in the [[Shivering Sea]], [[Mossovy]], the [[Grey Waste]], the [[Land of the Shrykes]], the [[Mountains of the Morn]], the [[Cities of the Bloodless Men]], the [[Hidden Sea]] with [[Carcosa]] and the [[City of the Winged Men]], the [[Five Forts]], etc.<ref name="Lands"/>

==People==
Essos is home to a much larger and more diverse set of races and cultures than Westeros. They are descendants of old cultures ranging from the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]], old [[Ghis]], and [[Valyrian Freehold]]. Unlike Westeros, which is unified under the [[Seven Kingdoms]], Essos is divided into many different sovereign regions and city-states and has had no dominant power since the Valyrian Freehold fell almost four centuries ago. Its peoples include:
* [[Dothraki]], a copper-skinned race of warlike nomads with their [[Dothraki language|own language]] and unique culture.
* [[Ghiscari]], a mongrel race that populates most of Slaver's Bay, that speak a bastardized version of [[High Valyrian]]. Descendants of old [[Ghis]].
* Peoples of the [[Free Cities]], descendants of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. They speak a distinct form of [[High Valyrian]], though the Common Tongue of Westeros is also used.
* [[Lhazareen]], a peaceful people with bronze skin, flat faces, and almond eyes. They are predominantly shepherds who worship the [[Great Shepherd]] and are called the 'Lamb Men' by the Dothraki, who frequently prey on them.
* [[Qartheen]], the inhabitants of [[Qarth]] .
* [[Ibben]]ese fishing colonies in the north.
* [[Jogos Nhai]], renowned for capturing [[zorse]]s.
* [[Sarnori]], or Tagaez Fen meaning "Tall Men", the brown-skinned, black-haired people of Sarnor, whose last survivors occupy [[Saath]]
Vanquished or vanished cultures include the [[Jhogwin]], the [[Mazemakers]], and the [[Ifequevron]]. The [[Rhoynar]] largely fled the [[Rhoyne]] for [[Dorne]] in [[Westeros]].

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Cersei Lannister

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| Culture = [[The Westerlands|Westerlands]]
| Spouse = King [[Robert Baratheon]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|266}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
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| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV)
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| Played_by = [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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'''Cersei Lannister''' is the eldest child of [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and [[Joanna Lannister]] by mere moments, and the twin sister of [[Jaime Lannister]]. After [[Robert's Rebellion]] she married the new king, [[Robert Baratheon]], and became Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She is the mother of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] of [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]. Cersei becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]''. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' she is played by [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Cersei Lannister|Images of Cersei Lannister]]''

[[File:Cersei lannister by teiiku.jpg|thumb|300px|Young beautiful queen Cersei, in her chambers. Art by TeiIku©]]
Cersei is willful, ambitious and has a certain low cunning. She is, in her opinion, politically astute and thinks of herself as her father's daughter, and feels slighted when people do not jump to her erratic commands. She resents the customs and conventions put on her because of her gender, but never realizes that people do not come to her or respect her commands because she is an ineffectual leader.{{Ref|aGoT|67}}

Early in the series, Cersei displays cunning in handling the political turmoil and intrigues surrounding the death of King Robert and the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]]. As the series progresses, however, the more power Cersei obtains, the more she proves herself to be incompetent at handling it; although she has spent most of her life scheming to gain power, she seems to have little idea of what to do with it once she has it.

Her quick temper and her easily wounded pride frequently lead her to make rash decisions, and she rarely considers what unintended consequences her actions might have. She lacks the patience for dealing with the tedious yet vital details of administration, and increasingly avoids facing unpleasant facts, surrounding herself with sycophants rather than honest and competent advisers. Ironically, despite her contempt for Robert's hedonistic lifestyle and physical deterioration, she is unconsciously coming to mimic his habit of overindulging in food, alcohol and sex as distractions from the pressures of leadership. Although she shares [[Tywin Lannister|her father]]'s philosophy of ruling through fear rather than love, she lacks his ability to temper ruthlessness with caution, pragmatism, and sound, objective judgment.

Cersei's feelings toward her father are complex; she resents him for marrying her off to Robert Baratheon and for never granting her as much power and respect as she craved, but also admires and seeks to emulate his brutal effectiveness as a politician. She has loathed her younger brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] ever since his birth killed [[Joanna Lannister|their mother]]. Although once optimistic about her royal marriage to Robert Baratheon, she quickly grew to despise him as a drunken fool who remained too infatuated with the memory of [[Lyanna Stark]] to give her a second glance.

The only people she truly loves are her twin brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], with whom she has carried on an incestuous relationship since their adolescence, and her children, all of whom carry the surname Baratheon, but were in fact fathered by Jaime. However, she seems to love Jaime and the children more as extensions of herself than anything else, and can turn on them suddenly: while she protects her children fiercely from any others who would harm them, she provides them with little in the way of sound guidance or consistent discipline, and can react abusively when they defy or disappoint her.

Cersei is a strikingly beautiful woman with classic [[House Lannister|Lannister]] looks: blonde hair, brilliant green eyes, fair skin, and a slender, graceful figure. However, time and motherhood are beginning to take their toll on her body, and as of ''A Feast for Crows'' she has begun to gain weight as a result of alcohol abuse. Like many other characters in the series, she occasionally has dreams that seem to be prophetic.

==History==
Cersei is technically her parents' oldest child, although her twin [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] was born mere moments later, clutching her heel. The twins were eight years old when their brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] was born, killing [[Joanna Lannister|their mother]] and causing [[Tywin Lannister|their father]] to become cold and bitter.

Cersei has been haunted since childhood by a prophecy made by a wise woman, [[Maggy the Frog]], who was reputed to have magical powers. The woman correctly predicted Cersei's marriage and mutual infidelity with a king. She went on to prophesy that Cersei would outlive all her children, who would die as kings and queens, and that after everything she had was taken away by a younger and more beautiful queen, the ''valonqar'' ([[High Valyrian]] for “little brother”) would come to end her life. Cersei is frightened by this prophecy. Her friend, [[Melara Hetherspoon]], who had been present, suggested that if they never spoke about it, the prophecies (which included Melara's death) would not come true. Cersei, later in life, recalls how Melara died shortly after their visit to Maggy, and it is heavily implied, though never confirmed, that Cersei killed [[Melara Hetherspoon|Melara]], to prevent the girl from speaking of the prophecy. Cersie has always identified the ''valonqar'' as Tyrion, and eventually comes to worry that [[Margaery Tyrell]] might be the younger and more beautiful queen.{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

When Cersei was a girl, her father promised her that she would marry Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] and would one day become queen. She was delighted by this news and became infatuated with Rhaegar upon their first meeting at the [[tourney for King Aerys II]]. However, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] rebuffed Tywin's offer, later marrying Rhaegar to [[Elia Martell]].

Cersei and Jaime experimented sexually with one another during childhood. At one point they were discovered by a servant, and their mother moved their rooms to separate sides of the castle in an attempt to prevent such behavior.{{Ref|aSoS|21}} At the age of twelve, Cersei was taken to [[King's Landing]] with her father, then [[Hand of the King]]. In the following years, Lord Tywin refused every offer of marriage for Cersei he received, probably still hoping for a match with one of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] princes. She missed Jaime and was jealous when Lord Tywin eventually proposed to marry him to [[Lysa Tully]]. Jaime was [[knight]]ed at the age of fifteen during the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] and, on his way home to [[Casterly Rock]], he visited [[King's Landing]], mainly to see his sister. Cersei seduced him during the visit and persuaded him to join the [[Kingsguard]], which would require him to remain unmarried and live near her in King's Landing. She expected that Lord Tywin would be strictly opposed to the idea, but that he would not dare to openly object to it in order not to offend King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

