Meereen

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**Meereen** is the northernmost and the largest of the three great Slaver Cities of Slaver's Bay. It is ruled by the Great Masters, the heads of Meereen's slaving families.

Like the other Slaver Cities, Meereen's emblem is the harpy.

Meereen is the northernmost of the slaver cities in Slaver's Bay. The city is located on the northeast coast at the mouth of the Skahazadhan. The Dothraki sea lies to the north, beyond the river. To reach Lhazar from Meereen one must pass through the Khyzai Pass. By the old Ghiscari coastal road, Yunkai is somewhat more than fifty leagues to the south, and Astapor another hundred more; In total, the distance between Meereen and Astapor is between a hundred-and-fifty and two hundred leagues.

Meereen’s hinterlands consist of all the land west of Lhazar, which includes hills and a range of rounded sandstone mountains, as far south as the Yunkish hills.

## Layout

Meereen is the largest and most formidable of the cities along Slaver's Bay. Meereen is as large as Astapor and Yunkai combined. Like them the city is made of brick, but unlike Astapor and Yunkai, Meereen's bricks are of many different colors. Meereen's walls are higher than Yunkai's and Astapor's, thicker than Astapor's and better maintained than Yunkai's, studded with bastions and anchored by great defensive towers at every angle. The city's north wall runs along the riverbank, its west along the bay shore. The river wall is a few feet higher than the others. Upon the walls, rows of bronze harpy heads with open mouths are positioned, from which the Meereenese can squirt boiling oil out upon any attacker below. Within the city there are narrow twisty alleys and wide brick streets, temples, granaries, hovels, palaces, brothels, baths, gardens, fountains, and fighting pits.

The nobility of Meereen lives in the stepped pyramids. The greatest of them all is the Great Pyramid, located on Meereen's central plaza, which stands eight hundred feet tall. There are a score of lesser pyramids in the city, but none stand even half as high. The Great Pyramid has a great bronze harpy on top of its apex. The pyramids are built in the colors of the noble house occupying them; The pyramid of Pahl is pink-and-white, the pyramid of Naqqan is green-and-black, and the great pyramid of Rhazdar is yellow-and-green. The pyramid of Kandaq is said to be modest. Between the pyramids the poorer districts are located.

The city's wastes are carried into the Skahazadhan by great brick sewers. These sewers are closed off with iron gates, although some have rusted through. The Meereenese do not drink the water from the river; Instead, they drink the water gathered from wells.

Meereen has multiple fighting pits scattered across Meereen. These include Daznak's Pit, the Pit of Ghrazz, and the Golden Pit. Daznak's Pit is the largest of all the fighting pits in the city. It is located west from the Great Pyramid.

The Temple of the Graces, home to the priestesses of Meereen, is likewise located west of the Great Pyramid. It is a huge structure topped with golden domes.

A great bronze harpy can be found in the Plaza of Purification. Meereen has several markets, including a spice market where the Purple Lotus is located, near the great pyramid of Rhazdar. Another location in Meereen is Mazdhan's Maze.

## Economy

Meereen is a wealthy city, deeply involved in the slave trade. As in Yunkai, slave swordsmen in Meereen are cheaper than their swords. Warriors are bred and trained in the fighting pits, and young boys and girls are trained in the brothels. In Meereen, as in Yunkai, eunuchs are often made by removing only the testicles, leaving the penis.

The fighting pits of Meereen are far-famed across the world, drawing trade to the city. Meereen claims one-tenth of all the profits from the fighting pits, after expenses, as a tax, through which way the pits help to fill the city's coffers.

A Meereenese coin is called an "honor".

Copper is plentiful in the Ghiscari hills, and was valuable "when bronze ruled the world". Meereen's vintage, made from small pale yellow grapes native to the regions, produce a notably inferior vintage. Some nobles have estates in the Ghiscari hills, where slaves grow wheat and olives, herd sheep and goats, and mine salt and copper.