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Dreams and prophecies

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The Prince of Thorns:

[[File:Morgaine le Fee Rhaego TargaryenIIII.jpg|400px|right|thumb|''[[Daenerys Targaryen|Dany]] knew how it went [[Stallion Who Mounts the World|with prophecies]]. They were made of words, and words were wind.''{{Ref|adwd|23}} © Morgainelefee.]]

'''Prophecies, visions and prophetic dreams''' are featured prominently in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. They may deal with either the past, the present, or the future.

==Types of prophetic dreams==
The wise men of the [[children of the forest]] were called greenseers, and their powers included having the [[greensight]]: the ability to have prophetic dreams.{{Ref|acok|28}} They were marked with eyes "as red as blood, or green as the moss on a tree in the heart of the forest".{{Ref|adwd|34}} Beside the children's wise men, at least one [[crannogman]], [[Jojen Reed]], and one [[northman]], [[Bran Stark]], is known to have the greensight.{{Ref|acok|28}}{{Ref|adwd|34}}

Some members of [[House Targaryen]], as well as [[House Blackfyre]],{{Ref|tmk}} are known to have [[dragon dreams]].

==History==
===Ancient prophecy===
====Azor Ahai====
According to prophecy as written down in ancient books of [[Asshai]]{{Ref|aCoK|10}} from over five thousand years ago, the legendary hero [[Azor Ahai]]] is to be reborn again as a champion sent by [[R'hllor]].{{ref|ADWD|10}} The prophecy claims that Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt,{{Ref|asos|25}}{{Ref|Adwd|22}} to wake [[dragon]]s out of stone.{{Ref|adwd|49}} This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world{{Ref|aCoK|10}} and the red star bleeds.{{Ref|asos|25}} It is said that wielding Lightbringer once again, Azor Ahai will stand against the [[Others]],{{Ref|aCoK|10}} and deliver the world from darkness.{{Ref|adwd|27}}

The [[red priest]]ess [[Melisandre]] used the name Azor Ahai and the term "[[the prince that was promised]]"{{Ref|aSoS|54}} interchangeably, although she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often.

===Century of Blood===
====Daenys Targaryen====
[[Daenys Targaryen]], also called "Daenys the Dreamer", was the daughter of Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] of [[Dragonstone]]. Daenys is reputed to have had a gift of prophecy; She wrote the book ''[[Signs and Portents]]'' in which she detailed her visions.{{Ref|AFFC|11}} Aenar and his family survived the [[Doom of Valyria]] because they sold all of their holdings and belongings twelve years before the Doom and left Valyria, moving instead to the [[Dragonstone (island)|island of Dragonstone]] where they claimed the [[Dragonstone|castle by the same name]]. It is believed by scholars that Aenar's decision to relocate his family was based on one of Daenys's visions, in which she predicted the Doom.{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===High Septon during Aegon's Conquest===
During the [[Aegon's Conquest|Conquest]] of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] of [[Oldtown]] locked himself within the [[Starry Sept]]. He prayed for seven days and nights, and took only bread and water for nourishment. When he emerged from the sept seven days later, he announced that the [[Faith of the Seven]] would not oppose Aegon and his sisters, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]]. The High Septon stated that the [[Crone (Seven)|Crone]] had show him that, if Oldtown were to take up arms against the Targaryens, the city would burn and be destroyed. After hearing this prophecy, Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]] refused to march out with his strength, and even opened his gates to Aegon at Aegon's approach. The city was subsequently spared.{{Ref|affc|28}}

===After Aegon's Conquest===
====Children of Maekar I Targaryen====
King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] had six children with his wife, Lady [[Dyanna Dayne]]: [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]], [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]], [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Maekar I)|Daella]], [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], and [[Rhae Targaryen|Rhae]]. Of these six, at least one son was known to have had prophetic dreams,{{Ref|thk}} although all four brothers might have had the ability.

Prince Daeron claimed to consistently dream of events that indeed came to pass. In {{Date|209}}, he confronted Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] before he was to battle Duncan with his father and brother in a [[trial of seven]], and claimed that "''I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, you see. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead.''" Daeron, considering the possibility that this dream was a prediction of his own death, feared Duncan for it and promised to stay on the ground if struck down during the trial.{{Ref|thk}} While Daeron, Aerion, and Maekar survived the trial, Daeron's dream came true when Maekar's brother [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], who had fought on Duncan's side, removed his helm following the battle and revealed parts of his skull missing due to a blow given to him during the battle. As in Daeron's dream ("''[the dragon] had fallen on top of you''"), Baelor (the dragon) towered over Duncan and fell down, with the hedge knight catching him.{{Ref|Thk}}

According to Daeron's brother Aemon, all four brothers dreamt of dragons one time or another.

{{Quote|"The last dragon died before you were born," said Sam. "How could you remember them?" "I see them in my dreams, Sam. I see a red star bleeding in the sky. I still remember red. I see their shadows on the snow, hear the crack of leathern wings, feel their hot breath. My brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one."{{Ref|affc|35}}}}

Although Daeron died from a pox caught from a [[prostitute|whore]],{{Ref|acok|6}} his dreams have been implied<ref group="N">"Never you mind that one, ser. All he does is drink and talk about his dreams."</ref> to have influenced his life-style{{Ref|thk}} (e.g., [[alcoholism]]). His brother Aerion died after drinking a cup of [[wildfire]], believing that doing so would transform him into a dragon,{{fact}} while the youngest sibling Aegon died in a [[Tragedy at Summerhall|fire]] at [[Summerhall]] which Maester [[Yandel]] has linked to Aegon's dream of having dragons fly over Westeros once again.{{Ref|Twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

Although Aegon's dreams of dragons might not have been prophetic, Daeron at least is known to have dreamed that one day the [[dragon]]s, who at the time had been extinct for almost sixty years, would someday return.{{Ref|tmk}} King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] read a prophecy stating the same thing.{{Ref|tmk}} Although Daeron did not live to see it, nearly a hundred and fifty years after the death of the [[last dragons]], three [[dragon eggs]] were hatched in the [[Dothraki Sea]] by [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{Ref|agot|72}} Aemon's believe that dreaming of dragons is what killed his brothers offer the possibility that Aerion, Aegon, or both, might have had a prophetic dream.

====House Blackfyre====
[[Daemon II Blackfyre]], the third-born son of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], had prophetic dreams that he considered to be completely reliable. He predicted the deaths of his two older brothers, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]], in his dreams, although they did not believe him. He further dreamt about the future membership of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] in the [[Kingsguard]], and the hatching of a [[dragon's egg]] at a white castle that he believed to be [[House Butterwell]]'s [[Whitewalls]].{{Ref|TMK}}

Although Daemon was correct about his brothers, who both died during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass Field]], and about Duncan becoming a [[knight]] of the Kingsguard later in life, his interpretation of the hatching of a dragon's egg at Whitewalls was false. Daemon had been convinced that his dream meant that an actual egg would hatch, and thus expected to soon have a real dragon. Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], however, offered a different interpretation, stating that the dream referred to Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who had accompanied Ser Duncan the Tall to Whitewalls disguised as the squire Egg and who had taken out a ring with his father's sigil on it when troubles began, thereby announcing his identity.{{Ref|tmk}}

====Maggy====
In {{date|276}}, during the [[tourney for King Aerys II]] at [[Lannisport]], the maegi [[Maggy]], also called Maggy the Frog, prophecized the futures of [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Melara Hetherspoon]]. Both girls were allowed to ask three questions, with Cersei going first. In response to Cersei's first question ("''When will I wed the prince''"), Maggy replied that she would never be wed to the prince, but instead be wed to "the king". Although Cersei believed this to mean that she would wed "the prince", [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], only after he had ascended the [[Iron Throne]] following the death of his father, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], in fact Maggy's first prophecy came true when Cersei was wed in {{Date|284}} to King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who had won the throne during [[Robert's Rebellion|a war]] in which both Aerys and Rhaegar had been killed. Cersei's second question was a confirmation ("''I will be queen, though?''"), which Maggy confirmed before warning her that she would one day be replaced by a younger, more beautiful queen who would "''cast you down and take all that you hold dear''". Cersei's last question was whether she and the king would have children, to which Maggy replied that the king would have sixteen children, while Cersei would have three.{{Ref|affc|36}} Maggy's prediction on Cersei's children has thus far proven correct. Cersei has given birth to three children during her marriage (none of them fathered by King Robert).{{Ref|agot|Appendix}} The one time Cersei became pregnant by Robert, she had her brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] find a woman to cleanse her, refusing to give birth to Robert's child.{{ref|AGOT|45}} With regards to Cersei's children, Maggy further prophecized that "''gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds''" and claimed that "''when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you''".{{Ref|affc|36}} Maggy's prediction on Robert's children is still unclear. Robert is known to have fathered many [[bastard]]s throughout the realm, although only seven bastard children have thus far been identified in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', while Lord [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]], claims to have knowledge of eight.{{Ref|acok|15}} Regardless, it is generally believed by the fandom that Maggy's prediction is indeed correct, and that Robert has had, in total, sixteen children.

When Melara asked whether she would someday marry Cersei's brother Jaime, Maggy prophecized that she would wed no one, going as far as to say that "''Your death is here tonight, little one. Can you smell her breath? She is very close.''".{{Ref|affc|36}} According to Cersei, this prophecy of Maggy's quickly came true. She tells [[Taena of Myr]] that Melara drowned in a well.{{ref|AFFC|36}} It has been implied that Cersei herself was responsible for Melara's death by pushing her into the well and leaving her there to drown.{{ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===Bran Stark===
While in a coma after he has been thrown from a tower by [[Jaime Lannister]], [[Bran Stark]] begins to experience a prescient dream. The dream depicts both current events (Lady [[Catelyn Stark]]'s journey to King's Landing by ship with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] pleading with King [[Robert I Baratheon]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] reacting to the deaths of the direwolf [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and the boy [[Mycah]]), as well as more prophetic elements, including the "gathering storm" resulting from Catelyn's visit to the south, shadows around Sansa and Arya (one as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound, one armoured like the sun, golden and beautiful, and one a giant in armour made of stone with only darkness and thick black blood in his visor looming over them).{{Ref|aGoT|17}}

Bran's dream ends with a view of the Wall, his [[bastard]] brother [[Jon Snow]], and the lands north of the Wall, and the three-eyed crow telling Bran that he now knows why he has to survive his coma.{{Ref|aGoT|17}}

===Daenerys Targaryen===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s first known experience with a prophetic dream happens a few days before her wedding to Khal [[Drogo]]. The dream starts off with [[Viserys Targaryen]] hitting her, but quickly turns prophetic as she witnesses the hatching of a [[dragon]].
{{Quote|Her thighs were slick with blood. She closed her eyes and whimpered. As if in answer, there was a hideous ripping sound and the crackling of some great fire. When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}}}

Later, when Daenerys is pregnant with her child from Drogo, the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' crones predict her to be the eventual mother of the [[stallion who mounts the world]].{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

====Mirri Maz Duur====
After the stillbirth of her child and the practice of [[bloodmagic]] by [[Mirri Maz Duur]] on [[Drogo]] resulting in an apallic state, Daenerys asks Mirri when Drogo will he as he was. Mirri's reply is considered a prophecy:

{{Quote|When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.{{Ref|aGoT|68}}}}

====Quaithe====
[[Quaithe]] has made prophecies to Daenerys on two separate occasions. The first is an instruction on where Daenerys should go:
{{quote|To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.}}
Daenerys interprets this to mean that Quaithe wants her to go to [[Asshai]]. She asks Quaithe what she can find in Asshai that cannot be found in Qarth, and Quaithe replies "truth".{{Ref|aCoK|40}} A year later, after Daenerys has departed [[Meereen]] on [[Drogon]]'s back,{{ref|adwd|52}} Daenerys considers staying at [[Dragonstone (hill)|the hill]] in the [[Dothraki sea]] on which the [[dragon]] has made his lair. Recalling Quaithe's words ("to go forward you must go back"), which provides her with the resolve to walk back towards Meereen.{{ref|adwd|71}} After Daenerys gets sick and begins to hallucinate, she envisions Quaithe repeating part of her instructions, and adds another: "''Remember who you are, Daenerys. The dragons know. Do you?''"{{Ref|aDwD|71}}

The second is a warning of dangers Daenerys is to face in the near future.
{{quote|"No. Hear me, Daenerys Targaryen. The glass candles are burning. Soon comes the [[Bloody flux|pale mare]], and after her the others. [[Victarion Greyjoy|Kraken]] and [[Moqorro|dark flame]], [[Tyrion Lannister|lion]] and [[Jon Connington|griffin]], the [[Doran Martell|sun's]] [[Quentyn Martell|son]] and the [[Varys|mummer's]] [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|dragon]]. Trust none of them. Remember the [[Undying Ones|Undying]]. Beware the perfumed seneschal."{{Ref|aDwD|11}}}}

====House of the Undying====
Daenerys experiences numerous visions while in the [[House of the Undying]]:{{Ref|acok|48}}

{{quote|"Farther on she came upon a feast of corpses. Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood. Some had lost limbs, even heads. Savaged limbs clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. On a throne above them sat [[Robb Stark|a dead man with the head of a wolf]]. He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a sceptre, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal."{{Ref|aCoK|48}}}}

# A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarfs who serve the house.
# A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a [[Direwolf|wolf's]] [[Grey Wind|head]] sitting on a throne wearing an [[King in the North|iron crown]].
# [[House with the red door|Daenerys's childhood home with the red door]] in [[Braavos]].
# A large stone hall in which dragon skulls hang on the walls. On a towering barbed throne, an old man dressed in rich robes, with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair, telling a man standing below the throne "''Let him be king over charred bones and cooked meat. Let him be the king of ashes''"
# A room where [[Rhaegar Targaryen|a silver-haired man]] resembling [[Viserys Targaryen]] tells [[Elia Martell|the woman]] nursing a child in a bed that their son shall be named [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], and tells her that the child is [[the prince that was promised]] and that his is [[the song of ice and fire]].
# A "splendor of wizards" who falsely claim to be the Undying of [[Qarth]] and offer to teach [[Daenerys Targaryen]] the secret speech of [[dragon]]kind.

Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying Ones, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."

The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by [[Drogon]]:{{Ref|aCoK|48}}
# Viserys's gruesome death.
# A tall lord with [[copper]]-skin and [[silver]]-[[gold]] hair beneath a banner of a fiery stallion, with a burning city in the background.
# A dying prince with rubies flying from his chest, mutters a woman's name with his last breath.
# A blue-eyed king who casts no shadow raises a red sword in his hand.
# A cloth dragon swaying on poles amidst a cheering crowd.
# A great stone beast takes wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadows.
# Daenerys's [[The Silver|silver]] troting through grass to a darkling stream under a sea of stars.
# A corpse standing at the prow of a ship with bright eyes and grey smiling lips.
# A blue flower growing from a chink in a [[Wall|wall of ice]], filling the air with sweetness.

===Jojen Reed===
[[Jojen Reed]] has the [[greensight]], the ability to have prophetic dreams. Although his sister [[Meera Reed|Meera]] believes that the dreams “sometimes” come true, Jojen claims they always do.{{Ref|acok|28}} The green dreams can take strange shapes,{{Ref|acok|35}} making them difficult to interpret.

Jojen has described several of his green dreams. At [[Winterfell]] he told Bran Stark that he had a green dream in which Bran was sitting at supper, with Maester [[Luwin]] bringing the food instead of a servant. While Bran received the king's cut of the roast, the tastiest piece there was, in the dream Bran was able to enjoy his food as much as [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]] were, despite the fact that they had been served meat that was "old and grey and dead".{{Ref|aCoK|28}} Later, Bran learns from Maester Luwin of [[Robb Stark]]'s victory over Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], and the death of Ser [[Stevron Frey]]. While Bran is happy for the victory, he knows that only Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] matters. In contrast, neither Big Walder nor Little Walder seem bothered by their uncle Stevron's death, instead being more concerned about their improved positions in the Frey line of succession.{{ref|ACOK|35}}

One of Jojen's dreams predicts Theon Greyjoy's capture of Winterfell, in which the ironborn are depicted as waves of the sea, while the slain of Winterfell are depicted as drowned men.{{Ref|aCoK|35}}

In another one of Jojen's green dreams, he sees [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]] skinning the faces of Bran and Rickon, who laid dead at his feet.{{ref|acok|35}} After a fashion, this dream later comes true as well, when "Reek" (actually [[Ramsay Snow]]) advices Theon Greyjoy to kill two boys from the [[Acorn Water]] mill, who are around the same age as the missing Bran and Rickon, and presents their corpses as the bodies of the two Stark children. Ramsay later skins the two bodies so the ruse will not be discovered.{{ref|acok|56}}

Jojen further claims to know the date of his death.{{ref|acok|28}}

===The Ghost of High Heart===
The [[ghost of High Heart]], a mysterious dwarf woman, sometimes tells of the future to the [[brotherhood without banners]]. She has shown knowledge of the deaths of [[Renly Baratheon]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Tully]], and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.{{Ref|aSoS|22}}
{{quote|"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells."{{ref|ASOS|43}}|the ghost of High Heart, relating a vision of the [[Red Wedding]], including the playing of [[the Rains of Castamere]], the death of [[Grey Wind]], and the death of [[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)|Jinglebell]]}}

===Red priests===
The [[red priests]], priests of [[R'hllor]], are trained to see visions in the flames of their nightfires. These visions can be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest.{{Ref|asos|43}} It is not always easy to see visions in the flames, however,{{Ref|asos|36}} and the priests do not always succeed.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}{{Ref|asos|43}}{{Ref|acok|10}}

It takes years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even longer to learn to distinguish visions about the past from visions about a certain future and a possible future.{{Ref|asos|63}} Even after such long training, it remains difficult,{{Ref|asos|63}} and even though the visions are never wrong,{{Ref|asos|25}} priests might still err in their interpretation;{{Ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|49}} many priests have been brought down by such incorrect interpretations.{{ref|adwd|31}}

====Melisandre====
The priestess [[Melisandre]] claims to be able to see the future by watching flames.{{fact}} In search of a prophecized prince, she travels to [[Dragonstone]], believing [[Stannis Baratheon]] fits the prophecy.{{fact}} On Dragonstone, Melisandre tells Stannis of two futures she has seen in her flames; One in which Stannis is defeated in [[King's Landing]] by his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], and one in which he sails to Renly's seat, [[Storm's End]], where his brother shall die, and his men will flock to Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} Both visions come true; Renly is slain by an [[shadow assassin|animated shadow]] conjured by Melisandre near Storm's End.{{Ref|aCoK|33}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], fought between Stannis's forces and the forces of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at [[King's Landing]], the Iron Throne receives aid from Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and the forces from the [[Reach]]. During the battle, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]], dressed in the recognizable armor of the deceased Renly, leads the vanguard and plunges through Stannis's army. Renly's former supporters who had joined Stannis after Renly's death, become convinced that their dead lord has returned and abandon Stannis by the hundreds.{{Ref|ACOK|62}} "Renly's shade" kills Ser [[Guyard Morrigen]], who leads Stannis' van.{{Ref|ACOK|62}}

Melisandre accompanies Stannis to the [[Wall]] in the [[north]]. There, her powers are much stronger, and she constantly searches her fires for visions. When she looks into the flames, she sees a "wooden face, corpse white" with a thousand red eyes, accompanied by a boy with a wolf's face. She asks to see Azor Ahai, hoping for Stannis, but sees only [[Jon Snow]] surrounded by skulls, his face changing between that of a man and that of a wolf.{{Ref|aDwD|31}} Shortly after Jon Snow receives a letter announcing the upcoming [[wedding]] of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] to [[Arya Stark]], Melisandre informs him that she has seen Arya in her flames, a grey girl, fleeing from her marriage on a dying horse.{{fact}} However, when the girl arrives at [[Castle Black]], it becomes apparent that, while the girl indeed was fleeing from a marriage on a dying horse, the girl is not Arya Stark, but [[Alys Karstark]], attempting to escape a marriage to her cousin [[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]].{{fact}}

At Castle Black, Melisandre warns Jon that she has seen that three of the nine [[rangers]] he has sent out will die and that she has seen their pale faces with empty sockets, weeping blood in her flames.{{Ref|ADWD|28}} She seems them again later, shortly before the dead rangers are found.{{Ref|adwd|31}} She sees several other visions as well, forming, melting and dissolving into one another: towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide; Skull-shaped shadows that turned to mist; bodies locked together in lust; and great winged shadows wheeled against a blue sky, through curtains of fire.{{Ref|adwd|31}}

====Moqorro====
When asked by [[Tyrion Lannister]] what he sees in the flames of his night fire, the [[red priest]] [[Moqorro]] states that he sees "''Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.''"{{ref|adwd|33}} Moqorro’s claim appears to foreshadow that Tyrion Lannister will play an important role in the conflicts to come involving dragons, whether literal dragons, or figurative dragons. The possible identities of the "old dragon", "young dragon", "true dragon", "false dragon", "bright dragon", and "dark dragon" have been a heavily debated topic in the fandom.

Moqorro further claims to have seen other people in his flames who are searching for [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and although he has seen only their shadows, he identifies one more clearly, describing this person as "''A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood.''"{{ref|adwd|33}} Many readers have identified this person as [[Euron Greyjoy]], based on the fact that the [[kraken]] is the sigil of [[House Greyjoy]], and on the fact that Euron wears an eye-patch over his left eye,{{fact}} which according to Euron's nephew, [[Theon Greyjoy]], is a "black eye shining with malice".<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref> Euron indeed eventually sends out his brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] to find Daenerys and bring her to Westeros.{{fact}}

Moqorro later encounters Victarion, and claims to him that he has seen Victarion and "the glory that awaits you" every night in his fires.{{ref|adwd|67}}

===Jon Snow===
[[Jon Snow]] reveals to [[Samwell Tarly]] while at [[Castle Black]] that he has frequently had a dream in which he is walking through an empty hall, calling out, but unable to find anyone. He says that most nights, he is searching for [[Eddard Stark]] in his dream, though during others, he's looking for [[Robb Stark]], or [[Arya Stark]], or even his uncle, [[Benjen Stark]]. However, the castle is always empty, the ravens have gone from the [[rookery]], and the stables are full of bones. He always ends up in front of the door to the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]] of [[Winterfell]]. Although Jon knows that he has to go down the steps, he does not want to as he is afraid what awaits him below. In the dream Jon screams that he is not a [[House Stark|Stark]] and that the crypts are not his place, but he still has to walk down without something to light his way. As he descends, it gets darker and darker.{{ref|agot|26}}

=== Patchface===
:''See also: [[Patchface/Theories]]''

The [[fool]] [[Patchface]], who resides at [[Dragonstone]], recites cryptic jingles that seem to often have prophetic meaning. Examples include:
*"''It is always summer under the sea. The merwives wear nennymoans in their hair and weave gowns of silver seaweed. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.''"{{ref|acok|prologue}}
*"''The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. "The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.''"{{ref|acok|prologue}}
*"''Fool's blood, king's blood, blood on the maiden’s thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye.''"{{ref|asos|10}}

===Tyrion Lannister===
While travelling in the litter with [[Illyrio]] on their way to the [[Rhoyne]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] has a peculiar dream, although it is unclear whether the dream is prophetic. In the dream, Tyrion he fights in [[Westeros]] besides Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] and Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] while [[dragon]]s fly over the scene. He kills both is father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], and brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. When killing Jaime, Tyrion laughs at every blow he gives his brother. But, he has two heads, and by the time the fight is done, Tyrion realises that his second head is weeping.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

===Jaime Lannister===
[[Jaime Lannister]] has two seemingly prophetic dreams over the course of the series. The first of these dreams takes place after Jaime has left [[Harrenhal]], while he sleeps with his head on a [[weirwood]] stump. He dreams he is in the deepness of [[Casterly Rock]]. He is naked and alone, but has both his hands again. A dozen tall dark figures in cowled robes, who are hiding their faces, hold spears, and refuse to answer Jaime when he demands to know who they are. Instead, with their spears, they force him to descent into the deepness. In his dream, Jaime knows that his doom, which he describes as "something dark and terrible", awaits him below. Jaime eventually reaches a watery cavern deep below Casterly Rock. When he wonders out loud where he is, the voices of all [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] answer that it is his "place". Jaime sees his father, his sister, and his eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. Cersei is holding a torch, which is the only source of light in the cavern. Jaime pleads for her not to leave him alone, and requests a sword when they do turn to leave. His father replies that he has given him a sword, and Jaime sees it under the water. When he holds the sword, the sword catches fire. Brienne appears from the darkness, her hands bound in chains. She is also naked, and asks Jaime to undo her chains. When she asks, a sword appears, which subsequently catches fire as well. From afar, Jaime hears Cersei say that when the flames on the swords go out, they will die, after which she leaves. Brienne questions what lives in the darkness, offering the suggestions of a bear, a cave lion, and direwolves, which Jaime all rejects. They ponder on what to do next, as shadows appear. Jaime recognizes [[Oswell Whent]], [[Jon Darry]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. While Brienne repeatedly states how she swore to keep Jaime safe, the shadow of Arthur Dayne tells her that they all swore an oath, and the shadows blame Jaime for the deaths of Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys and Aegon. That is when the fire of Jaime´s sword starts going out.
{{Ref|aSoS|44}}

Jaime's second dream occurs after [[Siege of Riverrun|Riverrun]] has been handed over to his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], and uncle, [[Emmon Frey]]. He dreams of his mother, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]], although at first he does not recognize her. Joanna asks him if he will forget Tywin as well, and tells her son that Tywin hated being laughed at most of all. Joanna asks Jaime who he is, and tells him that they all dreams of things they cannot have. She tells him "''Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them."'' When Jaime insists that he is a knight and Cersei a queen, a tear rolls down Joanna's cheek. She pulls her hood over her head and walks away, while Jaime calls after her.{{Ref|affc|44}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Prophecy can be a tricky business. <ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P60/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{Quote|Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy ... <ref>George R. R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake" [http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html Adria's News]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{quote|[[Gorghan]] of [[Old Ghis]] once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is . . . and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.{{ref|affc|45}}|[[Marwyn]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}

{{quote|Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.{{ref|ADwD|40}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

==See Also==
*[[Dragon dreams]]
* [[Greensight]]
* The complete list at the [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Prophecies/Category/C138/ Citadel]

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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Daenerys Targaryen

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The Prince of Thorns: Naerys was frail but Dany is strong.

