The Smoking Sea is a body of water located immediately to the south of the Valyrian Peninsula, on the south coast of Essos. It is part of the ocean known as the Summer Sea. The Smoking Sea separates the numerous islands that were formerly part of Valyria from one another and the mainland to the north^[1]

HistoryEdit

Season 2Edit

Quaithe of the Shadow Lands inscribes a sailor with apparently magic tattoos. She says these symbols will protect him as his ship must sail within sight of Valyria.^[2]

In the booksEdit

In the Song of Ice and Fire novels the Smoking Sea is ill-omened. Its waters are said to bubble and let off foul vapors and mists which can kill sailors outright. The Smoking Sea is a recent phenomenon, formed four hundred years ago during the Doom of Valyria when the peninusla was shattered by a massive series of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

The Smoking Sea is considered cursed and haunted. Most sailors refuse to sail its waters, instead circumnavigating Valyria by taking a wide detour out to sea.

See alsoEdit

• The Smoking Sea at A Wiki of Ice and Fire.

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