Editing Slavery (section)

===Free Cities===
Well-spoken and gently-born slaves are prized and become tutors, scribes, bed slaves, healers, and priests in the [[Free Cities]].{{Ref|ASOS|71}} A [[Slave of R'hllor]] is a man or woman who has been purchased to serve the [[red temple]]s of [[R'hllor]].{{ref|ADWD|27}} Some escaped slaves join [[free companies]].{{ref|ADWD|66}}

* [[Pentos]] participated in the slave trade for most of its history.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Pentos}} Slavery is now forbidden by law, however, as part of the terms imposed by the [[Braavos]]i on Pentos a hundred years ago.{{Ref|ADWD|1}} In a city where wealth equals power, many rich [[magister]]s, such as [[Illyrio Mopatis]],{{ref|ADWD|5}} flout such laws and "free bond servants" who are slaves in all but name, are common on their estates, made to wear bronze collars and even get branded.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{ref|twoiaf|The Free Cities: Pentos}}
* [[Lys]] has a high slave population, with bondsmen outnumbering freeborn three to one.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Slaves are used for labor too harsh for Lysene hands, trained to act as guards and soldiers, and even posed for various performances.{{Ref|ASOS|71}} Lys is well known for its [[pleasure house]]s, training slaves in the arts of love and selling them as concubines and bed-slaves.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} The Lyseni breed slaves to develop every more beautiful [[courtesan]]s and bedslaves.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
* In [[Volantis]], due to the relative proximity to [[Slaver's Bay]], there is a thriving slave market.{{Ref|ASOS|71}} There are five slaves for every free man.{{ref|ADWD|5}} Slaves are always [[tattoo]]ed on the face, which prevents escaping on the constant flow of ships.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Volantis}} Such tattoos are often designed to reveal the slave's role. A fool might be patterned in tattooed motley from neck to scalp.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Slaves and [[freedmen]] are only allowed within the [[Black Walls]] with the permission of the [[Old Blood]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Volantis}} The [[tiger cloaks]] are the slave soldiers of Volantis.{{ref|ADWD|22}}
* [[Qohor]]'s city guard is comprised solely of [[Unsullied]] eunuch slave soldiers. However, much like in Pentos, slaves can be bought by powerful men who flout the laws.{{Ref|ACOK|63}}
* [[Myr]] is a hub of trade in slaves, and bondsmen outnumber freeborn three to one.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
* Like nearby Lys and Myr, [[Tyrosh]] participates in the slave trade. Tyroshi slavers are known to be especially aggressive, even sailing north [[beyond the Wall]] in search of [[wildlings]] to enslave.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Bondsmen outnumber freeborn three to one in the city.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
*[[Norvos]] permits slavery, with the [[bearded priests]] keeping a [[holy guard]] of slave soldiers.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Norvos}}
* [[Braavos]] is an exception among the Free Cities. Descended from slaves who escaped Valyria, the Braavosi do not permit slavery{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Braavos}} and they do not trade with Slaver's Bay.{{ref|ADWD|6}}
* The islands of [[Lorath]] became a refuge for [[freedmen]] and escaped slaves when worship of [[Boash]] was common in the colony.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Lorath}}