Cersei orchestrated the arrangements behind the scenes over the course of the next month, but, although she was successful in securing Jaime's place in the Kingsguard, her plan backfired. Unbeknownst to her, tensions had been growing in her father's relationship with the king, and Lord Tywin perceived Jaime's appointment to the Kingsguard as a slight intended to rob him of his heir. Furious, he used a pretext to resign as Hand and moved back to Casterly Rock with Cersei, separating the twins once more.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}
[[File:Robert Baratheon Cersei Lannister Wedding.jpg|thumb|375px|Wedding of Cersei and her husband [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]]]]
Shortly after the conclusion of [[Robert's Rebellion]], a marriage was arranged between Cersei and [[Robert Baratheon]] in order to seal [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|the royal house]]'s alliance with [[House Lannister]], to be taking place in {{Date|284}}. Cersei was at first enthralled by the happy crowds at the royal wedding, but her enthusiasm for the match ended abruptly when Robert called her “[[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]” during their first night together. The marriage rapidly deteriorated, and Cersei resumed her incestuous relationship with Jaime. She bore him three children ([[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]), all of whom she successfully passed off as the king's trueborn heirs. Having grown to hate Robert, she took care to ensure he did not impregnate her, and would later reveal to [[Eddard Stark]] that she [[moon tea|aborted]] a pregnancy fathered by him early in their marriage.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}
[[File:Henning Ludvigsen JaimeCersei.jpg|thumb|375px|Cersei and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime's]] relationship - by Henning Ludvigsen ©]]
The true parentage of Cersei's children remained a closely guarded secret until [[Stannis Baratheon]], who was familiar with the appearance of his brother's black haired, blue eyed bastard offspring, grew suspicious of the royal children's lack of resemblance to their supposed father. He confided in then-Hand of the King [[Jon Arryn]], and the two investigated the matter together. Arryn was killed by [[Tears of Lys|poison]] before he could act on their discoveries, prompting Stannis to flee King's Landing. However, their activities would leave behind a trail of clues for others to follow.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the death of [[Jon Arryn]], Cersei accompanies her husband, King [[Robert Baratheon]], to [[Winterfell]]. When [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and most of the castle go on a hunting trip, Cersei remains behind, as does her brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. The two are caught having sex by [[Bran Stark]], and when Cersei insists that they must do something to prevent the boy from telling anyone, Jaime immediately pushes him off a tower.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} She later berates Jaime for his impulsiveness, arguing that attempting to kill the boy was foolish when they could have simply intimidated him into silence.

While the royal procession travels back to [[King's Landing]], [[Joffrey Baratheon|Prince Joffrey]] bullies a common boy, [[Mycah]], prompting [[Arya Stark]] and [[Nymeria (direwolf)|her direwolf]] to attack and disarm him. Joffrey tells his parents that Arya and her wolf attacked him without provocation. Cersei takes his side and argues that the girl should lose a hand in accordance with the ancient penalty for striking a prince of royal blood. When Robert refuses this, she talks her brother Jaime into maiming or killing Arya for her, using sex as bribe. Jaime secretly searches for the girl to do his sister's bidding, but Arya is found by [[House Stark|Stark]] guards first. Robert again resists Cersei's call for severely punishing Arya, but Cersei successfully pressures him into ordering the execution of [[Lady (direwolf)|another direwolf]] as a proxy.{{Ref|aGoT|16}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Having appointed [[Eddard Stark]] Jon Arryn's replacement as [[Hand of the King]], Robert orders [[Tourney of the Hand|a great tourney]] held in honor of the new Hand. Cersei forbids Robert from fighting in the melee, inciting a public argument between king and queen. Robert intends to fight anyway, but Eddard and [[Barristan Selmy|Ser Barristan]] succeed in dissuading him. Later, [[Varys]] claims that Cersei had known publicly forbidding Robert from participating in the melee was the most effective way of convincing him to do so, and had been planning to have him "accidentally" killed in the melee. He also suggests that Ser [[Hugh]] of the Vale, who had been killed by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] earlier in the tournament, could have poisoned Jon Arryn at the Lannisters' instigation, only to have them arrange his death in order to ensure his silence afterward.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}
[[File:MagaliVilleneuve CLannister.jpg|thumb|400px|Queen Regent Cersei Lannister - by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
When [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]], Cersei argues with Robert, insulting his manhood for his failure to immediately avenge the insult to her family. The king strikes her in response, but Cersei tells him she intends to wear the bruise "as a badge of honor." Eddard Stark, who is present, does not approve of his friend's action; Robert admits that it was "not kingly," but blames Cersei for provoking him.{{ref|agot|39}} Eddard, who has been appointed the [[Hand of the King]], investigates Jon Arryn's death and discovers the truth about the royal children's parentage. He confronts Cersei, and she admits that his accusation is true. She promises to make it worth his while if Eddard allies with her and keeps her secret, but he refuses. Not wanting to see the children harmed, Eddard warns her that he intends to tell Robert the truth and urges her to flee with the princes and princess. {{Ref|aGoT|45}}

She instead uses the time to arrange a hunting "accident" for Robert. She provides his squire [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], one of her lovers, with fortified strongwine, telling him it is Robert's favorite vintage. Lancel serves it to the king during the hunt, and as the wine is far stronger than Robert expects, he becomes drunk and is fatally injured by a boar. On his deathbed Robert names Eddard Stark regent until his 13-year-old heir Joffrey comes of age, but the morning after Robert's death, Cersei seizes power, denouncing Lord Eddard as a traitor who conspired against King Joffrey. She has Eddard imprisoned and is named Queen Regent, heading Joffrey's [[small council]].{{Ref|aGoT|49}}

Cersei intends to have Eddard convicted of treason but allowed to [[Night's Watch#Recruitment|take the black]], thus discrediting him and removing him as a factor in the political arena without antagonizing [[the North]]. She arranges a public confession for him on the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], assuring the [[High Septon]] that he will be offered forgiveness and the holy ground will not be profaned with blood. However, she underestimates Joffrey's willfulness and taste for cruelty. He foolishly ignores her advice and instead orders Lord Stark's immediate execution. [[Janos Slynt]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] carry out the king's imprudent command before Cersei can intervene, deeply offending [[Faith of the Seven|the Faith]] and rendering peace between [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] impossible.{{Ref|aGoT|65}} Cersei keeps the news of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s coronation from Joffrey for a time, fearing he might take the field at the head of a force of [[Gold Cloaks]]. She commands her father Lord Tywin to come to the defense of the capital against Renly and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]].{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
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To end the foolish edicts made by [[Joffrey Baratheon|King Joffrey]] and Cersei, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] promptly puts [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] in the position of [[Hand of the King]] until he can claim the seat himself. When Tyrion arrives in King's Landing, bearing a letter from their father naming him Hand of the King, Cersei nearly has him thrown in the dungeon before he placates her by saying he could rescue Jaime.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} As Hand, Tyrion struggles to wrest control from her, finally resorting to poisoning her to ger her out of the way for a few days. He nullifies most of Cersei's decisions, recalling the Gold Cloaks who are killing off Robert's bastards at her behest.

In Jaime's absence, Cersei begins taking other lovers into her bed.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} After Tyrion sends away her [[Vylarr|personal guard]], she tries to employ three sellswords to replace them - [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] and [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] - but Tyrion finds out and buys their loyalty.{{Ref|aCoK|41}} The Kettleblacks are actually loyal to Petyr Baelish, but neither Cersei nor Tyrion figure this out.

Tyrion sends off Princess Myrcella to [[Sunspear]] in an effort to win over the [[House Martell|Martells]]. Before doing so, his counter intelligence methods mean that Cersei's agent, Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], is no longer a useful source against him. After Myrcella is sent off, Cersei is among those who is caught up in the [[Riot of King's Landing]] provoked by a thoughtless comment she makes to King Joffrey about a dead baby. Jaime later wonders if [[Varys]] had advance knowledge of the riot, since he wasn't there for it.

As King [[Stannis Baratheon]] moves on [[King's Landing]], Cersei decided to get her son Tommen out of the city for safety, but Tyrion's men intercept the party and take Tommen into his custody. Fed up with Tyrion's efforts to rule, Cersei had [[Alayaya]], a whore she believed Tyrion was sleeping with, arrested and beaten, and used her as a hostage in return for Tommen's safe return. She also removes Ser [[Boros Blount]] from the [[Kingsguard]] for his failure to resist Tyrion's men, and although removing the cowardly Blount from the [[Kingsguard]] was considered to have been one of her few wiser decisions, she replaces him with [[Osmund Kettleblack]], a man just as hollow.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}

As the [[Battle of the Blackwater|battle for King's Landing]] begins, Cersei hosts a banquet for all the noblewomen in the [[Red Keep]] in an effort to keep their minds off the fighting, she says, but she invites Ser Ilyn the headman to be on hand to kill them off if the city is taken, to prevent them from becoming hostages. When she hears that the [[River Gate]] is under attack, she has Joffrey summoned back to the Red Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|60}} Seeing the king flee back to the castle damaged morale and caused the men to rout, nearly costing her the city. This outrages [[Lancel Lannister]], who feels they could have held the gates if Cersei hadn't recalled the King.{{Ref|aCoK|62}} If not for the timely arrival and attack on [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]'s flank by the army of Tywin Lannister and [[Mace Tyrell]], the battle would have been lost for the Lannisters.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Due to Tyrion's wounds, she is able to lie to her father and turn her father's prejudice against Tyrion to her advantage, all but completely stripping Tyrion's power from him by the time her brother's convalescence is over.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] bends Cersei to his will and later makes it clear she is no longer wanted on the [[small council|council]] and plans to marry her off again, either to [[Willas Tyrell]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] (whose wife was elderly and had failing health) or [[Oberyn Martell]]. After Joffrey offends Tywin through his ungracious behaviour, Tywin is furious and asks where the boy could have learnt such amoral sentiments. Cersei tries to place the blame on Robert but it is clear to all in the room, including Kevan, that it is Cersei's belief system too {{Ref|aSoS|19}}.

