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Carcosa is a legendary city in far eastern Essos, on the southeastern shore of the Hidden Sea within the Mountains of the Morn. It's near the City of the Winged Men, a different legendary city situated on the northwestern shore. The sorceror lord claiming to be the 69th yellow God-emperor of Yi Ti lives in exile at Carcosa.

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Carcosa and its yellow emperor are references by George R. R. Martin to Carcosa, a city in "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce, The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, and the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft.

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