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<p>GoT red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Valyrian Freehold&#039;&#039;&#039; was the dominant empire of the ancient world, ruled from the city of [[Valyria]] on the continent of [[Essos]]. For roughly five thousand years its dragonlords held mastery over much of the known world, until the empire was destroyed in a single day by the [[Doom of Valyria]].<br /> <br /> == Origins ==<br /> The Valyrians began as a humble people who herded sheep amid the Fourteen Flames, a chain of volcanoes on the Valyrian peninsula. There they learned to tame and ride dragons, and with that power they overthrew their neighbors. Their greatest early rival was the [[Ghiscari Empire]], whose cities, including the slave city of Astapor, they conquered and burned, salting Old Ghis so thoroughly that it never rose again.<br /> <br /> == Government and Culture ==<br /> Unlike the kingdoms of [[Westeros]], the Freehold was not ruled by a single king. Power lay with the dragonlord families, the wealthy and noble houses who held dragons, and every freeholder with land was said to have a voice. The Valyrians practiced incestuous marriage to keep their bloodlines pure, worshipped many gods, and built their roads and structures of fused dragon-stone.<br /> <br /> == Fall and Legacy ==<br /> The Freehold ended abruptly in the [[Doom of Valyria]], when the Fourteen Flames erupted and shattered the peninsula. The [[Free Cities]] of Essos, many of them former Valyrian colonies, are its scattered heirs, and [[House Targaryen]] of [[Dragonstone]] survived as the last dragonlords, carrying Valyrian blood and dragons into Westeros.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Game of Thrones]]<br /> [[Category:Lore]]</div>

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