Joff is killed at his own wedding feast and Cersei accuses her brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] and his wife, [[Sansa Stark]], falsely believing them responsible {{Ref|aSoS|60}}. Cersei names Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] champion if there is to be a trial by combat. This move, however, leads [[Oberyn Martell]], whose sister was murdered by Gregor over a dozen years ago, to champion Tyrion {{Ref|aSoS|66}}. Oberyn is killed in the duel, and Ser Gregor is fatally wounded {{Ref|aSoS|70}}.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Komarck C Lannister FFG.jpg|''"[[Maggy|Queen you shall be... until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.]]"'' - by Michael Komarck.©FFG|thumb|400px|right]]
[[File:Jaime_and_cersei.jpg|thumb|400px|Cersei alienates Jaime - by [http://steamey.deviantart.com Steamey ©]]]
[[File:Skirts and dignity by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Cersei framed [[Margaery Tyrell]] leading to her arrest]]

When her father [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] is murdered, the checks on her claim to power are cleared. She resumes her position as [[Regent]] over her son, the eight-year-old King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who is entirely obedient to her will. As the eldest child of Tywin, she is also acknowledged as the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]] by her uncle [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]]. Thus empowered and unrestricted, Cersei feels she has the opportunity to prove herself an even better ruler than her father. She begins her new regime by filling all of the positions on Tommen's [[small council]] with her own supporters and agents, disregarding the previous arrangements made by Tywin and the well-meant, if blunt, advice from Kevan. She becomes a restless sleeper, troubled by nightmares of the Imp and the Iron Throne consuming her.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Her growing dependency on alcohol increases her tendencies to paranoia, rash judgement and hysteria following the death of her father and son.

Cersei grows to suspect that her powerful [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] allies, now relatives through Tommen's marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], are trying to seize control of the kingdom. This suspicion grows from a Tyrell coin found by Maester [[Qyburn]] in the dungeon where Tyrion was being held before his escape{{Ref|aFfC|7}}.

Since the reader knows the Tyrells had nothing to do with Tyrion's escape, the coin was likely planted by someone else - i.e., [[Varys]] - in the hopes of spreading discord in the Tyrell/Lannister alliance. If so, the plot seems to have worked, as Cersei commences a campaign of intrigue to remove all the Tyrells in [[King's Landing]] from positions of influence and authority, including her son's wife, [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], and Ser [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], a member of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aFfC|24}}
She befriends [[Taena Merryweather]] who informs Cersei that her maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for Margaery. This leads Senelle to be given over to Qyburn for his twisted experiments. Taena becomes her bedwarmer and confidante.

Cersei's paranoia alienates [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], who abandons her to her political machinations.{{Ref|aFfC|8}} She refuses to honor the debts owed by the Crown, angering powerful institutions such as the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}} This results in the Faith refusing to bless King Tommen, and the Iron Bank calling in all their debts throughout [[Westeros]] and refusing all new loans.{{Ref|aFfC|28}} This causes economic chaos throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. With the monies owed, Cersei constructs a [[Cersei's dromonds|new royal fleet]] of warships and gives command to [[Aurane Waters]], the Bastard of [[Driftmark]] and a sellsail of questionable expertise and loyalty.{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Yet another of her ill-conceived schemes is a secret mission which she gives Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the [[Kingsguard]], who is headed for [[Dorne]] to deliver the head of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}} Ser Balon carries a letter in which Cersei asks Prince Doran to give leave to her daughter [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to return to King's Landing for what is decribed as a short visit, and to invite Prince Doran to take the Dornish seat on the small council that has been left vacant with the death of [[Oberyn Martell|Prince Oberyn]]. The secret part of Ser Balon's mission, of which Prince Doran soon learns from informers at the royal court, is to invite [[Trystane Martell|Prince Trystane]] to accompany his betrothed, then kill him along the way somewhere in the [[Kingswood]] in a staged assault, for which Tyrion is supposed to be blamed, with Prince Doran preferably bearing witness to the fact that the attack is not the fault of the queen's men.{{Ref|aDwD|38}}

In an attempt to alleviate the crown's debts, gain the Faith's blessing, and gain more protection from her purported enemies, she allows the new [[High Septon]] (known as the [[High Sparrow]]) to revive the Faith Militant, ignorant of its history of [[Faith Militant uprising|causing trouble]] for monarchs.{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

She also takes the disgraced former [[maester]] Qyburn into her service, using him as a torturer, and allowing him to conduct immoral experiments on human subjects.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She tries to manipulate [[Falyse Stokeworth]] and her husband into killing Tyrion's friend, the sellsword Bronn, who was knighted and married off to simple [[Lollys Stokeworth]] to pry him away from Tyrion. The plan goes horribly wrong however when Falyse's husband foolishly challenges Bronn to single combat; Falyse flees to [[King's Landing]] to report that [[Bronn]] has killed her husband in a duel, though not before Bronn extracted a confession from the seriously injured Balman that Cersei was behind the attempt to kill him. Cersei responds by sending Falyse to Qyburn so nothing is found out about her machinations. Cersei's difficulty coping with the pressure of ruling lead to her beginning to drink heavily (something she often loathed her late husband [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] for) and begins to gain weight due to this but instead of realizing this, she blames the washer women for shrinking her gowns.

Cersei plans a plot to frame [[Margaery Tyrell]] for adultery and treason,and after seducing [[Osney Kettleblack]] has him falsely confess to the new High Septon that he had intercourse with Margaery and two of her three cousins. The High Septon acts on the information and has Margaery arrested when she visits the Sept. Cersei feigns concern publicly and visits the Sept of Baelor in order to appear to the population that she wishes Margaery released where in actual fact she does everything in her power to make sure Margaery will be found guilty.

However all of Cersei plans to remove the Tyrell influence at court backfire when the High Sparrow arrests her for several crimes, including the murder of the previous High Septon. The High Septon was suspicious of the confession of [[Osney Kettleblack]] and had him tortured till Osney revealed the actual truth.

Her own ministers seize control of the government while she awaits trial in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. They recall her uncle Kevan to fill her position as [[Regent]], while her new [[Master of Ships|Lord Admiral]], [[Aurane Waters]], absconds with the costly new fleet. Accused of capital crimes, her only hope lies in a [[Kingsguard]] champion to stand for her in a trial by combat. She sends an emotional summons to Jaime, which he burns and does not reply to.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti CL walk of shame.jpg|Cersei's [[Walk of Shame|penance walk]] from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to the [[Red Keep]] - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|350px]]
Cersei still remains a prisoner of the Faith. To try and gain access to visitors, Cersei decides to confess to the High Septon that she did have relations with her cousin [[Lancel Lannister]] and all three of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers, knowing that such sins would not earn her an execution.

She continues to deny having ordered [[Osney Kettleblack]] to kill the previous High Septon, or that she was involved in King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s death. The High Septon agrees to allow her one visitor a day. Cersei then learns about [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]]'s injury and of [[Arys Oakheart]]'s death, which leaves a vacancy in the Kingsguard. Cersei then sends word to [[Qyburn|Lord Qyburn]] that the time has come.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

Before her trial, the Faith requires Cersei to submit to a [[Walk of Shame|penance walk]] from the Great Sept of Baelor to the [[Red Keep]]. Cersei is shaved of hair from her entire body, then stripped naked. Just prior to the walk, at the Great Sept of Baelor she realizes that no Lannisters are there to support her, and this ordeal is hers alone. She bolsters herself by reminding herself,
{{Quote|Tommen is waiting for me. My little king. I can do this. I must. {{Ref|aDwD|65}}}}
An escort of [[Warrior's Sons]], [[Poor Fellows]], and several septas protect her from the leering and jeering crowds that have flocked to see her shame.
Cersei tries to hang on to her pride during the walk in spite of the crowds projecting filth at her and bawdy insults. At one point she thinks, {{Quote| [[Kevan Lannister|He]] wanted this. Him and the [[High Sparrow]]. And the [[Margaery Tyrell |little rose]] as well, I do not doubt. I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in the city. They think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong. {{Ref|aDwD|65}}}}
Cersei eventually breaks down in tears just before finishing and entering the Keep. Upon her entrance, [[Jocelyn Swyft]] has her body covered. Cersei is then carried into the castle by a silent eight-foot-tall knight covered head to heel in thick enamelled white plate, with a great helm concealing his face. [[Qyburn]] then appears and introduces Cersei to the newest member of the [[Kingsguard]], "Ser [[Robert Strong]]," her champion.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Cersei dines with her uncle, [[Kevan Lannister|Ser Kevan]], on the night of his death. She requests that Lady [[Taena Merryweather]] attend again her once her innocence is proved. When Kevan has no news of Jaime, Cersei seems certain of his safety. She believes that if he were dead, she would know it.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Cersei==
{{Quote|When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. {{Ref|aGoT|45}}}}
– Cersei, to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Jaime and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old maester said. When he is in me, I feel... whole. {{Ref|aGoT|45}}}}
– Cersei, to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|A true man does what he will, not what he must. {{Ref|aGoT|45}}}}
– Cersei, to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part magic, you'll learn that soon enough... and the parts that look like magic often turn out to be messiest of all. {{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same. {{ref|acok|52}}}}
– Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy. {{ref|acok|60}}}}
– Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|I waited, and so can [[Tommen Baratheon|he]]. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered [[Robert Baratheon|Robert’s]] drunken groping, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]’s jealousy, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]’s mockery, [[Varys]] with his titters, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with [[Jon Arryn]], [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]], and her vile, treacherous, murderous [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf brother]], all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. If [[Margaery Tyrell]] thinks to cheat me of my hour in the sun, she had bloody well think again. {{Ref|aFfC|24}}}} – Cersei's thoughts, on ruling as Queen [[Regent]] until [[Tommen]] comes of age

