Editing Qarth (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Samwell Tarly]] mentions the city to [[Jon Snow]], telling Jon that in one of his efforts to cure Sam of his timidity Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] once brought two [[warlocks]] from Qarth to his castle at [[Horn Hill]].{{ref|AGOT|26}}

Before Khal [[Drogo]]'s body is burnt on his funeral pyre, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] begs [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to come east with him, to [[Yi Ti]], Qarth, the [[Jade Sea]], and [[Asshai|Asshai by the Shadow]], to see all the wonders yet unseen.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:In qarth by mustamirri.jpg|thumb|400px|Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] returns to [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]'s palace after her audience with the [[Pureborn]]  - by Mustamirri ©]]
Daenerys recalls how Drogo dreamed of the day when he might sack the great cities of the east, including Qarth.{{ref|ACOK|27}}

Three representatives of Qarth—[[Pyat Pree]], [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], and [[Quaithe]]—accompany [[Jhogo]] back to [[Vaes Tolorro]] after he is sent by Daenerys to discover what lies near the abandoned city.{{ref|ACOK|12}} The emissaries escort Daenerys and her ''[[khalasar]]'' to Qarth. A [[column]] of [[camel]]ry emerge from the city as Daenerys's honor guards upon her arrival.{{ref|ACOK|27}} Her three young [[dragon]]s are a marvel in the ancient city.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}{{Ref|ACOK|40}}{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

Xaro, a member of the [[Thirteen]], offers Daenerys the hospitality of [[Xaro's home|his palace]] while she and her ''[[khalasar]]'' are in Qarth. Under his guidance Daenerys seeks an audience with the [[Pureborn]] to plea with them in the [[Hall of a Thousand Thrones]] for their fleet of galleys, or part of it and some of their soldiers. However, the Pureborn deny her.{{ref|ACOK|40}}

Xaro sees to it that the great and the humble alike offer some token to Daenerys, the Mother of Dragons. She receives gifts from throughout the [[known world]], selling all except for a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon given to her by the [[Tourmaline Brotherhood]].{{ref|ACOK|40}}

After having been refused by the Pureborn, Daenerys agrees to go with Pyat to the [[House of the Undying]].{{ref|ACOK|40}} [[Drogon]] destroys the building when Daenerys is attacked by the [[Undying Ones]].{{Ref|ACOK|48}} After its destruction, [[ghost grass]] is found growing in the [[Garden of Gehane]] and [[phantom tortoises]] are seen carrying messages between the windowless houses on [[Warlock's Way]]. In the home of [[Urrathon Night-Walker]], [[glass candle]]s burn for the first time in a century.{{Ref|ACOK|63}}

Daenerys is soon forced to flee Qarth after the Tourmaline Brotherhood calls for her expulsion and the [[Ancient Guild of Spicers]] call for her death. Only Xaro's influence prevents the Thirteen from adding their voices.{{ref|ACOK|63}} As Daenerys searches for transport at the [[port of Qarth]], [[Strong Belwas]] and [[Arstan Whitebeard]] save her from being assassinated by the [[manticore]] of a [[Sorrowful Man]].{{ref|ACOK|63}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
In [[Meereen]], Daenerys learns that Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] had been spying on her on behalf of Lord [[Varys]], the [[spymaster]] of the [[Iron Throne]] in [[Westeros]]. Jorah admits that the last report that he made to Varys had been made from Qarth. Daenerys is taken aback, as she hoped that his spying had ended much earlier.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===''A Feast For Crows''===
At the [[Quill and Tankard]] in [[Oldtown]] [[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Leo Tyrell]] informs his fellow students—[[Pate (novice)|Pate]], [[Mollander]], [[Alleras]], [[Armen]], and [[Roone]]—that sailors who have visited Qarth are speaking of Daenerys's dragons.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

Seeking vengeance against Daenerys,{{ref|AWOIAF|Qarth}} a galleas of [[warlocks]] sails from Qarth but is captured by ''[[Silence]]'', the galley of [[Euron Greyjoy]].{{ref|AFFC|29}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Xaro arrives in Meereen as a representative of Qarth to visit Queen Daenerys. He attempts to persuade her to sail for Westeros. [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|Her campaign]] has disrupted the [[slave]] trade upon which depend many cities of [[Essos]], including Qarth. He brings a gift of thirteen ships, stating that they are hers on the condition she sails from [[Slaver's Bay]] to Westeros. Daenerys has the thirteen ships Xaro brought inspected, but later refuses the offer. Xaro's reply is to leave a bloodstained glove on a satin pillow, indicating Qarth has declared war on her.{{ref|ADWD|16}}

Xaro leaves the thirteen ships at Slaver's Bay, where they give aid in closing off the bay to Meereen. Three Qartheen galleys sail up the [[Skahazadhan]] at night, in an attempt to close off the river as well. The [[Mother's Men]] loose flights of fire arrows at their sails and fling pots of burning pitch onto their decks, but the galleys manage to slip by quickly and succeed in closing off the river. The Qartheen drive off a third of [[Meereen]]'s fishing fleet and manage to seize another third, leaving Meereen without trade.{{ref|ADWD|23}} Qarth sends a corps of Qartheen camelry to aid the [[Yunkai]]'i against Daenerys.{{Ref|ADWD|36}}

Pale Qartheen are among those who come to Meereen to battle in [[Daznak's Pit]].{{Ref|ADWD|52}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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As the [[second siege of Meereen]] resumes, [[Tyrion Lannister]] hears high Qartheen whistles as their ships battle the [[Iron Fleet]] of the [[ironborn]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Tyrion II (The Winds of Winter)|Tyrion II]]</ref>