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Meereen is a large city that lies on a piece of land that juts out into Slaver's Bay.[1]It lies on the northeast coast of Slaver's Bay at the mouth of the Skahazadhan, where it meets the bay.[2] It is renown for trading in slaves.

To the east lie a series of hills and beyond them a range of sandstone mountains. To get to Lhazar, one must pass through the Khyzai Pass.[3]

The City

The city, like its sister cites, Yunkai and Astapor, is made from bricks. Here they are multi-colored. The walls are high and at every corner there are defensive towers. The city is dominated by the Great Pyramid. The north wall of the city runs along the river bank of the Skahazadhan, the river that flows through the city. Its west wall runs along the shore of Slaver's Bay. The sewers of the city empty out into the Skahazadhan.[1] It is ruled by the Great Masters. It has wide brick streets and the fighting pits are red.[4] The wealthiest of citizens live in stepped pyramids.[3]

Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid is eight hundred feet tall and topped with a bronze harpy.[1] It has a huge square base. At its apex are large chambers. Daenerys Targaryen claimed then when she conquered the city.[3]

Temple of the Graces

The Temple of the Graces houses the priestesses of Meereen, called Graces. It is topped with golden domes. The Graces are divided in groups with each a specific color and a specialty. The Blue Graces are specialized in healing. It lies to the west of the Great Pyramid.[3]

Fighting Pits

The Fighting pits of Meereen are huge circular arenas built of many multicolored bricks they similar in stature but smaller to the colosseums in ancient Rome. The largests and most extravagant and the main one in Meereen is Daznak's Pit.


Slavers in Meereen only cut off the testicles when making eunuchs, compared to Astapor, where they cut off both penis and testicles.[5] When Daenerys Targaryen took Meereen, she abolished slavery within the city. However the practice was continued in the hills where slaves still worked on the estates of the wealthy.[3]

Sons of the Harpy


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A Storm of Swords

The Great Masters scorched the earth around Meereen when news that Daenerys Targaryen's army was marching on the city. The city was soon beseiged by the forces of Daenerys.[1] Daenerys took the city by sending men through the sewers and battering down the eastern gate. After receiving news from Astapor, that she had conquered earlier, Daenerys decided to remain and learn to rule in Meereen instead of spreading her rule somewhere else.[4]

A Dance with Dragons

Merchant ships from Westeros are now few and far between, since the slave commerce and fighting pits are closed under Daenerys' rule.[7]

While several of the Wise Masters have accepted the rule of Daenerys Targaryen an organization known as the Sons of the Harpy are waging a shadow war agaisnt her and slaying small groups of Freedmen, Shavepates and Unsullied in the dead of night.

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