Valyria is just southeast of the Free Cities, on the southern coast of Essos. It is between the Free cities and Slaver's Bay.
But the Peninsula that used to be Valyria (think of something similar to Italy jutting out from the southern part of Europe), experienced a cataclysmic volcanic event 400 years before the present, and as a result most of it was submerged below the sea. The parts that remain are now islands just south of the continent of Essos.
But the Peninsula that used to be Valyria (think of something similar to Italy jutting out from the southern part of Europe), experienced a cataclysmic volcanic event 400 years before the present, and as a result most of it was submerged below the sea. The parts that remain are now islands just south of the continent of Essos.
Valyria isn't quite 'just southeast' of the Free Cities. There's a significant amount of territory between the two regions. Dany says, "Thousands and thousands of leagues," in ASoS but that's probably hyperbole. But I'd imagine a good couple of thousand miles at least, given how long it takes info to get to and from Slaver's Bay from Westeros and how much is corrupted along the way. We should get a definite answer on this in ADWD, since at least two storylines involve that geographic area.
A Map of the Free Cities from A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE
- 07/04/2011 12:28:51 PM
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Does George
- 07/04/2011 06:53:12 PM
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Yes.
- 07/04/2011 07:41:38 PM
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Valyria is on the maps in A STORM OF SWORDS
- 08/04/2011 09:47:50 AM
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So what lies along the southern coast between the Free Cities and Valyria?
- 08/04/2011 01:26:08 PM
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Huh. I always pictured them as being much closer together.
- 07/04/2011 07:48:52 PM
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I think the name is very fitting, and hints at an ancient "First Language" that named all continents
- 07/04/2011 07:54:13 PM
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"Sothoryos" does sound kinda cool, I'll admit.
- 07/04/2011 07:59:53 PM
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Essos is the "scientific" name for the Eastern Continent...
- 07/04/2011 08:05:41 PM
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