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The city of [[K'Dath]] is an [[Essos]]i city that lies many, many leagues east of the [[Bone Mountains]].  The [[Bleeding Sea]] lies west of the city.  To the south-west of the city is the [[Land of the Shrykes]] and past that [[The Five Forts]]. To the south-east is another city named [[Bonetown]]. To the north-east of K'Dath is the [[The Grey Waste]]
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'''K'Dath''' is a semi-legendary city supposedly located in a plain located in the [[Further East]] of [[Essos]].
  
The city of K'Dath has never been mentioned in the [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] novels and only appears in the map collection [[The Lands of Ice and Fire]].
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==Geography==
==References and Notes==
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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}}
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==History==
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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]]}}
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==Behind the Scenes== 
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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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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.