The valyrian Freehold

Chapter 7: The Great Empire of the dawn

Authors Note: Once again anything that is in bold came from the books. All the credits and benefits go To George R.R. Martin. I take no credit for anything I've written so far. All my sources on the history of Asshai came from youtube. Here are their channels if you want a better indepth look at Asshai, because by the time I was down with each video I grew more impressed by Mr. Martin's world building.

Sources: A song of Ice and fire: Kingdom of Sarnor by CivilizationEx
sarnor and the fisher Queens of the silver sea by David Lightbringer
The travellors guide to Asshai by In deep geek
Great Empire of the dawn: Dragonlords of ancient Asshai
The travellors guide to old valyria by In deep geek
Dany dragonbinder: She who sounds the horn by David Lightbringer
Who is the harpy by In deep geek
The doom was an inside job( Faceless men Dragaon part 1) by david Lightbringer
The holy Isle of leng (Origins of the green men) by David Lightbringer
The old Gods( Origins of the green men) By David Lightbringer

Okay so now that's out of the way the story continues from the old wives perspective who are telling the story of how Asshai came to be.

"Our story begins when the Great empire of the dawn once ruled over the eastern plains before the long night came and the remaining islands rose to power".

"They were once ruled by the God on earth, the only begotten son of the lion of night and the maiden of light. The rich were once carried in a palaquin carved from a single pearl and carried by a hundred queens, his wives. For ten thousands years they flourished until he ascended to the stars to join his forebearers and his kids rule in turn became shorter. Beasts now hunted the Great Empire borders as the people gave themsleves over to envy, lust, murder, incest, gluttony, sloth, and power".

"The daughter of the opal emperor succeeded him as the amethyst empress envious brother cast her down and slew her, proclaiming himself the bloodstone emperor and begining his reign in terror. He praticed the dark arts and casted down the true Gods to worship a black stone that had fallen from the sky( The scholars of old believed the bloodstone emperor was the first priest of the sinister church of starry wisdom) Which still exist in many ports today"

"They claim it was the blood betrayal, as his usurpation is named, that ushered in the age of darkness called the long night, which ended their dynasty".

"If not for the hero who carried the flaming sword called lightbringer the world would not be here as of today. Many claim that the structures built in the eastern islands was because of the great empire. Their descendants have each given the hero a name that benefits their culture".

"Hyrkoon the hero"

"Azor Ahai"

"Yin tar"

"Neferion"

and lastly the "shadowcastor".

"They say after the long night every tribe of men went it's own way, fearful of all the others, war, lust and murder still endured during those days. It is said that we may very well be the descendents of the Great Empire ourselves for we carry the very genes and appearances of the kings".

"Yi-ti has taken to the name the golden empire. They are ruled by the Gold empress who has two husbands from both ethnic groups. Yi-tsch live in the north and the legi from the south. Each husband is given command of the army and navy. It is punishable by death for those to wonder the lost cities in Leng, for those who always return speak of robbish and monsters of old".

"The island of leng in the jade sea has many forests and jungles that inhabit most of it's terrain. Tigers, monkeys in large and apes as large as giants are said to live their. Humpback apes are as intelligent as humans, so ive been told".