{{See homonyms | Daenerys Targaryen (disambiguation)}}
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| name = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|left]] '''Daenerys Targaryen''' [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Daenerys targaryen by regochan-d7hfi57.png|350px|alt=Daenerys Targaryen, holding a dragon egg]]
| image_caption = Daenerys Targaryen, by Kathryn Steele ©
| reign = {{date|298}}-Present
| coronation =
| othertitles = Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, [[King of Meereen|Queen of Meereen]], [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men|Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men]], [[Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea|''Khaleesi'' of Great Grass Sea]], [[Breaker of Shackles]], and [[Mother of Dragons]]{{Ref|ADwD|2}} [[Prince of Dragonstone|Princess of Dragonstone]]{{Ref|AGoT|11}} [[Kingship|Queen]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]{{Ref|ACoK|48}} [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]]{{Ref|ADwD|Appendix}} [[Protector of the Realm]]{{Ref|ADwD|Appendix}}
| alias = Dany{{ref|AGOT|3}} The dragon's daughter{{Ref|AGoT|68}} ''[[Mhysa]]''{{ref|ASOS|42}} The silver queen{{ref|ADWD|6}} Silver Lady{{ref|AGOT|61}} Dragonmother{{Ref|aCoK|27}} The dragon queen{{Ref|aDwD|25}} Breaker of Chains{{ref|ADWD|22}} [[The prince that was promised]]{{Ref|aFfC|35}} Bride of fire{{ref|aCoK|48}} Daughter of death{{ref|aCoK|48}} Slayer of lies{{ref|aCoK|48}} Child of three{{ref|aCoK|48}} [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] with teats{{Ref|ADWD|22}} [[Azor Ahai]] returned{{Ref|ADWD|22}} The queen across the waters{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
| fullname = Daenerys Targaryen the First of Her Name
| predecessor = Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]] (as head of House Targaryen)
| successor =
| heir =
| queen =
| consort = 1st: ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]] 2nd: [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]]
| spouse =
| issue = [[Rhaego]] (stillborn)
| royalhouse = [[House Targaryen]]
| father = King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]
| mother = Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|284}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aerys II)|Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aerys II)]] calculation.''</ref>
| placeofbirth = [[Dragonstone]]
| dateofdeath =
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| race = [[Valyria]]n
| culture = [[Free Cities]] [[Dothraki]] [[Ghiscari]]
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (POV) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (POV) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (POV) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = [[w:Emilia Clarke|Emilia Clarke]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|Season 8]]
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Princess '''Daenerys Targaryen''', also known as '''Daenerys Stormborn''',{{ref|AGOT|3}} is one of the last confirmed members of [[House Targaryen]], along with her older brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], who refers to her as '''Dany'''.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|46}} She is the youngest child of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. She is one of the major [[POV character]]s in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Daenerys is played by [[w:Emilia Clarke|Emilia Clarke]].<ref name=hbo/>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Daenerys Targaryen|Images of Daenerys Targaryen]]''
A young woman in her early teens, Daenerys has the classical [[Valyria]]n look; She has [[Purple eyes|violet eyes]],{{Ref|AGOT|3}} pale skin,{{Ref|AGOT|46}} and long, pale silver-gold hair.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|ADWD|16}} Daenerys is slender of frame,{{Ref|AGOT|3}} with small breasts.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|ACOK|63}} She is said to resemble Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]], though Daenerys is taller and stronger.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1463/ Naerys Targaryen (March 9, 2006)]</ref> Daenerys has been described as fair,{{ref|ADWD|16}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}}{{Ref|ADWD|70}} and beautiful.{{Ref|ASOS|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|6}}{{Ref|adwd|56}}

Beside the [[Common Tongue]], Daenerys speaks the bastard Valyrian of the [[Free Cities]] with a [[Tyrosh]]i accent,{{Ref|AGOT|54}} and [[High Valyrian]].{{Ref|ASOS|23}} She quickly learns the [[Dothraki language]],{{ref|agot|61}} and the [[Ghiscari]] tongue.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

Daenerys grew up terrified of and abused by her brother Viserys,{{Ref|ASOS|27}} and was regarded as fearful and furtive by [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]].{{Ref|ADWD|5}} She grows more confident in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', however, and her followers generally regard her with great respect and love, and [[Jorah Mormont]] and [[Barristan Selmy]] have compared her to her deceased brother, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]],{{Ref|AGOT|61}}{{Ref|ACOK|27}}{{Ref|ASOS|42}} who had been valiant, honorable, and noble,{{ref|ASOS|23}} and is still fondly remembered in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|ASOS|23}}

As she was raised in exile, never staying long as one place, Daenerys has never truly known a place to call home. Though she describes the fragrance of the Western Market at [[Vaes Dothrak]] with smelling "of home", they in fact remind of her her days spent in several of the [[Free Cities]] as a small child.{{Ref|AGOT|54}} Among the [[Dothraki]], she feels safe, loved and hopeful for the first time.{{Ref|AGOT|64}} The [[house with the red door]] in [[Braavos]], where she lived until she was about five years old, has come to symbolize her lost childhood,{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|54}} and she frequently wishes to return there.{{ref|asos|71}}{{Ref|ADWD|2}}{{ref|ADWD|11}}{{Ref|ADWD|52}} Though she has never seen [[Westeros]] and cannot remember [[Dragonstone]], she believes that the [[Iron Throne]] is her by rights, as Viserys's heir, and that ruling the Seven Kingdoms is her duty. Daenerys abhors [[slavery]]{{ref|adwd|23}} and is willing to put the needs of her people before her own desires.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

Daenerys loves the sea, as it makes her feel free, as well as the sailors and their songs and stories.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} She also loves to read children's stories and songs from the Seven Kingdoms about hall and handsome heroes.{{Ref|ASOS|71}} She enjoys heat, preferring her baths scalding hot.{{ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

Descending from [[dragonlords]], Daenerys dreams of [[dragon]]s.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|AGOT|23}} Though Daenerys is familiar with the [[Faith of the Seven]],{{Ref|Asos|71}}{{Ref|ADWD|52}} and believes in the existence of gods, she does not appear to follow a particular faith.{{Ref|asos|71}}{{Ref|Adwd|52}}{{Ref|AGOT|68}}

Daenerys sometimes dresses in Dothraki garb; a painted vest{{Ref|AGOT|23}} and riding leathers,{{Ref|AGOT|23}} while going about barefoot,{{Ref|AGOT|23}} with her hair oiled{{Ref|AGOT|23}}{{Ref|AGOT|36}} and her skin sun-browned.{{Ref|AGOT|36}} Her other Dothraki attire includes silk or horsehair pants, woven grass sandals, a medallion belt, and her painted vest.{{Ref|ACOK|63}}{{Ref|asos|8}}{{Ref|asos|27}} She often wears silver [[Bells (Dothraki)|bells]] in her braided hair per Dothraki custom, one for each of her victories.{{ref|ACOK|63}}{{ref|ASOS|23}}{{ref|ASOS|42}}{{ref|ASOS|57}} Daenerys also owns a [[Qarth]]een gown which leaves one breast bare,{{Ref|ACOK|40}} several [[Ghiscari]] ''[[tokar]]s'',{{Ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|36}} and a musty-smelling ''[[hrakkar]]'' cloak.{{ref|ACOK|12}}

==History==
[[File:Edriss young Dany&Viserys.jpg‎‎‎|Young Dany and [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] - by Jacqui Davis ©|thumb|250px|left]]
Daenerys is the youngest child of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Daenerys was conceived during the last month of [[Robert's Rebellion]], the war which ended [[House Targaryen]]'s reign over the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Shortly thereafter, her mother was sent with the young prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to the family ancestral seat of [[Dragonstone]] to escape the rebel army which was marching towards [[King's Landing]]. Daenerys was born nine months after their flight, while a great storm raged above Dragonstone, sinking what remained of the Targaryen fleet; for this reason she is known as "Daenerys Stormborn".{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Her mother died in labor,{{Ref|AGOT|3}} but not before naming her.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref>

The war had been lost shortly after Rhaella had fled the city, after which [[Robert I Baratheon]] had claimed the throne. With Aerys, his eldest son [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], and Rhaegar's young children [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] dead, Daenerys and her older brother Viserys were the only known living Targaryen heirs. As Viserys had been crowned king on [[Dragonstone]] by their mother before her death,{{Ref|awoiaf| Rhaella Targaryen}} Daenerys received the title "[[Princess of Dragonstone]]" as Viserys's heir.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Robert's brother, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], had built a new fleet for the Baratheon's, and was planning to [[assault on Dragonstone|assault Dragonstone]]. With the Targaryen fleet destroyed by the storm during which Daenerys had been born, the garrison at Dragonstone planned to sell the Targaryen children to Robert. However, before they could act on this plan, Ser [[Willem Darry]] and several other loyal retainers rescued the children and smuggled them into exile, sailing to the [[Free City]] of [[Braavos]]. There, they lived for years in a [[house with the red door|house with a red door]], where Daenerys had her own room, and a lemon tree underneath her window. Willem was old and sickly, but Daenerys remembers that he always treated her kindly.{{Ref|aGoT|3}} When Daenerys was five years old, Willem fell sick and slowly wasted away.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Daenerys Targaryen}} After his death, the servants he had hired stole all they could.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} The young Targaryens were put out of the house a while after. As they were forced out, Daenerys wept.{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

Viserys and Daenerys left Braavos, and wandered the [[Free Cities]] for years. They visited nearly all the Free Cities, including [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]], [[Qohor]], [[Volantis]], and [[Lys]],{{Ref|AGOT|3}} and returned to [[Braavos]] at least once.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} While at first they were welcomed by [[magister]]s and [[archon]]s and merchant princes, with time their interests in the last Targaryens decreased. Daenerys and Viserys had to sell their last few treasures, and eventually their mother's crown.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Selling their mother's crown took the last of Viserys's joy, leaving only rage.{{Ref|AGOT|27}} Daenerys remembers how Viserys once feasted the [[Golden Company]], hoping they would take up his cause, but to no avail.{{Ref|ADWD|16}} Considering himself to be the rightful ruler, Viserys grew bitter and obsessed with the birthright he had been denied. Daenerys was a frequent target for his frustrations. He had never forgiven her for their mother's death in childbirth, and frequently warned her not to "wake the dragon" by angering him.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Once, when Daenerys and Viserys were on their way to Braavos by ship, Daenerys expressed to her brother how fine it would be to be a sailor. Angry, Viserys twisted her hair until she cried.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} Because Viserys had often told her that their line must be "kept pure", Daenerys had grown up always believing that she would marry Viserys once she came of age.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Though Viserys's growing bitterness made their relationship more troubled, Daenerys also has fond memories of her brother from times when he had not yet been so angry. He let her crawl into bed with him and told her stories about the [[Seven Kingdoms]],{{Ref|ASOS|8}} about their family{{Ref|ASOS|8}} and their history,{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|11}} their dragons,{{Ref|AGOT|23}} and [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|64}} Almost everything Daenerys knew about Westeros she learned from Viserys, making her feel as if she knew what it was like without ever having been there.{{Ref|AGOT|54}} Viserys was intent on reclaiming their father's throne, and promised Daenerys a thousand times that he would take her back to Westeros,{{Ref|AGOT|54}} and that their lives would be much better once he had.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} Viserys also told her about siege towers,{{Ref|asos|57}} and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

In {{Date|297}}, Viserys and Daenerys were taken in by [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]] in the Free City of [[Pentos]], who offered his help in reclaiming the [[Iron Throne]] for Viserys. They have lived with Illyrio for almost half a year.{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Dany Jorah Kneeling.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Jorah Mormont]] pledges to Dany - by Amok ©]]
[[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]] arranges a marriage between the powerful [[Dothraki]] [[Khal]] [[Drogo]] and Daenerys, in return for the promise of an army for Viserys to conquer the [[Iron Throne]] with. Though Daenerys does not want the marriage, Viserys is insistent.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Daenerys and Drogo are wed outside of the walls of Pentos. At her wedding, Daenerys receives multiple bride gifts, including three petrified [[dragon egg]]s from Magister Illyrio, three handmaidens ([[Irri]], [[Jhiqui]], and [[Doreah]]) from her brother, and [[The silver|a magnificent silver filly]] from Drogo. She is frightened by the seemingly barbaric Dothraki culture and has absolutely no way of communicating with Drogo, as they do not speak each other's languages. After the wedding ceremony is over, Drogo leads Daenerys away from the ''[[khalasar]]'' to consummate their marriage. Daenerys is terrified, but Drogo proves to be surprisingly tender and considerate. He lets Daenerys know that he understands one word in her tongue ("no"), and touches her gently and gradually. Only after she gives him her consent, they have sex.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

The day after the wedding, the ''khalasar'' leaves Pentos. Although she is accompanied by both Viserys and the exiled [[knight]] Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], who has sworn his sword to Viserys, Daenerys feels lonely. Her entire body hurts from spending her days on horseback, and her nights with Drogo. On the night that Daenerys decides she cannot go on anymore, she dreams about a black [[dragon]]. The flames of the dragon cleanse her and make her feel strong and new and fierce. From that night onwards, life among the Dothraki begins to come more easily to her. She begins to enjoy her surroundings, and grows more confident. She also dares for the first time ever to fight back against Viserys when he attacks her in a rage. She shoves him away, realizes that Viserys is a pitiful thing, and would make a terrible king. When she discusses this with Jorah Mormont, she is shocked to learn how badly Jorah thinks about Viserys. When Drogo arrives in her tent that night to take his pleasure, Daenerys leads him outside, as the Dothraki believe that everything of importance happens must be done beneath the bare sky. Daenerys initiates sex with Drogo, and her new-found confidence and strength mark the beginning of a loving relationship between them.{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

[[File:Dany and silver in the Dothraki Sea.jpg|350px|left|thumb|Daenerys in the early stages of pregnancy riding [[her silver]] in the [[Dothraki sea]] - by Nyph-Atzbel ©]]
The ''khalasar'' travels to [[Vaes Dothrak]]. They pass through [[Ghoyan Drohe]], [[Norvos]], [[Qohor]], [[Vaes Khadokh]], and southern [[Sarnor]].{{Ref|tloiaf| Journeys}} On the far end of the [[Dothraki sea]], on her fourteenth nameday, Daenerys reveals that she is pregnant.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} The ''khalasar'' arrives at Vaes Dothrak, and Mormont informs Daenerys about the chances the Dothraki would have against the Westerosi armies. That evening, Daenerys and Viserys argue. When he grabs her, she hits him with a belt, and orders him to leave.{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

In [[Westeros]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] has learned of Daenerys's marriage to Drogo from Jorah Mormont, who is in the employment of Lord [[Varys]], Robert's [[master of whisperers]]. Though his [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], protests against the notion of killing Daenerys, calling her an innocent child, Robert nonetheless fears that Daenerys will soon start breeding more "dragonspawn", and that Viserys will cross the [[narrow sea]] with a horde of Dothraki. Eddard convinces him that the Dothraki are not likely to cross, and that they can easily defeat them if they do.{{Ref|agot|12}} The matter is laid to rest, but is brought up again when a report from Jorah arrives in [[King's Landing]], informing the [[small council]] that Daenerys is pregnant. Robert wants Viserys, Daenerys, and her child killed, and while Eddard and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] protest, the rest of the council agrees with Robert. In the end, it is decided that Varys will quietly let it become known that whoever kills Daenerys, her child, and Viserys will be given a [[lord]]ship.{{Ref|AGOT|33}}

At Vaes Dothrak, Daenerys is presented to the dosh khaleen, and takes part in a ceremony for her unborn child, where she eats a raw [[stallion heart]]. The ''dosh khaleen'' predict that Daenerys will have a son, who will be "the [[stallion who mounts the world]]", a long-prophesied leader destined to unite the Dothraki into a single ''khalasar'' and conquer the world. Daenerys chooses the name [[Rhaego]] for her son, after her eldest brother, [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]].{{Ref|AGOT|46}} Following the ceremony is a feast, where Mormont tells Daenerys that Viserys had planned to steal and sell her dragon eggs, which he had prevented. A drunk Viserys arrives late at the feast. Having grown increasingly impatient for Drogo to give him his army and his crown, Viserys arrives carrying a blade, which is forbidden in [[Vaes Dothrak]]. He threatens both Daenerys and her unborn child. Daenerys translates for Drogo, who tells Viserys that he will give him his crown. While his [[bloodriders]] take hold of Viserys, Drogo melts the golden medallions from his belt, and pours the molten gold over Viserys's head, giving him his golden crown. Daenerys calmly watches as Viserys pleads with her. He dies screaming.{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

Now the last remaining Targaryen, Daenerys believes her family's throne should be conquered for her unborn son and attempts to persuade Drogo to invade the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. However, Drogo has no interest in doing so, until Daenerys is rescued by Jorah Mormont from drinking poisoned wine at the Western Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]]. They learn that King Robert I Baratheon has promised a lordship and lands to whoever kills Viserys, Daenerys, and her child. Furious, Drogo vows to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for his son.{{Ref|aGoT|54}} Drogo leads his ''khalasar'' south, planning to take captives to sell at the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]] in exchange for ships. They encounters a [[Lhazareen]] town, which is under attack by the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Ogo]]. They battle, and Drogo is victorious. Though most of Ogo's riders have fled, Jorah Mormont estimates that there are ten thousand captives. Daenerys is disgusted and disturbed by the sight of the Dothraki raping women, and eventually orders every rape she sees stopped, claiming the women as her own slaves to protect them. Though this angers Drogo's riders, Daenerys refuses to give them back. Drogo is pleased by Daenerys's boldness, and allows her to keep her slaves.{{ref|AGOT|61}}

Drogo is injured, but the healers are occupied elsewhere. When Daenerys insists that Drogo's cuts are seen to immediately, a Lhazareen godswife, [[Mirri Maz Duur]], offers her service. Drogo's [[bloodrider]]s call the woman a ''[[maegi]]'', but Drogo agrees to accompany Mirri inside the temple, supported by Daenerys, where Mirri tends to his wounds. Afterwards, Daenerys asks Mirri to be her midwife when she goes into labor.{{Ref|AGOT|61}} Mirri's poultice itches and burns Drogo, and he eventually tears it off, replacing it with a mud plaster. However, his wound festers, and he grows weaker and weaker until he falls from his horse. Daenerys realizes the danger in this, as a khal who cannot ride cannot rule, according to the Dothraki. Daenerys orders Drogo's bloodriders to make camp, and to pretend the command came from Drogo. She also orders Mirri Maz Duur to be brought to her. Though Qotho protests every order she gives, he leaves to fetch Mirri. Daenerys has Drogo brought into his tent, and learns that rumors of Drogo's fall are spreading through the camp when Jorah arrives. Daenerys begs Jorah to help Drogo. When they are alone, Jorah removes the mud plaster from Drogo's wound, concluding that Drogo is "as good as dead". He urges her to flee, as a power struggle among the ''[[kos]]'' will follow Drogo's death, and the victor is likely to kill Rhaego, while Daenerys will be forced to join the dosh khaleen. Daenerys refuses to leave Drogo. She protects Mirri from Qotho and [[Haggo]], and sends Jorah to go fetch his armor, in case of trouble. Daenerys asks Mirri to heal Drogo using [[blood magic]]. Mirri warns her that some claim that death would be cleaner, and that "only death may pay for life", though she reassures Daenerys that her life is not the payment. As part of the ritual, Drogo is placed in a bath, and his horse is slain so its blood can mix with the water in the tub. Daenerys is told to prevent anyone from entering the tent during the ritual. As Mirri sings her spells, battle erupts between Drogo's bloodriders and Daenerys's ''khas''. Rhaego begins to kick wildly inside Daenerys, and she goes into labor as men are dying around her. The birthing women refuse to attend Daenerys, and when someone suggests Mirri, Jorah lifts Daenerys up in his arms and carries her into the tent. Daenerys is too weak to protest.{{Ref|aGoT|64}}

[[File:MKomarck DaenerysTheUnburnt.jpg|thumb|350px|Daenerys the Unburnt with hatched dragons - by Michael Komarck ©]]
Daenerys wakes days later, after several fever dreams, with one of her dragon eggs in her arms, as she had requested during one of her short waking moments. [[Rhaego]] was stillborn and malformed, Daenerys learns, and had been dead for months according to Mirri, even though Daenerys had felt him strong and alive shortly before her labor had begun. Mirri reveals that Rhaego's death was the true price of the blood magic. Drogo's ''khalasar'' is gone, split into two new ''khalasars'' belonging to Khal [[Pono]] and Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Although Drogo still lives, he is in a catatonic state. Daenerys demands to know when Drogo will be as before, and Mirri replies ''"When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before"''. She reveals that it had been wrong of Drogo's ''khalasar'' to burn her temple, and that Rhaego's death means that the stallion who mounts the world is now unable to burn cities or trample nations into dust.{{Ref|AGOT|68}}

Daenerys orders Mirri arrested. She attempt to get a response from Drogo by pleasuring him and speaking to him, but realizes that he is truly gone.{{Ref|AGOT|68}} She euthanizes him,{{Ref|AGOT|68}} and has the remaining Dothraki build him a funeral pyre. She declares herself to be a queen, and states they are her ''khalasar'' now. She frees the slaves, names Jorah as a knight of her [[Queensguard]], and [[Jhogo]], [[Rakharo]], and [[Aggo]], the three men from her ''[[khas]]'', as her ''[[ko]]s'', ignoring their refusal to be bloodrider to a woman. Daenerys places her three dragon eggs onto Drogo's funeral pyre, beside his body. She also has Mirri bound to the pyre, claiming "only death can pay for life". Drogo's pyre is lit when the first star, a fire [[red comet]], is seen in the sky. Once the entire pyre is afire, Daenerys walks into the flames. The next morning, when the flames have gone out and the ground has cooled down, her new ''khalasar'' finds her amidst the ashes, naked but unharmed, holding three living newly-hatched [[dragons]], the first dragons alive since {{Date|153}}. They all kneel and swear their oaths to Daenerys, more loyal to her than they had ever been to Drogo.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Daenerys names the three dragons [[Viserion]] (after her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]), [[Rhaegal]] (after her brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]), and [[Drogon]] (after [[Drogo]]).{{Ref|ACOK|12}} Daenerys had decided to follow the [[red comet]]. Although the Dothraki are convinced that it is an ill omen, Daenerys believes that it a herald of her coming, which points in the direction in which she must travel. However, she is aware of the fact that the comet's direction was the only direction in which they could have gone; To the north were too many ''khalasars'', to the south the [[Lhazareen]], and to the east [[Pono]]'s ''khalasar'', all hostile to them. She leads her people east, through the [[red waste]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
[[File:Daenerys by carrie best.jpg|thumb|350px|Daenerys in a [[Qarth]]een dress - by Carrie Best ©]]
They eventually arrive in an abandoned city, which Daenerys dubs [[Vaes Tolorro]]. While her ''khalasar'' recovers from the terrible journey through the desert, Daenerys sends out her bloodriders to scout in every direction. [[Aggo]] and [[Rakharo]] return without hopeful news, and Daenerys begins to fortify Vaes Tolorro, in case of enemies. After a long time, [[Jhogo]] returns accompanied by three citizens from the city [[Qarth]]: the merchant [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], the warlock [[Pyat Pree]], and the shadow-binder [[Quaithe]] of [[Asshai]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They escort Daenerys and her ''khalasar'' to Qarth, where Xaro invites them to stay in his palace.{{Ref|ACOK|27}} Daenerys learns of the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and the [[War of the Five Kings|unrest]] in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|ACOK|27}}

Daenerys visits the [[Pureborn]] of Qarth, hoping to convince them to help her in her conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. They refuse her, however. On her way back to Xaro's palace, Daenerys sees Quaithe, who urges Daenerys to travel to [[Asshai]]. Xaro proposes marriage to Daenerys, which Daenerys finds amusing as she has found Xaro completely uninterested in the charms of women. Jorah warns her that according to Qartheen marriage customs, Xaro would be within his rights to ask a dragon of Daenerys if they were to wed, and Daenerys would not legally be able to deny him. Not knowing where else to turn, Daenerys decides to go to the warlocks.{{Ref|ACOK|40}}

Daenerys goes to the [[House of the Undying]], where [[Pyat Pree]] gives her [[shade-of-the-evening]], after which she enters the building alone. Inside, Daenerys sees several strange visions. When she reaches the hall of the [[Undying]], they tell her that she will light three fires (one for life, one for death, and one to love), ride three mounts (one to bed, one to dread, and one to love), and face three betrayals (one for blood, one for gold, and one for love). More visions follow as the Undying attack her. [[Drogon]] sets the Undying Ones on fire, allowing Daenerys to flee. The [[Palace of Dust]] burns down. Outside Daenerys is attacked by Pyat Pree, but Jhogo, Rakharo and Drogon save her.{{Ref|ACOK|48}}

The destruction of the Palace of Dust turns the Qartheen against her. Xaro warns Daenerys that Pyat Pree is gathering warlocks against her, and after she refuses to marry him once more, suggests that she should leave Qarth. He offers to give her ships in exchange for a dragon, and when Daenerys refuses, insists she leaves his palace. Daenerys visits the docks of Qarth to seek passage on a ship for herself, her ''khalasar'' and her dragons, but is frequently refused. Jorah warns her that they are being followed by two strangers. When a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] gives her a box containing a [[manticore]] with the purpose of killing her, one of the strangers knocks the manticore aside before it can sting her. The two strangers, [[Belwas]] and [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]], inform Daenerys they had been sent to Qarth by Magister Illyrio with three ships to escort Daenerys and her party back to [[Pentos]]. Daenerys renames the ships ''[[Vhagar (ship)|Vhagar]]'', ''[[Meraxes (ship)|Meraxes]]'' and ''[[Balerion (ship)|Balerion]]'', after the [[dragon]]s of [[Aegon I Targaryen]] and his sister-wives, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], and sets sail for Pentos.{{Ref|aCoK|63}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
On their way to [[Pentos]], Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] convinces Daenerys to change course to [[Astapor]], one of the [[slave]] cities of [[Slaver's Bay]]. Mistrustful of Illyrio's motives, he believes it wise to purchase [[Unsullied]] before traveling to Illyrio, so Daenerys has an army loyal to her. He kisses her and professes his love for her, telling her that he could be one of the three heads of the dragon, as her husband.{{Ref|aSoS|8}} Lonely since Drogo's death, Daenerys one night takes her maid [[Irri]] as a lover.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} In Astapor, Daenerys visits the [[Plaza of Pride]], where the rude [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]] informs Daenerys about the capabilities of the Unsullied. As Daenerys pretends she cannot understand [[High Valyrian]], Kraznys's scribe [[Missandei]] translates his rude remarks into respectful statements.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Though Arstan Whitebeard counsels against using slaves,{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Daenerys informs the [[Good Masters]] that she wishes to purchase all eight thousand six hundred Unsullied, as well as the five thousand boys still in training, in exchange for all her goods, ships, and [[Drogon]].{{Ref|ASOS|27}} The slavers agree, and give her Missandei as a gift. On their way back to the ship, Daenerys frees Missandei and gives her the option to leave her service, revealing her ability to understand and speak High Valyrian. Missandei decides to stay with Daenerys. That night, Daenerys is visited by Quaithe again, who urges her once more to go to [[Asshai]].{{Ref|ASOS|27}}

The next day, Daenerys goes to purchase her Unsullied. After assuming command of the soldiers, Daenerys betrays the [[Good Masters]]. She orders [[Drogon]] to attack the slavers and her Unsullied to [[Sack of Astapor|conquer the city]].{{Ref|ASOS|27}} Daenerys frees all slaves, and leaves a council to rule the city.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} She frees her Unsullied as well, and most decide to serve her as free men. With her new army, Daenerys marches to [[Yunkai]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}} Aware of the [[Sack of Astapor]], Yunkai hires two sellsword companies, the [[Stormcrows]] and the [[Second Sons]], to strengthen their own slave army of four thousand strong. Daenerys meets with an envoy from Yunkai, as well as with the captains from the sellsword companies. Though two of the captains of the Stormcrows are quick to refuse Daenerys, the third, [[Daario Naharis]], is more polite. [[Mero]], the captain of the Second Sons, behaves extremely rude in Daenerys's presence. She offers to pay more than Yunkai, and gifts him with enough wine for him and his sellswords when he promises to consider her offer. The Yunkish envoy, [[Grazdan mo Eraz]], is the last to arrive. He offers Daenerys gold, but she refuses, and informs him that Yunkai has three days to free their slaves. If they do not, she will sack the city.{{Ref|ASOS|42}}

Once the envoy from Yunkai has left, Daenerys reveals that she plans to attack the city that same night, while the Stormcrows are still arguing over her offer, the Second Sons are drunk on the wine she gave them, and the Yunkai'i believe they still have two more days. Shortly before the attack begins, Daario Naharis walks into the Targaryen camp. He presents Daenerys with the heads of [[Prendahl na Ghezn]] and [[Sallor]], his fellow captains, and pledges the Stormcrows to her service.{{ref|ASOS|42}} While her army attacks Yunkai, Daenerys remains in the camp, and discusses her brother Rhaegar with Arstan. Her soldiers win the battle; Though Mero has escaped, thousand others are taken captive, and Daenerys agrees that any slave or sellsword who will swear loyalty to Daenerys are to be spared. Daenerys marches the last few leagues to Yunkai, and waits until the morning of the third day, when the city gates open and the slaves from Yunkai emerge, hailing her as "Mhysa", meaning "Mother" in [[Ghiscari]].{{Ref|ASOS|42}}
[[File:SurrenderOfMeereen by StephenNajarian.jpg|thumb|500px|The Surrender of [[siege of Meereen|Meereen]] - by Stephen Najarian ©]]
Daenerys marches further north, to [[Meereen]]. In preparation for her arrival, the Meereenese retreat behind the walls of their city after stripping their lands clean. In addition, they have nailed a hundred and sixty-three slave children onto the mileposts placed on the coast road between Yunkai and Meereen. Daenerys encamps her host, now more than eighty thousand strong (though fewer than a quarter are warriors), outside of the walls of Meereen. [[Belwas]] fights against [[Oznak zo Pahl]], the "hero of Meereen", and easily slays him. [[Ben Plumm]], the new commander of the Second Sons, suggests entering the city through the sewers, but Daenerys does not consider it a promising idea. She takes [[Missandei]] and Arstan into the camp of her freedmen, where she is attacked by Mero, who had been hidden among her freedmen while awaiting an opportunity to kill her. Arstan saves her life, killing Mero in the process. However, Jorah questions Arstan's ability, causing Arstan to reveal he is Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], formerly of the [[Kingsguard]]. Barristan further reveals that Jorah has served the Iron Throne as a spy, giving them information about Viserys and Daenerys ever since her wedding to Drogo. Daenerys is furious and feels betrayed by both of them.{{Ref|ASOS|57}} She sends them into the sewers of Meereen as part of her plan to take the city, half hoping that they'll die in their attempt. While her army breaks the gates of the city from the outside, and her archers fire arrows at the city's defenders, Jorah, Barristan, Belwas and nineteen others enter the city through the sewers to free the slaves, who then revolt.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

