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The '''Basilisk Isles''' are a group of islands off the northern coast of [[Sothoryos]]. To the south lies [[Zamettar]], to the east [[Ax Isle]] and to the southwest, the [[Isle of Toads]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref>
 
The '''Basilisk Isles''' are a group of islands off the northern coast of [[Sothoryos]]. To the south lies [[Zamettar]], to the east [[Ax Isle]] and to the southwest, the [[Isle of Toads]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref>
  

Revision as of 02:29, 19 December 2014

A map showing the location of the Basilisk Isles in blue.

The Basilisk Isles are a group of islands off the northern coast of Sothoryos. To the south lies Zamettar, to the east Ax Isle and to the southwest, the Isle of Toads.[1]

The mud-and-blood towns of the Basilisk Isles teem with escaped slaves, slavers, skinners, whores, hunters, brindled men, and worse.[2]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Garin tells Arianne Martell that according to sailors in Planky Town, a new corsair king has risen in the Basilisk Isles and has raided Tall Trees Town.[3]

A Dance with Dragons

It is revealed that Missandei and her brothers had been taken from their home in Naath by raiders from the Basilisk Isles and sold into slavery in Astapor. [4]

After returning to Meereen, Daario Naharis tells Daenerys Targaryen that among the turncloaks who have come over to her side is an axeman from the Basilisk Isles, a brute bigger than Strong Belwas.[5]

Among Ser Barristan Selmy’s squires is a young former slave called Tumco Lho who is originally from the Basilisk Isles.[6]

Victarion Greyjoy gives Red Ralf Stonehouse the Iron Fleet's swiftest ships to sail the corsair's road along the northern coast of Sothoryos and seek provisions through the iron price from towns in the Basilisk Isles. Victarion gave orders to reunite off the southern tip of the Isle of Cedars; only nine of the ships that had sailed with Ralf turn up, with Ralf himself among the missing.[2]

References and Notes