#meereen

[soncee]

My girl was stresingggg with this tokars

[gracielikegrapes]

I know that she spent her childhood in exile, impoverished, living on dreams and schemes, running from one city to the next, always fearful, never safe, friendless but for a brother who was by all accounts half-mad... a brother who sold her maidenhood to the Dothraki for the promise of an army. I know that somewhere upon the grass, her dragons hatched, and so did she. I know she is proud. How not? What else was left her but pride? I know she is strong. How not? The Dothraki despise weakness. If Daenerys had been weak, she would have perished with Viserys. I know she is fierce. Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen are proof enough of that. She has survived assassins and conspiracies and fell sorceries, grieved for a brother and a husband and a son, trod the cities of the slavers to dust beneath her dainty sandaled feet.

[whatsupidontknow]

A WIP that I’m ACTUALLY working on? Unheard of

A little Dany in Meereen. Still looks rough, but hopefully I will clean it up soon 😚

[ilreleonewikiart]

Essos Fashion Studies: Ghiscari Empire

The Green Grace of Astapor  - a noblewoman from Yunkai - Dany in Meereenese attire - One of the Great Masters of Meereen - a City Guard of Yunkai - a Slave Master

"Although little Ghiscari culture survived the Old Empire's collapse, the modern people of Slaver's Bay take great pride in their Ghiscari heritage, referring to themselves as "the sons of the harpy" or the "harpy's sons". The cities each use a harpy as their emblem, similar to Old Ghis. Where the harpy of Old Ghis grasps a thunderbolt in its talons, the harpy of Astapor has a chain with open manacles at either end hanging in its talons,and the harpy of Yunkai grasp a whip and an iron collar in its talons. Although Meereen also uses a harpy as their emblem, it is currently unknown what their harpy has in its talons. The Old Ghiscari tongue has been largely forgotten. Most modern Ghiscari speak in the language of their conquerors, High Valyrian. The dialects of Astapor and Yunkai contain a growl of the old Ghiscari tongue, whereas in Meereen they speak a bastard form of High Valyrian blended with Old Ghiscari tongue. The modern Ghiscari do continue to write with Ghiscari glyphs. Descending from the Ghiscari of old, most Astapori have amber skins, broad noses, dark eyes, and black or dark red hair, or a mixture of red and black hair which is distinctive to the ancient Ghiscari. Astapori warriors of noble birth oil and twist their hair into fantastic shapes like horns, wings, blades, and grasping hands, giving them a demonic look, while other Astapori men might only oil their hair and beard. In Yunkai and Meereen, other nobility oils and twists their hair into multiple shapes as well, using combs, wax, and irons.  The Yunkai'i wear tall helms in order to preserve the stylings. In all three of the slaver cities, freeborn men and women wear tokars, which is a sign of power, as the wearer is required to hold onto the fabric with one hand whilst wearing it.  The fringe on the tokar signifies a person's status."

[thewatcher0nthewall]

If I look back I am lost.

[witchlingcirce]

Meereen is a free city of free men.

[sadlittledrawings]

Daenerys Targaryen, ruling from Meereen

[georgescitadel]

Interviewer: We have watched Daenerys struggle with leadership and how fierce she should be with the people she has vanquished… You know, “Should she kill all the slave masters? How many should live?” and she is stumbling.

George: This is a huge part of A Dance With Dragons. Dany’s attempts to rule in Meereen and the struggles she is having are a major theme of that book. How do you do this? It is not easy. If we all knew the right decision, we wouldn't have the kind of two-party politics that we have. In any society, there are people who think “this is the right way to go,” “no, this is the right way to go,” “we have to be harder,” “we have to be softer,” “we have to go to war,” “we have to make peace.” People look at real history from the benefit of hindsight, but you have to take hindsight off the table and try to think about these issues as of the time. I am trying to give my characters, especially the ruling characters, some difficult problems to solve, and then their own beliefs and their own personality and their own views on what the obligation of a king or lord is to their people comes through.

- George R.R. Martin, New Mexico In Focus