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[[Image:Volon Therys Pin.png|thumb|right|200px|A map showing the location of Volon Therys on the continent of [[Essos]].]]
 
[[Image:Volon Therys Pin.png|thumb|right|200px|A map showing the location of Volon Therys on the continent of [[Essos]].]]
'''Volon Therys''' is a small city in western [[Essos]]. The city is located not far to the north-west of [[Volantis]], where the [[Rhoyne]] begins to splinter out into its delta. The city is located on the western side of the river.<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/locations/volantis/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 map, Volantis entry]</ref>
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'''Volon Therys''' is a small town in western [[Essos]]. The town is located not far to the north-west of [[Volantis]], where the [[Rhoyne]] begins to separate out into its delta. The town is located on the western side of the river.<ref>[http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/locations/volantis/ HBO viewers guide, season 2 map, Volantis entry]</ref>
   
 
==In the books==
 
==In the books==
In the ''[[Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels Volon Therys is a vassal of the [[Free City]] of Volantis. Volon Therys is the final stop for traders and travellers before Volantis itself, and Volantis maintains a watch on who is passing through the city, sometimes preventing them from travelling on to the main city. It is a noted waystop for mercenary companies unable to get permission to travel onto Volantis itself.
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, Volon Therys is a vassal of the [[Free City]] of Volantis. Volon Therys is the final stop for traders and travellers before Volantis itself, and Volantis maintains a watch on who is passing through the city, sometimes preventing them from travelling on to the main city. It is a noted waystop for mercenary companies unable to get permission to travel on to Volantis itself.
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By the standards of the Free Cities, Volon Therys is a middling-sized town, but would be counted as a small city by the standards of [[Westeros]].
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According to ''The World of Ice and Fire'', Volon Therys was founded by the [[Valyrian Freehold]].
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
* [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Volon_Therys Volon Therys at A Wiki of Ice and Fire] (spoilers from the books).
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Revision as of 11:20, 5 April 2016

Volon Therys Pin

A map showing the location of Volon Therys on the continent of Essos.

Volon Therys is a small town in western Essos. The town is located not far to the north-west of Volantis, where the Rhoyne begins to separate out into its delta. The town is located on the western side of the river.[1]

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Volon Therys is a vassal of the Free City of Volantis. Volon Therys is the final stop for traders and travellers before Volantis itself, and Volantis maintains a watch on who is passing through the city, sometimes preventing them from travelling on to the main city. It is a noted waystop for mercenary companies unable to get permission to travel on to Volantis itself.

By the standards of the Free Cities, Volon Therys is a middling-sized town, but would be counted as a small city by the standards of Westeros.

According to The World of Ice and Fire, Volon Therys was founded by the Valyrian Freehold.

See also

References

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