Astapor

**Astapor**, dubbed the **Red City,** is the southernmost of the Slaver Cities on Slaver's Bay. The city is renowned for their training of the Unsullied, eunuch slave soldiers.

The Astapori emblem is a variation on the harpy of Old Ghis: a woman's torso, wings of a bat instead of arms, legs of an eagle and a scorpion's tail. In its talons hangs a chain with open manacles at either end.

Astapor lies at the mouth of the meandering stream the Astapori call the Worm, which continues to the east. To the south lie the Ghiscari hills, with the ruins of Old Ghis. West of Astapor, beyond the hills, lies the Isle of Cedars, with the cities Ghozai and Velos, on the Gulf of Grief.

Astapor is the southern most of the slaver cities located on Slaver's Bay. Yunkai is located one hundred leagues to the north, by the old Ghiscari coastal road, and Meereen fifty more. Well mounted travellers, when riding hard, can reach Yunkai from Astapor in six days.

## Layout

Located in a Slaver's Bay, Astapor is a port-city. An old crumbling statue portraying the Astapori harpy is located atop of the harbor gate. The bay shore is dominated by great stepped brick pyramids, the largest of which is four hundred feet high. All manner of trees, vines and flowers grow on the terraces of the pyramids. Multiple fighting pits can be found within the city walls. Entire Astapor is build with red bricks. The streets, the plazas, the stepped pyramids, the deep-dug fighting pits and the rings of descending seats within, the fountains, the gloomy wine caves, and the city walls have all been constructed with the same kind of red brick. An old rhyme says *"Bricks and blood built Astapor, and bricks and blood her people."* This rhyme refers to the red-bricked walls of the city taking their color from the blood of the slaves who made them. The red bricks are old and crumbling, causing red dust to be found all over the city. The city's walls are old and decaying, and its watch towers are unmanned.

The Plaza of Pride is an open market where the slavers take their customers to view their purchases. In the centre of the plaza stands a red brick fountain with the a hammered bronze version of the Astapori harpy standing in its centre. The Plaza of Punishment, located inside the main gate of Astapor, is where new slaves are brought into the city. There they go past rebellious slaves who have been punished or executed.

The fighting pits, dug deep and surrounded by descending rings of seats, are where all manner of entertainments are held. These include putting children up against animals like bulls and bears. The pits are named after their owners; Two identified pits in Astapor are Douquor's Pit and Jothiel's Pit.

## Economy

Astapor is a slaver city, and has over a hundred slave traders.[8] Stories told about the flesh marts of the slave cities is dire and frightening. The Astapori sell bed slaves, fieldhands, scribes, craftsmen, tutors, and soldiers. Only when dealing in the latter they function as allies. The city takes a tenth of the price whenever a slave changes hands. The greatest of the slave traders are those who sell Unsullied, the far-famed eunuch slave soldiers. Trained from a young age, these young soldiers are trained to be obedient, fearless warriors who feel no pain. The latter is accomplished by giving them wine of courage. The Astapori claim that the Unsullied are the lockstep legions of the Old Empire come again, but unlike these ancient legions, the Unsullied are not free men.

The Dothraki deliver many of the slaves trained and sold on the slave markets of Astapor and her sister cities.