{{Quote|Come at once. Help me. Save me. I need you as I have never needed you before. I love you, I love you, I love you. Come at once. {{Ref|affc|43}}}}
– Cersei's letter to [[Jaime]]

{{Quote|I am a [[Lannister|lioness]]. I will not cringe for them. {{Ref|aDwD|65}}}}
– Cersei, before she shrugs off her robe to stand naked and shorn at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]

==Quotes about Cersei==

{{Quote|And Cersei . . . I have [[Jon Arryn]] to thank for her. I had no wish to marry after [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] was taken from me, but Jon said the realm needed an heir. Cersei Lannister would be a good match, he told me, she would bind Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] to me should [[Viserys Targaryen]] ever try to win back his father’s throne. I loved that old man, I swear it, but now I think he was a bigger fool than [[Moon Boy]]. Oh, Cersei is lovely to look at, truly, but cold . . . the way she guards her cunt, you’d think she had all the gold of [[Casterly Rock]] between her legs. {{ref|agot|30}}}}
– [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid. I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning. {{ref|acok|20}}}}
– [[Tyrion]], explaining to [[Bronn]] why he will delay responding to Cersei's summons

{{Quote|Cersei is as gentle as [[Maegor I|King Maegor]], as selfless as [[Aegon IV|Aegon the Unworthy]], as wise as [[Aerys II|Mad Aerys]]. She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love. {{Ref|aDwD|22}}}}
– [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], on his sister, to [[Young Griff]]

{{Quote|His Sister liked to think of herself as Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cersei was all wildfire, especially when thwarted. . .She does not lack for wits but she has no judgement, and no patience. {{ref|aFfC|16}}}}
– [[Jaime Lannister]], on his sisters leadership skills.

{{Quote|Cersei has put some [[Aurane Waters|bastard]] on the [[small council|council]] too, and a [[Osmund Kettleblack|kettle]] in the [[Kingsguard]]. She has the [[Faith of the Seven|faith]] arming and the [[Iron Bank of Braavos|Braavosi]] calling in loans all over [[Westeros]]. None of which would be happening if she'd had the simple sense to make your [[Kevan Lannister|uncle]] the [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]].{{ref|AFFC|33}}}} - [[Genna Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]

{{Quote|Every man's a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players. Cersei, for one. She thinks herself sly, but in truth she is utterly predictable. Her strength rests on her beauty, birth, and riches. Only the first of those is truly her own, and it will soon desert her. I pity her then. She wants power, but has no notion what to do with it when she gets it. {{Ref|aSoS|68}}}}
– [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] on Cersei and the Game of Thrones

{{Quote|Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] and probably [[Moon Boy]] for all I know. {{ref|aFfC|8}}}}
– Tyrion to Jaime

{{Quote|This head of mine is worth a lordship... back in [[Westeros]], half a world away. By the time you get it there, only bone and maggots will remain. My sweet sister will deny the head is mine and cheat you of the promised reward. You know how it is with queens. Fickle cunts, the lot of them, and Cersei is the worst. {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
– Tyrion to [[Brown Ben Plumm]]

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Yalli Qamayi

2015-01-03T22:07:34Z

Busmans:

[[File: sathar.jpg‎ |The attack on Sathar - by [http://paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©] |thumb|300px|right]]
'''Yalli Qamayi''' is a ruined city in [[Essos]] in the southeastern [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], bordering the central [[Dothraki sea]]. It is east of [[Vojjor Samvi]] and south of [[Vaes Leqse]].<ref name="TDS">"The Dothraki Sea", ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> It was originally called '''Sathar''', but it is now known by its [[Dothraki language]] name, Yalli Qamayi, meaning Wailing Children.<ref>[http://wiki.dothraki.org/Vocabulary The Tongues of Ice and Fire Wiki]</ref>

==History==
Sathar was known as the Waterfall City, but it was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] during the [[Century of Blood]] following the [[Doom of Valyria]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels north of Yalli Qamayi during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].<ref>"Journeys" map from ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Behind the Scenes==
Yalli Qamayi has not yet been mentioned in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, only appearing in ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'' and ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Notes and References==
<references>

[[Category:Ruined cities]]
[[Category:Places in the Dothraki sea]]
[[Category:Sarnori cities]]
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[[fr:Yalli Qamayi]]

Yalli Qamayi

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Busmans:

[[File: sathar.jpg‎ |The attack on Sathar - by [http://paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©] |thumb|350px|right]]
'''Yalli Qamayi''' is a ruined city in [[Essos]] in the southeastern [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], bordering the central [[Dothraki sea]]. It is east of [[Vojjor Samvi]] and south of [[Vaes Leqse]].<ref name="TDS">"The Dothraki Sea", ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> It was originally called '''Sathar''', but it is now known by its [[Dothraki language]] name, Yalli Qamayi, meaning Wailing Children.<ref>[http://wiki.dothraki.org/Vocabulary The Tongues of Ice and Fire Wiki]</ref>

==History==
Sathar was known as the Waterfall City, but it was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] during the [[Century of Blood]] following the [[Doom of Valyria]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels north of Yalli Qamayi during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].<ref>"Journeys" map from ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Behind the Scenes==
Yalli Qamayi has not yet been mentioned in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, only appearing in ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'' and ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Notes and References==
<references>

[[Category:Ruined cities]]
[[Category:Places in the Dothraki sea]]
[[Category:Sarnori cities]]
[[es:Yalli Qamayi]]
[[fr:Yalli Qamayi]]

Yalli Qamayi

2015-01-03T22:06:36Z

Busmans: /* History */

'''Yalli Qamayi''' is a ruined city in [[Essos]] in the southeastern [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], bordering the central [[Dothraki sea]]. It is east of [[Vojjor Samvi]] and south of [[Vaes Leqse]].<ref name="TDS">"The Dothraki Sea", ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> It was originally called '''Sathar''', but it is now known by its [[Dothraki language]] name, Yalli Qamayi, meaning Wailing Children.<ref>[http://wiki.dothraki.org/Vocabulary The Tongues of Ice and Fire Wiki]</ref>

==History==
Sathar was known as the Waterfall City, but it was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] during the [[Century of Blood]] following the [[Doom of Valyria]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels north of Yalli Qamayi during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].<ref>"Journeys" map from ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Behind the Scenes==
Yalli Qamayi has not yet been mentioned in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, only appearing in ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'' and ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Notes and References==
<references>

[[Category:Ruined cities]]
[[Category:Places in the Dothraki sea]]
[[Category:Sarnori cities]]
[[es:Yalli Qamayi]]
[[fr:Yalli Qamayi]]

Yalli Qamayi

2015-01-03T22:06:08Z

Busmans: /* History */

'''Yalli Qamayi''' is a ruined city in [[Essos]] in the southeastern [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], bordering the central [[Dothraki sea]]. It is east of [[Vojjor Samvi]] and south of [[Vaes Leqse]].<ref name="TDS">"The Dothraki Sea", ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> It was originally called '''Sathar''', but it is now known by its [[Dothraki language]] name, Yalli Qamayi, meaning Wailing Children.<ref>[http://wiki.dothraki.org/Vocabulary The Tongues of Ice and Fire Wiki]</ref>

==History==
[[File: sathar.jpg‎ |The attack on Sathar - by [http://paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©] |thumb|350px|right]]
Sathar was known as the Waterfall City, but it was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] during the [[Century of Blood]] following the [[Doom of Valyria]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels north of Yalli Qamayi during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].<ref>"Journeys" map from ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

==Behind the Scenes==
Yalli Qamayi has not yet been mentioned in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, only appearing in ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'' and ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''.

