Editing Yi Ti

[[File:Henrik-zahringer-unseenwesteros-yiti-gate.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Yin]], capital of Yi Ti, by Henrik Zahringer]]
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'''Yi Ti''' is a nation and region in [[Essos]], east of [[Qarth]] and the [[Bone Mountains]] and bordered by the [[Jade Sea]] to the south. Nearby islands in the Jade Sea are [[Leng]] and the [[Isle of Whips]]. North of Yi Ti are the [[Great Sand Sea]], the [[Shrinking Sea]], and the [[Bleeding Sea]]; a great river runs south from the Bleeding Sea through Yi Ti to the Jade Sea. East of Yi Ti are the [[Mountains of the Morn]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and the city of [[Asshai]].{{ref|TLOIAF|The East}} In the [[Common Tongue]], things relating to Yi Ti are known as "YiTish".{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Leng}}

The realm of the YiTish civilization is the [[Golden Empire of Yi Ti]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond}} which was, according to legend, preceded by the [[Great Empire of the Dawn]]. Maester [[Yandel]] speculates that the YiTish civilization was contemporary with the [[Realm of the Fisher Queens|realm]] of the [[Fisher Queens]], whereas the YiTish priests insist that mankind's first towns and cities arose along the shores of the Jade Sea, dismissing the rival claims of the [[Sarnori]] and [[Ghiscari]] as the boasts of savages and children.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

==Region==
The land of Yi Ti has thick green patchwork farmland and dense sweltering jungles.{{ref|TLOIAF|The East}} Rumors have it that [[basilisk]]s roam the jungles of Yi Ti.{{Ref|AGOT|23}} There is a trade route from [[Asabhad]] to [[Yin]] along the coast of the Jade Sea.{{ref|TLOIAF|The East}} The [[Five Forts]] guard the northeastern marches of the empire.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Throughout Yi Ti a great web of stone roads, built during the reign of the Eunuch Emperors, ensure that travelers can cross the lands of Yi Ti without much trouble. These roads are said to be equal to the dragonroads of the [[Valyrian Freehold]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

The [[zorse]]s of the [[Jogos Nhai]] have been bred by crossing regular horses with certain horselike creatures from the southern regions of Yi Ti.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Bones and Beyond: The Plains of the Jogos Nhai}} [[Daenerys Targaryen]] remembers that [[basilisk]]s infest the jungles of Yi Ti.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} 

===Cities===
Yi Ti has more cities than any other land in the [[known world]], and according to [[Lomas Longstrider]] they are much larger and more splendid than cities in the west. According to [[Colloquo Votar]] there are three older cities buried beneath every YiTish city.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Known cities in Yi Ti include [[Yin]] and [[Jinqi]], along the coast of the [[Jade Sea]], and [[Tiqui]] further to the north near the [[Great Sand Sea]]. The city of [[Asabhad]] is at the west boundary of Yi Ti near the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Jade Gates]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|The East}} Five massive forts known as the [[Five Forts]] are along the northeastern boundaries of Yi Ti, between the [[Bleeding Sea]] and the [[Mountains of the Morn]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|The East}}

During the time of the [[Golden Empire of Yi Ti]], several cities served as the capital city, depending on the reigning dynasty. The grey, indigo, and pearl-white emperors ruled from Yin on the shores of the Jade Sea. The scarlet emperors ruled from [[Si Qo]], which they built in the middle of the jungle, and which has fallen and been reclaimed by the jungle. The purple emperors ruled from Tiqui, in the western hills. The maroon emperors ruled from Jinqi. In the present day, under the rule of the azure emperor [[Bu Gai]], Yin again is the capital of Yi Ti.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Over the last two thousand years, a dozen YiTish cities and a hundred towns, and many farms and fields have been reduced to ruins by the zorseriders of the [[Plains of the Jogos Nhai]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Bones and Beyond: The Plains of the Jogos Nhai}}

The people of northern [[Leng]] in the [[Jade Sea]] are YiTish, while the south of the island is inhabited by the [[Lengii]].{{ref|AWOIAF|Leng}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

===Society===
[[File:YiTi man by Douglas Wheatley.jpg|thumb|300px|A YiTish man, by Douglas Wheatley for ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]

Yi Ti was one of the earliest civilizations where literacy arose. The most ancient YiTish records are cherished and jealously guarded. Yi Ti is the oldest surviving continuous civilization in the world, having existed under one dynasty or another since the Long Night 8,000 years ago - other ancient civilizations such as the Ghiscari or Valyrians have long since collapsed. As a result their scholars tend to look down on other, younger civilizations as children and barbarians. The grand cities of Yi Ti dwarf those of Westeros or even the Free Cities.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Yi Ti is ruled by a [[god-emperor]]. [[Lomas Longstrider]] once described Yi Ti as "the land of a thousand gods and a hundred princes, ruled by one god-emperor." Of old, the god-emperors were extremely wealthy and powerful, and commanded large armies. In present times, however, three men claim the title of god-emperor, while their power does not extend past the cities in which they live. Instead, the hundred princes rule their own realms as they see fit, as do the brigands, priest-kings, sorcerers, warlords, imperial generals, and tax collectors outside their domains.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

