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The Old Ghiscari tongue has been largely forgotten. The highborn citizens call themselves sons of the harpy, or the harpy's sons. The cities each have a variation of the harpy of Old Ghis as a symbol. Īlthough little of the Ghiscari culture survived the Old Empire's collapse, the modern people of Slaver's Bay take great pride in their Ghiscari heritage. The "modern" Ghiscari are a mongrel people, descended of the many races enslaved by the Empire and, later, the Freehold, with dense, dark amber skin and wiry hair with red highlights.

After the Doom of Valyria the Ghiscari spread over Slaver's Bay, even founding the city of New Ghis, which seeks to rebuild the Old Empire under their leadership. Some original Ghiscari customs remain, as the colonies of Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen rose to prominence after the destruction of Old Ghis, with their elites styling themselves "Masters" and growing rich and powerful by buying, breeding, training, and trading slaves.

With the empire collapsing, the original Ghiscari bloodline was nearly wiped out, along with its religion, culture and language. The two nations fought five Ghiscari wars, until the Valyrians destroyed Ghis with their dragons. The Ghiscari once ruled the Old Empire from their capital city of Ghis, establishing a civilization that grew into one of the dominant powers of the Known World, until they came into conflict with the Valyrian Freehold.