 This section covers the Essos locations east of the Free Cities that Daenerys Targeryen passes through on her travels in "A Game of Thrones" and "A Clash of Kings" before moving on to Slaver's Bay.Valyria is a peninsula in South-Central Essos, west of Slaver's Bay.Before the Doom of Valyria, it was the seat of the Valyrian Freehold, a massive empire thousands of years old.