Mantarys
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Location | North of the Lands of the Long Summer |
Mantarys is a city to the north of the Lands of the Long Summer on the north tip of the Sea of Sighs, where a river flows south from the Painted Mountains. It is connected by Valyrian roads to the ruined cities of Bhorash and Oros.[1] The demon road passes through Mantarys. It has a sinister repute and is allegedly a city of monsters.[2]
History
Mantarys was founded by the Valyrian Freehold. Although rich and glorious, it did not have self-rule and instead men and women sent from Valyria ruled it in the name of the Freehold - thus it is not counted among the Free Cities.[3] Mantarys remained inhabited after the Doom of Valyria, but its people are said to be twisted and monstrous.[4]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of Meereen, sends a mission to Mantarys hoping to find new friends to the west to balance the enmity of Yunkai to the south.[5] Mantarys's answer comes by way of caravan in a cedar chest - inside she finds the pickled heads of three of her envoys. Instead, the city agrees to an alliance with Yunkai.[6]
Tyrion Lannister sees a two-headed slave girl out of Mantarys in Yezzan zo Qaggaz's grotesquerie.[7]
References
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Map of Valyria
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 22, Tyrion VI.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 47, Tyrion X.
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