With Meereen taken, Daenerys has one hundred and sixty-three of the [[Great Masters]] nailed on posts on the plaza in front of the [[Great Pyramid]]. Though she is able to pardon Barristan Selmy, she finds herself unable to do the same for Jorah Mormont. Instead, she exiles Mormont, and warns him that he'll be killed if he returns to the city. Daenerys learns that the council she had previously installed in Astapor to rule the city has been killed and replaced by [[Cleon|a former butcher]] who has declared himself king, and enslaved all the former nobility. In addition, Yunkai is gathering new levies and sending out envoys to form alliances against Daenerys. Daenerys decides that she cannot leave Meereen to suffer the same violent fate as Astapor, and informs her captains that she will stay in Meereen to learn how to rule as a Queen over one city, before conquering the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

In the meantime, word of a three-headed dragon having hatched in Qarth reach [[King's Landing]], and are reported to the [[small council]] by Lord [[Varys]].{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
By now, news of Daenerys's dragons and [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|her campaign]] are starting to reach [[Westeros]]. Several acolytes of the [[Citadel]] discuss the stories they have heard; Sailors speak of dragons in [[Asshai]], [[Qarth]], and [[Meereen]], dragons among the [[Dothraki]], and dragons freeing [[slave]]s. Though all the tales differ in details, all speak of dragons and a beautiful young queen.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} [[Alleras]] points out that, though [[Viserys Targaryen]] is dead, Daenerys is still alive. [[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Leo Tyrell]] informs the acolytes that Daenerys has, in fact, hatched herself three dragons.{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

In [[Dorne]], [[Arianne Martell]] recalls having heard stories about dragons in [[Qarth]] and a slave revolt in [[Astapor]].{{Ref|AFFC|21}} In [[King's Landing]], [[Aurane Waters]] reports to Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] during a [[small council]] meeting that sailors speak of dragons in the east,{{Ref|AFFC|17}} and [[Qyburn]] later reports that the slave revolt in [[Astapor]] has spread to [[Meereen]], stating that "sailors off a dozen ships" speak of dragons.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}

At the [[Kingsmoot]], [[Euron Greyjoy]] reveals to the lords of the [[Iron Islands]] that there are three dragons in the world.{{Ref|AFFC|19}} He later tasks his younger brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] with sailing the [[Iron Fleet]] to [[Slaver's Bay]], to bring him back Daenerys, so Euron can wed her.{{Ref|AFFC|29}}

In [[Braavos]], a drunk [[Dareon]] hears tales about dragons as well, and repeats them to maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] and [[Samwell Tarly]]. Aemon becomes increasingly interested in the stories about the dragons, but is too ill to venture outside and learn about them firsthand. He requests that Samwell brings him someone who has seen the dragons. Samwell encounters [[Xhondo Dhoru]], who had seen Daenerys and her dragons in [[Qarth]].{{Ref|AFFC|26}} Upon hearing Xhondo's stories, Aemon becomes convinced that Daenerys is the [[prince that was promised|princess that was promised]], as proven by the dragons. He insists that Samwell informs the [[archmaester]]s at the Citadel should be informed about Daenerys and [[white walkers|the dangers]] at the [[Wall]], calling Daenerys "our last hope", and believing that a maester should be send to Daenerys to give her counsel.{{Ref|AFFC|35}} Aemon dies on the voyage to Oldtown.{{Ref|AFFC|35}} Upon his arrival at the [[Citadel]], Samwell encounters [[Alleras]], who listens to his stories and brings him to Archmaester Marwyn. Marwyn decides to travel to [[Slaver's Bay]] himself, to give Daenerys his aid.{{Ref|AFFC|45}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Daenerys DanyinMeereen.jpg|Daenerys after conquering [[siege of Meereen|Meereen]] - by Denkata5698 ©|thumb|350px|right]]
Rumors of Daenerys's striking beauty have spread far and wide,{{ref|ADWD|6}} and she is said to silver-gold hair and [[amethyst]] eyes.{{ref|ADWD|56}} The head of a man, executed for spying on behalf of Daenerys and fermenting rebellion, is displayed on the [[Long Bridge]] of [[Volantis]].{{ref|ADWD|27}}

Daenerys rules Meereen as its queen, but she faces multiple enemies. A resistance group of [[Ghiscari]] noblemen from [[Meereen]], the [[Sons of the Harpy]], engage in a shadow war against Daenerys, slaying [[freedmen]], [[Unsullied]], and [[shavepates]] during the night.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} Daenerys orders the creation of a city watch, made up from the Meereenese themselves,{{Ref|ADWD|11}} the [[Brazen Beasts]],{{Ref|ADWD|16}} and sets a reward for the Sons of the Harpy at one thousand honors.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} To fund the Brazen Beasts, Daenerys imposes a blood tax on the noble families of Meereen, and demands two hostages from each family in an attempt to stop the killings.{{Ref|ADWD|11}} The Sons of the Harpy, in turn, offer wealth and glory and a hundred slave girls to whoever slays Daenerys, while promising death to anyone, and their families, who serve Daenerys.{{ref|ADWD|16}} The murders continue, but Daenerys finds herself unable to harm any of her hostages.{{Ref|ADWD|23}} Daenerys further has three fighting companies formed comprised from her freedmen: the [[Mother's Men]], the [[Free Brothers]], and the [[Stalwart Shields]].{{Ref|adwd|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

Daenerys also faces the dislike from the nobility of the city, as numerous crimes had been committed during the sack, and the nobility especially have suffered losses of property and wealth.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} However, there are also those who support Daenerys. These men have shaven their heads, abandoning the traditional hair styles of the Ghiscari culture. These men, known as [[shavepates]], are led by [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]], who serves Daenerys as a counselor.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}

[[Drogon]], [[Viserion]], and [[Rhaegal]] have been growing wilder and often hunt sheep in the lands surrounding the city. Daenerys pays shepherds for the loss of their animals. However, one day at court, [[Hazzea's father|one man]] lingers after Daenerys has granted compensation to be given for the loss of twenty-three animals. After all petitioners have departed, he presents her with the burned bones of his daughter, [[Hazzea]], saying it had been "[[Drogon|the winged shadow]]".{{ref|ADWD|2}} Shocked by Hazzea's death, Daenerys orders her dragons captured. [[Viserion]] and [[Rhaegal]] are locked in a pit underneath the [[Great Pyramid]] where Daenerys resides, but Drogon escapes and flies off towards the [[Dothraki sea]].{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

[[Quaithe]] uses magic to visit Daenerys one night, when Daenerys is alone. She informs her that the [[glass candle]]s are burning, and warns Daenerys about the dangers that are coming. ''"Soon comes the pale mare, and after her the others. Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Trust none of them. Remember the Undying. Beware the perfumed seneschal."'' After telling Daenerys to remember who she is, Quaithe disappears.{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

Daenerys hosts [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]], who offers her thirteen ships on the condition that she departs for Westeros immediately. She considers his offer, but realizes that all of her freedmen who stay behind in Meereen will either be enslaved once more or die. Unable to take all of them to Westeros with only thirteen ships, Daenerys refuses Xaro's offer, and Xaro leaves Meereen, declaring war.{{Ref|ADWD|16}}

The [[Wise Masters]] of [[Yunkai]] resumed slavery after Daenerys left for [[Meereen]], and by now have raised a new army of slave levies and [[sellswords]],{{ref|ADWD|2}} who are joined by [[iron legions]] from [[New Ghis]].{{ref|ADWD|16}} King [[Cleon]] of Astapor prepares to march into battle, while his envoy, Lord [[Ghael]], requests an alliance between Astapor and Meereen from Daenerys. She refuses him on multiple occasions.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|16}} Cleon is defeated [[Battle at the Horns of Hazzat|in battle]] at the [[Horns of Hazzat]],{{ref|ADWD|16}} and later killed by his own men.{{Ref|ADWD|23}} After [[Siege of Astapor|a short siege]], the Astapori make one last stand, and are defeated,{{Ref|ADWD|25}} and the Yunkai'i begin their march against Daenerys.

[[Galazza Galare]], the [[Green Grace]], counsels Daenerys that she should take a Meereenese noble as her husband, and proposes [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]]. Daenerys and Hizdahr come to an agreement; If he can stop the murders by the Sons of the Harpy for ninety days, they will wed. Barristan objects to the marriage, but Daenerys informs him that ninety days is a long period, and Hizdahr could still fail. However, she admits that, should Hizdahr succeed, she will wed him as she promised, for her people.{{Ref|ADWD|23}} Before leaving, Barristan informs Daenerys that [[Daario Naharis]] has returned to the city. Having been attracted to Daario since he swore his fealty to her,{{Ref|ASOS|57}} Daenerys insists on seeing him immediately. Daario brings her good news: negotiations with the [[Lhazareen]] have been successful, and the Lhazareen have agreed to trade with Meereen. While Daario and his [[Stormcrows]] [[Fighting on the Khyzai Pass|face]] the [[Long Lances]], a sellsword company hired by Yunkai, in the [[Khyzai Pass]], but Daario boasts that twelve of them defected to his side, while only nine of his own had died.{{Ref|ADWD|23}} Daenerys tells Daario about the troubles within and outside of the city, and that Galazza had suggested a marriage to Hizdahr to create a peace. When Daario suggests that Daenerys should agree to a marriage only as a pretense to gather all the [[Great Masters]] and kill them, Daenerys angrily sends him and his Stormcrows away from the city once more, back to the Khyzai Pass.{{Ref|ADWD|23}}

Ships from [[Qarth]], [[Tolos]], and [[New Ghis]], and even Meereenese ships which had fled when Daenerys first took the city have blocked the harbor. Without any ships of her own, nor wood to build new ships, Daenerys cannot battle them. Hizdahr has been successful thus far in preventing new murders, causing [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] to suspect him of being the Harpy. Daenerys refuses to allow him to torture Hizdahr.{{Ref|ADWD|30}} Astapori refugees travel to Meereen. The first Astapori to reach the city is infected with the [[bloody flux]], soon known as "the pale mare". More of the surviving Astapori on their way to Meereen have the contagious disease. Daenerys follows the advice of her counselors and does not allow the refugees to enter the city,{{Ref|ADWD|30}} but instead has them camp outside the walls.{{Ref|ADWD|36}}

The Yunkai'i are in contact with [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], and inform him that they are willing to give Meereen peace, but they require gold from Daenerys, as well as an agreement that the Yunkai'i can resume slaving and Astapor will be a slaver city once again, without Daenerys's interference. The agreements are to be sealed by Daenerys's marriage to Hizdahr.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} Daario returns to Meereen, informing Daenerys that the [[Second Sons]] have joined [[Yunkai]], but that some deserters from the [[Windblown]] have come over to their side.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} With four sellsword companies, six [[Ghiscari legion]]s, [[Qarth]]een camelry, and Tolosi slingers on their way to Meereen, Daenerys has no choice but to close her gates. Finally giving in to her desires, Daenerys takes Daario as her lover once they are alone.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} The day before her wedding to Hizdahr, Daario introduces her to the men who have defected from the Windblown. One of them reveals himself to be [[Quentyn Martell]] of [[Dorne]], who brings with him a [[secret marriage pact]] signed by [[Oberyn Martell|his uncle]] on behalf of Dorne and Ser [[Willem Darry]] on behalf of Viserys, promising the hand of Quentyn's sister [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] to Viserys in marriage, in exchange for Dorne's support. With Viserys dead, Quentyn offers himself in marriage to Daenerys. While Barristan sees the offer as a hopeful option, Daenerys rejects him and marries Hizdahr after ninety days of peace inside the city.{{Ref|ADWD|43}} When Quentyn informs Daenerys that the other deserters are spies send by the [[Tattered Prince]], Daenerys has them imprisoned.

[[File:Drogon in Daznak's Pit.jpg|Daenerys and [[Drogon]] in [[Daznak's Pit]] - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|350px]]

Hizdahr invites the captains from the Yunkish army into Meereen, to sign the peace treaty and celebrate the opening of the fighting pits. Hostages from Meereen have been sent into the Yunkish camp, to ensure the captains remain unharmed. Daenerys hates everything about the feast. After a confrontation with Ben Plumm, Daenerys orders Barristan Selmy to free [[Meris]] and send her back to the [[Windblown]], hoping to convince the Windblown to abandon Yunkai. Daenerys next takes Quentyn to see her dragons, and urges him to return home.{{Ref|ADWD|50}} The next day, Barristan reports that the Tattered Prince is willing to join Daenerys in return for Pentos, but Daenerys is unwilling to help him take the city. She goes to [[Daznak's Pit]] for the [[pit fighters|pit fighting]]. [[Belwas]] consumes [[poisoned locusts]] which Hizdahr had been urging Daenerys to eat, while Daenerys grows disgusted with the day's events. Just as she is about to leave, Belwas falls sick to his knees, and [[Drogon]] returns to the city, landing in the pit to feed on the body of the slain [[Barsena]]. The crowd panics, and one man attacks Drogon with his spear. Daenerys rushes to Drogon's side, mounts the dragon, and rides on his back as he flies out of the arena.{{Ref|ADWD|52}}

In Meereen, many fear that Daenerys has died,{{Ref|ADWD|55}} and chaos returns to the city as several plots collide. Daenerys still lives, however. Drogon has flown her to a hill in the Dothraki sea, which she dubs [[Dragonstone (hill)|Dragonstone]], after [[Dragonstone (island)|the island on which she had been born]]. She eventually decides to return to Meereen, but is unable to get Drogon to follow her commands, leading to her traveling on foot. She begins to fall ill; Her stomach is cramping, she is retching up green slime, and has diarrhea. She dreams of Viserys, and wakes with her thighs covered in blood. She spots Drogon and calls him to her side, and the dragon obeys. Khal [[Jhaqo]] and his ''khalasar'' eventually find Daenerys standing next to her dragon.{{Ref|ADWD|71}}

==Quotes by Daenerys==
[[File:Daenerys by jekaa.jpg|Daenerys with a [[Dothraki]] bell in her hair - by jekaa © |thumb|350px|right]]
{{Quote|I am [[House Targaryen|blood of the dragon]], she told herself. I am Daenerys Stormborn, [[Princess of Dragonstone]], of the blood and seed of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].{{ref|aGoT|11}}|thoughts of Daenerys}}

{{Quote|If I look back I am lost.{{ref|aGoT|72}}|thoughts of Daenerys}}

{{Quote|'''Mirri''': You are mad. 
'''Daenerys''': Is it so far from madness to wisdom?{{ref|aGoT|72}}|[[Mirri Maz Duur]] and Daenerys}}

{{Quote|No, no, [[Jorah Mormont|my good knight]], do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons, don't you see? Don't you SEE?{{ref|aGoT|72}}|Daenerys's thoughts while [[Drogo]]'s pyre rages}}

{{Quote|A queen must listen to all. The highborn and the low, the strong and the weak, the noble and the venal. One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.{{ref|asos|8}}|Daenerys to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|It seems to me that a queen who trusts no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone.{{ref|asos|8}}|Daenerys to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|Do you know what it is like to be sold, [[Barristan Selmy|squire]]? I do. [[Viserys Targaryen|My brother]] sold me to [[Khal]] [[Drogo]] for the promise of a golden crown. Well, Drogo crowned him in gold, though not as he had wished, and I... my sun-and-stars made a queen of me, but if he had been a different man, it might have been much otherwise. Do you think I have forgotten how it felt to be afraid?{{ref|aSoS|23}}|Daenerys to [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]]}}

{{quote|Why do the gods make kings and queens, if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?{{ref|ASOS|27}}|Daenerys to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|A [[dragon]] is no [[slave]].{{ref|aSoS|27}}|Daenerys to [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]]}}

{{Quote|Mother of [[dragon]]s, Daenerys thought. Mother of monsters. What have I unleashed upon the world? A queen I am, but my throne is made of burned bones, and it rests on quicksand. Without dragons, how could she hope to hold [[Meereen]], much less win back [[Westeros]]? I am the blood of the dragon, she thought. If they are monsters, so am I.{{ref|aDwD|11}}|thoughts of Daenerys}}

{{Quote|'''Jorah''': You are a queen. In [[Westeros]]. 
'''Daenerys''': It is such a long way. I was tired, Jorah. I was weary of war. I wanted to rest, to laugh, to plant trees and see them grow. I am only a young girl. 
'''Jorah''': No. You are the blood of the [[dragon]]. Dragons plant no trees. Remember that. Remember who you are, what you were made to be. Remember your words. 
'''Daenerys''': [[House Targaryen|Fire and Blood]].{{ref|ADWD|71}}|Daenerys having a fever dream of [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

==Quotes about Daenerys==
{{Quote|'''Jorah''': You are your brother's sister, in truth. 
'''Daenerys''': [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]? 
'''Jorah''': No. [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]].{{ref|aGoT|62}}|[[Jorah Mormont]] and Daenerys}}

{{Quote|The frightened child who sheltered in [[Illyrio's manse|my manse]] died on the [[Dothraki sea]], and was reborn in blood and fire. This dragon queen who wears her name is a true [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]].{{ref|ADWD|5}}||[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': If Daenerys is no more than a sweet young girl, the [[Iron Throne]] will cut her into sweet young pieces. 
'''Illyrio''': Fear not, my little friend. The blood of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Dragon]] flows in her veins.{{ref|aDwD|5}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{Quote|You are her perfect prince, agreed, bright and bold and comely as any maid could wish. Daenerys Targaryen is no maid, however. She is the widow of a [[Drogo|Dothraki khal]], a mother of [[dragon]]s and a sacker of cities, [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] with teats. She may not prove as willing as you wish.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|I know that she spent her childhood in exile, impoverished, living on dreams and schemes, running from one city to the next, always fearful, never safe, friendless but for a brother who was by all accounts [[Targaryen madness|half-mad]]... a brother who sold her maidenhood to the [[Dothraki]] for the promise of an army. I know that somewhere upon [[Dothraki sea|the grass]], her [[dragon]]s hatched, and so did she. I know she is proud. How not? What else was left her but pride? I know she is strong. How not? The Dothraki despise weakness. If Daenerys had been weak, she would have perished with [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. I know she is fierce. [[Fall of Astapor|Astapor]], [[Battle near Yunkai|Yunkai]] and [[Siege of Meereen|Meereen]] are proof enough of that. She has survived assassins and conspiracies and [[House of the Undying|fell sorceries]], grieved for a brother and a [[Drogo|husband]] and [[Rhaego|a son]], trod the [[Slaver Cities|cities of the slavers]] to dust beneath her dainty sandaled feet.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|On wings of song I fly to you, Daenerys, the iron captain thought.{{ref|ADWD|63}}|thoughts of [[Victarion Greyjoy]]}}

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Sorcerer lord

2021-05-23T12:54:21Z

The Prince of Thorns: the world book says the sorcerer lord dwells in Carcosa, not that he rules the city.

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An exile '''sorcerer lord''', who claims to be the sixty-ninth [[Yellow emperors|yellow]] [[God-Emperor]] of [[Yi Ti]], lives in the city of [[Carcosa]] in the [[Further East]] of [[Essos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Yi Ti}}

==Behind the Scenes==
The yellow emperor in Carcosa is a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to ''[[w:The King in Yellow|The King in Yellow]]'' and [[w:Carcosa|Carcosa]].

As exemplified by the names of the [[scarlet emperors]] and the [[sea-green emperors]], and the fact that the fourth yellow emperor was [[Chai Duq]], the family name of the sorcerer lord is "Chai".

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Carcosa

2021-05-23T12:53:47Z

The Prince of Thorns: the world book says the sorcerer lord dwells in Carcosa, not that he rules the city

'''Carcosa''' is a legendary city in far eastern [[Essos]]. It is located on the southeastern shore of the [[Hidden Sea]] within the [[Mountains of the Morn]]; the [[City of the Winged Men]] is situated on the northwestern shore.{{ref|tloiaf}} The [[sorceror lord]] claiming to be the 69th [[yellow emperors|yellow]] [[God-Emperor|emperor]] of [[Yi Ti]] lives in exile at Carcosa.{{ref|twoiaf}}

==Behind the scenes==
Carcosa and its yellow emperor are references by [[George R. R. Martin]] to [[w:Carcosa|Carcosa]], a city in "[[:w:An Inhabitant of Carcosa|An Inhabitant of Carcosa]]" by [[:w:Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce]], ''[[:w:The King in Yellow|The King in Yellow]]'' by [[:w:Robert W. Chambers|Robert W. Chambers]], and the [[:w:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]] of [[:w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]].<ref>SFBokhandeln. "[https://youtu.be/OMvFNaqSWEo?t=36m18s George R R Martin visiting SF-Bokhandeln]". YouTube, 2 July 2015.</ref>

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Garin's Curse

2021-04-15T20:47:07Z

The Prince of Thorns:

'''Garin's Curse''' is said to be a lingering curse that haunts the [[Sorrows]]. The curse is said to have been called down by Prince [[Garin the Great]], a historical figure of the [[Rhoynar]] who beseeched [[Mother Rhoyne]]. The curse is said to manifest in the fogs that rule the Sorrows while there are restless spirits in the air and tormented souls below the water.{{ref|ADWD|18}}

==About==
According to legend, the men of [[Volantis]] and [[Valyria]] hung Garin in a golden cage and mocked him as he called upon [[Mother Rhoyne]] to destroy them. That very night, the waters rose and drowned the invaders of [[Sorrows|Chroyane]]. From that day, the spirits of the fallen conquerors have said to have remained beneath the waters.

According to [[Tyrion Lannister]] Garin's Curse is only [[greyscale]]. [[Ysilla]] tells him that the conquerors did not believe in the curse either, they who are still down beneath the water after having been drowned. Many a voyager in the Sorrows has been lost, poleboats, pirates and great river galleys too. They wander forlorn in the mists searching for a sun they cannot find until madness or hunger claim their lives.

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
As [[Tyrion Lannister]] and the crew of the ''[[Shy Maid]]'' travel through the ruins of [[Chroyane]] in the Sorrows, something very peculiar happens. They sail unscathed beneath the [[Bridge of Dream]], but despite sailing with the current of the [[Rhoyne]] and rivers only running one way, they appear to approach the Bridge of Dream again shortly afterward.{{ref|ADWD|18}} If this occurs due to the lingering effects of Garin's Curse is not known. According to [[Yandry]] the [[Mother Rhoyne]] runs how she will.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|This fog is not natural.{{ref|ADWD|18}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|Garin's Curse is all about us.{{ref|ADWD|18}}|[[Haldon]], as the ''Shy Maid'' is passing through the Sorrows}}

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Dothraki

2021-03-20T22:05:21Z

The Prince of Thorns:

[[File: Niten Braided Screamers.JPG|thumb|350px|Dothraki braided screamers, by Niten © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''Dothraki''' people are a culture of nomadic warriors in [[Essos]] who range across the vast grasslands of the [[Dothraki sea]] in hordes known as ''[[khalasar]]s''. People of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Free Cities]] also refer to the Dothraki as '''horselords'''.{{ref|AGOT|12}}{{ref|ADWD|22}}

==Appearance==
[[File:Magali Villeneuve Horselord.png|thumb|350px|Horselord, by Magali Villeneuve ©]]

Dothraki typically have a [[copper]]-toned skin and dark almond eyes,{{Ref|agot|3}}{{Ref|agot|61}}{{Ref|asos|23}} black hair,{{Ref|agot|3}} and black eyes.{{Ref|agot|46}} Dothraki men wear their hair in long braids, oiled{{Ref|acok|12}} or greased with fat from the rendering pits.{{Ref|agot|11}} Dothraki warriors carry small [[Bells (Dothraki)|bells]] in their braids, which ring softly when they move.{{Ref|agot|3}} They are only allowed to braid their hair after they have won a victory.{{ref|agot|36}} A bell is added to their braid after each victory;{{Ref|acok|63}} The braid is only cut when a Dothraki warrior is defeated in battle,{{Ref|acok|12}} an act through which he lets the world know his shame.{{Ref|Agot|3}} Only few men die with their braids never having been cut off.{{ref|acok|12}} Men further might wear metal rings bound in their mustachios.{{Ref|agot|3}}

Both men and women might wear painted leather vests over bare chests and horsehair leggings cinched by [[bronze]] medallion belts,{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|54}} although wealthier Dothraki might also have [[silver]] and [[gold]]en medallions on their belts.{{Ref|agot|46}} Others might wear sandsilk trousers.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|agot|72}}{{ref|asos|27}} For footwear Dothraki wear leather boots,{{Ref|Agot|68}} leather sandals which lace up to the knee,{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|agot|64}} or sandals of woven grass.{{Ref|acok|63}} However, when visiting the [[Free Cities]], the Dothraki wear rich fabrics and sweet perfumes.{{Ref|agot|11}}

Being accustomed to riding [[horse]]s every entire day, Dothraki warriors walk with a bowlegged swagger on the ground.{{Ref|asos|27}}

The Dothraki scrub themselves clean with sand.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==Culture and customs==
===''Khalasars''===
[[File:Jason Engle Horseback Archers.jpg|thumb|350px|Horseback Archers by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Dothraki live in hordes called ''[[khalasar]]s''. Their chieftains are called ''[[khal]]s'', while the wife of a ''khal'' is known as a ''[[khaleesi]]''.{{Ref|agot|11}} The heir of a ''khal'' is named the ''[[khalakka]]''.{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|Agot|61}} A ''[[ko]]'' is one of the ''khal's'' commanders within a horde.{{ref|ASOS|42}} According to a semi-canon source,{{ref|AWOIAF|Aggo}} a ''[[khas]]'' consists of the personal guard of important individuals, such as a ''khaleesi''{{ref|AGOT|23}} or a ''ko''.{{ref|AGOT|61}}

[[Bloodrider]]s fulfill the roles of guards, brothers, shadows, and friends to the ''khal'' in ways that run deeper than the oath of the [[Kingsguard]] to the king on the [[Iron Throne]]. The ''khal'' and his bloodriders commonly refer to each other as "blood of my blood".{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

The ''[[jaqqa rhan]]'' are mercy men who move among the corpses in battlefields, cutting off the heads of the dead and dying.{{Ref|agot|61}} When the ''khalasar'' is on the move, scouts range ahead while outriders guard the flanks.{{Ref|agot|23}}

''Khalasars'' keep two sorts of healers. The first are barren women who practice their healing with herbs, potions, and [[spells]]. [[Eunuch]] [[slaves]], on the other hand, use use knives, needles, and fire.{{Ref|Agot|61}}

===Social status===
The Dothraki consider riding a [[horse]] as a basic marker of social status. A ''[[khal]]'' who cannot ride cannot rule.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Custom decrees that the ''khaleesi'' must ride a mount worthy of her place by the side of the ''khal''.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth. Doing anything else might be considered weak.{{Ref|Agot|54}} Some women giving birth ride on a [[cart]]. A cart is of less prestige, and is further meant for [[eunuch]]s, cripples, the very young, and the very old.{{Ref|agot|36}} A man who does not ride is considered the lowest of the low. He is not even seen as a man, and considered to be without honor or pride.{{Ref|agot|23}}

Although some are respected, women have a lower social status than men. For example, the [[bloodrider]]s of a ''khal'' will not allow themselves to be commanded by his ''khaleesi''.{{Ref|agot|64}} Nonetheless, even the mightiest ''khal'' will bow to the wisdom and authority of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', the widowed ''khaleesis'' who reside at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|Agot|46}}

Most of all, the Dothraki follow strength. Should a ''khal'' die without an adult heir, his ''[[ko]]s'' might fight among themselves to take the place of the fallen ''khal''. In the case that the ''khal'' has a ''[[khalakka]]'' who is still a child, this heir might be killed so as not to be a rival.{{Ref|agot|64}}

===Religion===
The Dothraki worship a [[horse god]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Gods_of_Westeros/ Gods of Westeros], November 18, 1998</ref>{{Ref|acok|48}} The Dothraki believe that when someone dies, the horse god parts the grass and claims the deceased for his starry ''khalasar'', so the deceased can ride the nightlands.{{Ref|adwd|52}}{{Ref|adwd|71}} The Dothraki further believe that the [[moon]] is a goddess, and that she is the wife to the [[sun]].{{Ref|agot|23}} In addition, they believe in hell.{{Ref|Acok|12}}{{Ref|acok|63}}

Dothraki consider the earth to be their mother and think it sinful to cut her flesh with plows and spades and axes, this leads them to burn down fields, farms and towns to return the grasslands to their wild state.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Grasslands}}

===Economy===
[[File:Marc simonetti Danymarket.jpg|thumb|250px|A market at [[Vaes Dothrak]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly by the Dothraki,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and they instead use giving and receiving gifts as a common way for doing trade.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} This is exemplified by the Dothraki "selling" their captives on occasion to the [[Slaver Cities]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They call these [[slaves]] "gifts", and as payment receive gifts from the slavers.{{Ref|ADWD|50}}

Trade is allowed in the sacred city [[Vaes Dothrak]], where, by the leave of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} though they mostly trade with each other, and only little with the Dothraki themselves.{{Ref|agot|54}} In the Western Market merchants from the [[Free Cities]] come to trade, while in the Eastern Market traders from [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and the lands from beside the [[Jade Sea]] place their caravans.{{Ref|agot|36}} The merchants are tolerated provided that they do not break the peace of the city, do not profane the [[Mother of Mountains]] or [[Womb of the World]], and honor the ''dosh khaleen'' with the traditional gifts of salt, [[silver]], and seed.{{Ref|agot|54}}

The Free Cities (like [[Myr]], [[Pentos]], and [[Norvos]]) and the slave cities in [[Slaver's Bay]] deal carefully with the Dothraki. The rulers of the cities give lavishly to every ''khal'' who passes with his ''khalasar'', feasting them and giving them gifts, so the ''khalasar'' will pass on without sacking the city.{{Ref|asos|23}}

===Language===
The [[Dothraki language]] is considered a rough, harsh language by Westerosi.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|AGOT|61}} They use descriptive names, e.g. ''Rhaesh Andahli'', meaning "the land of the [[Andals]]", for [[Westeros]],{{Ref|agot|3}} ''shierak qiya'', literally "bleeding star", used to describe the [[red comet]],{{Ref|Acok|12}} or the term [[Milk Men]] for the [[Qarth]]een, pointing towards their paleness.{{Ref|acok|27}}

===Culinary customs===
The Dothraki eat [[horse]]flesh, which they prefer to beef and pork.{{Ref|agot|31}} They believe horseflesh makes a man strong.{{Ref|agot|36}} They also have black sausages<ref group="N">Similar to [[w:Kishka (food)|''kaszanka'']]</ref>, blood pies, and sweetgrass stews.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} They drink a mildly [[alcoholic beverage]] derived from fermented mare's milk.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|46}}<ref group="N">Similar to the Central Asian drink [[w:Kumis|''kumýs'']]</ref> They also drink pepper [[beer]].{{Ref|Agot|64}}

===Structures===
[[File:Dothraki Sea2 HBO.jpg|thumb|300px|A Dothraki camp in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]

The Dothraki do not build.{{Ref|agot|36}} A thousand years before, to build a house they would dig a hole in the earth and raise a grass roof over it.{{Ref|agot|36}} They can raise 'palaces' of woven grass.{{Ref|agot|11}} In [[Vaes Dothrak]], all buildings have been made by the [[slaves]] serving there. Since the slaves all originate from different lands, they have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Vaes Dothrak===
The sacred city of Vaes Dothrak is the only city the Dothraki have.{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Here, only the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' reside permanently, together with their slaves and servants.{{Ref|agot|36}} Regardless, the city is large enough to host all ''khalasars'' at one time, as the ''dosh khaleen'' have prophesied that one day all Dothraki will return to the city at the same time.{{Ref|agot|36}} Within the city, the ''khalasars'' are to set their enmities aside. It is death to draw a blade in Vaes Dothrak or to shed a free man’s blood,{{Ref|agot|36}} although this does not entirely prevent murders within the city.

