A map showing the location of New Ghis off the coast of Essos.
New Ghis is located in the southeast of the Gulf of Grief, south of Astapor.
New Ghis is a city in the Gulf of Grief, in Essos. It is located on a small island south of Ghiscar and separated from the continent by the Ghiscari Strait, putting it to the south of Astapor and the rest of Slaver's Bay. It is named after the ruined capital of the fallen Ghiscari Empire[1]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, New Ghis is located near the larger island of Ghaen. Much like Volantis once tried to do with the Valyrian Freehold, New Ghis seeks to rebuild the Ghiscari Empire under its leadership.
New Ghis has a powerful army and fleet, and uses elephants in battle. Its legions draw inspiration from the Unsullied warrior-eunuchs, but while the Unsullied are slaves the troops of New Ghis are free men who serve for three-year terms.
In "A Dance with Dragons", New Ghis joins the coalition of Yunkai and other cities against Daenerys, sending six legions, a total of 36,000 soldiers.
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The known world | |
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| Westeros: |
Dorne · Iron Islands · North · Reach · Stormlands · Vale of Arryn · Westerlands · Riverlands · Crownlands (King's Landing) · The Wall & the Gift · Beyond the Wall |
| Essos: |
Free Cities (Disputed Lands · Stepstones) · Valyrian Peninsula · Slaver's Bay · Dothraki Sea · Lhazar · Red Waste · Qarth · Ib · Yi Ti · Asshai & the Shadow Lands |
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| History: |
Ghiscari Empire · Old Ghis · Ghiscari Wars · Liberation of Slaver's Bay |
| Leadership: |
Good Masters (Astapor) · Wise Masters (Yunkai) · Great Masters (Meereen) |
| Culture: |
Slavery · Unsullied · Tokar · Fighting pits · Harpy · Ghiscari language · Sons of the Harpy · Ghiscari religion (Temple of the Graces · Graces) |
