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Slaver’s Bay is a cultural and geographical region of central Essos, comprised of three city-states: Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen. Built from the ashes of the Old Empire of Ghis, Slaver’s Bay became a wealthy hub of the global slave trade after the Doom of Valyria and subsequent fall of the Valyrian Freehold.

Although little Ghiscari culture survived the Old Empire’s
collapse, the people of Slaver’s Bay take great pride in their
Ghiscari heritage, referring to themselves as “the sons of the harpy,” and taking the mythical beast as the standard of their cities.  

Until the arrival of Daenerys Targaryen, slavery was the dominant industry of Slaver’s Bay. Stories told about the flesh marts of the slave cities are dire and frightening. The cities’ slave traders form their ruling aristocracy and titled themselves Good Masters, Wise Masters, and Great Masters, depending on the city.

Ruled by the Good Masters, Astapor is far-famed for its eunuch slave soldiers, the Unsullied. The Astapori like to claim that the Unsullied are the lockstep legions of the Old Empire of Ghis come again, but unlike these ancient legions, the Unsullied are not free men but slaves raised from childhood to be utterly obedient and fearless. An old rhyme about Astapor says “Bricks and blood built Astapor, and bricks and blood her people,” referring to the red bricks of which the city is built taking their color from the blood of the slaves who made them. Because of this, Astapor is known as the “Red City.”

Yunkai is ruled by cunning and corruptedslavers called the Wise Masters. The city is also known as the “Yellow City,” referring to the yellow bricks the city is made of. Yunkai is known for training bed slaves who are taught the way of the seven sighs and the sixteen seats of pleasure.

The largest and most formidable of the cities along Slaver’s Bay, Meereen is as large as Astapor and Yunkai combined, ruled by the Great Masters. The city is made of brick, but unlike Astapor and Yunkai, Meereen’s bricks are of many different colors. The nobility of Meereen lives in stepped pyramids, like those of Old Ghis, each made of a different set of colors. The greatest pyramid of them all is the Great Pyramid, located on Meereen’s central plaza, which stands eight hundred feet tall. It is taken as the seat of Daenerys Targaryen upon her conquest of Meereen, who orders the great bronze harpy at its peak be torn down.

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