Vaes Dothrak is located in the shadow of the [[Mother of Mountains]],{{ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} a mountain which only Dothraki men are allowed to ascend.{{Ref|agot|36}}{{Ref|agot|46}} Residing at the edge of the city is the [[Womb of the World]],{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|tloiaf|The Dothraki Sea}} a large lake from which, the Dothraki believe, the first men emerged a thousand years ago upon the back of the first horse.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

===Marriage, sexual relations, and childbirth===
Among the Dothraki, [[Customs|weddings]] occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guest's feast, drink, dance, and fight. The Dothraki mate like the animals in their heat. There is no privacy in the ''khalasar''. During the wedding feast, women dance to drums, while warriors may take them before the watching ''khalasar'' freely. If two men take the same woman, they may fight to the death over her.{{Ref|agot|11}} During the feast, each dish is offered first to the newlywed pair; all food they refuse is offered to the rest of the participants at the wedding feast.{{Ref|agot|11}} Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. As is tradition, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' is presented with an ''[[arakh]]'', a bow, and a whip from her husband's [[bloodrider]]s, although she is to decline the gifts and give them to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the ''[[khal]]'' and ''khaleesi'' consummate their marriage.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} After the wedding, the ''khal'' is to present his new bride to the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|AGOT|11}}

Polygamy is practiced among the Dothraki; [[Jommo]]{{Ref|agot|46}} and [[Temmo]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} are ''khals'' known to have had multiple wives. Other ''khals'' might decide to share their wife or wives with his bloodriders.{{Ref|agot|36}}

Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth,{{Ref|Agot|54}} although some women giving birth might ride on a cart.{{Ref|agot|36}} When children are born deformed they are left out for the feral dogs who run behind the ''khalasar''.{{Ref|agot|31}}

A pregnant ''khaleesi'' might participate in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony, although it is unknown under what circumstances the ceremony occurs. During the ceremony, the ''khaleesi'' will attempt to consume the heart of a stallion under the supervision of the ''dosh khaleen''. Due to the prohibition on bearing [[steel]] in [[Vaes Dothrak]], the mother must tear apart the stallion's heart with her bare teeth and fingernails. If she eats the entire heart, she will bear a son who is strong and swift and fearless; if she chokes on the blood or retches up the flesh, the omens are less favorable — the child might be stillborn, weak, deformed or female.{{Ref|agot|46}}

===Death===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Ride Them Down.JPG|thumb|A Dothraki rides down the enemy, by Mike Capprotti © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky.{{Ref|agot|46}} The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death.{{Ref|agot|72}} This causes [[maesters]] to say that the Dothraki believe the stars are the spirits of the valiant dead.{{Ref|acok|66}} When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.{{Ref|acok|12}} The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky.{{Ref|agot|72}} However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.{{Ref|acok|12}}

A ''khal'' is given a funeral pyre after he dies.{{Ref|agot|72}} A great square is made from wood, in the middle of which the ''khal's'' slain horse is positioned. Over the horse, the platform is constructed on which the ''khal'' will be placed. The wood of the platform is laid east to west, from sunrise to sunset. The platform consists of three levels. The wood of the third of these levels are positioned from north to south. On this level the body of the ''khal'' is placed. The ''khal'' is placed upon the pyre with his head in the direction of the [[Mother of Mountains]] and with his treasures positioned around him. The pyre is only lit after the first star has been seen in the sky.{{Ref|agot|72}}

Ancient traditions of the Dothraki demand that a ''khal's'' [[bloodrider]]s die with him, riding the night lands by his side. When a ''khal'' is killed by an enemy, his bloodriders are to only live long enough to avenge him.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The last duty the bloodriders owe their ''khal ''is taking his wife or wives to Vaes Dothrak to join the ''dosh khaleen''. After their last duty has been completed, the bloodriders join their ''khal'' in death.{{Ref|agot|64}}

The Dothraki believe it is bad luck to touch the body of a dead man whom they have not personally killed themselves.{{Ref|adwd|2}}

===Military===
[[File:Jedruszek Dothraki Outriders.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki outriders gallop towards a disturbance with weapons drawn, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]

The Dothraki are nomadic warriors; they ride better than any Westerosi [[knight]].{{Ref|Agot|36}} The Dothraki fight from horseback,{{Ref|agot|36}} with warriors wielding ''[[arakh]]s'', curved bows, and whips.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|agot|23}} The great bows the Dothraki use outrange the bows used in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|agot|36}} According to [[Jorah Mormont]], the Dothraki are utterly fearless.{{Ref|agot|36}}

The Dothraki ride on small, flat saddles with short stirrups.{{Ref|Agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|23}}

===Other beliefs and superstitions===
The Dothraki hate and fear the sea and the ships in it, as they mistrust all water their horses do not drink. They refer to the sea as “the poison water"{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|asos|8}} and the “black salt sea”.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|asos|23}}

Dothraki believe that anything of importance in a man's life must take place beneath the open sky.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

An ancient prophecy of the Dothraki predicts that one day the ''khal'' of all ''khals'' will rise. This [[stallion who mounts the world]] is prophesied to unite the Dothraki into a single ''khalasar'' and ride to the ends of the earth, making everyone in [[known world|the world]] his herd.{{Ref|agot|46}}

The Dothraki believe that someday [[ghost grass]] will cover the world, and then all life will end.{{Ref|agot|23}}

The number thirteen is considered to be a bad number.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

[[Bloodmagic]] is forbidden amongst the Dothraki.{{Ref|agot|64}} The Dothraki consider a ''[[maegi]]'' to be a woman who lays with [[demon]]s and practices the blackest of [[Magic|sorceries]]. A ''maegi'' is considered to be a vile thing, evil and soulless.{{Ref|agot|61}}

When the gods are gone from a certain place, according to the Dothraki, evil ghosts feast by night. The Dothraki feel it best to shun such places.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==History==
[[File:Stu Barnes Dothraki Outrider.JPG|thumb|350px|Dothraki outrider by Stu Barnes © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The ancestors of the Dothraki came from the lands beyond the [[Bone Mountains]] in the [[Further East]] of [[Essos]], leaving behind the bones that give the mountains their name.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond}}

The nomadic Dothraki do not have a tradition of settlements. To make a house a thousand years ago, they dug a hole in the ground and covered it with a woven grass roof.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

Four hundred years ago,{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|asos|8}} the Dothraki rode toward the [[Free Cities]] out of the east, sacking and burning every town and city in their path, including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Qaathi]] cities in the [[red waste]],{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and the [[Ibben]]ese settlements in the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} Khal [[Temmo]] and his ''khalasar'' of at least fifty-thousand were stopped by the [[Three Thousand of Qohor]].{{ref|ASOS|8}} During the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Dothraki drove [[smallfolk]] from their hovels and nobles from their estates, until only grass and ruins remained from the [[Forest of Qohor]] to the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Ruined cities and regions ring the vast plains of the [[Dothraki sea]], including the Kingdom of Sarnor, the Kingdom of the Ifequevron, the upper [[Skahazadhan]], and the red waste.{{ref|TLOIAF}} The [[godsway]] in [[Vaes Dothrak]] contains monuments the Dothraki have taken from conquered people.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

[[Terrio Erastes]] wrote ''[[Fire Upon the Grass]]'' about his time as a guest of Khal [[Dhako]].{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] weds Khal [[Drogo]],{{ref|AGOT|11}} joins his ''[[khalasar]]'' and rides to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|36}} Daenerys becomes pregnant with [[Rhaego]], whom the Dothraki believe to be the [[stallion who mounts the world]].{{ref|AGOT|46}} After a wineseller attempts to assassinate the ''[[khaleesi]]'' in the Western Market, Drogo announces his intention to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|AGOT|54}}

Drogo's ''khalasar'' sacks a town of the [[Lhazareen]] and defeats the rival ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Ogo]], although Drogo is wounded in the fighting.{{ref|AGOT|61}} Daenerys asks [[Mirri Maz Duur]] to save the ''khal's'' life,{{ref|AGOT|64}} but Rhaego dies in the ceremony and Daenerys ends up smothering the comatose Drogo.{{ref|AGOT|68}} The ''khalasar'' splinters into a dozen new groups, with the most prominent led by [[Jhaqo]] and [[Pono]].{{ref|AGOT|68}} Taking command of a small group of Dothraki and freed slaves, Daenerys walks into Drogo's funeral pyre and miraculously hatches three [[dragon]]s from petrified [[dragon eggs]].{{ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:RMTrue Queens Bannerman.png|thumb|350px|A Dothraki flying Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s banner, by Regis Moulun © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Avoiding other ''khalasars'' in the [[Dothraki sea]], Daenerys's small ''khalasar'' struggles south through the [[red waste]]{{ref|ACOK|12}} but is able to reach the safety of [[Qarth]].{{ref|ACOK|27}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Daenerys's tiny ''khalasar'' sails for [[Slaver's Bay]] and participates in the defeats of [[fall of Astapor|Astapor]],{{ref|ASOS|27}} [[battle near Yunkai|Yunkai]],{{ref|ASOS|42}} and [[siege of Meereen|Meereen]].{{ref|ASOS|71}} The Yunkai'i send riders to Vaes Dothrak to seek aid against Daenerys.{{ref|ASOS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Outriders from [[Motho]]'s ''khalasar'' are seen north of [[Dagger Lake]], and [[Zekko]]'s horde moves through the [[Forest of Qohor]]. [[Haldon Halfmaester]] believes they are fleeing the thirty thousand men of Khal Pono, whose ''khalasar'' has been spotted near the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|8}}

After Daenerys disappears from [[Daznak's Pit]] on [[Drogon]], [[Aggo]] and [[Rakharo]] lead most of her ''khalasar'' from Meereen across the [[Skahazadhan]] in search of the queen.{{ref|ADWD|55}}{{ref|ADWD|70}}

Jhaqo's'' khalasar'' discovers Daenerys and Drogon in the Dothraki sea.{{ref|ADWD|71}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Blood-Crazed Screamer Woodrow J. Hinton III.JPG|thumb|350px|Blood-Crazed Screamer by Woodrow J. Hinton III © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{quote|A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is deemed a dull affair.{{ref|AGOT|11}}|[[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|I shall fear the Dothraki the day they teach their [[horse]]s to run on water.{{ref|aGoT|33}}|[[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki did not truly comprehend this business of [[currency|buying and selling]].{{ref|AGOT|54}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki follow only the strong.{{ref|aGoT|68}}|[[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|Dothraki were not accustomed to staying long in one place. They were a warrior people, not made for cities.{{ref|ACOK|63}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|'''Theon''': The Dothraki believe the stars are spirits of the valiant dead. 
'''Lorren''': Dothraki? 
'''Theon''': The horselords across the [[narrow sea]]. 
'''Lorren''': Oh. Them. Savages believe all manner of foolish things.{{ref|ACOK|66}}|[[Theon Greyjoy]] and [[Black Lorren]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki were wise where [[horse]]s were concerned, but could be utter fools about much else.{{ref|aDwD|2}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki are not fond of towns, you will know this even in [[Westeros]].{{ref|aDwD|5}}|[[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The horselords come, we give them gifts, the horselords go.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Qavo Nogarys]] to [[Haldon]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R. R. Martin]] has stated that the Dothraki were fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures.

{{quote|[[w:Mongols|Mongols]] and [[w:Huns|Huns]], certainly, but also [[w:Alans|Alans]], [[w:Sioux|Sioux]], [[w:Cheyenne|Cheyenne]], and various other Amerindian tribes... seasoned with a dash of pure fantasy. So any resemblance to [[w:Arabs|Arabs]] or [[w:Turkic peoples|Turks]] is coincidental. Well, except to the extent that the Turks were also originally horsemen of the steppes, not unlike the Alans, Huns, and the rest.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6040/ On Ethnicities], February 04, 2012</ref>}}

==See also==
*[http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Main_Page Dothrawiki], a wiki dedicated to the Dothraki language

==Notes==
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==References==
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The Prince of Thorns: explaining a part of their religion and why they burn down places

[[File: Niten Braided Screamers.JPG|thumb|350px|Dothraki braided screamers, by Niten © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''Dothraki''' people are a culture of nomadic warriors in [[Essos]] who range across the vast grasslands of the [[Dothraki sea]] in hordes known as ''[[khalasar]]s''. People of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Free Cities]] also refer to the Dothraki as '''horselords'''.{{ref|AGOT|12}}{{ref|ADWD|22}}

==Appearance==
[[File:Magali Villeneuve Horselord.png|thumb|350px|Horselord, by Magali Villeneuve ©]]

Dothraki typically have a [[copper]]-toned skin and dark almond eyes,{{Ref|agot|3}}{{Ref|agot|61}}{{Ref|asos|23}} black hair,{{Ref|agot|3}} and black eyes.{{Ref|agot|46}} Dothraki men wear their hair in long braids, oiled{{Ref|acok|12}} or greased with fat from the rendering pits.{{Ref|agot|11}} Dothraki warriors carry small [[Bells (Dothraki)|bells]] in their braids, which ring softly when they move.{{Ref|agot|3}} They are only allowed to braid their hair after they have won a victory.{{ref|agot|36}} A bell is added to their braid after each victory;{{Ref|acok|63}} The braid is only cut when a Dothraki warrior is defeated in battle,{{Ref|acok|12}} an act through which he lets the world know his shame.{{Ref|Agot|3}} Only few men die with their braids never having been cut off.{{ref|acok|12}} Men further might wear metal rings bound in their mustachios.{{Ref|agot|3}}

Both men and women might wear painted leather vests over bare chests and horsehair leggings cinched by [[bronze]] medallion belts,{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|54}} although wealthier Dothraki might also have [[silver]] and [[gold]]en medallions on their belts.{{Ref|agot|46}} Others might wear sandsilk trousers.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|agot|72}}{{ref|asos|27}} For footwear Dothraki wear leather boots,{{Ref|Agot|68}} leather sandals which lace up to the knee,{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|agot|64}} or sandals of woven grass.{{Ref|acok|63}} However, when visiting the [[Free Cities]], the Dothraki wear rich fabrics and sweet perfumes.{{Ref|agot|11}}

Being accustomed to riding [[horse]]s every entire day, Dothraki warriors walk with a bowlegged swagger on the ground.{{Ref|asos|27}}

The Dothraki scrub themselves clean with sand.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==Culture and customs==
===''Khalasars''===
[[File:Jason Engle Horseback Archers.jpg|thumb|350px|Horseback Archers by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Dothraki live in hordes called ''[[khalasar]]s''. Their chieftains are called ''[[khal]]s'', while the wife of a ''khal'' is known as a ''[[khaleesi]]''.{{Ref|agot|11}} The heir of a ''khal'' is named the ''[[khalakka]]''.{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|Agot|61}} A ''[[ko]]'' is one of the ''khal's'' commanders within a horde.{{ref|ASOS|42}} According to a semi-canon source,{{ref|AWOIAF|Aggo}} a ''[[khas]]'' consists of the personal guard of important individuals, such as a ''khaleesi''{{ref|AGOT|23}} or a ''ko''.{{ref|AGOT|61}}

[[Bloodrider]]s fulfill the roles of guards, brothers, shadows, and friends to the ''khal'' in ways that run deeper than the oath of the [[Kingsguard]] to the king on the [[Iron Throne]]. The ''khal'' and his bloodriders commonly refer to each other as "blood of my blood".{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

The ''[[jaqqa rhan]]'' are mercy men who move among the corpses in battlefields, cutting off the heads of the dead and dying.{{Ref|agot|61}} When the ''khalasar'' is on the move, scouts range ahead while outriders guard the flanks.{{Ref|agot|23}}

''Khalasars'' keep two sorts of healers. The first are barren women who practice their healing with herbs, potions, and [[spells]]. [[Eunuch]] [[slaves]], on the other hand, use use knives, needles, and fire.{{Ref|Agot|61}}

===Social status===
The Dothraki consider riding a [[horse]] as a basic marker of social status. A ''[[khal]]'' who cannot ride cannot rule.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Custom decrees that the ''khaleesi'' must ride a mount worthy of her place by the side of the ''khal''.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth. Doing anything else might be considered weak.{{Ref|Agot|54}} Some women giving birth ride on a [[cart]]. A cart is of less prestige, and is further meant for [[eunuch]]s, cripples, the very young, and the very old.{{Ref|agot|36}} A man who does not ride is considered the lowest of the low. He is not even seen as a man, and considered to be without honor or pride.{{Ref|agot|23}}

Although some are respected, women have a lower social status than men. For example, the [[bloodrider]]s of a ''khal'' will not allow themselves to be commanded by his ''khaleesi''.{{Ref|agot|64}} Nonetheless, even the mightiest ''khal'' will bow to the wisdom and authority of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', the widowed ''khaleesis'' who reside at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|Agot|46}}

Most of all, the Dothraki follow strength. Should a ''khal'' die without an adult heir, his ''[[ko]]s'' might fight among themselves to take the place of the fallen ''khal''. In the case that the ''khal'' has a ''[[khalakka]]'' who is still a child, this heir might be killed so as not to be a rival.{{Ref|agot|64}}

===Reliion===
The Dothraki worship a [[horse god]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Gods_of_Westeros/ Gods of Westeros], November 18, 1998</ref>{{Ref|acok|48}} The Dothraki believe that when someone dies, the horse god parts the grass and claims the deceased for his starry ''khalasar'', so the deceased can ride the nightlands.{{Ref|adwd|52}}{{Ref|adwd|71}} The Dothraki further believe that the [[moon]] is a goddess, and that she is the wife to the [[sun]].{{Ref|agot|23}} In addition, they believe in hell.{{Ref|Acok|12}}{{Ref|acok|63}}

Dothraki consider the earth to be their mother and think it sinful to cut her flesh with plows and spades and axes, this leads them to burn down fields, farms and towns to return the grasslands to their wild state.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Grasslands}}

===Economy===
[[File:Marc simonetti Danymarket.jpg|thumb|250px|A market at [[Vaes Dothrak]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly by the Dothraki,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and they instead use giving and receiving gifts as a common way for doing trade.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} This is exemplified by the Dothraki "selling" their captives on occasion to the [[Slaver Cities]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They call these [[slaves]] "gifts", and as payment receive gifts from the slavers.{{Ref|ADWD|50}}

Trade is allowed in the sacred city [[Vaes Dothrak]], where, by the leave of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} though they mostly trade with each other, and only little with the Dothraki themselves.{{Ref|agot|54}} In the Western Market merchants from the [[Free Cities]] come to trade, while in the Eastern Market traders from [[Yi Ti]], [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and the lands from beside the [[Jade Sea]] place their caravans.{{Ref|agot|36}} The merchants are tolerated provided that they do not break the peace of the city, do not profane the [[Mother of Mountains]] or [[Womb of the World]], and honor the ''dosh khaleen'' with the traditional gifts of salt, [[silver]], and seed.{{Ref|agot|54}}

The Free Cities (like [[Myr]], [[Pentos]], and [[Norvos]]) and the slave cities in [[Slaver's Bay]] deal carefully with the Dothraki. The rulers of the cities give lavishly to every ''khal'' who passes with his ''khalasar'', feasting them and giving them gifts, so the ''khalasar'' will pass on without sacking the city.{{Ref|asos|23}}

===Language===
The [[Dothraki language]] is considered a rough, harsh language by Westerosi.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|AGOT|61}} They use descriptive names, e.g. ''Rhaesh Andahli'', meaning "the land of the [[Andals]]", for [[Westeros]],{{Ref|agot|3}} ''shierak qiya'', literally "bleeding star", used to describe the [[red comet]],{{Ref|Acok|12}} or the term [[Milk Men]] for the [[Qarth]]een, pointing towards their paleness.{{Ref|acok|27}}

===Culinary customs===
The Dothraki eat [[horse]]flesh, which they prefer to beef and pork.{{Ref|agot|31}} They believe horseflesh makes a man strong.{{Ref|agot|36}} They also have black sausages<ref group="N">Similar to [[w:Kishka (food)|''kaszanka'']]</ref>, blood pies, and sweetgrass stews.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} They drink a mildly [[alcoholic beverage]] derived from fermented mare's milk.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|46}}<ref group="N">Similar to the Central Asian drink [[w:Kumis|''kumýs'']]</ref> They also drink pepper [[beer]].{{Ref|Agot|64}}

===Structures===
[[File:Dothraki Sea2 HBO.jpg|thumb|300px|A Dothraki camp in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]

The Dothraki do not build.{{Ref|agot|36}} A thousand years before, to build a house they would dig a hole in the earth and raise a grass roof over it.{{Ref|agot|36}} They can raise 'palaces' of woven grass.{{Ref|agot|11}} In [[Vaes Dothrak]], all buildings have been made by the [[slaves]] serving there. Since the slaves all originate from different lands, they have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Vaes Dothrak===
The sacred city of Vaes Dothrak is the only city the Dothraki have.{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Here, only the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' reside permanently, together with their slaves and servants.{{Ref|agot|36}} Regardless, the city is large enough to host all ''khalasars'' at one time, as the ''dosh khaleen'' have prophesied that one day all Dothraki will return to the city at the same time.{{Ref|agot|36}} Within the city, the ''khalasars'' are to set their enmities aside. It is death to draw a blade in Vaes Dothrak or to shed a free man’s blood,{{Ref|agot|36}} although this does not entirely prevent murders within the city.

