Old Ghis

la Vieja Ghis

Old Ghis was the capital of an empire that dominated eastern Essos before Valyria rose to power. Today it is nothing but ruins beside the Summer Sea, and its fall marks one of the earliest great triumphs of the Valyrian dragons.

Chapter 1

The Ghiscari capital

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Grazdan the Great founded it and made it the center of an empire that, according to some sources, was one of the great powers of the east during the Age of Heroes. It stood on the shores of the Summer Sea, facing Valyria across the Gulf of Grief.

Chapter 2

Ashes and salt

Books only

Five thousand years ago, while Valyria was still young, its dragons burned the city to ash. Afterward its lands were sown with salt, so that no survivor could return. What remains today is ruin.

Gallery

According to the Hielo y Fuego Wiki · Ghis · 2026-07-30

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Where each datum comes from
Position
settlement symbol on the base map
English name
visual reading of the label
Spanish name
name from the published Spanish edition
Label on the base map
715
Symbol
ruin
What was read
Old Ghis
Base map
atlas-known-world-2019.png · Adam Whitehead, Atlas of Ice and Fire

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