East of Westeros and across the Narrow Sea is a huge expanse of land that's very different from the Seven Kingdoms we know. There's no king in Essos, and that means there's no king's law.
Notable locations:
- Vaes Dothrak: This is the main city of the Dothraki people in the middle of the Dothraki Sea. It's where Dany is brought in season six after being captured by the Dothraki at the end of season five.
- Qarth: Dany comes to Qarth in season two with what remains of her people after Drogo's death. It's where she gets (read: takes by force) the funds for her first ship and where her dragons are captured by the warlock Pyat Pree in the House of the Undying — until they barbecue him, that is.
- Astapor: The first city in Slaver's Bay that Daenerys visits after leaving Qarth and sailing west. This is where she acquires the army of the Unsullied and meets Missandei.
- Yunkai: Yunkai is the next stop on Daenerys's tour of Slaver's Bay, and it's where she acquires the support of the Second Sons (led by her future boy toy Daario Naharis) to help take the city and free the slaves inside.
- Meereen: The final city in Slaver's Bay that Daenerys conquers, although it's not as easy as the first two. This is where she runs into her troubles with the Sons of the Harpy, discovers that Jorah used to spy on her for Varys, and is introduced to Tyrion Lannister. Daenerys sets sail from Meereen to Westeros at the end of season six, (finally) leaving Essos behind for good.
- Volantis: Another ancient free city in Essos, west of Slaver's Bay. This is where Jorah runs into (and captures) Tyrion, who's on his way to meet Daenerys with Varys in season five. It's also one of the cities that funds the Sons of the Harpy.
- Valyria: Though it doesn't play much of a part in Game of Thrones, Valyria is packed with enough history to be worth noting. Once the greatest city in the world, Valyria is destroyed hundreds of years before the events of Game of Thrones. Everyone in the city is killed except the Targaryens, who had fled to Dragonstone some time earlier. Much later, Jorah and Tyrion sail through the ruins of Valyria on their way east back to Meereen. They're attacked by Stone Men in Valyria, and Jorah is tragically infected with greyscale.