Vaes Dothrak is located in the shadow of the [[Mother of Mountains]],{{ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} a mountain which only Dothraki men are allowed to ascend.{{Ref|agot|36}}{{Ref|agot|46}} Residing at the edge of the city is the [[Womb of the World]],{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|tloiaf|The Dothraki Sea}} a large lake from which, the Dothraki believe, the first men emerged a thousand years ago upon the back of the first horse.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

===Marriage, sexual relations, and childbirth===
Among the Dothraki, [[Customs|weddings]] occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guest's feast, drink, dance, and fight. The Dothraki mate like the animals in their heat. There is no privacy in the ''khalasar''. During the wedding feast, women dance to drums, while warriors may take them before the watching ''khalasar'' freely. If two men take the same woman, they may fight to the death over her.{{Ref|agot|11}} During the feast, each dish is offered first to the newlywed pair; all food they refuse is offered to the rest of the participants at the wedding feast.{{Ref|agot|11}} Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. As is tradition, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' is presented with an ''[[arakh]]'', a bow, and a whip from her husband's [[bloodrider]]s, although she is to decline the gifts and give them to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the ''[[khal]]'' and ''khaleesi'' consummate their marriage.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} After the wedding, the ''khal'' is to present his new bride to the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|AGOT|11}}

Polygamy is practiced among the Dothraki; [[Jommo]]{{Ref|agot|46}} and [[Temmo]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} are ''khals'' known to have had multiple wives. Other ''khals'' might decide to share their wife or wives with his bloodriders.{{Ref|agot|36}}

Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth,{{Ref|Agot|54}} although some women giving birth might ride on a cart.{{Ref|agot|36}} When children are born deformed they are left out for the feral dogs who run behind the ''khalasar''.{{Ref|agot|31}}

A pregnant ''khaleesi'' might participate in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony, although it is unknown under what circumstances the ceremony occurs. During the ceremony, the ''khaleesi'' will attempt to consume the heart of a stallion under the supervision of the ''dosh khaleen''. Due to the prohibition on bearing [[steel]] in [[Vaes Dothrak]], the mother must tear apart the stallion's heart with her bare teeth and fingernails. If she eats the entire heart, she will bear a son who is strong and swift and fearless; if she chokes on the blood or retches up the flesh, the omens are less favorable — the child might be stillborn, weak, deformed or female.{{Ref|agot|46}}

===Death===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Ride Them Down.JPG|thumb|A Dothraki rides down the enemy, by Mike Capprotti © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky.{{Ref|agot|46}} The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death.{{Ref|agot|72}} This causes [[maesters]] to say that the Dothraki believe the stars are the spirits of the valiant dead.{{Ref|acok|66}} When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.{{Ref|acok|12}} The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky.{{Ref|agot|72}} However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.{{Ref|acok|12}}

A ''khal'' is given a funeral pyre after he dies.{{Ref|agot|72}} A great square is made from wood, in the middle of which the ''khal's'' slain horse is positioned. Over the horse, the platform is constructed on which the ''khal'' will be placed. The wood of the platform is laid east to west, from sunrise to sunset. The platform consists of three levels. The wood of the third of these levels are positioned from north to south. On this level the body of the ''khal'' is placed. The ''khal'' is placed upon the pyre with his head in the direction of the [[Mother of Mountains]] and with his treasures positioned around him. The pyre is only lit after the first star has been seen in the sky.{{Ref|agot|72}}

Ancient traditions of the Dothraki demand that a ''khal's'' [[bloodrider]]s die with him, riding the night lands by his side. When a ''khal'' is killed by an enemy, his bloodriders are to only live long enough to avenge him.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The last duty the bloodriders owe their ''khal ''is taking his wife or wives to Vaes Dothrak to join the ''dosh khaleen''. After their last duty has been completed, the bloodriders join their ''khal'' in death.{{Ref|agot|64}}

The Dothraki believe it is bad luck to touch the body of a dead man whom they have not personally killed themselves.{{Ref|adwd|2}}

===Military===
[[File:Jedruszek Dothraki Outriders.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki outriders gallop towards a disturbance with weapons drawn, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]

The Dothraki are nomadic warriors; they ride better than any Westerosi [[knight]].{{Ref|Agot|36}} The Dothraki fight from horseback,{{Ref|agot|36}} with warriors wielding ''[[arakh]]s'', curved bows, and whips.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|agot|23}} The great bows the Dothraki use outrange the bows used in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|agot|36}} According to [[Jorah Mormont]], the Dothraki are utterly fearless.{{Ref|agot|36}}

The Dothraki ride on small, flat saddles with short stirrups.{{Ref|Agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|23}}

===Other beliefs and superstitions===
The Dothraki hate and fear the sea and the ships in it, as they mistrust all water their horses do not drink. They refer to the sea as “the poison water"{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|asos|8}} and the “black salt sea”.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|asos|23}}

Dothraki believe that anything of importance in a man's life must take place beneath the open sky.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

An ancient prophecy of the Dothraki predicts that one day the ''khal'' of all ''khals'' will rise. This [[stallion who mounts the world]] is prophesied to unite the Dothraki into a single ''khalasar'' and ride to the ends of the earth, making everyone in [[known world|the world]] his herd.{{Ref|agot|46}}

The Dothraki believe that someday [[ghost grass]] will cover the world, and then all life will end.{{Ref|agot|23}}

The number thirteen is considered to be a bad number.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

[[Bloodmagic]] is forbidden amongst the Dothraki.{{Ref|agot|64}} The Dothraki consider a ''[[maegi]]'' to be a woman who lays with [[demon]]s and practices the blackest of [[Magic|sorceries]]. A ''maegi'' is considered to be a vile thing, evil and soulless.{{Ref|agot|61}}

When the gods are gone from a certain place, according to the Dothraki, evil ghosts feast by night. The Dothraki feel it best to shun such places.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==History==
[[File:Stu Barnes Dothraki Outrider.JPG|thumb|350px|Dothraki outrider by Stu Barnes © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The ancestors of the Dothraki came from the lands beyond the [[Bone Mountains]] in the [[Further East]] of [[Essos]], leaving behind the bones that give the mountains their name.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond}}

The nomadic Dothraki do not have a tradition of settlements. To make a house a thousand years ago, they dug a hole in the ground and covered it with a woven grass roof.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

Four hundred years ago,{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|asos|8}} the Dothraki rode toward the [[Free Cities]] out of the east, sacking and burning every town and city in their path, including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Qaathi]] cities in the [[red waste]],{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and the [[Ibben]]ese settlements in the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} Khal [[Temmo]] and his ''khalasar'' of at least fifty-thousand were stopped by the [[Three Thousand of Qohor]].{{ref|ASOS|8}} During the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Dothraki drove [[smallfolk]] from their hovels and nobles from their estates, until only grass and ruins remained from the [[Forest of Qohor]] to the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Ruined cities and regions ring the vast plains of the [[Dothraki sea]], including the Kingdom of Sarnor, the Kingdom of the Ifequevron, the upper [[Skahazadhan]], and the red waste.{{ref|TLOIAF}} The [[godsway]] in [[Vaes Dothrak]] contains monuments the Dothraki have taken from conquered people.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

[[Terrio Erastes]] wrote ''[[Fire Upon the Grass]]'' about his time as a guest of Khal [[Dhako]].{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] weds Khal [[Drogo]],{{ref|AGOT|11}} joins his ''[[khalasar]]'' and rides to [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|36}} Daenerys becomes pregnant with [[Rhaego]], whom the Dothraki believe to be the [[stallion who mounts the world]].{{ref|AGOT|46}} After a wineseller attempts to assassinate the ''[[khaleesi]]'' in the Western Market, Drogo announces his intention to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|AGOT|54}}

Drogo's ''khalasar'' sacks a town of the [[Lhazareen]] and defeats the rival ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Ogo]], although Drogo is wounded in the fighting.{{ref|AGOT|61}} Daenerys asks [[Mirri Maz Duur]] to save the ''khal's'' life,{{ref|AGOT|64}} but Rhaego dies in the ceremony and Daenerys ends up smothering the comatose Drogo.{{ref|AGOT|68}} The ''khalasar'' splinters into a dozen new groups, with the most prominent led by [[Jhaqo]] and [[Pono]].{{ref|AGOT|68}} Taking command of a small group of Dothraki and freed slaves, Daenerys walks into Drogo's funeral pyre and miraculously hatches three [[dragon]]s from petrified [[dragon eggs]].{{ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:RMTrue Queens Bannerman.png|thumb|350px|A Dothraki flying Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s banner, by Regis Moulun © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Avoiding other ''khalasars'' in the [[Dothraki sea]], Daenerys's small ''khalasar'' struggles south through the [[red waste]]{{ref|ACOK|12}} but is able to reach the safety of [[Qarth]].{{ref|ACOK|27}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Daenerys's tiny ''khalasar'' sails for [[Slaver's Bay]] and participates in the defeats of [[fall of Astapor|Astapor]],{{ref|ASOS|27}} [[battle near Yunkai|Yunkai]],{{ref|ASOS|42}} and [[siege of Meereen|Meereen]].{{ref|ASOS|71}} The Yunkai'i send riders to Vaes Dothrak to seek aid against Daenerys.{{ref|ASOS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Outriders from [[Motho]]'s ''khalasar'' are seen north of [[Dagger Lake]], and [[Zekko]]'s horde moves through the [[Forest of Qohor]]. [[Haldon Halfmaester]] believes they are fleeing the thirty thousand men of Khal Pono, whose ''khalasar'' has been spotted near the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|8}}

After Daenerys disappears from [[Daznak's Pit]] on [[Drogon]], [[Aggo]] and [[Rakharo]] lead most of her ''khalasar'' from Meereen across the [[Skahazadhan]] in search of the queen.{{ref|ADWD|55}}{{ref|ADWD|70}}

Jhaqo's'' khalasar'' discovers Daenerys and Drogon in the Dothraki sea.{{ref|ADWD|71}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Blood-Crazed Screamer Woodrow J. Hinton III.JPG|thumb|350px|Blood-Crazed Screamer by Woodrow J. Hinton III © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{quote|A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is deemed a dull affair.{{ref|AGOT|11}}|[[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|I shall fear the Dothraki the day they teach their [[horse]]s to run on water.{{ref|aGoT|33}}|[[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki did not truly comprehend this business of [[currency|buying and selling]].{{ref|AGOT|54}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki follow only the strong.{{ref|aGoT|68}}|[[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|Dothraki were not accustomed to staying long in one place. They were a warrior people, not made for cities.{{ref|ACOK|63}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|'''Theon''': The Dothraki believe the stars are spirits of the valiant dead. 
'''Lorren''': Dothraki? 
'''Theon''': The horselords across the [[narrow sea]]. 
'''Lorren''': Oh. Them. Savages believe all manner of foolish things.{{ref|ACOK|66}}|[[Theon Greyjoy]] and [[Black Lorren]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki were wise where [[horse]]s were concerned, but could be utter fools about much else.{{ref|aDwD|2}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|The Dothraki are not fond of towns, you will know this even in [[Westeros]].{{ref|aDwD|5}}|[[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The horselords come, we give them gifts, the horselords go.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Qavo Nogarys]] to [[Haldon]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R. R. Martin]] has stated that the Dothraki were fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures.

{{quote|[[w:Mongols|Mongols]] and [[w:Huns|Huns]], certainly, but also [[w:Alans|Alans]], [[w:Sioux|Sioux]], [[w:Cheyenne|Cheyenne]], and various other Amerindian tribes... seasoned with a dash of pure fantasy. So any resemblance to [[w:Arabs|Arabs]] or [[w:Turkic peoples|Turks]] is coincidental. Well, except to the extent that the Turks were also originally horsemen of the steppes, not unlike the Alans, Huns, and the rest.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6040/ On Ethnicities], February 04, 2012</ref>}}

==See also==
*[http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Main_Page Dothrawiki], a wiki dedicated to the Dothraki language

==Notes==
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==References==
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The way

2021-03-06T23:48:56Z

The Prince of Thorns: this happened in affc

[[File:Drazenka Kimpel Daenerys Targeryen.jpg|Who will show Dany the way?. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
'''The way''' is a phrase that appears to be associated with [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. Some characters have offered to show her “the way”.{{Ref|aFfC|35}}{{Ref|adwd|11}}

In [[Braavos]], once the dying [[Maester Aemon]] concludes that Daenerys is the [[prince that was promised]] he tells [[Samwell Tarly]] that he should be with her, showing her the way. {{Ref|aFfC|35}} When [[Quaithe]] tells Danerys she is trying to show her the way, Daenerys assumes the way is part of the cryptic warning Quaithe gave her in Qarth.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}{{Ref|adwd|11}}

In [[Westeros]] the word “way” can refer to a route, such as [[Gorne's Way]] {{ref|ASOS|26}} or the [[Stone Way]] which is another name of the [[Boneway ]] a major pass in [[Dorne]] and also the [[Wide Way]], another name for the [[Prince's Pass]].

Interestingly, in [[Westeros]] the words of [[House Hightower]] are: ''"We Light the Way"'' and according to semi-canon sources, [[House Yronwood]] motto is: ''“We Guard the Way”''.

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:John Goodenoughstandard targaryen.jpg|The wizard king tells Dany they sent [[red comet|the comet]] in order to show her the way. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
Quaithe urges Daenerys to leave Qarth as soon as possible. When Dany asks for a clarification on this warning, Quaithe gives a cryptic answer:

{{Quote|To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. To go forward you must go back and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}}}

In the [[House of the Undying]] Daenerys comes upon a great hall with a splendour of wizards, which turn out to be a false vision of the [[Undying Ones]]. There, a wizard king tells her they have been awaiting her for a thousand years. The wizard king tells he they sent Dany [[red comet|the comet]] in order to show her the way. {{ref|Acok|48}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
In [[Braavos ]], after hearing of Dany and her dragons, a dying [[Maester Aemon]] despairs that he cannot show her the way, as he is too old and his body has betrayed him. {{Ref|aFfC|35}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In the [[Great Pyramid]] of [[Meereen]], Daenerys has a vision of [[Quaithe]]. When Dany asks her what she wants of her Quaithe replies that she wants to show her the way. {{Ref|adwd|11}} Dany tells her that she remembers the way, reciting what the Quaithe told her in [[Qarth]],

{{Quote|I remember the way. I go north to go south, east to go west, back to go forward. And to touch the light I have to pass beneath the shadow.{{Ref|adwd|11}}}}

When Daenerys is wandering lost, starving, and alone in the [[Dothraki Sea]], she slips into a restless sleep and hears [[Quaithe]]'s original instructions again.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|We knew you were to come to us," the wizard king said. "A thousand years ago we knew, and have been waiting all this time, We sent [[red comet|the comet]] to show you the way."{{ref|Acok|48}}|the wizard king, to Daenerys Targaryen}}

{{Quote|The dragon must have three heads…but I am too old to be one of them. I should be with [[Daenerys Targaryen|her]], showing her the way, but my body has betrayed me.{{Ref|aFfC|35}}|[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Maester Aemon]]}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}
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Tyanna of the Tower

2020-12-21T16:01:57Z

The Prince of Thorns:

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| Character_name = Tyanna of the Tower [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Tyanna of the Tower.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Tyanna of the Tower, as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''.
| Alias = Tyanna of Pentos{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} The king's raven{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} The mistress of whispers{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} Mistress of the spiders{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Title = Queen [[Mistress of whisperers]]
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Pentos]]hi
| Father = Unknown [[magister]]
| Mother =
| Spouse = King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Pentos]]
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|48}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned)
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Queen '''Tyanna of the Tower''', also known as '''Tyanna of Pentos''',{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} was a [[Pentos]]hi woman who eventually married King [[Maegor I Targaryen]], becoming his third (of many) wives.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

==Character==
Tyanna was rumored to be the [[Bastardy|natural]] daughter of a Pentoshi [[magister]] who began as a tavern dancer and rose to become a [[courtesan]]. She was also said to dabble in [[magic|sorcery]] and [[alchemy]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} Her name may come from the fact that Pentos is known for its square brick towers.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|1}}

==History==
The beautiful Tyanna became Maegor's lover during his exile in Pentos; she was rumored to be Queen [[Alys Harroway]]'s [[paramour]] as well.{{Ref|TSOTD}}

After Maegor was crowned king in {{Date|42}}, his rule was challenged by the [[Faith of the Seven]] with a [[trial of seven]]. Maegor won but was grievously wounded. Twenty-eight days later Alys arrived from [[Pentos]] with Tyanna. The Dowager Queen, [[Visenya Targaryen]], after meeting with Tyanna, gave the king over to her care alone, which troubled Maegor's supporters.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} Tyanna married Maegor in the same year,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} Alys joining her husband and his new bride in bed on their first night of marriage.{{Ref|TSOTD}}

The Dowager Queen died in {{Date|44}}. In the confusion after her death, [[Aenys I Targaryen]]'s widow, Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]], slipped away from [[Dragonstone]] with her children, as well as with the sword [[Dark Sister]]. Alyssa and Aenys's second son, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys]], had been kept at the Red Keep as the king's squire, however, and he suffered for her flight. He died after nine days of questioning at the hands of Tyanna of the Tower.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{Ref|TSOTD}}

Tyanna served as [[mistress of whisperers]] on her husband's [[small council]] and was dubbed "the king's raven". It was said that discussing secrets in the Red Keep was foolish, as rats and other vermin were her spies.{{Ref|TSOTD}} When Queen Alys gave birth to a monstrosity in {{Date|44}},<ref name=forum>Westeros.org: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/119534-twoiaf-spoilers-inconsistency-or-intentional/&page=10#comment-6413683 Inconsistency or Intentional?]</ref> Queen Tyanna convinced Maegor that it was due to Alys having secret affairs. This led to the extinction of [[House Harroway]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} and the torture and execution of dozens of alleged lovers.{{Ref|TSOTD}}

In {{Date|48}}, Tyanna was seized and taken to the dungeons by two of Maegor's [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Owen Bush]] and Ser [[Maladon Moore]]. As the torturers prepared their tools, she confessed her responsibility for the two abominations that were born of Maegor's seed, claiming that she had [[poison]]ed the babies in their mothers' wombs, being queens [[Alys Harroway]] and [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]] respectively, and promised that the same fate would befall [[Elinor Costayne]], one of Maegor's [[Black Brides]], who was with child.{{Ref|tsotd}} She was killed by Maegor's own hand, her heart cut out with the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Blackfyre]] and thrown to his dogs.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

Tyanna's promise did indeed come to pass as two moons later Queen Elinor birthed a stillborn monstrosity as well.{{Ref|TSOTD}}

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Visenya Targaryen

2020-12-21T16:01:04Z

The Prince of Thorns:

{{Character
| Character_name = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|left]] Visenya Targaryen [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:Visenya.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Visenya by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| Alias =
| Title = Queen Dowager Queen
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Father = [[Aerion Targaryen (son of Daemion)|Aerion Targaryen]]
| Mother = [[Valaena Velaryon]]
| Spouse = King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| Issue = [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|-29}} or {{Date|-28}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Visenya Targaryen|Visenya Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| father = [[Aerion Targaryen (son of Daemion)|Aerion Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Valaena Velaryon]]
| Place_of_Death = [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|44}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
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{{Hatnote|"Visenya" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Visenya Targaryen (disambiguation)]].}}

Queen '''Visenya Targaryen''' was the older sister and wife of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the first [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]]. Her younger sister, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]], was [[polygamy|married to Aegon as well]]. Visenya was a [[dragonrider]], and rode the [[dragon]] [[Vhagar]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Visenya Targaryen|l1=Images of Visenya Targaryen}}

Like her siblings, Visenya possessed the classical [[Valyria]]n features: long, silver-gold hair, which she often braided or bound up in rings, and [[purple eyes]].<ref name=ssm/>{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Hers was a harsher, more austere beauty than her sister, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} A voluptuous, sensual, and passionate woman, Visenya was also stern, serious, and unforgiving.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}<ref name=ssm/> Some claimed that Visenya dabbled in dark sorceries and played with [[poison]]s.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Visenya was both a [[dragonrider]] and a warrior, comfortable in both silk and in ringmail.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} When garbed as a warrior, she always wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] [[longsword]] [[Dark Sister]].<ref name=ssm>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions More Targaryen Descriptions]</ref>

==History==
===Early life===
Born on the island [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]],{{ref|awoiaf|Visenya Targaryen}} Visenya was the eldest child of Lord [[Aerion Targaryen (son of Daemion)|Aerion Targaryen]] and Lady [[Valaena Velaryon]]. Her two younger siblings, [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]], were born within a few years following her birth.<ref name=ssm/> Since young age, Visenya trained together with Aegon at arms, and she became a skilled warrior.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

As expected, Visenya was wed to her brother Aegon following Valyrian custom. However, Aegon took their younger sister as a wife as well. People claimed that he had wed Visenya out of duty, and Rhaenys out of desire. Prior to her wedding, Visenya became a dragonrider, having bonded with the dragon [[Vhagar]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

In her youth Visenya was reported to have visited the [[Citadel]] of [[Oldtown]] and Lord [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] of the [[Arbor]] together with her brother Aegon.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===The Conquest===
[[File:Aegon And His Sisters by Amok..png|thumb|400px|Visenya (left) with her brother [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]] and younger sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]], by Amok]]

When [[Aegon's Conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] began, Visenya sailed with her siblings from Dragonstone. While [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]] began construction of the [[Aegonfort]], Visenya subdued [[House Stokeworth]] by setting ablaze the roofs of [[Stokeworth]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} After the defeat of [[House Darklyn]] in [[Aegon's first test]], Visenya claimed the riches of [[Duskendale]], swelling the coffers of [[House Targaryen]]. Having conquered a dozen houses and secured the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]], Aegon was crowned king at the Aegonfort. Visenya, now queen, placed a [[Valyrian steel]] circlet on Aegon's head while their sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] hailed him as the new [[King of All Westeros]]. Following the coronation, Visenya accompanied the Targaryen fleet to [[Gulltown]] and the [[Vale of Arryn]]. When the Arryn fleet sunk a third of the Targaryen ships and captured many more in a [[battle in the waters off Gulltown]], Visenya descended from the sky upon [[Vhagar]], burning their ships.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Next, Visenya was sent to [[Crackclaw Point]] by Aegon. The local lords had learned of the death of [[Harren Hoare]], [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], at the [[burning of Harrenhal]] by Aegon, so the Crackclaws submitted quickly to Visenya, swearing oaths of fealty. Visenya took them as her own men, and from that day forth the lords owed their loyalty directly to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|affc|20}}

Visenya met Rhaenys, Aegon, and the Targaryen host at [[Stoney Sept]], from where they raced south. There, they met the combined hosts of the [[Reach]] and the [[westerlands]] in battle. Visenya and her siblings fought from dragonback, setting the dry grasses and stands of wheat on the battlefield afire. With more than four thousand men dead from the fire, and tens of thousands wounded by the flames, the battle became known as the [[Field of Fire]]. [[Mern IX Gardener]], [[King of the Reach]], died in battle while [[Loren I Lannister]], [[King of the Rock]] fled, giving the Targaryens the victory.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} According to legend, Visenya thanked the gods that Loren had ridden forth to face the Targaryens when she saw [[Casterly Rock]], as she believed that [[dragonflame]] would not have been able to dishearten the Lannister king if he had remained inside the Rock.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Westerlands: Casterly Rock}}

Visenya had taken an arrow in the shoulder during the Field of Fire, but soon recovered. Following the surrender of King Loren, the three Targaryen siblings parted ways once more, but met soon again at the banks of the [[Trident]], where they awaited the host of [[Torrhen Stark]], [[King in the North]]. After Torrhen [[Inn of the Kneeling Man|bent the knee]], Visenya parted from her siblings and returned to the Vale, where [[House Arryn]] had strengthened their defenses. A strong host had been positioned at the [[Bloody Gate]], and the garrisons of [[Stone (waycastle)|Stone]], [[Snow (waycastle)|Snow]], and [[Sky]] had been tripled. However, Visenya bypassed these hosts by flying up to the [[Eyrie]] upon Vhagar's back. She landed in the courtyard, where she was met by [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]], the young [[King of Mountain and Vale]]. Ronnel's regent and mother, Lady [[Sharra Arryn]], surrendered the Eyrie to Visenya.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===First Dornish War===
[[File:Visenya riding Vhagar.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Visenya riding [[Vhagar]] into battle.]]
Visenya fought alongside her siblings in the [[First Dornish War]], which lasted from {{Date|4}} to {{Date|13}}. After Rhaenys died in [[Dorne]] in {{Date|10}}, Visenya and Aegon, grief-stricken at her death, set every castle, keep, and holdfast in [[Dorne]] ablaze at least once, with the exception of [[Sunspear]] and its [[shadow city]].

They also placed bounties on the heads of the Dornish lords. Although half a dozen and more of those lords were killed by assassins, only two of the killers lived to collect their reward. In retaliation, the Dornish lords hired catspaws themselves.{{Ref|twoiaf|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Visenya and her escort were once attacked in [[King's Landing]], and she cut down the last would-be assassin down herself with [[Dark Sister]].{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}} Visenya also twice wielded her longsword to defend her brother,{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} with one occasion occurring in {{Date|10}}.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} When Aegon argued that his guards were still sufficient for his protection, Visenya drew Dark Sister. Before [[House Targaryen guards|his guards]] could react, she had cut Aegon's cheek, pointing out to him that his guards were slow and lazy.{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} This event led to the birth of the [[Kingsguard]]. Visenya modeled the vows of the Kingsguard upon the vows of the [[Night's Watch]], and she selected the first seven members herself.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

In {{Date|13}}, [[Deria Martell]], [[Princess of Dorne]], arrived in King's Landing in {{Date|13}} with a delegation to discuss peace. With her, she brought the skull of Rhaenys's dragon, [[Meraxes]], which was ill-received by Visenya.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}} Deria and Aegon eventually reached an agreement, striking a peace which ended the war.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}

===Motherhood===
[[File:Visenya targaryen by bellabergolts.jpg|thumb|Visenya with [[Dark Sister]], by Bella Bergolts ©]]
The day-to-day governance of the realm was often left in the charge of Visenya and Rhaenys, and Aegon's councilors.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

Rhaenys's death in Dorne in {{Date|10}} shattered the health of her son [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]], and people began to doubt as to whether he would live. As Visenya had not yet gotten pregnant by Aegon despite more than a decade of marriage, some had come to believe that she was barren, and even went as far as to suggest to Aegon that he should take a new wife. Although many young women were presented to Aegon, he refused to voice his opinion on the matter. In {{Date|11}}, Visenya announced she was pregnant with a son, and the next year, she gave birth to Aegon's second son, [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]{{Ref|tsotd}} on [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|awoiaf|Maegor I Targaryen}} Visenya raised Maegor on Dragonstone, and gave him her [[Valyrian steel]] sword, [[Dark Sister]], as a [[nameday]] present when the boy turned thirteen.{{Ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|23}}, Aenys's first child, Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], was born.{{Ref|tsotd}} Shortly after Maegor turned twelve, Visenya proposed a betrothal between her son Maegor and Rhaena, to settle the issue of the royal succession, as Rhaena's birth had sparked the discussion about who was next in line behind Aenys: his own daughter, or his brother.{{Ref|tsotd}} However, the [[High Septon (Aegon I)|High Septon]] protested, and suggested his own niece, Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], as a bride for the young prince instead.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

Visenya's relationship with Aegon, which had never been a warm one, grew more distant. When Aegon in {{Date|35}} had the [[Aegonfort]] torn down so they could start building the [[Red Keep]], Visenya was left in charge of the construction. In his histories, [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]] states that it was suggested at court that Aegon had left Visenya at King's Landing so that he would not have to endure her presence on Dragonstone.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

===Reign of Aenys===
When Aegon died, both Visenya and Maegor were present as his body was cremated and [[Aenys I Targaryen]] was crowned. Aenys gifted Maegor with [[Blackfyre]] saying he was more fit to wield it. Visenya Targaryen voiced the opinion that Aenys was unfit to rule, claiming that, by giving [[Blackfyre]] to [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], Aenys had admitted that he lacked the strength to rule.{{Ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|39}}, Visenya's son Maegor shocked the realm by taking a second wife and married [[Alys Harroway]]. Visenya officiated the wedding for lack of a septon. The outrage that followed resulted in Maegor being sent into exile.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} Visenya was present the next year at the wedding of Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] to Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]. At the feast that followed the ceremony, King Aenys named Aegon [[Prince of Dragonstone]], a title which had previously belonged to Maegor. Visenya left the feast in protest and returned to [[Dragonstone]] upon [[Vhagar]]. Singers claim that the moon turned red as they passed it.{{Ref|tsotd}}

When King Aenys abandoned King's Landing at the start of the [[Faith Militant uprising]] and fled to Dragonstone, Visenya counseled him to burn down the [[Starry Sept]] in [[Oldtown]] and the [[Sept of Remembrance]] in King's Landing. Aenys, incapable of making a firm decision, instead fell ill and chose not to heed her counsel. Visenya took over his care and for a time his health improved. Aenys suffered a collapse when he learned his son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and daughter [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] were besieged in [[Crakehall]], and he died three days later.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} As soon as Aenys was buried, Visenya then mounted [[Vhagar]] and flew to [[Pentos]] to retrieve her son Maegor from exile.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

===Reign of Maegor===
[[File:Visenya targaryen by daenerys mod-d4gxqj9.jpg|thumb|300px|Queen Visenya, by Elia Fernandez]]
With Visenya's aid, Maegor claimed the [[Iron Throne]]. Visenya accompanied him to King's Landing, where she challenged anyone who denied Maegor's right to rule, which resulted in a [[trial of seven]] between Maegor and the [[Warrior's Sons]]. Though severely injured, Maegor was the only survivor.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

In {{Date|42}}, Visenya flew to [[Driftmark]] upon Vhagar to convince Aenys's widow, Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]], to leave her father's castle to where she had fled after her husband's death. At the royal court, it was said that Maegor's [[Hand of the King]] and council members enacted his will but did not have his ear - but instead, he was ruled by three queens: his mother Visenya, his paramour and second wife [[Alys Harroway]], and his new third bride, the Pentoshi spymaster [[Tyanna of the Tower]], a rumored sorceress. Visenya came to distrust Tyanna and a rivalry developed between them.{{ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|43}} Visenya aided her son against those who refused his royal summons. Mounted upon her dragon [[Vhagar]], she burned the seats of several houses in the [[riverlands]], as once she had burned castles in Dorne: [[House Blanetree]], [[House Terrick|Terrick]], [[House Deddings|Deddings]], [[House Lychester|Lychester]], and [[House Wayn|Wayn]].<ref group="N">''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' states that Visenya burned the seats of Houses in the [[Reach]], before listing off all of these Houses, known from other sources to be in the riverlands. This one-word mention of the Reach is thus probably an error. It is corrected in ''[[Fire & Blood]]''.</ref> Next Visenya and Maegor turned towards [[Oldtown]], threatening to incinerate the [[Starry Sept]] in response to the [[High Septon (Aenys I)|High Septon]]'s condemnation of her sons [[polygamy|polygamous marriages]]. When the High Septon suddenly died, Lord [[Martyn Hightower]] opened the city's gates, saving Oldtown from the fire. Visenya watched as the [[High Septon (Pater)|new High Septon]] anointed her son as king.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reach: Oldtown}}{{Ref|tsotd}}

After Maegor's victory in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]], Visenya persuaded her son to spare the lives of several highborn rebels. After Prince Aegon's death, Visenya held Alyssa and her two youngest children, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], as her wards on Dragonstone.{{Ref|tsotd}}

By {{Date|44}} - despite being healthy enough to ride her dragon to battle the year before - Visenya had grown thin and haggard, as the flesh had "melted" from her bones.{{Ref|tsotd}} Visenya died that same year while Maegor was on campaign. Upon her death, Alyssa and her two children slipped away from the castle in the confusion, taking Visenya's [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] with them.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

Visenya was cremated as per Targaryen [[custom]]. Her bones and ashes were interred beside those of her brother, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]].{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">''The Sons of the Dragon'' states that "''Her bones and ashes were interred beside those of her brother and sister.''" However, the body of her sister, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]], was never returned from [[Dorne]] after her death in {{Date|10}} (''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'', Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons), making this impossible. It is corrected in ''Fire & Blood''.</ref>

==Legacy==
After Visenya's death, it was suggested that she had caused King [[Aenys I Targaryen]]'s sudden death, causing some to call her a [[kinslayer]] and kingslayer.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

[[Elissa Farman]] gave the names [[Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya (islands)|Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya]] to islands she found in the [[Sunset Sea]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

The [[Great Sept of Baelor]] sits on [[Visenya's Hill]] in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}

''[[The Conqueror's Two Wives]]'' is a play about the royal siblings.{{ref|AFFC|34}}

==Family==
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==Quotes by Visenya==
{{Quote|Your guards are slow and lazy.{{ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}|Visenya to [[Aegon I Targaryen]] after cutting his cheek to prove a point}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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Valyrian Freehold

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{{Infobox Realm
| name = Valyrian Freehold
| image = [[File:HBO VFreehold.png|350px]]
| image_caption = [[Dragon]]s fly above the Freehold

| location =
| capital = [[Valyria]]
| government = Freehold
| ruler = Valyrian freeholders

| religion = Mixed
| population =

| founded =
| preceded =
| destroyed = {{Date|-102}}, the [[Doom of Valyria]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| succeeded = [[Free Cities]] [[Mantarys]] [[Tolos]] [[Elyria]] [[Meereen]] [[Yunkai]] [[Astapor]] [[Gogossos]] [[Lord of Dragonstone|Lordship of Dragonstone]]
| restored =

| places = [[Valyria]] [[Fourteen Flames]]
| organizations = [[Dragonlords]] [[Faceless Men]] [[Bearded priests]]
}}

[[File:Valyrian tamed dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|Valyrians tamed and used [[dragon]]s ]]
The '''Valyrian Freehold''' was a great territory that spanned much of the continent of [[Essos]], but has since fallen to ruin, approximately one hundred years before [[Aegon's Conquest]], when it was brought down by a cataclysmic event known as the [[Doom of Valyria]].

