Editing Meereen (section)

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Ruling as the [[Queen of Meereen]], Daenerys abolishes slavery within the city, although the practice is continued in the hills where slaves still work on the estates of the wealthy. Instead of having slaves, former slavers hire freed slaves at meager wages.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} Because Daenerys has abolished the slave trade and closed the fighting pits, merchant ships rarely travel to Meereen anymore.{{ref|ADWD|6}} [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] and his followers, the [[shavepates]], are strong supporters of the queen, who is also advised by the seneschal [[Reznak mo Reznak]].{{ref|ADWD|2}}

While several Great Masters accept the rule of Daenerys, a group of [[Ghiscari]] noblemen, known as the [[Sons of the Harpy]] and the Harpy's Sons, engage in a [[shadow war]] against Daenerys. They slay [[freedmen]], [[Unsullied]] and shavepates during the night, and leave a mark over the body of their victim: a harpy, drawn in blood.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} To combat this movement, Daenerys orders the creation of a new city watch, made up from the Meereenese themselves:{{Ref|ADWD|11}} the [[Brazen Beasts]].{{Ref|ADWD|16}} Additionally, Daenerys takes children from Meereen's old slaving families hostage, having them serve as [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|her cupbearers]].{{ref|ADWD|11}}

[[File:Borja Pindado hizdahrzoloraq.jpg|thumb|[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], [[King of Meereen]], by Borja Pindado © Fantasy Flight Games]]

[[Lhazar]] allies with Meereen, but [[Yunkai]] gathers a coalition of slaving cities against Daenerys.{{ref|ADWD|16}} The [[Dothraki]] serving Daenerys free the slaves in the hills near Meereen.{{ref|ADWD|30}} After the [[siege of Astapor]], the Yunkish host marches on Meereen{{ref|ADWD|25}} and the city is blockaded by sea.{{ref|ADWD|24}}{{ref|ADWD|30}} Astapori refugees outside of Meereen's walls suffer from the [[bloody flux]].{{ref|ADWD|36}}

[[Quentyn Martell]] arrives in Meereen as part of the [[secret marriage pact]] arranged by his father, Prince [[Doran Martell]], but Daenerys rejects the [[Dorne|Dornish]] offer. The queen instead [[Wedding of Hizdahr zo Loraq and Daenerys Targaryen|weds Hizdahr]] in an attempt to bring peace to Meereen,{{ref|ADWD|43}} and a truce is made between Meereen and Yunkai.{{ref|ADWD|60}}

Daenerys flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on [[Drogon]]'s back when the [[fighting pits]] are reopened, and the Yunkish leader [[Yurkhaz zo Yunzak]] is killed in the chaos.{{ref|ADWD|52}}

Quentyn is mortally burned by [[dragonfire]] while trying to tame [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]],{{ref|ADWD|68}} and the [[dragon]]s escape from the Great Pyramid.{{ref|ADWD|67}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], the [[Hand of the King|Queen's Hand]], deposes King Hizdahr with the aid of Skahaz Shavepate, and the [[ruling council of Meereen]] assumes command of the overseeing of city affairs.{{ref|ADWD|68}} Headed by Barristan, they meet to discuss how to best deal with the Yunkish army.{{ref|ADWD|70}}

[[Victarion Greyjoy]] leads the [[Iron Fleet]] toward Meereen on a mission to bring back Daenerys for his brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]], [[King of the Isles and the North]].{{ref|ADWD|63}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] joins the [[Second Sons]], who are part of the Yunkish coalition.{{ref|ADWD|66}} The Yunkishmen resume the [[second siege of Meereen]], using trebuchets to launch corpses into the city.{{ref|ADWD|70}}