There are many gods in Yi Ti's religion, but two of the major ones are the [[Lion of Night]] and the [[Maiden-Made-of-Light]]{{ref|AFFC|34}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}} According to legend, their child was the first god-emperor of Yi Ti, the [[God-on-Earth]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

A cult of sorcerers known as the [[Church of Starry Wisdom]] supposedly originates from Yi Ti as well, hated and feared by the general population. According to legend its founder was the [[Bloodstone Emperor]], and today its priests can be found in many cities throughout the  [[known world]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Men from Yi Ti are bright-eyed and wear [[monkey]]-tail hats.{{ref|AGOT|54}}

People from Yi Ti use their family name first, their personal name second - the reverse of how full names are given in Westeros and the Free Cities. For example the scarlet emperors were named "Lo Doq", "Lo Han", "Lo Bu", etc.

===Economics===
One of their major exports is [[w:Saffron|saffron]].{{ref|ACOK|40}} Other exporting goods include [[spices]] and [[silk]].{{ref|fab|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} Traders from Yi Ti travel to [[Vaes Dothrak]] to trade.{{Ref|agot|36}}{{Ref|agot|54}} [[Wine]]s from Yi Ti can be found as far west as [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aDwD|1}}

Yi Ti is legendarily wealthy. Its princes are said to live in houses of solid gold, and to eat sweetmeats with pearls and jade powdered over it.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}} 

[[Braavos]], [[Pentos]], and [[Volantis]] are known to trade with Yi Ti.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Yi Ti traded with the [[Tall Men|Sarnori]] when the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]] still existed.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}

==History==
===Great Empire of the Dawn===
{{Main|Great Empire of the Dawn}}
According to scribes of [[Yin]], all the lands between the [[Jade Sea]] and the [[Shivering Sea]], the [[Bone Mountains]] and the [[Grey Waste]] were part of the [[Great Empire of the Dawn]] and fell under the control of the [[God-on-Earth]], the only son of the [[Lion of Night]] and the [[Maiden-Made-of-Light]]. He is said to have had a hundred wives and to have reigned for ten thousand years, before ascending into the stars to join his forebears. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the [[Pearl Emperor]], who ruled for a thousand years. He was followed by the [[Jade Emperor]], the [[Tourmaline Emperor]], the [[Onyx Emperor]], the [[Topaz Emperor]], and the [[Opal Emperor]], who all reigned for centuries. Each successive ruler had a shorter reign and faced rising problems, as mankind grew greedy and corrupt.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

The Opal Emperor was succeeded by his daughter, the [[Amethyst Empress]]. Her younger brother slew her and usurped the throne, and event which is remembered as the Blood Betrayal. He proclaimed himself the [[Bloodstone Emperor]] and began a reign of terror, practicing dark magical arts and necromancy. He cast down the true gods to worship a black stone which had fallen from the sky. According to the annals of the east, the Blood Betrayal is attributed as the cause of the [[Long Night]], as it caused the Maiden-Made-of-Light to despair and turn her face away from mankind, while the Lion of Night sent the generation-long winter to punish mankind. In the chaos that followed, the Great Empire of the Dawn collapsed.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

According to [[Colloquo Votar]], as recounted in his ''[[Jade Compendium]]'', a legend from Yi Ti claims that disaster during the Long Night was only averted by "the deeds of a woman with a monkey's tail".{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Long Night}}

The [[maester]]s of the [[Citadel]] in [[Oldtown]] doubt that the Great Empire of the Dawn ever truly existed, but most do agree that Yi Ti's culture is very ancient, and a few believe that they were contemporary with the [[Fisher Queens]] on the western side of the Bone Mountains.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

===Golden Empire===
After the collapse of the [[Great Empire of the Dawn]], the Golden Empire of Yi Ti began. Since the end of the [[Long Night]] eleven dynasties of emperors have ruled over Yi Ti, each known by a color honorific. Some of them ruled no more than half a century, but the longest ruled for seven hundred years. The transitions of power between dynasties did not always occur peacefully, and on four occasions, the end of a dynasty led to a prolonged period of civil war and anarchy. The longest of these lasted more than a hundred years.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Under the sea-green emperors, Yi Ti reached the apex of its power. During the reign of god-emperor [[Jar Har]], [[Leng]] was conquered. His sons further expanded the power of Yi Ti; [[Jar Joq]] [[Great Moraq]], and [[Jar Han]] exacted tribute from [[Qarth]], [[Old Ghis]], [[Asshai]], and other lands.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}
 
[[Chai Duq]], the fourth of the yellow emperors, married a noblewoman of [[Valyria]], and kept a [[dragon]] at his court.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

During the past two thousand years, Yi Ti has often fought against raiders of the [[Jogos Nhai]], whose lands are to the north. According to Maester [[Yandel]], the raiders of the Jogos Nhai have reduced a dozen YiTish cities, a hundred towns, and farms and fields beyond counting to ruins. To combat these attacks, many imperial generals and three god-emperors invaded the [[Plains of the Jogos Nhai]], but these attacks usually did not end well, as the Jogos Nhai would usually evade capture for such long periods of time that the YiTish invaders would give up and go home.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

