Did they not reach Asshai because there own explorations lasted less than 10-15 years? Or did they fail to reach Asshai because they took the much longer eastern route? It is said that Euron should have been months away from Pyke, but shows up very shortly after the death of Balon, Some say this suggests he was expecting his brother would die, but what if he was able to return much sooner because he held knowledge of a much shorter quicker route to pyke from the east? im not positive about this theory but i think it raises some interesting questions. Im not sure how long Lomas Longstrider and the sea snakes eastern adventures lasted but id like to find out and compare that to Euron's exile. In that time he supposedly traveled to Asshai and back and stopped at several places in between. Always highly sensitive to communicable disease outbreaks. 3 Perhaps the hottest story of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Euron left the iron islands after the grey joy rebellion and returned the day after baylons death. The Lands of Always Winter, also called the Land of Always Winter, is a colloquial and not rigidly-defined name given to the lands that lie in the furthest. It is said that there are 'certain things only spoken of in whispers, that can only be found in the black bazzars of asshai.' The ancient people of Asshai are believed to have taught the valeryians how to bind dragons so its possible that the horn from Asshai that Euron Gave to Victarion is authentic if he did in fact sail there. Could this corpse city be the lands of always winter where others and wights dwell? Euron Greyjoy claims to have sailed to Asshai where he obtained the dragon horn that can supposedly bind dragons to his will. Drawing allusions from everything from the Fisher King to Buddhism, The Waste Land was published in 1922 and remains one of the most important Modernist texts to date. Early on in his life, due to a congenital illness, he found his refuge in books and stories, and this is where the classics-studded poem The Waste Land stems from. In the heart of the Shadowlands beyond Asshai lies Stygai, a Corpse city where even shadowbinders fear to tread. Eliot was no stranger to classical literature. That is unless she knows of a shorter, quicker route to Westeros.

That would mean that Melisendre has seen more of the known world than both of these two legendary explorers. Yet heres Melisendre of Asshai hanging out in Westeros. The greatest Westerosi explorers like Lomas Longstrider and the Sea Snake never sailed so far as to reach Asshai. Theres other things that seem to hint at this as well. Looking at the map The shadowlands seem to be far south and across the entire world from the lands of always winter, but this is an unexplored world and im not sure these maps were designed with a true sense of direction.The north and south poles have not been discovered so it's possible that what appears to be north on the map is not in fact true north. If this world of fire and ice is round, it seems possible that these 2 places could be one in the same or at least close in location. No one has explored the land of always winter or the shadow lands.we do not know what lies north and east of those 2 areas.

The land of always winter