Archon of Tyrosh

The **Archon of Tyrosh** is the ruler of the Free City of Tyrosh.

## Position

During the Valyrian Freehold, archons were sometimes chosen from lords freeholder to help rule. The Free City of Tyrosh, which began as a Valyrian colony, was independently ruled by its own archon.

The Archon of Tyrosh is selected from a conclave of the most noble and wealthy men of the city, the Magisters. The Archon rules for a term, although the term's length is unknown. In some generations, the Archon can be little more than a figurehead for Tyrosh's magisters - similar to how the Prince or Princess of Pentos is *always* just a figurehead for the council of magisters in Pentos. Unlike Pentos, however, in other generations the Archon can actually be quite powerful and bring the magisters of the city to heel under him - it has varied considerably over the centuries with the tide of local politics.

Archons periodically send fleets to clear out pirate dens in the Stepstones. They sometimes post Unsullied at their gates.

## History

### Jaehaerys I

The Archon and his maiden daughter attended the Golden Wedding in 49 AC. Lord Rogar Baratheon suggested that King Jaehaerys I Targaryen wed the Archon's daughter, but the king instead married his sister, Alysanne Targaryen. After being exiled from Westeros by Jaehaerys in 50 AC, Ser Orryn Baratheon entered the Archon's service and wed his daughter. In 56 AC, the Adventurers were destroyed when they were caught in the Disputed Lands between a great fire and the Archon's host.

Two years later Jaehaerys mediated in King's Landing between the Archon of Tyrosh and the Prince of Pentos. The Archon's galley was burned while docked at King's Landing, a city which the Archon despised. Jaehaerys eventually mediated "A Treaty of Eternal Peace" between his Free City counterparts.

During the Myrish Bloodbath of 91 - 92 AC, the Archon allied with pirate kings to expel a faction of Myrmen from the Stepstones. The Myrish outlaws then fled to Tarth.

### Triarchy and the Daughters' War

In 96 AC an alliance of Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh defeated Volantis in the Battle of the Borderland. The three cities then united as the Triarchy, also known as the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. The Triarchy was ruled by a council of thirty-three magisters. The Triarchy's conquest of the Stepstones eventually led to Prince Daemon Targaryen's own war for the Stepstones in 106 AC.

The Triarchy supported the greens during the Dance of the Dragons. When the Daughters' War broke out, the Archon sent Racallio Ryndoon to control the Stepstones, but the rakish admiral claimed the islands for himself as King of the Narrow Sea. Once Lys and Myr made peace and began attacking Tyrosh, the Archon was forced to recall his forces from the Stepstones.

The Archon allied with Racallio and the Sealord of Braavos to jointly rule the Stepstones. Lord Alyn's attack on the Braavosi ships caused the alliance's collapse, however. The Archon hired sellswords from Pentos to hold some of the islands, and Tyrosh gained much of the Disputed Lands once the war ended. The Archon sent his sister to attend the Maiden's Day Ball. When Lysandro and Drazenko Rogare suddenly died during the Lysene Spring, the Archon was one of many possibilities suspected of assassinating them with Faceless Men.

### Recent History

King Daeron II Targaryen paid a dowry to the Archon when Daemon Blackfyre wed Rohanne of Tyrosh.

Alequo Adarys led the Band of Nine in conquering Tyrosh before the War of the Ninepenny Kings. After at least six years of rule, Alequo was poisoned by his queen and the Archon was restored to his position.