[[Lo Han]], forty-second scarlet emperor, invaded the plains three times without success, returning home after being unable to catch his enemies. After Lo Han's death, his son, [[Lo Bu]], assembled a mighty host, supposedly of three hundred thousand men, and led his force into the plains, leaving a burning wasteland behind everywhere he went. During his campaign, millions of Jogos Nhai were killed. During the last two years of the struggle, the rival clans of the Jogos Nhai united against Lo Bu under a woman called [[Zhea]], whose riders eventually descended upon Lo Bu's host, slaughtering them all. Lo Bu was among those slain. Zhea had his head stripped of its flesh and his skull dipped in gold, so it could serve as her drinking cup. Every ''[[jhattar]]'' of the Jogos Nhai since Zhea has drunk fermented [[zorse]] milk from Lo Bu's skull.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}

Around [[100 BC]], the island [[Leng]] broke free of Yi Ti, although the northern two-thirds of the island are still under the control of the descendants of the original YiTish invaders.{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}

On the first of his nine great voyages, [[Corlys Velaryon]] sailed to Yi Ti and Leng{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} on the ''[[Sea Snake]]'',{{Ref|FAB|The Heir of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} returning with such a large amount of spices, silks, and jade, which made [[House Velaryon]] the wealthiest house in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for a while.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In the present day, Yi Ti is ruled from [[Yin]] by the seventeenth azure emperor, [[Bu Gai]]. However, the amount of power he has is weak compared to older god-emperors, and the local governors and tax-collectors have carved out a hundred princedoms among the provinces. In [[Carcosa]], on the [[Hidden Sea]], an exiled sorcerer lord resides, who claims to be the 69th yellow emperor. In addition, a general called [[Pol Qo]] has named himself the first of the orange emperors, using [[Trader Town]] as his capital.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
In the Western Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]], [[Daenerys Targaryen]] sees a fat cloth trader from Yi Ti haggling with a [[Pentos]]hi over the price of some green [[Hair dye|dye]].{{Ref|AGOT|54}}

Before Khal [[Drogo]]'s body is burnt on his funeral pyre, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] begs Daenerys 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''===
In [[Qarth]], [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] tries to entreat Daenerys to accompany him on his pleasure barge to the Jade Sea. He suggests that they journey around Yi Ti to search for the dreaming city of poets and to sip the [[wine]] of wisdom from a dead man's skull.{{ref|ACOK|40}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
In [[Meereen]], Daenerys reminds Jorah that after Drogo's death he had asked her to go with him to Yi Ti and the Jade Sea.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Garin (orphan)|Garin]] tells Princess [[Arianne Martell]] that according to sailors in [[Planky Town]], the [[grey plague]] has broken out in Yi Ti.{{ref|AFFC|21}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When in the cellar of [[Illyrio's manse]] in Pentos, [[Tyrion Lannister]] notices that [[Illyrio Mopatis]] has wines from the fabled east in his stock, including wines from Yi Ti.{{Ref|ADWD|1}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Even their ruins put ours to shame.{{ref|TWOIAF|8|4|1}}|[[Lomas Longstrider]]}}

{{Quote|Come east with me. Yi Ti, [[Qarth]], the [[Jade Sea]], [[Asshai]] by the Shadow. We will see all the wonders yet unseen, and drink what [[wine]]s the [[Religion|gods]] see fit to serve us.{{ref|AGOT|72}}|[[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|Few caravans come [[Red waste|this]] way, that is so, yet there are great kingdoms to the east, and cities full of wonders. Yi Ti, Qarth, Asshai by the Shadow ...{{ref|ACOK|12}}|Jorah Mormont to Daenerys Targaryen}}

{{Quote|When Qarth begins to pall, we can journey round Yi Ti and search for the dreaming city of the poets, to sip the wine of wisdom from a dead man's skull.{{ref|ACOK|40}}|[[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] to Daenerys Targaryen}}

{{Quote|[[Dragon]]s must be the least of the things a man might find in Qarth and Asshai and Yi Ti. These sailors' stories ...{{Ref|AFFC|prologue}}|[[Mollander]]}}

{{Quote|Should the [[Dragon egg|dragons]] turn up, anywhere from here to Yi Ti, we will demand their return.{{Ref|FAB|9}}|[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R. R. Martin]] has stated that Yi Ti is loosely a fantasy analog of [[w:Imperial China|Imperial China]] (similar to how Westeros is loosely analogous to [[w:medieval Britain|medieval Britain]])<ref>[[Not A Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/375353.html?thread=19273017 Great Times at the Jean Cocteau], June 14, 2014</ref> or the [[w:Far East|Far East]].<ref>''New York Times'': [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/television/george-rr-martin-house-of-the-dragon.html George R.R. Martin Is Finally Getting the Show He Wanted], August 21, 2022</ref> This was confirmed by Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson, co-authors of ''The World of Ice & Fire''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q69aQeKWLQ&feature=youtu.be&t=34m20s Westeros.org Season 5 casting review]</ref>

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