Editing Asshai (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] is gifted three [[dragon egg]]s by [[Illyrio Mopatis]], reportedly from the [[Shadow Lands]] beyond Asshai.{{Ref|AGoT|11}} In the Eastern Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]], Daenerys spies dark and solemn Asshai'i people, as well as [[Shadow Men]].{{Ref|AGoT|54}} [[Mirri Maz Duur]] tells Daenerys she once studied in Asshai, and there met a [[maester]], [[Marwyn]].{{Ref|AGoT|61}}

Once Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] realizes that Khal [[Drogo]] is going to die he suggests to Daenerys that they leave the [[Dothraki sea]] for Asshai, where they can find a ship to take them back to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|AGOT|64}} Before Drogo's body is burnt on his pyre Jorah begs Daenerys to come east with him. When Daenerys commands her handmaids to bring her dragon eggs to place on Drogo's funeral pyre, Jorah tells her that it would be better to sell them in Asshai. However, in the pyre, the eggs hatch into [[dragon]]s, and Daenerys then walks into the pyre, but both remain unscathed.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}

[[Bran Stark]] has a vision of many lands, including Asshai, where he sees dragons stirring.{{Ref|AGOT|17}}

During Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s council meeting, talk eventually turns to [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Among other reports he has received from [[Varys]] of Stannis's activities on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]], Tywin mentions that Stannis is bringing [[Melisandre|a shadowbinder]] from Asshai.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Melisandre]] of Asshai is on Dragonstone to serve Stannis. She has converted Stannis's wife, [[Selyse Florent]], to the faith of R'hllor.{{Ref|ACOK|0}}

[[Quaithe]] of the Shadow is one of the three representatives from [[Qarth]] who return to [[Vaes Tolorro]] with [[Jhogo]] in search of [[dragon]]s. Later in Qarth, trader captains bring Daenerys amber and [[dragonglass]] from Asshai. Quaithe urges Daenerys to leave the city as soon as possible and to "pass beneath the shadow".{{Ref|ACOK|40}}

[[Dontos Hollard]] gifts [[Sansa Stark]] with a [[silver hair net]] of black [[amethyst]]s from Asshai.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

''[[Silence]]'', the ship of [[Euron Greyjoy]], is said to be infamous from Asshai to [[Ibben]].{{Ref|ACOK|24}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Mance Rayder]] tells [[Jon Snow]] of his black cloak that had been repaired with scarlet silk from Asshai.{{Ref|ASOS|7}}

Quaithe reappears to Daenerys, and again tells her that to touch the light she must pass beneath the shadow.{{Ref|ASOS|27}}

At [[Seagard]] the captain of the ''[[Myraham]]'' tells [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]], that he has heard that [[Euron Greyjoy]] has been to Asshai and back.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}

The amethysts in Sansa's hair net are revealed to be the [[strangler]], and the [[poison]] is used to assassinate King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at his [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]].{{Ref|ASOS|61}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Sailors at [[Oldtown]] tell conflicting stories of dragons being seen in [[Essos]], including Asshai.{{Ref|AFFC|0}}

[[Euron Greyjoy]] boasts of his travels to Asshai during the [[kingsmoot on Old Wyk]].{{Ref|AFFC|19}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In [[Illyrio's manse]] in [[Pentos]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] finds wines from Asshai in his stock.{{Ref|ADWD|1}} Illyrio later assures Tyrion that the ship that delivered him to Pentos is on her way to Asshai. It will be two years before she returns, if the seas are kind.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}

Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] notes that there are masked shadowbinders from Asshai at the [[Merchant's House]] in [[Volantis]].{{Ref|ADWD|6}} 

In [[Meereen]], [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] informs Daenerys that when she [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|smashed the slave trade]], the blow was felt from [[Westeros]] to Asshai.{{Ref|ADWD|23}} Quaithe appears to Daenerys twice, once in a dream, and again reminds her she must pass beneath the shadow.{{Ref|ADWD|11}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}}

At the [[Wall]], Melisandre notes that she is stronger there than even in Asshai.{{Ref|ADWD|31}}