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'''K'Dath''' is a city in a plain located in far eastern [[Essos]].
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'''K'Dath''' is a semi-legendary city supposedly located in a plain located in the [[Further East]] of [[Essos]].
  
 
==Geography==
 
==Geography==
K'Dath is east of the [[Bleeding Sea]] and north of the [[Land of the Shrykes]]. Farther to the southwest are [[the Five Forts]]. To the southeast of K'Dath are [[Bonetown]] and the [[Dry Deep]], while to the northeast is the [[Grey Waste]].<ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>
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K'Dath is east of the [[Bleeding Sea]] and north of the [[Land of the Shrykes]]. Farther to the southwest are the [[Five Forts]]. To the southeast of K'Dath are [[Bonetown]] and the [[Dry Deep]], while to the northeast is the [[Grey Waste]].{{ref|TLOIAF|The Known World}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The inhabitants of K'Dath claim the city is the first and oldest in the world.<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>
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The inhabitants of K'Dath claim it is the first and oldest city of the [[known world]].{{ref|AWOIAF|K'Dath}} It is said that K'Dath is the site of unspeakable rites performed to slake the hunger of mad gods and that even the [[Shrykes]] that dwell in the lands south of the city fear it.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|Does such a city truly exist? If so, what is its nature?{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}
  
 
==Behind the Scenes==   
 
==Behind the Scenes==   
K'Dath has not yet been mentioned in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, only appearing in ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'' and ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''. Its name may be a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to ''[[:w:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath|The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'' by [[:w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]].
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K'Dath is a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to [[:w:Kadath|Kadath]], a fictional place in the works of [[:w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]].<ref>SFBokhandeln. "[https://youtu.be/OMvFNaqSWEo?t=36m18s George R R Martin visiting SF-Bokhandeln]". YouTube, 2 July 2015.</ref>
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==References and Notes==
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==References==
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Revision as of 13:25, 19 July 2019

K'Dath is a semi-legendary city supposedly located in a plain located in the Further East of Essos.

Geography

K'Dath is east of the Bleeding Sea and north of the Land of the Shrykes. Farther to the southwest are the Five Forts. To the southeast of K'Dath are Bonetown and the Dry Deep, while to the northeast is the Grey Waste.[1]

History

The inhabitants of K'Dath claim it is the first and oldest city of the known world.[2] It is said that K'Dath is the site of unspeakable rites performed to slake the hunger of mad gods and that even the Shrykes that dwell in the lands south of the city fear it.[3]

Quotes

Does such a city truly exist? If so, what is its nature?[3]

—writings of Yandel

Behind the Scenes

K'Dath is a reference by George R. R. Martin to Kadath, a fictional place in the works of H. P. Lovecraft.[4]

References

  1. The Lands of Ice and Fire, The Known World.
  2. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, K'Dath.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti.
  4. SFBokhandeln. "George R R Martin visiting SF-Bokhandeln". YouTube, 2 July 2015.