At its prime, the Valyrian Freehold encompassed most of the eastern continent and reached as far as the current [[Free Cities]] and the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] off the coast of [[Westeros]]. The Freehold was technically never an empire,<ref name=SSM1>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and More (June 26, 2001)]</ref> however for ease of reference it tends to be referred to as one.

The Freehold was an advanced civilization, and the dominant military and cultural power of the known world. Its capital was the city [[Valyria]]. The Freehold was ruled by the lords freeholder, powerful noble families. The most powerful of these were the [[dragonlords]].

==History==
===Origin===
[[File:Valyrians find dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|Valyrians discover [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Flames]]]]

According to a semi-canon source, ancient Valyria was a civilization of humble [[Valyrians|shepherds]] who discovered [[dragon]]s in the [[Fourteen Flames]], a ring of volcanoes on the [[Valyrian peninsula]].{{ref|rpg|greenronin}} Valyrian stories claim that dragons originated in their lands, although tales from [[Asshai]] claim the beasts were brought to Valyria from the [[Shadow Lands]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} The Valyrians tamed the dragons with [[magic]]—taught by a vanished people from the Shadow Lands according to the Asshai'i{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}—and mastered the technique of raising and training the dragons into devastating weapons of war.{{Ref|aFfC|22}}

They began expanding their influence, establishing the Freehold with the city of [[Valyria]] as its capital. Magic flowered, topless towers{{ref|AGOT|34}} rose toward the heavens where dragons soared, stone [[Valyrian sphinx]]es gazed down through eyes of garnet,{{ref|AGOT|20}} and smiths used spells to forge [[Valyrian steel]] weapons of legendary strength and sharpness.{{ref|AGOT|1}}{{ref|AGOT|2}}

===Rise to Power and the Fall of Ghis===
[[File:HBO Valyria v Ghis III.png|thumb|350px|The [[Valyria|dragon]] defeats the [[Ghis|harpy]]]]

Some five thousand years ago, in the early days of Valyria, the [[Old Empire of Ghis]] dominated and controlled much of [[Essos]]. The Ghiscari attempted to stop Valyria's expansion and the burgeoning freehold was involved in a series of great wars against the Old Empire. The Ghiscari [[lockstep legions]] attacked Valyria five times, but they could never defeat them - with the help of [[dragon]]s, Valyria was able to defend and emerge victorious each time.

Finally, in the last of the [[Ghiscari wars]], the Valyrians marched on their capital, [[Old Ghis]], razed it to the ground, and sowed its fields with salt, sulfur, and skulls,{{Ref|aSoS|23}} obliterating it and thereby destroying the Old Empire of Ghis. Adopting [[slavery]] from Ghis, Valyria expanded its influence over the surviving Ghiscari colonies of [[Slaver's Bay]], and continued to conquer and colonize further.

===Western Expansion===
The Valyrian Freehold continued to expand and conquer further west, capturing many [[slave]]s from conquered lands and using them to mine great wealth from the Fourteen Flames, as well as build great cities and [[Valyrian roads|roadways]] that led to Valyria.

For many years the Valyrians were at peace with the [[Rhoynar]] civilization of the [[Rhoyne]], west of the Valyrian peninsula. From the colonial freehold of [[Volantis]], the Valyrians instead crossed the Rhoyne and marched west to wage war on the [[Andals]] of [[Andalos]]. Rather than be enslaved by Valyria, the Andals crossed the [[narrow sea]] and [[Andal invasion|invaded Westeros]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} The Valyrians overwhelmed the remaining Andals of western Essos and established colonies west of their peninsula.

The Valyrians are believed to have travelled as far as [[Oldtown]], predating the arrival of the [[First Men]] and trading with the [[Giants|elder]] [[Children of the forest|races]], according to [[Jellicoe]]. [[Septon]] [[Barth]] also claimed Valyrians came to Westeros because their priests prophesied that the [[Doom of Man]] would come out of the land beyond the [[narrow sea]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}. [[Archmaester]] [[Perestan]] speculates some tragedy or mishap fell upon them and led them to shun Westeros ever after.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}

===Rhoynish Wars===
[[‎File:Magali Villeneuve Dragonlords.jpg|[[Dragonlords]] with a hatchling dragon. Art by Magali Villeneuve|thumb|right|350px]]
The [[Rhoynish Wars]] were a series of wars fought between the city-states of the [[Rhoynar]] and [[Free Cities|colonies]] of the Valyrian Freehold between ~[[950 BC]] and [[700 BC]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Rhoynish Wars|Rhoynish Wars]] calculations''</ref> They are described in [[Beldecar]]'s ''[[History of the Rhoynish Wars]]''.{{ref|ASOS|12}}

The wars were concluded in the [[Second Spice War]], when the Valyrian colony [[Volantis]] turned its eyes to the ancient and high civilization of the Rhoynar. Prince [[Garin (prince)|Garin]] of [[Chroyane]] led an army of a 250,000 men and defeated the Valyrian armies at [[Selhorys]], [[Valysar]], and [[Volon Therys]], where they won their greatest victory by defeating an army of a hundred thousand men and killing two dragons in the process.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

However, the Valyrians responded with an overwhelming force of three hundred dragons, capturing Garin the Great and burning the Rhoynish armies. Princess [[Nymeria]] of [[Ny Sar]] led the exodus of the remaining Rhoynar out of Essos, eventually arriving in [[Dorne]]. The singers say her [[ten thousand ships]] were filled with women and children, suggesting most of the men of fighting age had died in the conflict with the Freehold.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

===Valyrian Imperialism===
At the height of its power, the Freehold stretched over most of [[Essos]] west of the [[Bone Mountains]]. Many of the numerous cities were connected by [[Valyrian road|dragon roads]].{{ref|TLOIAF| Central Essos}}

The [[Free Cities]], the self-ruling daughters of [[Valyria]], are spread throughout western Essos. [[Volantis]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Volantis}} and [[Tyrosh]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} began as military outposts, while [[Myr]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} and [[Pentos]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Pentos}} were founded by merchants in [[Andals|Andal]] territory. [[Dragonlords]] established [[Lys]] as a pleasure retreat.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Religious refugees founded [[Lorath]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Lorath}} [[Norvos]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Norvos}} and [[Qohor]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Qohor}} [[Essaria]] was founded as a colony near the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} [[Braavos]] was founded by slaves who rebelled against a Valyrian slaving fleet, and this Secret City did not accept the rule of Valyria.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Braavos}}

Other cities and towns founded or conquered by the Freehold were governed by [[archon]]s from Valyria. The [[Valyrian peninsula]] contained [[Oros]] and [[Tyria]].{{ref|TLOIAF| Central Essos}} Near Volantis were built [[Selhorys]], [[Volon Therys]], and [[Valysar]].{{ref|ADWD|18}} South of the [[Painted Mountains]] were [[Bhorash]], [[Mantarys]], and [[Tolos]], while located in [[Slaver's Bay]] were [[Velos]] on the [[Isle of Cedars]] and [[Elyria]].

The greatest remnants of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]] were [[Astapor]], [[Meereen]], and [[Yunkai]]. Other [[Ghiscari]] settlements were [[Ghozai]] on the Isle of Cedars, [[Ghardaq]], and what are now [[Vaes Efe]] and [[Vaes Mejhah]].{{ref|AWOIAF}} It is unknown if [[New Ghis]], located south of ruined [[Old Ghis]], owed allegiance to Valyria.

South of the [[Summer Sea]], the Freehold controlled [[Gorgossos]] on the [[Isle of Tears]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}} and also had three failed colonies at [[Basilisk Point]] in [[Sothoryos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}}

Valyrian cities of unknown location included [[Aquos Dhaen]], [[Draconys]], [[Mhysa Faer]], and [[Rhyos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities}} Among the ruined cities of the [[Rhoynar]] were [[Ar Noy]], [[Chroyane]], [[Ghoyan Drohe]], [[Ny Sar]], [[Sar Mell]],{{ref|TLOIAF| The Free Cities}} and [[Sarhoy]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

===Dragonstone===
Some two centuries before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], the Valyrian Freehold colonized the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] in the [[narrow sea]] and established [[Dragonstone|a citadel]] there, with ineffective resistance from the local lords of [[Blackwater Bay]]. The island was the westernmost outpost of the Freehold.{{ref|ADWD|5}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}

In {{Date|-114}}, [[Daenys Targaryen]], the maiden daughter of [[Aenar Targaryen]], had a vision of the destruction of Valyria. [[House Targaryen]] abandoned their homeland for Dragonstone, an act seen by other [[dragonlords]] as cowardice.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquqest}} Nearby [[Driftmark]] had already been settled by [[House Velaryon]], a lesser Valyrian family,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} and [[Claw Isle]] became ruled by the Valyrian [[House Celtigar|Celtigars]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===Doom of Valyria===
[[File:Valyrian peninsula.png|thumb|right|The shattered remains of the Valyrian peninsula after the Doom.]]
The [[Doom of Valyria]] was a cataclysmic event in {{Date|-102}}, after which the city Valyria was utterly destroyed and the Valyrian Freehold crumbled and was no more. The Doom fragmented the land surrounding the city itself into numerous smaller islands, creating the [[Smoking Sea]] between them.{{Ref|aGoT|41}}<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> The area is now described as "demon-haunted", and most people are afraid to go there, as all known expeditions to the shattered peninsula has ended up in failure. Hence the quote, "The Doom still rules in Valyria."{{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

With Valyrian leadership destroyed, the lands outside of the peninsula fell into chaos in the ensuing [[Century of Blood]], which saw the rise of the [[Free Cities]]. [[Essaria]], the "Lost Free City", was reduced to ruins by the [[Dothraki]],{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} while [[Gorgossos]], the "Tenth Free City", was abandoned after the [[Red Death]] plague.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}}

==Legacy==
At its apex, the Freehold's capital, [[Valyria]], was the greatest city in the known world, the center of civilization. Most of Valyria's culture, language, and craft was lost in the Doom, which was followed by the [[Century of Blood]]. Valyrian descendants scattered across the world, many across the surviving Valyrian colonies, the [[Free Cities]], and across the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]]. Many of the surviving Valyrians intermarried and became mixed with other peoples. Their descendants speak in various local dialects of [[High Valyrian|Valyrian]].{{Ref|aSoS|23}}{{Ref|aDwD|1}}

Valyria is remembered for its ability to raise and command dragons and using them as weapons of war. This was demonstrated by the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], the last of the known Valyrian dragonlords, who used that knowledge to [[Wars of Conquest|conquer]] and rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Valyria is also remembered for forging weapons made of [[Valyrian steel]], a magical alloy used to make weapons of unparalleled quality. The secret of forging such metal was apparently lost with Valyria, making those remaining weapons highly treasured and extremely rare.{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

==People and Culture==
[[File:Daenerys DanyinMeereen.jpg‎|thumb|250px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] exhibits the classic Valyrian racial characteristics, [[purple eyes]] and silver-gold hair. by © Denkata5698]]
Valyrians are famous for having silver-gold hair and [[purple eyes|violet-purple eyes]], characteristics not found amongst any other peoples of the world. This can vary from white to silver-gold to blond hair, and from lilac, to deep purple, and pale blue eyes. The most noble of Valyrians were considered strikingly, some say inhumanly,{{Ref|agot|Appendix}} beautiful.{{Ref|AFFC|21}}

The Valyrian nobility valued purity of blood. Therefore, the practice of [[incest]] was common in old Valyria,{{Ref|aCoK|33}} as the Valyrians would customarily wed brother to sister.{{Ref|aGot|Appendix}} These practices were not limited to the Freehold; on [[Dragonstone]] the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] continued to practice incestuous marriage and [[polygamy]] to keep the dragon bloodline pure.

The language Valyrians spoke was [[High Valyrian]].

===Religion===
The Valyrians had a number of different gods, including [[Balerion (god)|Balerion]], [[Meraxes (god)|Meraxes]], [[Vhagar (god)|Vhagar]], and [[Syrax (god)|Syrax]].{{Ref|aGoT|13}}{{Ref|aCoK|12}}{{Ref|asos|57}}{{ref|trp}}

According to some scholars, the dragonlords regarded all faiths as equally false, and looked down on clergy and temples as relics of more primitive times but useful to placate the lower classes with promises of a better life to come after death. Thus, they promoted religious tolerance in order to keep their subjects divided, and prevent them from unifying under the banner of a single god.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Norvos}}

===Magic===
The people of Valyria were very strong in [[magic]], and they would use their powerful wizards and their [[dragon]]s in conjunction with their armies to conquer most of [[Essos]] west of the [[Bone Mountains]]. Dragons were controlled by whips, [[dragon horn|magic horns]], and sorcery.

===Governance===
The Freehold of Valyria at the zenith of its power was neither a kingdom nor an empire, or at least it had neither a king nor an emperor.<ref name=SSM1/> Instead, all freeholders, or freeborn landowners, had a say in its governance.

In practice, however, the Freehold was ruled by the lords freeholder, powerful noble families. They were forty families of great wealth, high birth, and strong sorcerous ability, those families which controlled and rode [[dragons]] in battle, who came to dominate, were known as [[dragonlords]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}<ref name=SSM1/> The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] were one of these dragon houses.

===Architectural works===
The Valyrians had great skill in shaping stone. It is often said that the old wizards of Valyria did not cut and chisel stone, but worked it with fire and magic as a potter might work clay,{{Ref|asos|54}} although much of their knowledge is now lost. Valyrians had a powerful magic which could liquefy stone and shape it how they wanted.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Chicon_7_Reading Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012)]</ref> [[Valyrian roads]], known as dragon roads, still exist as monuments to their work{{Ref|aGoT|23}}{{Ref|aDwD|6}} as do the castle of [[Dragonstone]], and the [[Black Wall]] and [[Long Bridge]] of Volantis.

===Slavery===
One practice the Valyrians adopted from their wars with the [[Old Empire of Ghis]] was [[slavery]].{{Ref|adwd|59}} The Valyrians used thousands of slaves from across the continent in the blisteringly hot mines underneath the [[Fourteen Flames]] to find gold and silver. Slave revolts were common in the mines, but the Valyrians were strong in sorcery and were able to put them down. When there was war, the Valyrians took thousands of slaves, and when there was peace they bred them.{{Ref|aFfC|22}} As the power of the Freehold grew, so did its hunger for ore, and the dragonlords led many conquests to keep the mines full with slaves. It is said so many perished, toiling in the Valyrian mines, that the number was so large as to surely defy comprehension.{{Ref|adwd|59}}

==Books and Scrolls about Valyria==
*''[[The Fires of the Freehold]]'' - [[Galendro]]’s history of [[Valyria]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Valyria was the [[Magic|last ember]], and Valyria is gone.{{Ref|acok|28}}|[[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{quote|[[Old Ghis]] ruled [[Old Empire of Ghis|an empire]] when the Valyrians were still fucking sheep, and we are the sons of the [[harpies|harpy]].{{ref|ASOS|23}}|[[Kraznys mo Nakloz]] to [[Missandei]]}}

{{Quote|All Valyrian [[magic|sorcery]] was rooted in blood or fire. The sorcerers of the Freehold could see across mountains, seas, and deserts with one of these [[glass candle]]s. They could enter a man's dreams and give him visions, and speak to one another half a world apart, seated before their candles.{{Ref|AFFC|45}}|[[Marwyn]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}

{{Quote|The proudest city in all the world was [[Doom of Valyria|gone in an instant]], its fabled empire vanished in a day, the [[Lands of the Long Summer]] scorched and drowned and blighted. An empire built on blood and fire. The Valyrians reaped the seed they had sown.{{Ref|aDwD|33}}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

== Influences ==
It is possible that the titanic clashes between Valyria and Old Empire of Ghis are inspired by the [[w:Punic Wars|Punic Wars]] between [[w:Ancient Rome|Rome]] and [[w:Carthage|Carthage]] over control of the [[w:Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]]. Valyria's advanced technology and magic, as well as the Doom, may be inspired by the legends of [[w:Atlantis|Atlantis]].

==References==
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Valyrian Freehold

2015-02-02T00:50:34Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Governance */

[[File:HBO VFreehold.png|thumb|350px|Dragons fly above the Freehold]]
[[File:Valyrians find dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|Valyrians discover [[dragon]]s living in the [[Fourteen Fires]]]]
[[File:Valyrian tamed dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|Valyrians tamed and used [[dragon]]s ]]
[[File:HBO Valyria v Ghis III.png|thumb|350px|The [[Valyria|dragon]] defeats the [[Ghis|harpy]]]]
The '''Valyrian Freehold''' was a great territory that spanned much of the continent of [[Essos]], but has since fallen to ruin, approximately one hundred years before [[Aegon's Landing]], when it was brought down by a cataclysmic event known as the [[Doom of Valyria]].

At its prime, the Valyrian Freehold encompassed most of the eastern continent and reached as far as the current [[Free Cities]] and the island of [[Dragonstone]] off the coast of [[Westeros]]. The Valyrian Freehold was technically never an empire <ref name=SSM1/> however for ease of reference it tends to be referred to as one.

The Freehold was an advanced civilization and the dominant military and cultural power of the known world. Its capital was the city [[Valyria]]. The Freehold was ruled by the ''Lords Freeholder'', powerful noble families. The most powerful of these were the [[dragonlords]].

==History==
Valyria was once a minor civilization of peaceful sheep-herding folk dwelling on the [[Valyrian peninsula]] until the Valyrians discovered [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Fires]], a ring of volcanoes on the said peninsula. The Valyrians tamed the dragons with [[magic]] and mastered the technique of raising and training the dragons into devastating weapons of war. {{Ref|aFfC|22}} They began expanding their influence, establishing the Freehold with [[Valyria]] as its capital. There, magic flowered, topless towers rose toward the heavens where dragons soared, stone [[sphinx]]es gazed down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forged swords of legendary strength and sharpness; and with their dragons and magic they began expanding their influence.

===Rise to Power and the Fall of Ghis===
Some five thousand years ago, in the early days of Valyria, the Old [[Ghiscari Empire]] dominated and controlled much of the eastern continent. The Ghiscari attempted to stop Valyria's expansion and the burgeoning freehold was involved in a series of great wars against the Old Ghiscari Empire. The Ghiscari [[Lockstep legions|legions]] attacked Valyria [[Ghiscari Wars|five times]] but they could never defeat them - with the help of dragons, Valyria was able to defend and emerge victorious each time.

Finally, in the last time, the Valyrians marched on their capital Old [[Ghis]] razed it to the ground and sowed its fields with salt, sulphur, and skulls {{Ref|aSoS|23}} obliterating it and thereby destroying the Ghiscari Empire. The Ghiscari people and their culture were wiped off the face of the earth.

After the conquest of Ghis, Valyria expanded its influence over the surviving Ghiscari colonies of [[Slaver's Bay]] and continued to conquer and colonize further.

===War against the Rhoynar===
When the Valyrians turned their eyes to the ancient and high civilization of the [[Rhoynar]], [[Garin (Prince)|Prince Garin the Great]] led an army of a quarter of a million men [[Second Spice War|against Valyria]]. However, resistance proved futile and their defeat was disastrous. [[Rhoynar Invasion|The remnants fled to Dorne]], led by the warrior queen [[Nymeria]]. The singers say her 10,000 ships were filled with women and children, suggesting all (or most) of the men of fighting age had died in the conflict with Valyria.

===Valyrian Imperialism & Western Expansion===
The Valyrian Freehold continued to expand and conquer further west, capturing many [[slave]]s from its conquered lands and using them to mine great wealth from the Fourteen Flames, as well as build great cities and [[Valyrian roads|roadways]] that led to Valyria. Cities built by the Valyrian Freehold include [[Oros]], [[Mantarys]], [[Tyria]], and all of the [[Free Cities]] except [[Braavos]].

At the height of its power, the Freehold stretched over most of the eastern continent that lay west of the [[Bone Mountains]]. Of the fabled great cities, the topless towers are remembered for their great beauty. Some two centuries before [[the Doom]] the Valyrian Freehold expanded into the western coastal reaches of [[Essos]]. They colonised the island of [[Dragonstone]] in the [[Narrow Sea]] and established a stronghold there, presumably from which they could trade with the [[Seven Kingdoms]].<ref>[http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-full-story-of-targaryen-conquest-in.html?spref=tw&m=1]</ref> The island was the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold.

Centuries later [[Tyrion Lannister]] pondered why the Freehold did not expand west of Dragonstone to the mainland of [[Westeros]]:
{{Quote|Odd, that. Dragonstone is no more than a rock. The wealth was farther west, but they had dragons. Surely they knew that it was there. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}}}

===Doom of Valyria===
The [[Doom of Valyria]] was a cataclysmic event that took place approximately one hundred years before [[Aegon's Landing]], following which the city Valyria was utterly destroyed and the Valyrian Freehold crumbled and was no more. The Doom fragmented the land surrounding the city itself into numerous smaller islands, creating the [[Smoking Sea]] between them.{{Ref|aGoT|41}}<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> The area is now described as "demon-haunted", and most people are afraid to go there, as it is said,
{{Quote|The Doom still rules in Valyria''. {{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aFfC|28}}}}

==Legacy==
[[File:Metalblackfae From the blood of old Valyria.jpg‎|thumb|250px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] exhibits the classic Valyrian racial characteristics - [[purple eyes]] and silver-gold hair. © Metalblackfae]]
Most of Valyria's culture, language, and craft was lost in the Doom, which was followed by the [[Century of Blood]]. Valyrian descendants scattered across the world, many across the surviving Valyrian colonies, which gained independence after the Doom and are now known as the [[Free Cities]], and across the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]]. The surviving Valyrians intermarried and became mixed with other peoples. Their descendants speak in various local dialects of [[High Valyrian|Valyrian]].{{Ref|aSoS|23}}{{Ref|aDwD|1}}

Valyria is remembered for its ability to raise and command dragons and using them as weapons of war. This was demonstrated by the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], the last of the known Valyrian dragonlords, who used that knowledge to [[War of Conquest|conquer]] and rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Valyria is also remembered for forging weapons made of [[Valyrian steel]], a magical alloy used to make weapons of unparalleled quality. The secret of forging such metal was apparently lost with Valyria, making those remaining weapons highly treasured and extremely rare.{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

==Valyrian cities==

{{Columns|2|
===Freeholds===
* [[Volantis]]
* [[Myr]]
* [[Tyrosh]]
* [[Lys]]
* [[Pentos]]
* [[Qohor]]
* [[Norvos]]
* [[Lorath]]

===Colonies===
* [[Mantarys]]
* [[Volon Therys]]
* [[Oros]]
* [[Tyria]]
* [[Draconys]]
* [[Elyria]]
* [[Mhysa Faer]]
* [[Rhyos]]
* [[Aquos Dhaen]]
}}

==Culture==

===Governance===
The 'Freehold of Valyria' at the zenith of its power was neither a kingdom nor an empire... or at least it had neither a king nor an emperor. <ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P90/ SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and More.]June 26, 2001</ref> Instead, all ''free holders'', or freeborn landowners, had a say in its governance.

In practice, however, the Freehold was ruled by the ''Lords Freeholder'', powerful noble families. They were forty families of great wealth, high birth, and strong sorcerous ability, those families which controlled and rode [[dragons]] in battle, who came to dominate, were known as [[dragonlords]], <ref> [http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-full-story-of-targaryen-conquest-in.html?spref=tw&m=1| The full story of the Targaryen Conquest in A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE]</ref> <ref name=SSM2/> The [[Targaryen]]s were dragonlords, but far from the most powerful.

===Magic===
The people of Valyria were very strong in [[magic]], and they would use their powerful wizards and their [[dragons]] in conjunction with their armies to conquer most of the eastern continent. Dragons were controlled by whips, magic horns and sorcery.
===Language===
The Valyrians spoke the [[High Valyrian]] language.
===Architectural works===
The Valyrians had great skill in shaping stone. It is often said that the old wizards of Valyria did not cut and chisel stone, but worked it with fire and magic as one might work clay, although much of their knowledge is now lost. Valyrians had a powerful magic which could liquefy stone and shape it how they wanted.<ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref> [[Valyrian roads]], known as dragon roads, still exist as monuments to their work {{Ref|aGoT|23}}{{Ref|aDwD|6}} as well as [[Dragonstone]] castle, the [[Black Wall]] and the [[Long Bridge]].
===Slavery===
The Valyrians used thousands of [[slave]]s from across the continent in the blisteringly hot mines underneath the [[Fourteen Flames]] to find gold and silver. Slave revolts were common in the mines, but the Valyrians were strong in sorcery and were able to put them down. When there was war, the Valyrians took thousands of slaves, and when there was peace they bred them.{{Ref|aFfC|22}}
===Religion===
The Valyrians had a number of different gods, among them Balerion, Meraxes, Vhagar and Syrax.{{Ref|aGoT|13|p 122}} {{Ref|aCoK|12|p 191}} {{Ref|asos|57|p 649}} The singers named [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]]'s and his sister's three dragons after those gods, although Aegon converted to the [[faith of the Seven]] during the [[War of Conquest]].

===Practices===
The practice of incest was common in old Valyria,{{Ref|aCoK|33}} as the Valyrians would customarily wed brother to sister. {{Ref|aGot|Appendix}} On [[Dragonstone]] the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] continued to practice incestuous marriage and polygamy to keep the dragon bloodline pure.

==Books and Scrolls about Valyria==
*''[[The Fires of the Freehold]]'' - [[Galendro]]’s history of [[Valyria]]
==Quotes==
{{Quote| An empire built on blood and fire.{{Ref|aDwD|33}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|All Valyrian sorcery was rooted in blood or fire. {{Ref|AFFC|45}}}}– [[Marwyn]] the Mage

{{Quote|"Valyria was the [[Magic|last ember]], and Valyria is gone." {{Ref|acok|28|p 442}}}} – Maester [[Luwin]]

== Influences ==
It is possible that the titanic clashes between Valyria and the Ghiscari Empire are inspired by the Punic wars between Rome and Carthage over control of the Mediterranean.