==Notes and References==
<references>

[[Category:Ruined cities]]
[[Category:Places in the Dothraki sea]]
[[Category:Sarnori cities]]
[[es:Yalli Qamayi]]
[[fr:Yalli Qamayi]]

Kingdom of Sarnor

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Busmans: /* History */

The '''Kingdom of Sarnor''' is a region of northern [[Essos]] along the shores of the [[Shivering Sea]]. The [[Forest of Qohor]] and [[Vaes Khadokh]] are to the west, while the [[Dothraki sea]] extends along the south. [[Omber]] is a peninsula to the northeast of Sarnor, while the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]] is farther to the east.{{ref|tloiaf| Central Essos}}

Most of the histories regarding the Kingdom of Sarnor come from the ''[[Summer and Winter Annals]]'' and records of them from [[Qarth]], [[Slaver's Bay]], and the [[Free Cities]].<ref name=Grasslands>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', The Grasslands</ref>

The fall of the Kingdom of Sarnor are chronicled in works such as [[Bello]]'s ''[[The End of the Tall Men]]'', [[Maester]] [[Illister]]'s ''[[Horse Tribes, Being a Study of the Nomads of the Eastern Plains of Essos]]'', the eastern chapters and appendices of Maester [[Joseth (maester)|Joseth]]'s ''[[Battles and Sieges of the Century of Blood]]'', and [[Vaggoro]]'s definitive ''[[Ruined Cities, Stolen Gods]]''.<ref name=Grasslands/>

==History==
Sarnor was an ancient kingdom centered around the great river [[Sarne]] and its tributaries and some of the lakes remnants of the [[Silver Sea]]. They boasted descent from legendary king [[Huzhor Amai]]. A confederation of city-states each with its own king, the Sarnori were nominally ruled from [[Sarnath]] by a High King. Most of the grassland kingdom was destroyed by the [[Dothraki]] in the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], with the cities [[Gornath]], [[Kasath]], [[Sallosh]], Sarnath, [[Sarys]], and [[Sathar]] left in ruins. The only surviving Sarnori settlement is [[Saath]].{{ref|awoiaf}}

Sarnori traded with [[Valyria]], [[Yi Ti]], Leng, and [[Asshai]]. They also sailed the [[Shivering Sea]] to [[Ib]], the [[Thousand Islands]] and Mossovy; warred against the [[Qaathi]] and the [[Ghiscari Empire]]; and led forays against the bands of [[Dothraki|nomadic horsemen]] who roamed the steppes to their east.<ref name=Grasslands/>

After the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Sarnori kingdoms took less than a century to fall. While the [[Free Cities]] became locked in a savage war for domination, the so-called [[Century of Blood]], the [[Tall Men]] ignored the [[Dothraki]] threat, even as ''[[khalasar]]s'' began to raid across their eastern borders. Accustomed to them being little more than a nuisance, some of the Sarnori kings even sought to use the Dothraki in their own wars, offering them gold and slaves and other gifts to fight against their rivals. However, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Mengo]], who had united all ''khalasars'' under his rule, took these gifts gladly, and then took the conquered lands as well, burning fields, farms, and towns to return the grasslands to their wild state.<ref name=Grasslands/>
[[File: sathar.jpg‎ |The Dothraki attack Sathar - by [http://paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©] |thumb|400px|right]]
The Tall Men didn't realize the danger until Mengo's son, ''Khal'' [[Moro (Century of Blood)|Moro]], led his ''khalasar'' to the gates of [[Sathar]]. The men of Sathar were put to the sword, while the women and children carried off as slaves; three-quarters of them dying on the march to the [[Ghiscari]] city of [[Hazdahn Mo]]. Sathar was burned to ash.<ref name=Grasslands/>

Even then, the kings of Sarnor did not united. the kings of [[Kasath]] and [[Gornath]] sent forth their armies, not to aid their compatriots, but to lay claim to a share of the plunder. In their greed for lands, both cities went to war with one another.<ref name=Grasslands/>

Six years after the fall of Sathar, ''Khal'' [[Moro]] razed Kasath, with the aid of the king of Gornath, who had made common cause with the Dothraki and taken one of Moro's daughters to wife. Yet a dozen years afterward Gornath also fell. ''Khal'' [[Horro]] had killed Moro whereas the King of Gornath was killed by his own wife, who despised for his weakness. Afterward, Horro took her for his own, as rats devoured the corpse of the late king.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The Kingdom of Sarnor got a reprieve after [[Horro]] was slain by a rival, which led to the splinter of his ''khalasar'' into a dozen lesser horses. The reprieve was short-lived, however, as the Dothraki knew of the Tall Men's weakness and the new ''khals'' sought to outdo one another by conquering wider territories, destroying cities, enslaving people, and carrying their broken gods to [[Vaes Dothrak]]. One by one the Sarnori cities fell, including [[Sallosh]], along with its great library. [[Kyth]] and [[Hornoth]] son followed, with rival ''khals'' trying to outdo each other in savagery.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The fortress city of Mardosh resisted nearly six years, cut off from its hinterlands. The Mardoshi were forced to eat their dogs, and horses, then the rats and other vermin, and finally their own dead. When they could endure no longer, the remaining warriors of the city slew their own wives and children to spare them from the ''khals'' and then opened the city gates to charge one final time. None survived, and the Dothraki named the ruins Vaes Gorqoyi, the City of the Blood Charge.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The fall of Mardosh finally awoke the Sarnori kings from their stupor and united under [[Mazor Alexi]], last of the High Kings, and struck to the east. In the halfway between Sarnath and the ruins of Kasath they met the combined power of four ''khalasars'' in a battle that would ever after become known as the [[Field of Crows]]. ''Khals'' [[Haro]], [[Qano]], [[Loso]] the Lame, and [[Zhako]] commanded nearly eighty thousand horsemen, while Alexi led six thousand scythed chariots with ten thousand armored warriors behind them, ten thousand light horsemen, many of them women, on the flanks, and, behind them, a hundred thousand spearmen and slingers.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The chariots smashed the center of the Dothraki horse. ''Khal'' Haro went down and was trampled, causing his ''khalasar'' to break and flee. The High King and his armored riders plunged in after them, following by the Sarnori foot. However, the rout was feigned and the Tall Men had fallen deep into the trap, as the fleeing Dothraki suddenly turned and unleashed arrows on them. The ''khalasars'' of Qano and Zhako swept in from north and south, while Loso and his screamers circled round and attacked the Sarnori from the rear, cutting off their retreat. It is said a hundred thousand men died, among them Mazor Alexi, six lesser kings, and more than threescore lords and heroes. Bereft of defenders, Sarnath was put to the torch by Loso less than a fortnight later.<ref name=Grasslands/>

The remaining cities continued to fall. Sarys was the last to fall, but its people had largely fled by the time ''Khal'' [[Zeggo]] descended upon it.<ref name=Grasslands/>

==Cities==
*[[Sarnath]] of the Tall Towers
*[[Kasath]], City of Caravans
*[[Sathar]], the Waterfall City
*[[Gornath]] by the Lake
*[[Sallosh]] by the Silver Shore, City of Scholars
*[[Rathylar]]
*[[Hornoth]]
*[[Kyth]]
*[[Mardosh]] the Unconquerable, City of Soldiers
*[[Saath]]
*[[Sarys]]

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] travels through southern Sarnor during the journey of Khal [[Drogo]]'s ''[[khalasar]]'' from [[Pentos]] to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|tloiaf| Journeys}}

== Notes and References ==
{{references}}

{{Regions}}

[[Category:Places in Essos|Sarnor]]
[[Category:Nations|Sarnor]]
[[Category:Kingdom of Sarnor| ]]

[[es:Reino de Sarnor]]
[[fr:Royaume de Sarnor]]
[[ru:Королевство Сарнор]]

Gates of the Moon

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Gates of the Moon
| image = [[File:gates_large.jpg|400px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by [http://www.paolopuggioni.com Paolo Puggioni ©]

| settlement_type= Castle
| location = [[Vale]], [[Westeros]]
| seat = [[Nestor Royce]]
| seat_type = [[Feudalism|Feudal Lord]]

| religion = [[Faith of the Seven]]
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{{Location map| File:The Vale
| label = The Gates of the Moon
| label_size = 100
| lat = -21
| long = -4
| position = right
| marksize = 15
| width = 400
| float = right
| caption = [[The Vale]] and the location of the Gates of the Moon
| alt = The Vale and the location of the Gates of the Moon
}}
|}

The '''Gates of the Moon''' is a castle at the base of the [[Giant's Lance]]. It is the seat of [[Nestor Royce]], High Steward of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]] and Keeper of the Gates of the Moon.{{ref|AGOT|34}}

