Vaes Tolorro

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Ser Jorah gifts Queen Daenerys Targaryen with a peach Vaes Tolorro - ©Trisste

Vaes Tolorro is the name given by Daenerys Targaryen to an abandoned city in the red desert beyond the Dothraki Sea. Vaes Tolorro means the city of bones in the Dothraki language.[1]

Description

The city has large white walls encircling it, though they are cracked and crumbling. There are also wall towers. The city gates are broken. [1]

The city is a maze of narrow, crooked alleys. The buildings are built close together, their facades blank and chalky. All buildings are windowless. Some of the houses have long fallen into rubble, and other buildings seem damaged by fire. The remnants of a gutted palace stand before a windswept plaza. Devilgass grows between the paving stones. [1]

A marble plinth stands at the crossroads between six alleys. But no statue stands above the plinth. The Dothraki are presumed to have visited the city, taking its statues to Vaes Dothrak.[1]

The city has vegetation. There are grapevines, fig trees, peach trees, and other fruit trees in the abandoned gardens, hidden behind closed doors. There is enough grass to sustain a small herd of horses. Its wells contain pure and cold water. [1]

There are remnants of the previous inhabitants in the city: the skulls of the unburied dead, bleached and broken. [1]

To the south of the city is barren until one reaches the ocean. To the southwest lie two more abandoned cities and more barren land.[1]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While wandering the red waste, Daenerys Targaryen's khalasar stumble upon the abandoned city. They make camp within its walls to recover from their travels while sending out scouts to discover what is near.[1]

Quotes

A city, Khaleesi, … A city as pale as the moon and lovely as a maid.[1]

-My handmaids say there are ghosts here. -There are ghosts everywhere. We carry them with us wherever we go[1]

Conversation between Daenerys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont, concerning Vaes Tolorro and its ghosts.

References and Notes