Mezzara Merreq
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 Mezzara Merreq | ||||
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| Title | Cupbearer | |||
| Allegiance | House of Merreq | |||
| Culture | Ghiscari | |||
| Born | Meereen | |||
| Book | A Dance with Dragons (appears) | |||
Mezzara Merreq is a child from the House of Merreq, one of one of the noble ruling families of Meereen.
Appearance and Character
Mezzara is the daughter of the patriarch of her family.[1] She is plump and shy.[1][2]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Queen Daenerys Targaryen has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage. These children are made her cupbearers.[3] Mezzara is one of them.[1]
Daenerys hopes having noble children as hostages will halt the killings, but it does not. However, Daenerys refuses to allow any harm to come to the children. She grows fond of them all, and ignores Skahaz mo Kandaq's counsel to kill one for every death done by the Sons of the Harpy.[4]
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back, the cupbearers continue to serve her husband, King Hizdahr zo Loraq.[5]
Ser Barristan Selmy plots with Skahaz mo Kandaq to seize control of Meereen in the queen's name. Although Skahaz wants to kill the cupbearers in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen, Barristan also refuses to allow any harm to come to the children.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 67, The Kingbreaker.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 55, The Queensguard.