Free Bay, formerly known as Slaver's Bay, lay along the shores of the Summer Sea. Because it was hot year-round, some people went their entire lives without ever putting on clothes or shoes.
But lately, it had been getting colder and colder. People had no choice but to dig out their thickest clothes, yet despite the chill, the people here were happy and cheerful.
Under the Dragon Queen's leadership, food production had continued to rise with every season despite the falling temperatures.
Most people had solved their problems of food and clothing, and they sincerely thanked Daenerys.
Those freed slaves at the very bottom of society would bow in worship whenever they saw the three-headed dragon banner. Free Bay had taken on the shape of Targaryen.
But in recent days, a piece of terrifying news had spread through Free Bay—the Dragon Queen was leaving.
The news had thrown everyone into a panic. In their simple minds, once the Dragon Queen left, the slavers would return, and their sky would fall!
Thus, every day at Meereen's harbor, people watched the Dragon Queen's ships as an endless stream of supplies was loaded aboard. Some who saw it could neither eat nor sleep.
"Gods, please don't let our Dragon Queen leave. We need her."
They still remembered how perilous Slaver's Bay had been more than a year ago. Outside, New Ghis, Qarth, Volantis, Arelia, and other militant city-states had tried to destroy the Dragon Queen's rule and enslave the recently freed slaves once more.
Inside, the remaining Sons of the Harpy had preached about the virtues of slavery.
In short, the people of Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor had all been terrified then, as though the sky above their heads were about to collapse.
But then the world suddenly changed. The Dragon Queen sent