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[[Image:Victor Garcia Blood of My Blood.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Rakharo]] pledges to Daenerys as her bloodrider. Art by Victor Garcia]]
 
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A '''bloodrider''' is a member of a [[Dothraki]] [[Khal]]'s entourage. Part guardian, brother and companion, the bloodriders guard and accompany the ''khal'' in his daily routine, they share what is his, sometimes even his wives but never his horse. Sometimes a bloodrider may also be a ''[[ko]]'', one of the leaders in charge of the [[khalasar]]'s component parts. The bloodriders and their khal refer to each other as "''blood of my blood''".{{Ref|aGoT|36}}
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A '''bloodrider''' are confidants of the ''[[khal]]'' of [[Dothraki]] ''[[khalasar]]s''.  
  
Only a khal can ask a man to become his bloodrider, by saying "''I ask your oath, that will live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm''."
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==Culture==
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Part guardian, brother and companion, the bloodriders guard and accompany the ''[[khal]]'' in his daily routine. They share what is his, sometimes even his wives, but never his horse. Sometimes a bloodrider may also be a ''[[ko]]'', one of the leaders in charge of the ''khalasar's'' component parts. The bloodriders and their ''khal'' refer to each other as "''blood of my blood''".{{Ref|aGoT|36}}
  
Ancient traditions proclaim that when a ''khal'' dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the ''khal'' die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him. Once done, the last service the bloodriders must perform is to escort the khaleesi to [[Vaes Dothrak]] to join the [[Dosh khaleen]], and then they are to join their khal in death.{{Ref|aGoT|36}}
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Only a ''khal'' can ask a man to become his bloodrider, by saying "''I ask your oath, that will live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm''."{{ref|AGOT|72}}
  
==Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen's bloodriders==
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Ancient traditions proclaim that when a ''khal'' dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the ''khal'' die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him. Once done, the last service the bloodriders must perform is to escort the ''[[khaleesi]]'' to [[Vaes Dothrak]] to join the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', and then they are to join their ''khal'' in death.{{Ref|aGoT|36}}
*[[Jhogo]] - the great leather silver-handled whip, blood of her blood.  
 
*[[Aggo]] - the double-curved dragonbone bow, blood of her blood.
 
*[[Rakharo]] - the magnificent [[arakh]] with hilt and handle chased in gold, blood of her blood.
 
  
Traditionally only a [[Khal]] may have bloodriders.  After Khal [[Drogo]]'s and [[Rhaego]]'s deaths and the disintegration of Drogo's [[khalasar]] Daenerys Targaryen asks [[Aggo]], [[Jhogo]] and [[Rakharo]] to be her bloodriders, asking for their oaths, using the same words that a [[Khal]] would.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
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Traditionally only a ''[[khal]]'' may have bloodriders.  After the deaths of Khal [[Drogo]] and [[Rhaego]] and the disintegration of Drogo's ''[[khalasar]]'', [[Daenerys Targaryen]] asks [[Aggo]], [[Jhogo]], and [[Rakharo]] to be her bloodriders, asking for their oaths, using the same words that a ''khal'' would. At first all three refuse, but after witnessing the extraordinary birth of her three [[dragon]]s they swear allegiance to her, declaring her "blood of my blood" just before Daenerys rises amidst the ashes cradling her three newly-hatched dragons.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}
  
At first all three refuse, but after witnessing the extraordinary birth of her three [[dragon]]s they swear allegiance to her, declaring her "blood of my blood" just before [[Daenerys Targaryen]] rises amidst the ashes cradling her three newly hatched dragons.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}
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==Known bloodriders==
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;to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
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*[[Jhogo]]
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*[[Aggo]]
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*[[Rakharo]]
  
==Bloodriders to other Khals==
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;To [[Drogo]]{{Ref|AGOT|11}}
'''To Khal [[Drogo]]'''{{Ref|AGOT|11}}
 
 
*[[Cohollo]]
 
*[[Cohollo]]
 
*[[Qotho]]
 
*[[Qotho]]
 
*[[Haggo]]
 
*[[Haggo]]
  
'''To Khal [[Jhaqo]]'''
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;to [[Jhaqo]]
 
*[[Mago]]{{Ref|AGOT|68}}
 
*[[Mago]]{{Ref|AGOT|68}}
*{unknown}
 
*{unknown}
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
*[[Dothraki]]
 
*[[Khal]]
 
*[[Khaleesi]]
 
 
*[[Dothraki language]]
 
*[[Dothraki language]]
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|They were the khal's brothers, his shadows, his fiercest friends. "Blood of my blood," [[Drogo]] called them, and so it was; they shared a single life. {{Ref|agot|36}}}}
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{{Quote|They were the [[khal]]'s brothers, his shadows, his fiercest friends. "Blood of my blood," [[Drogo]] called them, and so it was; they shared a single life.{{Ref|agot|36}}}} - thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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{{Guards}}
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[[Category:Guards]]
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[[Category:Dothraki culture]]
 
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[[Category:Titles]]
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[[es:Jinete de sangre]]
 
[[es:Jinete de sangre]]
 
[[fr:Sang-coureur]]
 
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[[ru:Кровные всадники]]
 
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[[zh:血盟卫]]
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Revision as of 20:13, 12 October 2017

Rakharo pledges to Daenerys as her bloodrider. Art by Victor Garcia

A bloodrider are confidants of the khal of Dothraki khalasars.

Culture

Part guardian, brother and companion, the bloodriders guard and accompany the khal in his daily routine. They share what is his, sometimes even his wives, but never his horse. Sometimes a bloodrider may also be a ko, one of the leaders in charge of the khalasar's component parts. The bloodriders and their khal refer to each other as "blood of my blood".[1]

Only a khal can ask a man to become his bloodrider, by saying "I ask your oath, that will live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm."[2]

Ancient traditions proclaim that when a khal dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the khal die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him. Once done, the last service the bloodriders must perform is to escort the khaleesi to Vaes Dothrak to join the dosh khaleen, and then they are to join their khal in death.[1]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Traditionally only a khal may have bloodriders. After the deaths of Khal Drogo and Rhaego and the disintegration of Drogo's khalasar, Daenerys Targaryen asks Aggo, Jhogo, and Rakharo to be her bloodriders, asking for their oaths, using the same words that a khal would. At first all three refuse, but after witnessing the extraordinary birth of her three dragons they swear allegiance to her, declaring her "blood of my blood" just before Daenerys rises amidst the ashes cradling her three newly-hatched dragons.[2]

Known bloodriders

to Daenerys Targaryen
To Drogo[3]
to Jhaqo

See Also

Quotes

They were the khal's brothers, his shadows, his fiercest friends. "Blood of my blood," Drogo called them, and so it was; they shared a single life.[1]

- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

References