Mantarys

Mantarys is a city-state located north-east of the Free City of Volantis and north-west of Slaver's Bay, in the Lands of the Long Summer. It is located at the north-eastern tip of the Sea of Sighs.

Mantarys is the only overland waystop of any note for travellers and merchants taking the land route from the Free Cities to Slaver's Bay.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, Mantarys used to be a city of the Valyrian Freehold. Although it survived the Doom of Valyria, it has since gained a foul reputation as a city of 'monsters'. The road from Volantis to Slaver's Bay is called the 'demon road' and is shunned by most travellers, who prefer to take the sea route south around the Valyrian Peninsular.