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=SSM1>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More/ Citadel, ''So Spake Martin'', June 26 2001]</ref>
<ref name=SSM2>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2999/ SSM]:Targaryens, valyria, June 26, 2001.</ref>
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Jogos Nhai

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The Prince of Thorns: /* Wars with neighboring peoples */

[[File:Marc Simonetti JN.jpg|Jogos Nhai men astride [[zorse]]s - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|450px|right]]
The '''Jogos Nhai''' are a people of [[Essos]] who live east of the [[Bone Mountains]] on the [[plains of the Jogos Nhai]], which lie north of [[Yi Ti]] and the [[Shrinking Sea]].<ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'', "The Known World"</ref>

==Appearance==

Jogos Nhai are as a rule, a head shorter than the [[Dothraki]] and are described as squat, bowlegged, and swarthy, with large heads, small faces, and sallow-colored skin. Men and women both have pointed skulls, a result of the custom of binding the heads of their newborn during the first two years of life.<ref name=plains>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', The Plains of the Jogos Nhai</ref>

==Customs==
The Jogos Nhai are a nomadic people who live in yurts, tents, and saddles. They are a proud, warlkike race who prize freedom above all and are never content to remain in once place for long.<ref name=plains/>

Besides their custom of skull modification, the Jogos Nhai shave their heads but for a single strip of hair down the center of the skull, while women go wholly bald and are said to scrape all the hair even from their pubic area.<ref name=plains/>

The Jogos Nhai are also renowned for their [[zorse]]s.{{ref|ACOK|40}} These mounts are the result of breeding horses with another horse-like species from the southern region of [[Yi Ti]] and the isle of [[Leng]].<ref name=plains/>

They travel in small bands closely connected by blood. Each one is commanded by a ''[[jhat]]'', or war chief, and a [[moonsinger]], who combines the roles of priestess, healer, and judge. The ''jhat'' leads in war, battle, and raid, whereas other matters are ruled by the band's moonsinger. There are also female ''jhats'' and male moonsingers, but girls who choose the warrior's way are expected to dress and live as men, whereas boys who choose to become moonsingers must dress and live as women, making it difficult to tell apart when such cases take place.<ref name=plains/>

Unlike the Dothraki ''khalasars'', Jogos Nhai's band do not make war upon one another, as their gods forbid them to shed the blood of their own people. Young men do ride out to steal goats, zorses, and dogs from other bands, while girls go forth to abduct husbands, but these are rituals hallowed by the gods, during which no blood may be shed. However, the Jogos Nhai do live in a perpetual state of warfare against all their neighboring peoples.<ref name=plains/>

The religion of the [[moonsingers]] is prominent among them.{{ref|AGOT|61}}

==Wars with neighboring peoples==
Legend claims the Jogos Nhai, led by their ''[[jhattar]]'' - the ''jhat'' of ''jhats'' and war leader of all their people - [[Gharak|Gharak Squint-Eye]], slew the last of the [[Jhogwin]] at the [[Battle in the Howling Hills]].<ref name=plains/>

The Jogos Nhai carried out constant attacks upon [[N'Ghai]], reducing the once proud kingdom to a single city, [[Nefer]], and its hinterlands.<ref name=plains/>

Prior to the [[Dry Times]], the Jogos Nhai were also involved in a bloody border war with the [[Patrimony of Hyrkoon]] that saw the zorse-riders poisoning rivers and wells, burning down towns and cities, and carrying off thousand Hyyrkoon into slavery. The Hyrkoon, for their part, sacrificed tens of thousands of Jogos Nhai to their dark gods. Thus, the enmity between the zorse-riders and the warrior women of the [[Bone Mountains]] runs deep into the present, and over the centuries dozens of ''jhattars'' have led armies up the [[Steel Road]] and broken against the walls of [[Kayakayanaya]]. Nevertheless, the moonsingers sing of the glorious day when the Jogos Nhai will prevail over the remnants of Hyrkoon and spill over the mountains to claim the fertile lands beyond.<ref name=plains/>

===War with the Golden Empire===
Even the [[Golden Empire of Yi Ti]] have been target of the Jogos Nhai depredations. Raids into the empire are a way of life for the zorse-riders, and a source of the gold and gems that decor the arms and necks of moonsingers and ''jhats'' as well as of the slaves that serve them and tend their herds. Over the past two thousand years, YiTish cities, towns, farms, and fields beyond count have been reduced to ruins and ashes. Many imperial generals and three [[God-Emperor]]s have led armies to bring the nomads to heel but have seldom ended well and soon the raids began anew, even when ''jhats'' were compelled to vow eternal fealty to the God-Emperor and foreswear raiding forever.<ref name=plains/>

During his long reign, forty-second [[scarlet emperors|scarlet emperor]] [[Lo Han]] led three such invasions of the plains, yet by the time of his death the Jogos Nhai carried out bolder and more rapacious raids than when he began his reign. His successor, [[Lo Bu]] determined to end the threat of the nomads for all time, assembled a mighty host, said to be three hundred thousand strong, and crossed the borders of the empire with slaughter as his only purpose. Tributes, hostages, oaths of fealty, or offerings of peace failed to sway him and his vast army swept the plains, leaving behind a burning wasteland.<ref name=plains/>

When the nomads resorted to their traditional tactic of melting away at the approach of the army, Lo Bu divided his host into thirteen smaller armies and sent them forth in all directions to hunt down the zorse-riders. History tells a million Jogos Nhai died at their hands.<ref name=plains/>

The rival clans of Jogos Nhai unified under ''[[jhattar]]'' [[Zhea]], a woman in man's mail, who, in the period of two years isolated each of Lo Bu's thirteen armies, slew their scouts and foragers, starved them, denied them water, led them into wastelands and traps, thus destroying each army one by one. Finally, her riders fell on Lo Bu's own host and carried out a slaughter to terrible that every stream for twenty leagues around was choked in blood. Among the slain was Lo Bu himself, whose skull was stripped of flesh and dipped in gold, becoming Zhea's drinking cup. Ever since, every ''jhattar'' of the Jogos Nhai has drunk fermented zorse milk from the gilded skull of the Boy Too Bold By Half, as Lo Bu is remembered.<ref name=plains/>

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
In the Eastern Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]] [[Daenerys Targaryen]] espies the [[zorse|striped black and white horses]] of the Jogos Nhai.{{Ref|aGoT|36}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
In [[Qarth]] a pair of Jogos Nhai present Daenerys one of their striped zorses, as a token to the Mother of Dragons.{{ref|aCoK|40}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Jogos Nhai fighters are among those who come to [[Meereen]] to battle in [[Daznak's Pit]].{{Ref|aDwD|52}}

==References and Notes==
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[[zh:鸠格斯奈人]]

Warrior women

2015-01-03T23:36:48Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Warrior Women of Essos */

[[Image:Visenya.jpg|[[Visenya Targaryen]], who wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] - by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]|thumb|right|300px]]
[[File:Feliche Rhaenys, Visenya and their dragons.jpg‎|Both [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] headed armies and rode their dragons into battle during the [[War of Conquest]] - by Feliche©|thumb|right|300px]]
[[File:Ygritteby Mariana Vieira II.JPG|[[Ygritte]] a [[wildling]] [[spearwife]]. © FFG|thumb|300px|right]]
[[File:Dacy Mormont.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Dacey Mormont]] depiction by Amok©]]
'''Warrior women''' are women who are skilled in combat and take part in battle, warfare etc.
==About==
In [[Westeros]] male warriors are plentiful. Westerosi warrior women on the other hand are quite uncommon. Westerosi women however are not forbidden from becoming warriors but neither is it encouraged or seen as acceptable and feminine by many Westerosi. Nor is a woman viewed as a suitable opponent for men, especially during one-to-one combat. Even hitting [[House Piper|a shield with the image of a woman]] can make [[Daven Lannister|a man]] feel unchivalrous.{{Ref|affc|33|p 606}}

Despite Westeros having a martial culture, a culture that reveres the warrior,<ref>The Citadel. “Land Ownership and Marriage in Westeros?”[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Land_Ownership_and_Marriage_in_Westeros/ So Spake Martin]</ref> no separate warrior class in exists for women in Westeros, except in the ranks of the [[Poor Fellows]], a military order under the command of the [[High Septon]]. They accepted women as warriors.

One of the few famous warrior women in [[Westeros]]’s histories is [[Visenya Targaryen]], who wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] and rode [[Vhagar]] into battle. Unlike her sister [[Visenya Targaryen]] there is no mention of [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] wielding a sword or any other weapon but like her sister she commanded armies and rode [[Meraxes|her dragon]] into battle during the [[War of Conquest]]. According to [[George R. R. Martin]] both women were warriors and dragonriders in their own rights.<ref>December 24, 2005, More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1254/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

[[Nymeria]], the warrior-queen of the [[Rhoyne]] who conquered Dorne, is well known, however Nymeria was a war leader but not a warrior - that is, a commander rather than a combatant.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2001/04/ Dornish women - So Spake Martin]</ref>

In Westeros women tend to be considered the gentler sex, in need of protection. The ability for a woman to be able to defend herself is considered unnecessary and unfeminine besides. Highborn women are not encouraged towards warfare or expected to know how to physically defend themselves, although they may perhaps be instructed on the tactics of warfare, especially if they are female heirs to a House. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] sums up many a man’s thought on women warriors,
{{Quote|The gods made men to fight, and women to bear children. A woman’s war is in the birthing bed.}}
It is not possible for a woman to become a [[knight]], nor is there a female equivalent of knighthood for a woman who is bent on living a martial life, for a woman who also wishes to abide by a chivalric code. Although [[Brienne]] of [[Tarth]] is as skilled as most any a knight there is no place among them for a woman such as she. Nor is there a feminine title for a woman warrior, such as ''Ser'' as knights have, to acknowledge her ability and chosen vocation, much to the confusion of [[Podrick Payne]].

Further [[north]] however it is not so unusual for a woman to be able to physically defend herself. The women of [[House Mormont]] and [[Bear Island]] have had no choice but to learn how to preserve themselves during attacks from [[ironmen]] and [[wildling]] raiders while their menfolk are absent. Lady [[Maege Mormont]] tells [[Catelyn Stark]],
{{Quote|"We have needed to be [warriors]. In olden days the ironmen would come raiding in their longboats, or wildlings from the [[Frozen Shore]]. The men would be off fishing, like as not. The wives they left behind had to defend themselves and their children, or else be carried off." {{Ref|asos|45|p 522}}}}

[[Beyond the Wall]] there are [[spearwife|spearwives]], they are accepted and respected by the men of the [[Free Folk]]. The Free Folk culture is a warrior culture, one that gives women the right, but not the obligation, to be fighters. <ref>June 03, 2003, Concerning Wildling Women. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P105/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

The [[ironborn]] are more also more accepting of women warriors and are willing to fight alongside them.

Some of the women of [[Dorne]] fight but it's not the rule.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2001/04/ Dornish women - So Spake Martin]</ref>

The [[Summer Islands]] have warrior woman, once such warrior woman was [[Xanda Qo]], Princess of Sweet Lotus Vale, who united all of the islands under her rule.

Amongst the [[Jogos Nhai]] There are also female ''[[jhat]]s'' but girls who choose the warrior's way are expected to dress and live as men.

In the ancient nation of the [[Patrimony of Hyrkoon]] there was possibly a custom of having warrior women. A present there is a culture for warrior woman east of the [[Bone Mountains]] which may originate from the Patrimony. There are warrior maids of [[Kayakayanaya]], [[Bayasabhad]] and [[Shamyriana]] who fight bare-breasted and pierce their nipples with iron rings and cheeks with rubies. [[Lomas Longstrider]] apparently visited these successor cities as he said that there are no fiercer fighters in the world than their warrior women.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond}}

The greatest of the [[Sarnori]] went to battle in scythed chariots pulled by teams of bloodred horses. These were often driven by their wives or daughters, for it was the custom among the Tall Men for men and women to make war together.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Grasslands}}

It is not known if the [[Valyria]]ns had warrior women. Thus far there has been no mention of [[Dark Sister]] being passed on to a female [[Targaryen]] after Visenya.

==Warrior Women of Westeros==
[[File:Needle, Sword of Arya Stark.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Needle]]]]
* [[Visenya Targaryen]] – famously wielded [[Dark Sister]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth]] – wields [[Oathkeeper]]
* [[Asha Greyjoy]] – fights with two throwing axes in either hand
* [[Arya Stark]] – wields [[Needle]]
* The women of [[Bear Island]]
* [[Hagen's beautiful red-haired daughter]]
* [[Obara Sand]] - wields a spear and whip.
* [[Chella]]
* [[Meris]] - [[sellsword]] of the [[Windblown]]

==Warrior Women Beyond the Wall==
* [[Ygritte]] - [[spearwife]]
* [[Harma Dogshead]] <ref>June 03, 2003, Concerning Wildling Women.[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P105/ So Spake Martin]</ref>
* [[Holly]] - spearwife
* [[Rowan]] - spearwife
* [[Squirrel]] - spearwife
* [[Frenya]] - spearwife
* [[Myrtle]] - spearwife
* [[Willow Witch-eye]] - spearwife

==Warrior Women of Essos==
* {Water Dancers – if some are female}
* warrior maids of [[Bayasabhad]]
* warrior maids of [[Shamyriana]]
* warrior maids of [[Kayakayanaya]]
* ''[[jhattar]]'' [[Zhea]]
* some [[jhat|jhats]] and jhattars of the [[Jogos Nhai]]
* [[Kingdom of Sarnor|Sarnori]] women

==Warrior Women of the Summer Islands==
* [[Xanda Qo]]
==Quotes==
{{Quote|It is a rare and precious gift to be a knight.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}}} – [[Brienne of Tarth]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Men will always underestimate you and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely.{{Ref|affc|4}}}} – Ser [[Goodwin]], to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

{{Quote|Ser? [[Brienne|My Lady]]?{{ref|AFFC|14}}}} - [[Podrick Payne]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

{{Quote|Her last foe [[Morgan Liddle|was a northman with an axe]], a big man bald and bearded, clad in a byrnie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. He was not pleased to find himself fighting a woman.{{ref|ADWD|26}}}} - thoughts of [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|What [[House Mormont|we]] are is what [[ironborn|you]] made us. On [[Bear Island]] every child learns to fear the [[House Greyjoy|krakens]] rising from the sea.{{ref|ADWD|42}}}} – [[Alysane Mormont]] to [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Her very womanhood seemed to offend [[Stannis Baratheon|him]]. Men from the [[green lands]] liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand.{{ref|ADWD|42}}}} - [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote| I wanted to present my female characters in great diversity, even in a society as sexist and patriarchal as the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of [[Westeros]]. Women would find different roles and different personalities, so women with different talents would find ways to work with it in a society according to who they are. <ref>George R.R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake" [http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html Adria's News]</ref>}} - [[George R. R. Martin]]

{{Quote|She is supposed to be freakish. She was an answer to the bad fantasy cliché of warrior women.<ref> November 18, 2005, US Signing Tour (Half Moon Bay, CA) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1381/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}} – [[George R. R. Martin]] on [[Brienne of Tarth]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}

[[Category:Warrior Women| ]]
[[Category:Terms]]

Warrior women

2015-01-03T23:36:18Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Warrior Women of Essos */

[[Image:Visenya.jpg|[[Visenya Targaryen]], who wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] - by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]|thumb|right|300px]]
[[File:Feliche Rhaenys, Visenya and their dragons.jpg‎|Both [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] headed armies and rode their dragons into battle during the [[War of Conquest]] - by Feliche©|thumb|right|300px]]
[[File:Ygritteby Mariana Vieira II.JPG|[[Ygritte]] a [[wildling]] [[spearwife]]. © FFG|thumb|300px|right]]
[[File:Dacy Mormont.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Dacey Mormont]] depiction by Amok©]]
'''Warrior women''' are women who are skilled in combat and take part in battle, warfare etc.
==About==
In [[Westeros]] male warriors are plentiful. Westerosi warrior women on the other hand are quite uncommon. Westerosi women however are not forbidden from becoming warriors but neither is it encouraged or seen as acceptable and feminine by many Westerosi. Nor is a woman viewed as a suitable opponent for men, especially during one-to-one combat. Even hitting [[House Piper|a shield with the image of a woman]] can make [[Daven Lannister|a man]] feel unchivalrous.{{Ref|affc|33|p 606}}

Despite Westeros having a martial culture, a culture that reveres the warrior,<ref>The Citadel. “Land Ownership and Marriage in Westeros?”[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Land_Ownership_and_Marriage_in_Westeros/ So Spake Martin]</ref> no separate warrior class in exists for women in Westeros, except in the ranks of the [[Poor Fellows]], a military order under the command of the [[High Septon]]. They accepted women as warriors.

One of the few famous warrior women in [[Westeros]]’s histories is [[Visenya Targaryen]], who wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] and rode [[Vhagar]] into battle. Unlike her sister [[Visenya Targaryen]] there is no mention of [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] wielding a sword or any other weapon but like her sister she commanded armies and rode [[Meraxes|her dragon]] into battle during the [[War of Conquest]]. According to [[George R. R. Martin]] both women were warriors and dragonriders in their own rights.<ref>December 24, 2005, More Targaryen Descriptions [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1254/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

[[Nymeria]], the warrior-queen of the [[Rhoyne]] who conquered Dorne, is well known, however Nymeria was a war leader but not a warrior - that is, a commander rather than a combatant.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2001/04/ Dornish women - So Spake Martin]</ref>

In Westeros women tend to be considered the gentler sex, in need of protection. The ability for a woman to be able to defend herself is considered unnecessary and unfeminine besides. Highborn women are not encouraged towards warfare or expected to know how to physically defend themselves, although they may perhaps be instructed on the tactics of warfare, especially if they are female heirs to a House. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] sums up many a man’s thought on women warriors,
{{Quote|The gods made men to fight, and women to bear children. A woman’s war is in the birthing bed.}}
It is not possible for a woman to become a [[knight]], nor is there a female equivalent of knighthood for a woman who is bent on living a martial life, for a woman who also wishes to abide by a chivalric code. Although [[Brienne]] of [[Tarth]] is as skilled as most any a knight there is no place among them for a woman such as she. Nor is there a feminine title for a woman warrior, such as ''Ser'' as knights have, to acknowledge her ability and chosen vocation, much to the confusion of [[Podrick Payne]].

Further [[north]] however it is not so unusual for a woman to be able to physically defend herself. The women of [[House Mormont]] and [[Bear Island]] have had no choice but to learn how to preserve themselves during attacks from [[ironmen]] and [[wildling]] raiders while their menfolk are absent. Lady [[Maege Mormont]] tells [[Catelyn Stark]],
{{Quote|"We have needed to be [warriors]. In olden days the ironmen would come raiding in their longboats, or wildlings from the [[Frozen Shore]]. The men would be off fishing, like as not. The wives they left behind had to defend themselves and their children, or else be carried off." {{Ref|asos|45|p 522}}}}

[[Beyond the Wall]] there are [[spearwife|spearwives]], they are accepted and respected by the men of the [[Free Folk]]. The Free Folk culture is a warrior culture, one that gives women the right, but not the obligation, to be fighters. <ref>June 03, 2003, Concerning Wildling Women. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P105/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

The [[ironborn]] are more also more accepting of women warriors and are willing to fight alongside them.

Some of the women of [[Dorne]] fight but it's not the rule.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2001/04/ Dornish women - So Spake Martin]</ref>

The [[Summer Islands]] have warrior woman, once such warrior woman was [[Xanda Qo]], Princess of Sweet Lotus Vale, who united all of the islands under her rule.

Amongst the [[Jogos Nhai]] There are also female ''[[jhat]]s'' but girls who choose the warrior's way are expected to dress and live as men.

In the ancient nation of the [[Patrimony of Hyrkoon]] there was possibly a custom of having warrior women. A present there is a culture for warrior woman east of the [[Bone Mountains]] which may originate from the Patrimony. There are warrior maids of [[Kayakayanaya]], [[Bayasabhad]] and [[Shamyriana]] who fight bare-breasted and pierce their nipples with iron rings and cheeks with rubies. [[Lomas Longstrider]] apparently visited these successor cities as he said that there are no fiercer fighters in the world than their warrior women.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond}}

The greatest of the [[Sarnori]] went to battle in scythed chariots pulled by teams of bloodred horses. These were often driven by their wives or daughters, for it was the custom among the Tall Men for men and women to make war together.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Grasslands}}

It is not known if the [[Valyria]]ns had warrior women. Thus far there has been no mention of [[Dark Sister]] being passed on to a female [[Targaryen]] after Visenya.

==Warrior Women of Westeros==
[[File:Needle, Sword of Arya Stark.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[[Needle]]]]
* [[Visenya Targaryen]] – famously wielded [[Dark Sister]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth]] – wields [[Oathkeeper]]
* [[Asha Greyjoy]] – fights with two throwing axes in either hand
* [[Arya Stark]] – wields [[Needle]]
* The women of [[Bear Island]]
* [[Hagen's beautiful red-haired daughter]]
* [[Obara Sand]] - wields a spear and whip.
* [[Chella]]
* [[Meris]] - [[sellsword]] of the [[Windblown]]

==Warrior Women Beyond the Wall==
* [[Ygritte]] - [[spearwife]]
* [[Harma Dogshead]] <ref>June 03, 2003, Concerning Wildling Women.[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P105/ So Spake Martin]</ref>
* [[Holly]] - spearwife
* [[Rowan]] - spearwife
* [[Squirrel]] - spearwife
* [[Frenya]] - spearwife
* [[Myrtle]] - spearwife
* [[Willow Witch-eye]] - spearwife

==Warrior Women of Essos==
* {Water Dancers – if some are female}
* warrior maids of [[Bayasabhad]]
* warrior maids of [[Shamyriana]]
* warrior maids of [[Kayakayanaya]]
* ''[[jhattar]]'' [[Zhea]]
* [[jhat|jhats]] and jhattars of the [[Jogos Nhai]]
* [[Kingdom of Sarnor|Sarnori]] women

==Warrior Women of the Summer Islands==
* [[Xanda Qo]]
==Quotes==
{{Quote|It is a rare and precious gift to be a knight.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}}} – [[Brienne of Tarth]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Men will always underestimate you and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely.{{Ref|affc|4}}}} – Ser [[Goodwin]], to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

{{Quote|Ser? [[Brienne|My Lady]]?{{ref|AFFC|14}}}} - [[Podrick Payne]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

{{Quote|Her last foe [[Morgan Liddle|was a northman with an axe]], a big man bald and bearded, clad in a byrnie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. He was not pleased to find himself fighting a woman.{{ref|ADWD|26}}}} - thoughts of [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|What [[House Mormont|we]] are is what [[ironborn|you]] made us. On [[Bear Island]] every child learns to fear the [[House Greyjoy|krakens]] rising from the sea.{{ref|ADWD|42}}}} – [[Alysane Mormont]] to [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Her very womanhood seemed to offend [[Stannis Baratheon|him]]. Men from the [[green lands]] liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand.{{ref|ADWD|42}}}} - [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote| I wanted to present my female characters in great diversity, even in a society as sexist and patriarchal as the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of [[Westeros]]. Women would find different roles and different personalities, so women with different talents would find ways to work with it in a society according to who they are. <ref>George R.R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake" [http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html Adria's News]</ref>}} - [[George R. R. Martin]]

{{Quote|She is supposed to be freakish. She was an answer to the bad fantasy cliché of warrior women.<ref> November 18, 2005, US Signing Tour (Half Moon Bay, CA) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1381/ So Spake Martin]</ref>}} – [[George R. R. Martin]] on [[Brienne of Tarth]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}

[[Category:Warrior Women| ]]
[[Category:Terms]]

Lys

2014-12-29T21:30:34Z

The Prince of Thorns:

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| image = [[File:Free Cities.png|300px]]
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| location = [[Free Cities]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type= City state, one of the [[Free Cities]]
| seat =Council of [[Magisters]]
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s
| population = More populous than [[Astapor]], and may be one of the most populous of the Free Cities
| size =
| founded = Approx 1,000 years ago 
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}}

'''Lys''', known as '''Lys the Lovely''', is one of the nine [[Free Cities]], located on [[Essos]]. It is a small city clinging to rocks surrounded by stormy seas.{{ref|AGOT|54}} The city lies off the southern coast of the eastern continent, to the southeast of [[Tyrosh]] and to the west of [[Volantis]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> According to semi-canon sources the city is spread over several islands.<ref name=GO>''[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]]'', Guardians of Order</ref>

Lys is known for the alchemists who work in the city, who are known to make poisons, [[the strangler]]{{ref|ACOK|0}} and the [[tears of Lys]] among them. Many men lose themselves in Lys and are never found – at least alive. When a man runs out of coin the Lysene may grant him their [[poison|other specialty]].

==People==
[[File:Lyseni_noblewoman.png‎|A Lyseni noblewoman - by Magali Villeneuve © |thumb|200px|right]]
The people of Lys curl and perfume their hair.{{ref|AGOT|54}} Blue eyes are common among the Lyseni.{{ref|ASOS|10}} According to semi-canon sources blonde hair is a common trait among those native to Lys.<ref name=GO/> Many Lysene have white-blond hair and smooth fair skin, as the blood of the old Freehold still runs strong there.{{Ref|aDwD|45}}

Slaves outnumber the freeborn three to one.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==History==
After the [[Doom]] a [[Volantene]] fleet took Lys and a Volantene army took [[Myr]], and for two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s. That ended when the tigers tried to swallow [[Tyrosh]]. [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side, along with the Westerosi [[Storm King]]. Aegon Targaryen flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]], and Myr and Lys rose up in rebellion. The war left the [[Disputed Lands]] a waste and freed Lys and Myr from the yoke of Volantis.{{Ref|aDwD|14}}

Roughly a century later, along with Myr and Tyrosh, Lys formed the [[Kingdom of the Three Daughters]]. After they conquered much of the [[Stepstones]], the three demanded tolls for safe passage, and the Lyseni took slaves for their pleasure gardens. Lady [[Johanna Swann]] was enslaved by the Lyseni, but she eventually became the ruler of Lys in all but name as the Black Swan.{{ref|trp}} The admiral of the Three Daughters' ninety-strong fleet during the [[Battle in the Gullet]] was a Lysene named [[Sharako Lohar]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

[[Varys]] claims to have been born a [[slave]] in Lys. [[Tywin Lannister]] went to Lys during the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was a girl she and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen]] spent some time in Lys when they were wandering from place to place. [[Jon Connington]] supposedly drank himself to death in Lys after being driven from the [[Golden Company]] in disgrace for stealing from the war chest.

After Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]]’s death [[Oberyn Martell]] went to [[Oldtown]], thence across to the narrow sea to Lys, though none dared call it exile.<ref>[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref> By the time Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] returned to Lys after fighting the [[Braavosi]] on the [[Rhoyne]] his second wife, [[Lynesse Hightower]], had taken [[Tregar Ormollen]] as a lover.{{Ref|aDwD|27}}

[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] has visited Lys.

==Religion==
According to semi-canon sources, one of the greatest temples of [[R'hllor]] stands in Lys. It is also home to a native love goddess;<ref name=GO/> it is unknown if she is the same as the [[Weeping Lady of Lys]]. This love goddess graces the Lysene coinage, naked and wanton.{{ref|twoiaf| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

==Commerce and Currency==
Lysene coins are oval in shape and have a naked woman stamped on them.{{ref|ADWD|45}} See also [[Currency]].

Lys makes a red [[wine]] and a white [[wine]],{{ref|AGOT|54}} fine tapestries,{{Ref|aGoT|20}} and the source of a lethal poison, the [[tears of Lys]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] recalls that it was he who journeyed to Lys in order to recruit [[Salladhor Saan]] to King [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s cause. {{Ref|ACOK|10|p 113}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Tyrosh]] is on the verge of going to war with Lys.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lys and Tyrosh are now on the verge of war with [[Myr]].{{ref|AFFC|13}} It is later rumored that the Archon of Tyrosh has offered terms to Lys in an effort to end the trade war.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Lys|Images of Lys]]

==References and Notes==
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Poison

2014-12-13T21:36:25Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Characters known to use poison */

[[File:Demons Dance.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Demon's Dance. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Zach Graves alchemist shop.jpg|350px|thumb|right|The alchemist's shop. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Katherine Dinger Citadel Politics.JPG|350px|thumb|right|[[Citadel]] Politics. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Dimitri Bielak Poisoned Well.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A poisoned well in [[Dorne]]. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Many '''poisons''' are used throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and in the [[Essos|East]]. Although the [[Maesters]] of the [[Citadel]] study the histories and qualities of various poisons in addition to their healing arts, their use seems to be more widespread in the [[Free Cities|free cities]] and the assassins guilds. Poisons are also used further east, such as in [[Meereen]] and [[Qarth]] where the [[Pureborn]] are notorious for offering poisoned [[wine]] to those they consider dangerous. {{Ref|aCoK|40}}
==About==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Poison|Images of Poison]]''
Poisons are regarded with fear and loathing by knights and high lords alike in the [[Feudalism|feudal]] society of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Many regard them as vile weapons used only by the debauched sots of the Free Cities. It is also seen as a weapon of [[bastard]]s and women. Of course, much of this is posturing.
===Common poisons===
Common poisons include [[nightshade]] and [[greycap|powdered greycap]], derived from a plant and a variety of toadstool respectively. Animal and insect venoms such as basilisk and manticore venom are also known to be used, though they are harder to gather. [[Manticore venom]] is particularly vicious and can be treated to make it work more slowly, causing its victim to die in slow agony.
===Rare poisons===
Rare poisons include [[the Strangler]] which is made from a plant found only in the [[Jade Sea]]. It kills by closing the windpipe and therefore suffocating it's victims. It is a poison that has been used in the past to kill kings, a reason many kings now employ food-tasters. The [[tears of Lys]] is an odorless and colorless poison, killing by attacking the stomach and bowels.
===Ambiguous poisons===
There are also ambiguous poisons. [[Moon tea]] aborts pregnancies which makes some [[maester]]s reluctant to call it a medicine. [[Sweetsleep]] brings deep sleep in small doses, but larger doses can kill. Large enough doses of most medicines can be fatal; the difference with sweetsleep is that the fatal dose is still quite small relative to other medicines. A maester must therefore be very careful when administering it.<ref>[http://bloodandfire.wikispaces.com/Maesters%2C+Medicine+and+Poisons bloodandfire wikispace - Maesters Medicine and Poisons]</ref>
===Administering poisons===
Poisons are commonly administered to victims in food or drink which can also serve to mask their taste and odor. Because of this noble kitchens are often guarded and food tasters are employed to protect their masters’ lives with their own. Even still clever poisoners manage to slip past the safeguards from time to time and at least as many nobles deaths are caused by a poisoned cup or dish as a bloodied blade, if not more so. Poison may also be delivered by coating a weapon or even through the skin.