==History==
The Gates of the Moon was originally built by [[House Arryn]] when they were still [[King of Mountain and Vale|Kings of Mountain and Vale]], before [[War of Conquest|Aegon's Conquest]]. It is used by House Arryn as their seat during winter, and when summer comes they return to the Eyrie.{{ref|AFFC|10}}

==Layout==
The Gates of the Moon is a stout castle with a moat, a gatehouse, a yard, and square towers. It is larger than the Eyrie.{{ref|ASOS|80}} At night torches flicker at its ramparts and the moon is reflected in its moat. Beyond its postern gate is a dense forest of pine and spruce, as well as the steep, carved steps along the Giant's Lance.{{ref|AGOT|34}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
En route to the [[Eyrie]], [[Catelyn Tully]] and her companions visit the Gates of the Moon and are welcomed by Lord [[Nestor Royce]].{{ref|AGOT|34}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] rarely allows visitors to ascend past the Gates of the Moon. The castle is maintained by [[Myranda Royce]], the daughter of Nestor.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Sansa Stark]] recalls that the wedding party of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and Lysa stopped at the Gates of the Moon before ascending to the [[Eyrie]]. Petyr awards the Gates of the Moon to Nestor, forming [[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon]].{{ref|AFFC|10}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The [[House Arryn|Arryns]] raised the Gates, in the days when they still wore the Falcon Crown and ruled the Vale as [[King of Mountain and Vale|kings]]. The [[Eyrie]] was their summer seat, but when the snows began to fall the court would make its descent. Some would say the Gates were as royal as the Eyrie.{{Ref|aFfC|10}}}} – Nestor Royce

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

{{region Vale of Arryn}}

[[Category:Places in the Vale]]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:House Royce of the Gates of the Moon]]

[[es:Puertas de la Luna]]
[[fr:Portes de la Lune]]
[[zh:月门堡]]
[[ru:Ворота Луны]]

Gates of the Moon

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Gates of the Moon
| image = [[File:gates_large.jpg|400px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Paolo Puggioni ©

| settlement_type= Castle
| location = [[Vale]], [[Westeros]]
| seat = [[Nestor Royce]]
| seat_type = [[Feudalism|Feudal Lord]]

| religion = [[Faith of the Seven]]
| population =
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{{Location map| File:The Vale
| label = The Gates of the Moon
| label_size = 100
| lat = -21
| long = -4
| position = right
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| float = right
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| alt = The Vale and the location of the Gates of the Moon
}}
|}

The '''Gates of the Moon''' is a castle at the base of the [[Giant's Lance]]. It is the seat of [[Nestor Royce]], High Steward of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]] and Keeper of the Gates of the Moon.{{ref|AGOT|34}}

==History==
The Gates of the Moon was originally built by [[House Arryn]] when they were still [[King of Mountain and Vale|Kings of Mountain and Vale]], before [[War of Conquest|Aegon's Conquest]]. It is used by House Arryn as their seat during winter, and when summer comes they return to the Eyrie.{{ref|AFFC|10}}

==Layout==
The Gates of the Moon is a stout castle with a moat, a gatehouse, a yard, and square towers. It is larger than the Eyrie.{{ref|ASOS|80}} At night torches flicker at its ramparts and the moon is reflected in its moat. Beyond its postern gate is a dense forest of pine and spruce, as well as the steep, carved steps along the Giant's Lance.{{ref|AGOT|34}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
En route to the [[Eyrie]], [[Catelyn Tully]] and her companions visit the Gates of the Moon and are welcomed by Lord [[Nestor Royce]].{{ref|AGOT|34}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] rarely allows visitors to ascend past the Gates of the Moon. The castle is maintained by [[Myranda Royce]], the daughter of Nestor.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Sansa Stark]] recalls that the wedding party of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and Lysa stopped at the Gates of the Moon before ascending to the [[Eyrie]]. Petyr awards the Gates of the Moon to Nestor, forming [[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon]].{{ref|AFFC|10}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The [[House Arryn|Arryns]] raised the Gates, in the days when they still wore the Falcon Crown and ruled the Vale as [[King of Mountain and Vale|kings]]. The [[Eyrie]] was their summer seat, but when the snows began to fall the court would make its descent. Some would say the Gates were as royal as the Eyrie.{{Ref|aFfC|10}}}} – Nestor Royce

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

{{region Vale of Arryn}}

[[Category:Places in the Vale]]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:House Royce of the Gates of the Moon]]

[[es:Puertas de la Luna]]
[[fr:Portes de la Lune]]
[[zh:月门堡]]
[[ru:Ворота Луны]]

File:Gates large.jpg

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Busmans: Gates of the Moon, by Paolo Puggioni

== Summary ==
Gates of the Moon, by Paolo Puggioni
== Licensing ==
{{artist permission}}

Yeen

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[[File:Yeen.png|thumb|400px|right|Yeen, art by [http://grav3soul.deviantart.com/ Nutchapol Thi ©]]]
'''Yeen''' is a ruined city on the continent of [[Sothoryos]]. It is situated at the point in the [[Zamoyos]] where it turns into a massive river delta. To the north is [[Zamettar]].{{ref|awoiaf}}<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref>

==The mystery of Yeen==
Like the [[Toad Stone]] of the [[Isle of Toads]], Yeen is built entirely of oily [[black stone]], in blocks so large it would require a dozen elephants to move them.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Basilisk Isles}} Its origins of Yeen are one of the greatest enigmas puzzling [[maesters]] and other scholars. Yeen has remained in desolation for many thousands of years, yet the jungle surrounding it has scarce touched it. Every attempt to rebuild or resettle it has ended in horror.<ref name=Sothoryos>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>

During the year spent in Sothoryos during their [[Rhoynar migration|migration]], some Rhoynar settled on Yeen, where they had to content with constant attacks from "[[Sothoryi|brindled ghouls]]" from the jungle. At some point a boat was sent from Zamettar to Yeen, only to find that all men, women, and children had vanished from the city. According to tales, when [[Nymeria]] herself laid eyes upon the city, she said: ''A city so evil that even the jungle will not enter."''<ref name=Sothoryos/>

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

{{Cities}}


[[Category:Ruined cities]]
[[Category:Places on Sothoryos]]
[[Category:Missing map]]


[[fa:یین]]
[[fr:Yeen]]
[[ru:Йин]]

File:Yeen.png

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Busmans: Ruins of Yeen on Sothoryos by Nutchapol Thi

== Summary ==
Ruins of Yeen on Sothoryos by Nutchapol Thi
== Licensing ==
{{artist permission}}

File:Daario portrait.jpg

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Busmans:

File:Daario portrait.jpg

2014-12-29T02:51:55Z

Tyrosh

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Tyrosh
| image = [[File:Free Cities.png|300px]]
| image_caption =

| location = [[Essos]], [[Free Cities]], [[Stepstones]]
| settlement_type= City state, one of the [[Free Cities]]
| seat = Archon
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s
| population =
| size =
| founded = Approx 1,000 years ago 
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| places = [[Fountain of the Drunken God]], [[Temple of Trios]]
| organizations =
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'''Tyrosh''' is a harbor city and one of the [[Free Cities]]. It sits on an island to the north of the [[Stepstones]], just off the coast of the [[Disputed Lands]] of [[Essos]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> The ruler of Tyrosh is called the [[Archon]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}} He is chosen from among the members of a convlace of the wealthiest and noblest of the city.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==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.{{ref|AFFC|35}} 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.

Slaves outnumber the freeborn three to one.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
==People==
[[File:Tyroshi_merchant.png‎|A Tyroshi merchant - by Magali Villeneuve © |thumb|200px|right]]
Tyroshi are renowned for their greed.{{Ref|aGoT|18}} They constantly fight to gain control of the [[Stepstones]] and [[Disputed Lands]]. 

