History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireEssosTheFreeCities

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: TAs part of their doctrine of denial of the self, the followers of Boash would refer to themselves and others with indefinite pronouns - "a man" or "a woman" instead of "I", "me", or any personal name. Though the faith of the Blind God has died out, these speech habits persist in the city; particularly among the noble class, speaking of oneself directly is considered vulgar even in the modern era.

* {{Greed}}: After driving out the pirates of the Stepstones, Dahar and his fellow admirals grew so greedy that they raised the tolls of ships passing through the Stepstones until they became worse than the pirates. This led Corlys Velaryon to join Daemon Targaryen and make war against Triarchy to drive them from the Stepstones.

* {{Foil}}: Unlike the whores Arya meets in Braavos, who are cheerful souls and happy with their trade, the sunset girl has been completely broken from a lifetime of sexual slavery.

* {{Foil}}: Unlike the whores Arya meets in Braavos, who are cheerful souls and happy with their trade, the sunset girl's life is nothing but miserable.

* ThrowTheDogABone: A small one, but after Tyrion throws up on the carpet from her room from drinking too much wine, he tells the brothel's proprietor that it wasn't her fault and pays for it, to spare her any punishment.

* {{Greed}}: The Tyrosh are well-known and stereotyped as being greedy.

!!!Old Volantis

* InSeriesNickname: Old Volantis, since it is the first of the Free Cities to be founded.

* InSeriesNickname: After he was made a lord by Jaehaerys to put him on equal footing with the rest of his council, some smartass dubbed him “the Lord of the Air” because he had no lands, sworn men or a castle.

-->'''Tyrion's thoughts:''' ''This girl is as good as dead. I have just fucked a corpse.'' Even her eyes looked dead. ''She does not even have the strength to loathe me.''

!!!Historical Volantene
[[folder:Belicho]]
!!Triarch Belicho
A member of the Tigers whose unbroken succession of conquests and triumphs ended rather abruptly when he was eaten by giants.

[[folder:Tyanna of the Tower]]
!!Tyanna of the Tower, mistress of whisperers
!!!The king's raven, the mistress of whispers, the mistress of spiders
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Maegor's Pentoshi mistress (later the third of his wives) and Mistress of Whisperers. She was said to practice sorcery and alchemy. She was executed by her husband in 48 AC after confessing to poisoning his other wives (resulting in their children's deformities and stillbirths).

* AllThereInTheManual: Only mentioned in ''[[Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire The World of Ice & Fire]]''.
* BastardBastard: She was rumored to be the illegitimate daughter of a Pentoshi magister.
* BiTheWay: It was rumored that Tyanna was not only Maegor's lover, but Alys Harroway's as well.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:After admitting that she had lied about Alys's infidelity ''and'' poisoned Maegor's other wives, causing them to give birth to deformed monstrosities, Maegor cut her heart out with Blackfyre and fed it to his dogs.]]
* TheDragon: To Maegor.
** CoDragons: For a time she ruled King's Landing alongside Maegor's Hand Edwell Celtigar.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She was the only bride of Maegor who shared his penchant for cruelty, and spent her reign torturing, killing, and conspiring to bring about the deaths of thousands.
* HighClassCallGirl: A courtesan.
* InSeriesNickname: She was known as "the king's raven", on account of her black hair and her influence over Maegor. She was also known as the mistress of whispers and the mistress of spiders.
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler:Some of Maegor's worst offenses were instigated by her, including his murder of Queen Alys and her entire house after Tyanna (falsely) claimed that Alys had cheated on him.]]
* MasterPoisoner: [[spoiler:She claimed to have poisoned Maegor's other brides so that their children would be born twisted and deformed.]]
* TheMedic: She treated Maegor after he fell into a coma following his Trial by Seven against Ser Damon Morrigen and six Warrior's Sons.
* TheMistress: Served as Maegor's mistress for several years before he married her upon becoming King.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:She lied to Maegor that Alys had cheated on him. He responded by murdering her entire family, with Tyanna herself torturing Alys to death.]]
* TheSpymaster: Worked as Maegor's Mistress of Whisperers.
* TortureTechnician: She tortured Maegor's enemies, including Prince Viserys, who she "questioned" for nine days before he died.
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[[folder:Rego Draz]]
!!Rego Draz, Master of Coin
!!!The Lord of Air

A Pentoshi merchant, trader and money-changer who rose from nothing to become the richest man in Pentos. He was Jaehaerys I Targaryen’s Master of Coin.
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* ItWasAGift: Petitioners must bring her something valuable in exchange for advice or assistance.

* SlaveBrand: Volantene slaves are all given tattoos indicating their jobs: tears for pleasure slaves, flames for slaves of R'hllor, tiger stripes for the city watch, flies for slaves who sweep dung, checkered squares for fools and jesters, and wheels for ''hathay'' drivers. Other tattoos with unknown meanings include leopard spots, green turtles, lightning bolts, blue feathers, and coins.

* SlaveBrand: Volantene slaves are all given tattoos indicating their jobs: tears for pleasure slaves, flames for slaves of R'hllor, tiger stripes for the city watch, flies for slaves who sweep dung, and wheels for ''hathay'' drivers.

* ChekovsGun: His old skills as a mummer proved useful for springing a trap on Criston Cole.

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* FatBastard: Oh, so very much. In an [[AffablyEvil avuncular]] kind of way, though.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's had two wives. While his feelings towards his first wife aren't clearly established, his second wife, Serra, who died of a plague (likely greyscale), he says he dearly loved. He still keeps a locket with her picture in it to always remember her... [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and also her preserved hands]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: A clue to his past as a water dancer is the way he still walks lightly on the balls of his feet.

A large port city on the western coast of Essos, Pentos is ruled over by a council of wealthy magisters who elect one of their own as Prince of Pentos. Originally built as a trading outpost of the Valyrians, the initial settlers of Pentos interbreed with the Andal natives of the region freely, making the blood of Old Valyria run weak in its inhabitants.

* MysteriousBacker: First for Viserys then for Daenerys [[spoiler:and also acts as this for Aegon Targaryen]].

A morbidly obese merchant and Magister of Pentos who arranged for Daenerys' marriage to Khal Drogo in the first book and gave her three dragon eggs as a wedding gift. He supports the Targaryens' campaign to regain the Seven Kingdoms and, [[spoiler:following Viserys' death,]] ends up shifting his attention towards helping Daenerys. [[spoiler:Though greed may play a part in his actions, his scheming with Varys hint at deeper motives]].

* AmbitionIsEvil: He's so ambitious, [[spoiler: he's willing to play with the lives of people on two continents to get what he wants. Very willing.]]

* TheCaper: What he and Varys might well have cooked up between them is a take on a two-man fencing con. This one, however, is on a global scale, rather than the simple caper you'd expect to see off any given High Street alleyway. We've a long way to go to the full reveal to judge the actual nature of this, though. But... it ''looks'' like they might be "returning" the Crown of the Seven Kingdoms to the Targaryens [[spoiler: or Blackfyres]] -- for a price. When they seem to have had their fingers all over how the Targaryens lost it to begin with.