A map showing the location of the Axe on the continent of Essos.
The Axe[1] is a region on the continent of Essos, located to the east of Westeros. It is a large, axehead-shaped peninsular extending northwards into the Shivering Sea.
In the books[]
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Axe is a mountainous headland, an extension of the hills and mountains to the south. Norvos maintains mines in this area. Ores are taken by land down to the Darkwash River and thence to Norvos and Qohor.
According to legend, the Andals inhabited the Axe before they migrated further west to Andalos. However, the Axe has changed hands and been recolonized so many times in its history that this is impossible to verify.
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| Westeros |
Beyond the Wall (Land of Always Winter) · Crownlands · Dorne · Gift · Iron Islands · North · Reach · Riverlands · Stormlands · Vale of Arryn · Westerlands |
| Essos |
Bone Mountains · Dothraki Sea · Footprint · Free Cities (Andalos · Axe · Braavosian Coastlands · Disputed Lands · Forest of Qohor · Golden Fields · Hills of Norvos · Orange Shore · Stepstones) · Ghiscar · Hyrkoon · Leng · Lhazar · Red Waste · Sarnor · Shadow Lands · Slaver's Bay · Valyrian peninsula · Yi Ti |
| Sothoryos | |
| Other |
Great Moraq · Ibben (Ib) · Summer Isles · Ulthos |
| Cities |
Braavos · Lorath · Lys · Myr · Norvos · Qohor · Pentos · Tyrosh · Volantis (Selhorys · Valysar · Volon Therys) |
| Ruined Rhoynar cities |
Ar Noy · Chroyane · Ghoyan Drohe · Ny Sar · Sar Mell |
| Border regions | |
| Regions and geography |
Andalos · Axe · Braavosian Coastlands · Flatlands · Forest of Qohor · Golden Fields · Hills of Norvos · Orange Shore |
| Seas |
Lorath Bay · Narrow Sea · Sea of Myrth · Shivering Sea · Summer Sea |
| Rivers and lakes |
Dagger Lake · Rhoyne · Qhoyne |
| Culture |
Archon · Bakkalon · Bravo · Cyvasse · Faceless Men · Freedmen · High Valyrian · Hooded Wayfarer · Iron Bank of Braavos · Lord of Light · Low Valyrian · Magister · Mercenary · Merling King · Moon-Pale Maiden · Pleasure house · Prostitution · Red priest · Slavery · Stone Men · Weeping Lady |