Editing Volantis (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
After [[Melisandre]] and [[Selyse Florent]] burn Lord [[Guncer Sunglass]] at [[Dragonstone]], his brother and heir, the new Lord Sunglass, flees for Volantis.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

The [[Wise Masters]] of [[Yunkai]] send envoys to the great slaving city of Volantis seeking aid against [[Daenerys Targaryen]], the new Queen of Meereen who has been [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|liberating slaves in Slaver's Bay]].{{ref|ASOS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Fleet from VolantisII.JPG|350px|thumb|[[Volantene fleet|Fleet from Volantis]], by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] and his two companions, Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]] and Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], search for a ship in Volantis to take them to Meereen, but have no luck. They sign on with the [[Windblown]], who are recruiting in the city, in order to get to [[Slaver's Bay]].{{Ref|ADWD|6}}

In [[Selhorys]], [[Qavo Nogarys]] tells [[Tyrion Lannister]] that the [[red priest]] [[Benerro]] preaches that Volantis will surely burn if the triarchs take up arms against Daenerys of Meereen. He states the city thirsts for war.{{Ref|ADWD|22}}

The [[Golden Company]] cancel their contract with [[Myr]]{{ref|AFFC|17}} and make their way towards Volantis. [[Lysono Maar]] sneaks into the city in inquire about transport to Meereen. Although the harbor teems with numerous ships, he concludes they would need to hire a fleet of [[pirates]] to take the sellswords to Slaver's Bay. [[Jon Connington]] thinks the [[triarchs of Volantis]] would be willing to assist them with transport to [[Westeros]] instead, however.{{ref|ADWD|24}}

Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] captures Tyrion in [[Selhorys]] and takes him to Volantis. On the way to the [[Merchant's House]], they pass the [[Temple of the Lord of Light]]. They stop to watch Benerro, who preaches that Daenerys is an [[Azor Ahai|ancient hero]] reborn of the [[R'hllor]] faith and encourages many to support her. The next day Jorah takes Tyrion to meet the [[widow of the waterfront]] in the inn's common room to arrange passage to Meereen. While there, [[Penny]] attacks Tyrion.{{Ref|ADWD|27}} On the widow's advice Jorah books passage for himself, Tyrion, and Penny on the ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'', which the red priest Moqorro is taking to Meereen.{{Ref|ADWD|33}}

While stopping in Volantis, [[Victarion Greyjoy]], [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]], observes galleys heading to Slaver's Bay taking on provisions. The whole city seems drunk. Sailors and soldiers and tinkers are observed dancing in the streets with nobles and fat merchants, and in every inn and winesink cups are raised to the new triarchs. All the talk is of the gold and gems and [[slave]]s that will flood into Volantis once the dragon queen Daenerys is dead.{{Ref|ADWD|56}} 

In Meereen [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] informs Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] that Volantis has launched [[Volantene fleet|its fleet]] against Daenerys, and that [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] means to open Meereen's gates for them.{{Ref|ADWD|55}}

While at the [[Isle of Cedars]], Victarion thinks that the storms encountered by his [[Iron Fleet]] would have scattered the Volantenes as they had his own ships. Many Volantene ships might have sunk or run aground, but there still could be as many as five hundred ships sailing for Slaver's Bay.{{Ref|ADWD|56}}  

Volantene ships transport the Golden Company to Westeros, though the [[landing of the Golden Company|landing of the sellswords]] in the [[stormlands]] is disrupted by storms in the [[narrow sea]].{{ref|ADWD|61}}