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[[Image:Elyria map.png|thumb|200px|right|A map showing the location of Elyria off the coast of Essos.]]
 
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Elyria is a city-state in the west of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It trades with the slaver cities of [[Meereen]], [[Yunkai]] and [[Astapor]] to the east.
 
In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Elyria is a city-state in the west of [[Slaver's Bay]]. It trades with the slaver cities of [[Meereen]], [[Yunkai]] and [[Astapor]] to the east.
   
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Not much has been said about Elyria. Tolos is said to have the best slingers in the world, who use dangerous lead pellets. Soldiers from Elyria who appear in an army at one point are said to be crossbowmen - though it isn't clear if that should be taken to mean that Elyria is generally associated with fine crossbowmen.
Elyria, Tolos, and Mantarys are the only three surviving cities on the [[Valyrian Peninsula]], each in the northern sections not too close to Valyria itself when the Doom struck. They were colonies ruled directly by governors from the Valyrian Freehold, not Free Cities that had purchased contracts for some limited rule over local affairs. After the Doom, because they were located on the east coast, Elyria and Tolos developed developed closer ties with the Ghiscari cities of Slaver's Bay to the east, and fell into their cultural orbit. Mantarys, however, is located far from the coast, up in the foothills of the Painted Mountains, and as a result it became increasingly isolated.
 
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Elyria, Tolos, and Mantarys are the only three surviving cities on the [[Valyrian Peninsula]], each in the northern sections not too close to Valyria itself when [[Doom of Valyria|the Doom struck]]. They were colonies ruled directly by governors from the Valyrian Freehold, not "Free Cities" that had purchased contracts for some limited rule over local affairs. After the Doom, because they were located on the east coast, Tolos and Elyria developed developed closer economic and social ties with the Ghiscari cities of Slaver's Bay to the east. They then came into something of an odd position, as while more akin to the Valyrians and their colonies in the Free Cities, Tolos and Elyria fell into the cultural orbit of the main Ghiscari cities on the other side of Slaver's Bay, and came to be thought of as more of an extension of that region - though not quite fully belonging to either Slaver's Bay or the Free Cities. Mantarys, however, is located far from the coast, up in the foothills of the Painted Mountains, and as a result it became increasingly isolated.
   
 
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Revision as of 12:41, 5 October 2015

Elyria map

A map showing the location of Elyria off the coast of Essos.

Elyria is a city on an island just off the coast of Essos, in the western part of Slaver's Bay. It is west of Tolos and southeast of Mantarys.[1][2]

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Elyria is a city-state in the west of Slaver's Bay. It trades with the slaver cities of Meereen, Yunkai and Astapor to the east.

Not much has been said about Elyria. Tolos is said to have the best slingers in the world, who use dangerous lead pellets. Soldiers from Elyria who appear in an army at one point are said to be crossbowmen - though it isn't clear if that should be taken to mean that Elyria is generally associated with fine crossbowmen.

Elyria, Tolos, and Mantarys are the only three surviving cities on the Valyrian Peninsula, each in the northern sections not too close to Valyria itself when the Doom struck. They were colonies ruled directly by governors from the Valyrian Freehold, not "Free Cities" that had purchased contracts for some limited rule over local affairs. After the Doom, because they were located on the east coast, Tolos and Elyria developed developed closer economic and social ties with the Ghiscari cities of Slaver's Bay to the east. They then came into something of an odd position, as while more akin to the Valyrians and their colonies in the Free Cities, Tolos and Elyria fell into the cultural orbit of the main Ghiscari cities on the other side of Slaver's Bay, and came to be thought of as more of an extension of that region - though not quite fully belonging to either Slaver's Bay or the Free Cities. Mantarys, however, is located far from the coast, up in the foothills of the Painted Mountains, and as a result it became increasingly isolated.

See also

References

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