They love bright colors, even coloring their hair brightly.{{Ref|aGoT|18}} Their inventors are known for creating ornate helmets and ingenious torture devices. Their dialect is a corrupted form of [[High Valyrian]].<ref name=GuardianRPG />

==Economy==
Slaves and sellswords are common in Tyrosh. It is renowned for its pear brandy,{{Ref|aGoT|54}} and Tyroshi armorsmiths can make fantastic helmets shaped like birds and animals, chased with precious metals 

==History==
Tyrosh began as a military outpost, with inner walls of fused black dragonstone, raised initially to control shipping passing through the [[Stepstones]]. Not long after the city was founded, however, a unique variety of sea snail was discovered. These snails secreted a substance that, when properly treated, yield a dye that soon became wildly fashionable among the nobility of [[Valyria]]. Thus, merchants came to Tyrosh by the thousands, and the outpost grew into a major city within a single generation. Tyroshi dyers soon learned to produce different colors of dyes by varying the diet of the snails.{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

A few generations after the Doom, the Free City of [[Volantis]] thought to add Tyrosh to her conquests, but [[Pentos]] came to her aid, along with the [[Stormlands]] and [[Aegon I|Aegon Targaryen]] of [[Dragonstone]], and [[Lys]] and [[Myr]] both rose in rebellion against Volantis. Tyrosh joined forces with Myr and Lys and defeated Volantis in the [[Battle of the Borderland]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

During the last years of [[Viserys I Targaryen]] and the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Tyrosh was part of the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters|Triarchy]] along with Lys and Myr. The flamboyant rogue [[Racallio Ryndoon]] was a Tyroshi captain who led the Triarchy's counter-attack in {{date|110}} against Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]. By [[Maiden's Day]], {{date|130}}, the alliance began to tear itself apart. The Triarchy was brought down by internal conflict following the murder of a Lyseni admiral by a rival for the affections of the [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]], a famed courtesan, and, later, an alliance of [[Braavos]], Pentos, and [[Lorath]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

The [[Band of Nine]], a group of [[sellsword]]s, [[pirate]]s 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.<ref name=GuardianRPG />

When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was a girl, she and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|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 [[w:Archon|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}}

During the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] a Tyroshi sellsword leading Ser [[Forley Prester]]’s freeriders strikes his banners and goes over to [[Robb Stark]]. Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] had warned Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] not to trust him. {{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Tyrosh is on the verge of going to war with [[Lys]].{{ref|ASOS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Tyrosh and Lys are now on the verge of war with [[Myr]].{{ref|AFFC|13}} It is later rumored that the Archon had 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 [[Viserys Targaryen|her betrothed]] in secret but [[Secret marriage pact|that plan]] fell through when he was slain in [[Vaes Dothrak]].

Upon entering the [[Stinking Goose]] [[Brienne]] notes that the only drinkers there are three Tyroshi seamen in a corner, growling at each other through green and purple beards. In the [[Happy Port]] [[Samwell Tarly]] sees a Tyroshi sailor passed out in a corner, snoring into his huge scarlet beard.

As punishment, [[Garin (Orphan)|Garin]] is to spend the next two years in Tyrosh.

The captain of the ''[[Huntress]]'' tells [[Samwell Tarly]] that the [[ironmen]] had managed to capture a Tyroshi merchantman in the [[Redwyne Straits]]. They killed the ship's crew and disguised themselves as Tyroshi sailors intending to sneak into [[Oldtown]]. However their plot was foiled when the ''[[Lady of the Tower]]'''s oarsmaster hailed the ironmen in the Tyrohi language and they could not reply to his greeting.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Blue-bearded fighters from Tyrosh are among those who come to [[Meereen]] to battle in [[Daznak's Pit]].{{Ref|aDwD|52}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=GuardianRPG>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Places in the narrow sea]]
[[Category:Free Cities]]
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[[es:Tyrosh]]
[[fa:تایروش]]
[[fr:Tyrosh]]
[[zh:泰洛西]]
[[ru:Тирош]]

Lys

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Lys
| image = [[File:Free Cities.png|300px]]
| image_caption =

| location = [[Free Cities]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type= City state, one of the [[Free Cities]]
| seat =Council of [[Magisters]]
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s
| population = More populous than [[Astapor]], and may be one of the most populous of the Free Cities
| size =
| founded = Approx 1,000 years ago 
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'''Lys''' is one of the nine [[Free Cities]], located on [[Essos]]. It is a small city clinging to rocks surrounded by stormy seas.{{ref|AGOT|54}} The city lies off the southern coast of the eastern continent, to the southeast of [[Tyrosh]] and to the west of [[Volantis]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> According to semi-canon sources the city is spread over several islands.<ref name=GO>''[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]]'', Guardians of Order</ref>

Lys is known for the alchemists who work in the city, who are known to make poisons, [[the strangler]]{{ref|ACOK|0}} and the [[tears of Lys]] among them. Many men lose themselves in Lys and are never found – at least alive. When a man runs out of coin the Lysene may grant him their [[poison|other specialty]].

==People==
[[File:Lyseni_noblewoman.png‎|A Lyseni noblewoman - by Magali Villeneuve © |thumb|200px|right]]
The people of Lys curl and perfume their hair.{{ref|AGOT|54}} Blue eyes are common among the Lyseni.{{ref|ASOS|10}} According to semi-canon sources blonde hair is a common trait among those native to Lys.<ref name=GO/> Many Lysene have white-blond hair and smooth fair skin, as the blood of the old Freehold still runs strong there.{{Ref|aDwD|45}}

Slaves outnumber the freeborn three to one.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==History==
After the [[Doom]] a [[Volantene]] fleet took Lys and a Volantene army took [[Myr]], and for two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s. That ended when the tigers tried to swallow [[Tyrosh]]. [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side, along with the Westerosi [[Storm King]]. Aegon Targaryen flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], and Myr and Lys rose up in rebellion. The war left the [[Disputed Lands]] a waste and freed Lys and Myr from the yoke of Volantis.{{Ref|aDwD|14}}

Roughly a century later, along with Myr and Tyrosh, Lys formed the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters]]. After they conquered much of the [[Stepstones]], the three demanded tolls for safe passage, and the Lyseni took slaves for their pleasure gardens. Lady [[Johanna Swann]] was enslaved by the Lyseni, but she eventually became the ruler of Lys in all but name as the Black Swan.{{ref|trp}} The admiral of the Three Daughters' ninety-strong fleet during the [[Battle in the Gullet]] was a Lysene named [[Sharako Lohar]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

[[Varys]] claims to have been born a [[slave]] in Lys. [[Tywin Lannister]] went to Lys during the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was a girl she and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen]] spent some time in Lys when they were wandering from place to place. [[Jon Connington]] supposedly drank himself to death in Lys after being driven from the [[Golden Company]] in disgrace for stealing from the war chest.

After Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]]’s death [[Oberyn Martell]] went to [[Oldtown]], thence across to the narrow sea to Lys, though none dared call it exile.<ref>[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref> By the time Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] returned to Lys after fighting the [[Braavosi]] on the [[Rhoyne]] his second wife, [[Lynesse Hightower]], had taken [[Tregar Ormollen]] as a lover.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}

[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] has visited Lys.

==Religion==
According to semi-canon sources, one of the greatest temples of [[R'hllor]] stands in Lys. It is also home to a native love goddess;<ref name=GO/> it is unknown if she is the same as the [[Weeping Lady of Lys]]. This love goddess graces the Lysene coinage, naked and wanton.{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==Commerce and Currency==
Lysene coins are oval in shape and have a naked woman stamped on them.{{ref|ADWD|45}} See also [[Currency]].

Lys makes a red [[wine]] and a white [[wine]],{{ref|AGOT|54}} fine tapestries,{{Ref|aGoT|20}} and the source of a lethal poison, the [[tears of Lys]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] recalls that it was he who journeyed to Lys in order to recruit [[Salladhor Saan]] to King [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s cause. {{Ref|ACOK|10|p 113}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Tyrosh]] is on the verge of going to war with Lys.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lys and Tyrosh are now on the verge of war with [[Myr]].{{ref|AFFC|13}} It is later rumored that the Archon of Tyrosh has offered terms to Lys in an effort to end the trade war.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Lys|Images of Lys]]

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=}}

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Myr

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Myr
| image = [[File:Free Cities.png|300px]]
| image_caption =

| location = [[Essos]], [[Free Cities]]
| settlement_type= City state, one of the [[Free Cities]]
| seat = [[Magister]]s
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s
| population =
| size =
| founded = Approx 1,000 years ago 
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| places =
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'''Myr''' is one of the [[Free Cities]]. It is known for its lace and its green nectar.{{ref|AGOT|54}} Myr sits on the eastern shore of the [[Sea of Myrth]], along the western coast of [[Essos]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref>

==About==
[[File:Myrish_tradeswoman.png‎|A Myrish tradeswoman - by Magali Villeneuve © |thumb|200px|right]]

The inhabitants of the city are renowned for being great craftsmen. Its main exports are its finished goods, such as its carpets and [[w:lace|lace]]. The best glass comes from Myr; a clear pane is worth its weight in spice. The best [[far-eye]]s are also made in Myr, and are as a result known as ''Myrish eyes''. Myr produces gowns made of Myrish lace.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} The city also has artisans skilled in creating crossbows and carving.<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref>

The city is located on the mainland of [[Essos]] and is ruled by [[magister]]s. It has its own language. Most native Myrmen are dark-haired and dark-eyed.<ref name=GuardianRPG/>

Slaves outnumber the freeborn three to one.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==History==
The origins of Myr are rather murky. Certain maesters believe Myrmen are akin to the Rhoynar, in account of their olive skin and dark hair. There are certain signs that indicate a city stood where Myr is located during the [[Dawn Age]] and the [[Long Night]], raised by an ancient, vanished people. Modern Myr, however, was founded by a group of Valyrian merchant adventurers on the site of a walled Andal town whose population they butchered or enslaved.{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

