Harghaz
Harghaz | |
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Aliases |
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Culture | Ghiscari |
Died |
300 AL Meereen |
Book | A Dance with Dragons |
Harghaz was an animal handler in the fighting pits of Meereen.
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
During the reopening of the fighting pits after the fight between the pit fighter Barsena Blackhair and a boar in Daznak's Pit, Drogon appeared and began eating the corpses of the gladiator and the boar that killed her. Harghaz[1] attacked Drogon, his reasons unknown, maybe he had loved Barsena from afar and hated seeing her corpse violated, maybe he heard of the girl Hazzea and wanted to avenge her or maybe he simply wanted the singers to make songs of him. Whatever the reason he attacked and wounded the black dragon and almost succeeded in killing him, but was in the end set aflame by the black dragon who left the arena with Daenerys Targaryen atop him.[2]
To the Yunkai and Meereenese who oppose the rule of Daenerys, Harghaz has become a hero and is called "Harghaz the Hero" by them[3] or "Harghaz the Dragonslayer", even though he did not actually slay the dragon but was killed by the dragon itself.
Quotes about Harghaz
Hizdahr, Humzum, Hagnag, what does it matter? I call them all Harzoo. He was no dragonslayer. All he did was get his arse roasted black and crispy
- Ser Archibald Yronwood on Harghaz
He was brave
- Quentyn Martell, on Harghaz
He died screaming
- Ser Archibald Yronwood on Harghaz
References and Notes
- ↑ Name reference from A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 70 - The Queen's Hand, page 919
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52 - Daenerys IX, pages 697-699
- ↑ Name reference from A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59 - The Discarded Knight, page 784, and also Chapter 70 - The Queen's Hand, page 919