1. Illyrio Mopatis
(World of Westeros/People)

... ruling council of merchant-princes of Pentos, Magister Illyrio Mopatis is a massive, yet light-footed man. In his youth, he was an accomplished bravo and water dancer. He sports rings on every finger, ...

2. Varys, The Spider
(World of Westeros/People)

... shows how the master spy maintains his position despite his personal unpopularity and the shifting allegiances of the small council. Varys and Magister Illyrio of Pentos are plotting. Illyrio intends to ...

3. Viserys Targaryen III, Beggar King
(World of Westeros/People)

... bode ill for his house. Viserys can neither make practical plans nor put them into action. Entirely subsidised by Magister Illyrio of Pentos, Viserys demands to be treated deferentially but has no power ...

4. Drogo
(World of Westeros/People)

... earned him his vast khalasar of 40,000 horses and swords and a reputation so fearsome that the magisters of Pentos offered him a great manse within their city. Khal Drogo’s prowess in battle also brings ...

5. Norvos, Free City
(World of Westeros/Cities)

...  Norvos, a city of the East, is one of nine independent city-states collectively called The Free Cities. Lying to the east of Pentos, this continental city is ruled by a theocracy. The rulers are a hereditary ...

6. Myr, Free City
(World of Westeros/Cities)

... located on the Eastern mainland, far to the south of Pentos near the coast of the Sea of Myrth, and ruled by magisters. It has its own language. The people tend to have dark hair and dark eyes.  ...

7. Braavos, Free City
(World of Westeros/Cities)

... city of Pentos, by the Shivering Sea. A giant statue, called the Titan of Braavos, guards the harbor entrance to the city. Braavosi speak a dialect evolved from a corrupted form of Valyrian, which ...

8. Pentos, Free City
(World of Westeros/Cities)

The square brick towers of Pentos were black silhouettes outlined against the setting sun. Dany could hear the singing of the red priests as they lit their night-fires, and the shouts of ragged children ...

9. The Free Cities
(World of Westeros/Geography)

... are significant differences between the geography of the various cities, from the thick forests between Norvos and Qohor, to the rolling hills of Pentos, to the tiny islands of Braavos. The nine city-states ...

10. House Targaryen
(Houses of Westeros/Great Houses)

... prince, the exiled Targaryens hold no lands to speak of. Viserys and Daenerys live on the sufferance of others, such as Magister Illyrio Mopatis of Pentos. Viserys has arranged to trade the last of his ...