After the Doom a [[Volantene]] army took Myr and a Volantene fleet took [[Lys]], and for two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s. That ended when the [[tiger]]s tried to swallow [[Tyrosh]]. [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side, along with the Westerosi [[Storm King]]. [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], and Myr and Lys rose up in rebellion.{{Ref|aDwD|14}} Myr joined forces with Tyrosh and Lys and defeated Volantis in the [[Battle of the Borderland]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Roughly a century later, along with Lys and Tyrosh, Myr formed the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters]]. [[Craghas Drahar]] was a Myrish prince-admiral who led the conquest of much of the [[Stepstones]], earning the name Craghas Crabfeeder. After pacifying the pirates there, Craghas and his compatriots demanded tolls for safe passage, eventually leading to his death in battle against Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{ref|trp}} The Three Daughters broke apart around {{date|130}},{{ref|TPATQ}} brought down by internal conflict following the murder of a Lyseni admiral by a rival for the affections of the [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]], a famed courtesan, and, later, an alliance of [[Braavos]], Pentos, and [[Lorath]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], Lord [[House Bracken|Bracken]] tried to aid the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] with Myrish crossbowmen but was delayed from sailing by storms.{{ref|TSS}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Myrish villa.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A Myrish Villa. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Varys]] reveals that he became a eunuch while he was part of a mummer's company in Myr.{{ref|acok|44}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
When [[Tyrosh]] and [[Lys]] are on the verge of war, they both attempt to make Myr their ally.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Myr is on the verge of war with Tyrosh and Lys. They had contracted the sellsword company, the [[Golden Company]], however the sellswords broke their contract.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] discovers that [[Illyrio's manse]] has [[wine]] from Myr in the cellar.{{ref|adwd|1}} There is a Myrish carpet on the floor of Tyrion’s whore’s bedchamber in [[Selhorys]]. Drunk, Tyrion retches onto it. The carpet is wonderful, thick and as comforting as lies. The ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'' carries 50 Myrish carpets amongst its cargo.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}

[[Davos Seaworth]] notices a threadbare Myrish carpet on the floor of Lord [[Godric Borrell]]’s hall in [[Breakwater]].{{ref|aDwD|9}} He also notices that there is a Myrish carpet on the floor of Lord [[Wyman Manderly]]’s secret room in the [[New Castle]] where he meets with Wyman and [[Robett Glover]].{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

One of [[Haldon]]’s lessons with [[Young Griff]] on the [[Shy Maid]] is on languages, which includes the low dialect of Myr, which Tyrion notices Young Griff is fluent in.

At the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] muses that glass might be of use there. [[Castle Black]] needs its own glass gardens, like the ones at [[Winterfell]]. He thinks that they could grow vegetables even in the deep of winter. He recalls that the best glass comes from Myr, but a good clear pane is worth its weight in spice, and green and yellow glass would not work as well. He realises what they need is gold. If they had enough coin, the watch could buy ‘prentice glass-blowers and glaziers in Myr, bring them north and offer them their freedom for teaching them their art to some of the [[Night’s Watch]] recruits.{{Ref|aDwD|35}}

[[Victarion Greyjoy]] captures a Myrish cog named ''[[Dove]]'' on her way to [[Yunkai]] by way of [[New Ghis]] with a cargo of carpets, sweet green [[wine]]s, and Myrish lace. Her captain owned a Myrish eyes that makes far-off things look close. Victarian claims it for himself.{{ref|adwd|63}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=GuardianRPG>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>
}}

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Myr

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Myr
| image = [[File:Free Cities.png|300px]]
| image_caption =

| location = [[Essos]], [[Free Cities]]
| settlement_type= City state, one of the [[Free Cities]]
| seat = [[Magister]]s
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s
| population =
| size =
| founded = Approx 1,000 years ago 
| named_for =

| places =
| organizations =
}}

'''Myr''' is one of the [[Free Cities]]. It is known for its lace and its green nectar.{{ref|AGOT|54}} Myr sits on the eastern shore of the [[Sea of Myrth]], along the western coast of [[Essos]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref>

==About==
[[File:Myrish_tradeswoman.png‎|A Myrish tradeswoman - by Magali Villeneuve © |thumb|200px|left]]

The inhabitants of the city are renowned for being great craftsmen. Its main exports are its finished goods, such as its carpets and [[w:lace|lace]]. The best glass comes from Myr; a clear pane is worth its weight in spice. The best [[far-eye]]s are also made in Myr, and are as a result known as ''Myrish eyes''. Myr produces gowns made of Myrish lace.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} The city also has artisans skilled in creating crossbows and carving.<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref>

The city is located on the mainland of [[Essos]] and is ruled by [[magister]]s. It has its own language. Most native Myrmen are dark-haired and dark-eyed.<ref name=GuardianRPG/>

Slaves outnumber the freeborn three to one.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==History==
The origins of Myr are rather murky. Certain maesters believe Myrmen are akin to the Rhoynar, in account of their olive skin and dark hair. There are certain signs that indicate a city stood where Myr is located during the [[Dawn Age]] and the [[Long Night]], raised by an ancient, vanished people. Modern Myr, however, was founded by a group of Valyrian merchant adventurers on the site of a walled Andal town whose population they butchered or enslaved.{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

After the Doom a [[Volantene]] army took Myr and a Volantene fleet took [[Lys]], and for two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s. That ended when the [[tiger]]s tried to swallow [[Tyrosh]]. [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side, along with the Westerosi [[Storm King]]. [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], and Myr and Lys rose up in rebellion.{{Ref|aDwD|14}} Myr joined forces with Tyrosh and Lys and defeated Volantis in the [[Battle of the Borderland]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Roughly a century later, along with Lys and Tyrosh, Myr formed the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters]]. [[Craghas Drahar]] was a Myrish prince-admiral who led the conquest of much of the [[Stepstones]], earning the name Craghas Crabfeeder. After pacifying the pirates there, Craghas and his compatriots demanded tolls for safe passage, eventually leading to his death in battle against Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{ref|trp}} The Three Daughters broke apart around {{date|130}},{{ref|TPATQ}} brought down by internal conflict following the murder of a Lyseni admiral by a rival for the affections of the [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]], a famed courtesan, and, later, an alliance of [[Braavos]], Pentos, and [[Lorath]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], Lord [[House Bracken|Bracken]] tried to aid the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] with Myrish crossbowmen but was delayed from sailing by storms.{{ref|TSS}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Myrish villa.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A Myrish Villa. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Varys]] reveals that he became a eunuch while he was part of a mummer's company in Myr.{{ref|acok|44}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
When [[Tyrosh]] and [[Lys]] are on the verge of war, they both attempt to make Myr their ally.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Myr is on the verge of war with Tyrosh and Lys. They had contracted the sellsword company, the [[Golden Company]], however the sellswords broke their contract.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] discovers that [[Illyrio's manse]] has [[wine]] from Myr in the cellar.{{ref|adwd|1}} There is a Myrish carpet on the floor of Tyrion’s whore’s bedchamber in [[Selhorys]]. Drunk, Tyrion retches onto it. The carpet is wonderful, thick and as comforting as lies. The ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'' carries 50 Myrish carpets amongst its cargo.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}

[[Davos Seaworth]] notices a threadbare Myrish carpet on the floor of Lord [[Godric Borrell]]’s hall in [[Breakwater]].{{ref|aDwD|9}} He also notices that there is a Myrish carpet on the floor of Lord [[Wyman Manderly]]’s secret room in the [[New Castle]] where he meets with Wyman and [[Robett Glover]].{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

One of [[Haldon]]’s lessons with [[Young Griff]] on the [[Shy Maid]] is on languages, which includes the low dialect of Myr, which Tyrion notices Young Griff is fluent in.

At the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] muses that glass might be of use there. [[Castle Black]] needs its own glass gardens, like the ones at [[Winterfell]]. He thinks that they could grow vegetables even in the deep of winter. He recalls that the best glass comes from Myr, but a good clear pane is worth its weight in spice, and green and yellow glass would not work as well. He realises what they need is gold. If they had enough coin, the watch could buy ‘prentice glass-blowers and glaziers in Myr, bring them north and offer them their freedom for teaching them their art to some of the [[Night’s Watch]] recruits.{{Ref|aDwD|35}}

[[Victarion Greyjoy]] captures a Myrish cog named ''[[Dove]]'' on her way to [[Yunkai]] by way of [[New Ghis]] with a cargo of carpets, sweet green [[wine]]s, and Myrish lace. Her captain owned a Myrish eyes that makes far-off things look close. Victarian claims it for himself.{{ref|adwd|63}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=GuardianRPG>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>
}}

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{{Cities}}


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