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'''Zamettar''' is a ruined city on the northern coast of [[Sothoryos]]. It lies at the mouth of a large river delta. To the north are the [[Basilisk Isles]] and to the south is [[Yeen]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref>
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'''Zamettar''' is a ruined city on the northern coast of [[Sothoryos]]. It lies at the mouth of a large delta, the mouth of the [[Zamoyos]]. To the north lies the [[Summer Sea]] and [[Ax Isle]], to the west the bulk of the [[Basilisk Isles]], and to the south, deep in the jungle, [[Yeen]] and, beyond, the [[Green Hell]].<ref name=Sothoryos>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', Sothoryos</ref>
  
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==History==
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Zamettar was raised by the [[Ghiscari]] in the days of the [[Ghiscari Empire|Old Empire]]. It was captured by the [[dragonlords]] of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] during the [[Fourth Ghiscari War]].<ref name=Sothoryos/>
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After refusing the offer of the corsair kings of the [[Basilisk Isles]] to settle at the [[Isle of Toads]] in exchange of a yearly tribute of thirty virgin girls and pretty boys, Nymeria and the [[Rhoynar]] settled on Zamettar, which had been abandoned already for a thousand years. Nymeria remained there with the ships while some of her people made their way upriver to [[Yeen]] Despite the riches to be found on Sothoryos, many Rhoynar fell to disease, parasites, predators, and the heat. Nymeria decided to abandon Zamettar and take to the sea once again when a ship sent from there to Yeen found that every man, woman, and children in the ancient city had dissappeared.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ten Thousand Ships}}
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==
 
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Revision as of 22:25, 21 December 2014

Zamettar is a ruined city on the northern coast of Sothoryos. It lies at the mouth of a large delta, the mouth of the Zamoyos. To the north lies the Summer Sea and Ax Isle, to the west the bulk of the Basilisk Isles, and to the south, deep in the jungle, Yeen and, beyond, the Green Hell.[1]

History

Zamettar was raised by the Ghiscari in the days of the Old Empire. It was captured by the dragonlords of the Valyrian Freehold during the Fourth Ghiscari War.[1]

After refusing the offer of the corsair kings of the Basilisk Isles to settle at the Isle of Toads in exchange of a yearly tribute of thirty virgin girls and pretty boys, Nymeria and the Rhoynar settled on Zamettar, which had been abandoned already for a thousand years. Nymeria remained there with the ships while some of her people made their way upriver to Yeen Despite the riches to be found on Sothoryos, many Rhoynar fell to disease, parasites, predators, and the heat. Nymeria decided to abandon Zamettar and take to the sea once again when a ship sent from there to Yeen found that every man, woman, and children in the ancient city had dissappeared.[2]

References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice and Fire, Sothoryos
  2. The World of Ice & Fire, Ten Thousand Ships.