==List of known poisons==
[[File:Felicia Cano Vengeful Spy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Poison may also be delivered by coating a weapon - by Felicia Cano. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Columns|2|
* Blindeye
* [[Basilisk]] venom
* Demon's dance
* [[Greycap]]
* Heart's bane
* [[Manticore]] venom
* Nightshade
* [[The strangler]]
* [[Sweetsleep]]
* [[Tears of Lys]]
* [[Widow's blood]]
* Wolfsbane
* certain species of [[mushroom (fungi)|mushroom]]
}}
==Characters known to use poison==
* [[Visenya Targaryen]]
* [[Tyanna|Tyanna of Pentos]]
* The [[Caltrops]]
* Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]
*[[Tyene Sand]]
*[[Lysa Tully]] - for [[Petyr Baelish]]
*[[Crannogmen]]
*[[Faceless Men]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]] - (in soup of dogtail)
*The [[Pureborn]]
* Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]] - in league with [[Petyr Baelish]]
* The [[Alchemist]]
* [[Ramsay Snow]] - (allegedly)

==Characters known to have been poisoned==
[[File:Gino Whitehall the power of faithII.JPG|350px|thumb|right|[[Melisandre]] drinks from the poisoned wine... © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Columns|2|
* [[Alequo Adarys]]
* [[Aegon II Targaryen]]
* [[Gaemon Palehair]]
* Ser [[Hobert Hightower]]
* [[Ulf the Sot]]
* [[Jon Arryn]]
* King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
* Magister [[Ordello]]
* Maester [[Cressen]]
* [[Eladon Goldenhair]]
* [[Loyal Spear]]
* Strong [[Belwas]] - survived
}}

==Characters suspected to have been poisoned==
{{Columns|2|
* King [[Viserys II Targaryen]]
* A [[High Septon (stonemason)|High Septon]]
* King [[Baelor I Targaryen]]
* [[Domeric Bolton]]
}}

==Survivors of attempted poisonings==
*[[Daenerys Targaryen]] - (twice)
*[[Melisandre]]
* The [[Waif]]
==Quotes==
[[File:Mike Capprotti Schemes of the Scholar.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Schemes of the Scholar - by Mike Capprotti. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|The poisoner is beneath contempt.}} – [[Aethelmure]]

{{Quote|Poison was for cravens, women, and [[Dornishmen]].{{Ref|adwd|56|p 749}}}} – [[Victarion Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Poison is a foul and filthy way to kill.{{Ref|adwd|38}}}} – [[Balon Swann]], to [[Tyene Sand]]

{{Quote|[[Petyr Baelish|You]] told me to put [[tears of Lys|the tears]] in [[Jon Arryn|Jon]]'s [[wine]], and I did.{{Ref|aSoS|80}}}} – [[Lysa Tully]], to Petyr Baelish

{{Quote|I begged Lord Arryn to use a taster, in this very room I begged him, but he would not hear of it. Only one who was less than a man would even think of such a thing, he told me.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}}} – [[Varys]], to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|No true man killed with poison.{{Ref|adwd|56}}}} – [[Victarion Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Poisoners invariably choose the choicest dishes.{{Ref|adwd|60}}}} – The [[Tattered Prince]]

==References and Notes==
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Church of Starry Wisdom

2014-12-06T14:46:34Z

The Prince of Thorns:

The '''Church of Starry Wisdom''' is a sinister religion that persists into the present day in many port cities throughout the [[Known World|known world]].

The legendary [[Bloodstone Emperor]] of the [[Great Empire of the Dawn]], who renounced the gods of [[Yi Ti]] and began to worship a black stone that fell from the skies, is believed by some scholars to have been the first [[High Priest]] of the Church.{{ref|TWOIAF| Yi Ti}}. It's acolytes are known to sing songs to the evening stars, in their scyring tower.

==Behind the Scenes==
The Church of Starry Wisdom is a reference to the eponymous cult in [[w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]]'s short story ''[[w:The Haunter of the Dark|The Haunder of the Dark]]''. In the story, the Church worships [[w:Nyarlathotep|Nyarlathotep]], one of the "outer gods".

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

[[Category:Religions]]

Church of Starry Wisdom

2014-12-06T14:46:08Z

The Prince of Thorns:

The '''Church of Starry Wisdom''' is a sinister religion that persists into the present day in many port cities throughout the [[Known World|known world]].

The legendary [[Bloodstone Emperor]] of the [[Great Empire of the Dawn]], who renounced the gods of [[Yi Ti]] and began to worship a black stone that fell from the skies, is believed by some scholars to have been the first [[High Priest]] of the Church.{{ref|TWOIAF| Yi Ti}}. They are known to sing songs to the evening stars, in their scyring tower.

==Behind the Scenes==
The Church of Starry Wisdom is a reference to the eponymous cult in [[w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]]'s short story ''[[w:The Haunter of the Dark|The Haunder of the Dark]]''. In the story, the Church worships [[w:Nyarlathotep|Nyarlathotep]], one of the "outer gods".

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

[[Category:Religions]]

Braavos

2014-10-18T23:08:37Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* City */ its hall of truth, not palace of truth, see mercy chapter

{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Braavos
| image = [[File:Titan of Braavos.jpg|300px|right|The [[Titan of Braavos]] - by zippo514]]
| location = [[Free Cities]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type = [[Free City]]
| seat =[[Sealord of Braavos]]
| seat_type =
| religion = All gods are honored in Braavos
| population =
| founder = [[Moonsingers]] and other refugees fleeing [[Valyrian]] expansion
| founded = 500 years before [[Aegon's Landing]]
| named_for =
| places = [[Titan of Braavos]], Drowned Town, [[House of Black and White]], Purple Harbor, Ragman's Harbor, [[Temple of the Moonsingers]], [[Patternmaker's Maze]], [[Stones of the Silent God]]
| organizations = [[Faceless Men]], [[Iron Bank of Braavos]], [[Moonsingers]]
}}

[[File:Free Cities.png|thumb|300px|Nine Free Cities on the continent of [[Essos]]: [[Pentos]], Braavos, [[Lys]], [[Qohor]], [[Norvos]], [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]], [[Volantis]], [[Lorath]]]]

'''Braavos''' is the greatest and most powerful of the [[Free Cities]], located in a lagoon on the northwestern end of [[Essos]], where the [[narrow sea]] and the [[Shivering Sea]] meet.{{Ref|aCoK|41}} There is a stretch of land to the south called the [[Braavosian Coastland]] that is claimed by Braavos.<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> The ruler of Braavos is known as the [[Sealord]] and it is from the sea that the city’s power and wealth flows.

The city is one of the greatest banking centres in the world. A man can get anything in Braavos, for a price, especially [[Faceless Men|death]].{{fact}}

==History==
Unlike the other Free Cities, Braavos was never part of the [[Valyrian Freehold]], but was instead founded 500 years before [[Aegon's Landing]] by refugees fleeing Valyrian [[slavery]]. They were led by the [[Moonsingers]], who settled in the lagoon in an effort to find a place safely away from the Valyrian dragons.{{Ref|aFfC|6}} For centuries it was called the Secret City and remained relatively unknown to the rest of the world. It's existence became publicly revealed a hundred years after it's founding. It's location remained a secret for three times as long. The city is sometimes called the Bastard Son of Valyria.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

A hundred years ago the Braavosi imposed on [[Pentos]] a treaty preventing slavery.{{ref|ADWD|1}}

==City==

Braavos sprawls across a hundred islands in a vast lagoon.{{Ref|aGoT|41}} The nearby mainland is mostly marshland, whilst the seaward sides of the city are protected by tall, mountainous islands which form a semi-circle around the city. Firewood is brought in by barge, while pines on the islands surrounding the city are left to act as windbreaks to protect the harbors, and are illegal to cut down.{{Ref|aFfC|26}} There is only one channel large and deep enough to accommodate ocean-going ships. This channel is defended by a massive statue called the [[Titan of Braavos]], which serves as landmark, lighthouse and defensive fortification. Just beyond the Titan lies the citadel and the vast shipyard called the [[Arsenal]]. The city proper lies beyond, a great sprawl of domes and towers and bridges in hues of grey, gold, and red.{{Ref|aFfC|6}}

The city is comprised of a hundred islands linked together by small stone bridges spanning the many canals throughout the city. There are no trees to be found within the city, making Braavos a city of stone architecture and granite monuments. The streets are lined with houses made of grey stone, built so close that they lean upon one another. Some houses are built above waterways. They are usually slim buildings with peaked tile roofs, raised four to five stories tall. Above the houses and canals there is an aqueduct, called the sweetwater river, that brings fresh water from the mainland as the water from the lagoon is brackish, briny and unfit for drinking.{{Ref|aFfC|6}}

Braavos is served by two main harbors. The [[Purple Harbor]], in the north, is used by locals only, while the Ragman's Harbor in the west is where foreign ships are moored. All ships have to submit to inspection by the Sealord's customs officers at the Chequy Port. Scattered throughout the city are small wharves and landings for the fishermen and ferries.{{Ref|aFfC|26}}

All gods are honored in Braavos. Most of the temples are located on the isle in the center of the city, known as the 'Isle of the Gods'. Among them is the [[Temple of the Moonsingers]] who led the original Braavosi refugees to the islands. Another temple of note is the temple to the [[Father of Waters]] which is rebuilt whenever he takes a new bride, as well as temples to the [[Many-Faced God]] and [[R'hllor]], and a sept for the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] named the [[Sept-Beyond-the-Sea]]. Other sites include the shrine of the [[Weeping Lady of Lys]], the [[Gardens of Gelenei]], the wooden hall of the [[Lord of Harmony]], the house of the [[Great Shepherd]], a three-turreted tower honoring [[Trios]], the [[Stones of the Silent God]], the [[Patternmaker's Maze]], the temple of [[Aquan the Red Bull]], and twin temples honoring [[Semosh and Selloso]].{{ref|ADWD|64}} Even gods that have no more followers are honored in a temple called the [[Holy Refuge]] or, colloquially, the Warren.{{Ref|aFfC|6}}{{ref|ADWD|64}}

The Drowned Town is an area of Braavos where the town has fallen into the lagoon and only the domes and towers of the old buildings are visible above the surface of the water.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

Below the Drowned Town, there are a series of wharves.{{ref|aFfC|22}} Among the areas where one can pause in Braavos is the Moon Pool. The [[bravos]] often duel at the Moon Pool by night.{{Ref|aFfC|34}} Healers for hire are found at the [[House of the Red Hands]]. The best inns and brothels lie near the Purple Harbor or the Moon Pool. Nearer to the Ragman's Harbor, one can find the [[Inn of the Green Eel‎‎]], the [[Black Bargeman]], [[Moroggo's]], the [[Outcast Inn]], the [[House of Seven Lamps]] and a brothel called the [[Cattery]]. Beneath the second arch of Nabbo's Bridge lies the [[Foghouse]], a small, cramped, dirty establishment with barely enough space to fit ten people. Among other establishments are the [[the Ship|Mummer's Ship]] and the [[Happy Port]].{{Ref|aFfC|26}} There are eel fights in the Spotted Cellar, which lies near the gates to the Drowned Town.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

Statues of former [[Sealord]]s stand along the main canal. They are mostly carved wearing long bronze robes, and hold various items in their hands, such as books, daggers, or hammers. One holds a golden star and another is upending a stone flagon from which fresh water flows.{{Ref|aFfC|6}}

A broad waterway known as the Long Canal leads south to the fishmarket. Along the Long Canal sits the Hall of Truth, a building with green copper domes. The tall square towers of the Prestayns and the Antaryons also sit along the canal. After those towers, one must pass beneath the large grey aqueduct of the Sweetwater River that demarcates the beginning of the district known as the Silty Town. In the Salty Town, the buildings are smaller and less grand. The Long Canal is a main thoroughfare that is usually full of barge and serpent boat traffic.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

===Additional Description===
[[File:braavos_tvseries.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Braavos and the [[Titan of Braavos]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]

====Aqueducts====
The water from the lagoon is brackish and briny and the canal water is not drinkable without first boiling it.{{Ref|aFfC|6}} Towards or beyond the heart of the city, above the houses and canals there is an aqueduct -- a grey stone roadway supported by three tiers of arches traveling southwards. It looms above the canals and houses. Called the Sweetwater River, it brings fresh water from the mainland across the mudflats and the briny shallows. Rich men pipe it directly into their homes, while commoners fill buckets at public fountains.

====Harbors====
In the Braavosi lagoon there are a plethora of fish and shellfish which constitute the main diet of the Braavosi. Their islands are devoid of trees. Firewood is brought in by barge, while pines on the islands surrounding the city are left to act as windbreaks to protect the harbors, and are illegal to cut down.
* [[Purple Harbor]], which serves only locals, is located on the north side of Braavos, beneath the domes and towers of the Sealord's Palace.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}
* Ragman's Harbor, which is open to all foreign ships, is located in the west. It is poorer, dirtier, and and noisier than the [[Purple Harbor]].{{Ref|aFfC|34}} Many people make their living around Ragman's Harbor, including porters, mummers, ropemakers, sailmenders, taverners, brewers, bakers, beggars, and whores.
* Chequy Port is where the Sealord's customs officers board merchant galleys to inspect their holds. The inspection can take as much as half a day.{{Ref|aFfC|6}}

====Isle of the Gods====
All gods are honored in Braavos.
* [[House of Black and White]], temple to the [[Many-Faced God]] and the headquarters of the [[Faceless Men]].
* [[Temple of the Moonsingers]] is the largest and most popular temple, built of white marble capped with a silvered dome and milk glass windows that show all the phases of the moon. A pair of marble maidens flanks its gates.
* The Temple of [[R'hllor]] is made of red stone. It has a great square tower with a fire in an iron brazier twenty feet across located atop it. Each door is flanked by a fire.

====Bridges====
* A carved stone bridge decorated with half a hundred kinds of fish and crabs and squids
* A bridge carved with lacy leafy vines
* A painted bridge with a thousand painted eyes

====Canals====
* A great canal, of green-hued water, which runs through the heart of the city
* Lesser canals which link to the great canal
* Many smaller ones with tightly packed houses

==Culture==
Braavos has a seafaring trade culture. Braavosi [[ships]] paint their hulls purple and their merchant ships sail to many distant lands and bring their trade and wealth back home.{{Ref|aFfC|6}} One hears of purple sails as far away as [[Asshai]] and the islands of the [[Jade Sea]].{{Ref|aDwD|6}}

Braavos has many moneylenders and the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] lends money to foreign nations, including the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|aGoT|20}}

The city is also renowned worldwide for its [[courtesan]]s. Every courtesan has her own barge and servants to work them. The beauty of famed courtesans has inspired many a song. They are showered with gifts from goldsmiths and craftsmen beg for their custom. Nobility and rich merchants pay the courtesans large amounts of money to appear alongside them at events, and bravos are known to kill each other in their names.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

Braavosi culture has created a unique form of sword fighting, called Water Dancing. The style is a refined form of fencing in which the practitioner stands sideways and wields a slender blade. Pugnacious [[bravos]] fill the city, frequently dueling to display their skill.

Bravos dress in flambouyant colors, contrary to wealthy Braavosi, who "dressed in charcoal grey and purple, blues that were almost black and blacks as dark as a moonless night".{{Ref|aFfC|26}} Officials of Braavos, called keyholders and justiciars, wear drab coats of brown and grey.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

There are several mummers' playhouses in Braavos, such as [[the Gate]], the [[the Blue Lantern]], the [[Dome]] and [[the Ship]]. Unlike the rest of the Free Cities, or Westeros, mummers can mock and ridicule authorities such as the Sealord openly during their plays without fear of reprisals, even if the Sealord himself is attending the play.{{ref|twow||[[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]}}

==Chapters that take place at Braavos==
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 6|''A Feast for Crows'': 6. Arya I]]
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 22|''A Feast for Crows'': 22. Arya II]]
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 26|''A Feast for Crows'': 26. Samwell III]]
*[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|''A Feast for Crows'': 34. Cat of the Canals]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 45|''A Dance with Dragons'': 45. The Blind Girl]]
*[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 64|''A Dance with Dragons'': 64. The Ugly Little Girl]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Braavos is the odd duck among the Nine Free Cities, but still more [[Valyrian]] than [[Andal]] in its origins.<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P90/ Yet More Questions], July 22, 2001</ref>}} - [[George R. R. Martin]]

{{Quote|We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its [[dragonlords]]. We do not jape of [[dragon]]s.{{ref|ADWD|44}}}} - [[Tycho Nestoris]], to [[Jon Snow]]

==References and Notes==
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Talk:Meria Martell

2014-07-05T15:01:07Z

The Prince of Thorns:

should we change her name into Meria Martell, as it's the right one?--[[User:The Prince of Thorns|The Prince of Thorns]] 00:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
:Ran has requested that nothing from the samples should be used on the wiki for now. Seeing as Meria's name was used in one of the unofficial released samples, I'd say the chances of the spelling changing are still there. So I find it a difficult one. Perhaps it is best we wait until the World book is released. I know that info from the World Book (textual info) is under a 3-month spoiler period, but I don't think that correcting the spelling of names falls under that. So Mariya can be changed to Meria (if that remains the spelling of the name) after the World Book release. What do you think? --[[User:Rhaenys_Targaryen|Rhaenys_Targaryen]] 08:15, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

:I'm aware of 3-month spoiler period request by Ran, and I think it's the most logical choice. But we already had the name long before the unoffical sample, correcting the spelling wouldn't be a problem I guess. They may change her name to something else but I think it's highly unlikely given that she's an important figure and mentioned in a reading. Actually, I would wait until the release date to correct the spelling but half of the world believes her name is Mariya so I think we should correct it before creating more confusion?--[[User:The Prince of Thorns|The Prince of Thorns]] 12:02, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
::It's a difficult situation. I see that the spanish wiki has changed the name to Meria, and according to google, the French wiki (lagardedenuit) did so too, though the website is currently offline, and I can't check (when I click on the Meria link on google, it directs me to a URL that, though the page won't display, says the title of the page is Mirram Martell (just as the interlinking of the wiki's does), the name those taking notes originally thought was the correct one (what people first believed to be Mirram, later changed to Mariya, and now thus to Meria). So perhaps making an exception and changing Mariya's name to Meria would be a good idea in this case. --[[User:Rhaenys_Targaryen|Rhaenys_Targaryen]] 16:12, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Both the French and the Spanish interwiki's now have named this article Meria Martell. Should we now thus too? I know the spelling still hasn't been confirmed, but this might create confusion.. --[[User:Rhaenys_Targaryen|Rhaenys_Targaryen]] 20:58, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

I say let's do it but do we need to delete the page to change its caption or it can be done without deleting the page, I don't know, I usally delete the page and copy paste it and then change the name. --[[User:The Prince of Thorns|The Prince of Thorns]] 15:01, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Valyrian steel

2014-07-05T14:57:22Z

The Prince of Thorns: Created page with "It says dragonfire is used while making valyrian steel, but it's from the show. It doesn't sound too off the table but I think we shouldn't add information from the show or did G..."

It says dragonfire is used while making valyrian steel, but it's from the show. It doesn't sound too off the table but I think we shouldn't add information from the show or did GRRM confirmed it in the dvds? I don't know? --[[User:The Prince of Thorns|The Prince of Thorns]] 14:57, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Meria Martell

2014-06-24T12:03:37Z

The Prince of Thorns:

Talk:Meria Martell

2014-06-24T12:02:29Z

The Prince of Thorns:

Squishers

2014-06-24T00:43:13Z

The Prince of Thorns:

A '''squisher''' is a creature of folklore in [[Crackclaw Point]] in the [[Crownlands]].{{ref|AFFC|20}}

==About==

From a distance squishers appear human, but according to legend their heads are larger than those of men and they have scales instead of hair. They have webbing between their fingers and toes, while their mouths have rows of green, needle-like teeth. A squisher's belly is white like that of a fish. Their name comes from the ''squish-squish'' sound made when they move on their webbed feet.{{ref|AFFC|20}}

The [[First Men]] are said to have killed all of the squishers, but some residents of Crackclaw claim still squishers come by night to steal bad children, saving girls to breed with and boys to eat.{{ref|AFFC|20}}

==House Borrell==
The members of [[House Borrell]] tend to have webbed hands and toes similiar to the feet of ducks, even so they call it "''the mark of Borrell''".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbaslypgyWk</ref>{{ref|aDwD|9}} The Borrels might be the descendants of human-squisher hybrids, or "the mark" might be a genetic disorder, passed down through generations.

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
While traveling to the [[Whispers]], [[Dick Crabb]] warns [[Brienne of Tarth]] and [[Podrick Payne]] about squishers.{{ref|AFFC|20}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|'''Dick''': They'd eat you, boy. They'd eat you raw. 
'''Podrick''': If they try, I'll kill them. 
'''Dick''': You try that. You just try. Squishers don't die easy.{{ref|AFFC|20}}}} - [[Dick Crabb]] and [[Podrick Payne]]

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

{{Template:Creatures}}

[[Category:Sentient species]]

Talk:Meria Martell

2014-06-24T00:21:35Z

The Prince of Thorns: Created page with "should we change her name into Meria Martell, as it's the right one?--~~~~"

should we change her name into Meria Martell, as it's the right one?--[[User:The Prince of Thorns|The Prince of Thorns]] 00:21, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Courtesan

2014-06-22T17:04:04Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Braavos */

The profession of '''courtesan''' exists in [[Essos]]. A courtesan is not referred to as a [[prostitute|whore]] although they are most likely trained in the arts of love and may also offer sexual services.
==About==
Courtesans could be considered to be at the pinnacle of the [[prostitution]] hierarchy and a person who engages their services may not do so specifically for sexual reasons. Rather it is the pleasure and honour of their company that is paid for.

Engaging their company bestows as certain amount of status on the client themselves. In fact a sexual liaison may be the whim of the courtesan, not the patron. They are most likely similar to our world’s Japanese [[w:geisha|geisha]], educated and trained in various cultural pursuits such as music, poetry, dance, history, literature etc.

==Braavos==
[[Braavos]] is also renowned worldwide for its courtesans, they enjoy high status and are famous worldwide.

Every courtesan has her own barge and servants to work them. The beauty of famed courtesans has inspired many a song. They are showered with gifts from goldsmiths and craftsmen beg for their custom. Nobility and rich merchants pay the courtesans large amounts of money to appear alongside them at events, and bravos are known to kill each other in their names.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

Some [[Braavos|Braavosi]] courtesans are famous, respected and wealthy and enjoy a kind of celebrity status as well as a certain kind of mystique. They are cultured and beautiful.

Some families have produced many generations of courtesans, such as [[Bellegere Otherys]]’s, it is likely that there are other [[Braavos]]i courtesan families.

The [[Kindly Man]] offers [[Arya]] the chance to become a courtesan, giving a glimpse into the lifestyle of a [[Braavos|Braavosi]] courtesan:
{{Quote|Would you sooner be a courtesan, and have songs sung of your beauty? Speak the word, and we will send you to the [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Black Pearl]] or the [[Daughter of the Dusk]]. You will sleep on rose petals and wear silken skirts that rustle when you walk, and great lords will beggar themselves for your maiden’s blood.{{Ref|aDwD|45}}}}

==Famous courtesans==
*'''The [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]]''' - was a celebrated courtesan, and was eventually ruler of [[Lys]], in all but name.
*'''[[Bellegere Otherys]]''' - the fourth of [[Aegon IV]]'s mistresses and pirate queen
*'''[[Bellonara Otherys]]''' - former Black Pearl and mother to the current Black Pearl
*'''[[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Bellegere Otherys]]''' - current Black Pearl
*'''The [[Veiled Lady]]'''
*'''The [[Merling Queen]]'''
*'''The [[Moonshadow]]'''
*'''The [[Daughter of the Dusk]]'''
*'''The [[Nightingale]]'''
*'''The [[Poetess]]'''

==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
[[Brusco]] makes it plain to [[Arya|Cat]] of the Canals that while selling her oysters, clams and cockles she is never to speak to a courtesan unless spoken to first.

When Cat is talking to some [[Westeros]]i sailors off of the ''[[Brazen Monkey]]'' the youngest monkey, a red-haired boy with freckles no older than sixteen, asks her ''“What about them fancy whores the singers sing about?"'' His shipmates look at him and laugh. One of them says,
{{Quote|Seven hells, boy. Might be the captain could get hisself a courty-san, but only if he sold the bloody ship. That sort o’ cunt’s for lords and such, not for the likes o’ us. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}}}
Cat tells them that she sold three cockles to the [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Black Pearl]], she called to Cat as she was stepping off her barge.

As she pushes her barrow along the canals Cat sometimes glimpses one of them floating by, on her way to an evening with some lover. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The courtesans of [[Braavos]] were famed across the world. Singers sang of them, goldsmiths and jewelers showered them with gifts, craftsmen begged for the honour of their custom, merchant princes paid royal ransoms to have them on their arms at balls and feasts and [[mummer]]s shows, and [[bravos]] slew each other in their names. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}}}

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Prostitutes]]
[[es:Cortesana]]
[[fr:Courtisane de Braavos]]

Courtesan

2014-06-22T17:03:26Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Braavos */

The profession of '''courtesan''' exists in [[Essos]]. A courtesan is not referred to as a [[prostitute|whore]] although they are most likely trained in the arts of love and may also offer sexual services.
==About==
Courtesans could be considered to be at the pinnacle of the [[prostitution]] hierarchy and a person who engages their services may not do so specifically for sexual reasons. Rather it is the pleasure and honour of their company that is paid for.

Engaging their company bestows as certain amount of status on the client themselves. In fact a sexual liaison may be the whim of the courtesan, not the patron. They are most likely similar to our world’s Japanese [[w:geisha|geisha]], educated and trained in various cultural pursuits such as music, poetry, dance, history, literature etc.

==Braavos==
[[Braavos]] is also renowned worldwide for its courtesans, they enjoy high status and are famous worldwide.

Every courtesan has her own barge and servants to work them. The beauty of famed courtesans has inspired many a song. They are showered with gifts from goldsmiths and craftsmen beg for their custom. Nobility and rich merchants pay the courtesans large amounts of money to appear alongside them at events, and bravos are known to kill each other in their names.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

Some [Braavos|[Braavosi]] courtesans are famous, respected and wealthy and enjoy a kind of celebrity status as well as a certain kind of mystique. They are cultured and beautiful.

Some families have produced many generations of courtesans, such as [[Bellegere Otherys]]’s, it is likely that there are other [[Braavos]]i courtesan families.

The [[Kindly Man]] offers [[Arya]] the chance to become a courtesan, giving a glimpse into the lifestyle of a [[Braavos|Braavosi]] courtesan:
{{Quote|Would you sooner be a courtesan, and have songs sung of your beauty? Speak the word, and we will send you to the [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Black Pearl]] or the [[Daughter of the Dusk]]. You will sleep on rose petals and wear silken skirts that rustle when you walk, and great lords will beggar themselves for your maiden’s blood.{{Ref|aDwD|45}}}}

==Famous courtesans==
*'''The [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]]''' - was a celebrated courtesan, and was eventually ruler of [[Lys]], in all but name.
*'''[[Bellegere Otherys]]''' - the fourth of [[Aegon IV]]'s mistresses and pirate queen
*'''[[Bellonara Otherys]]''' - former Black Pearl and mother to the current Black Pearl
*'''[[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Bellegere Otherys]]''' - current Black Pearl
*'''The [[Veiled Lady]]'''
*'''The [[Merling Queen]]'''
*'''The [[Moonshadow]]'''
*'''The [[Daughter of the Dusk]]'''
*'''The [[Nightingale]]'''
*'''The [[Poetess]]'''

==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
[[Brusco]] makes it plain to [[Arya|Cat]] of the Canals that while selling her oysters, clams and cockles she is never to speak to a courtesan unless spoken to first.

When Cat is talking to some [[Westeros]]i sailors off of the ''[[Brazen Monkey]]'' the youngest monkey, a red-haired boy with freckles no older than sixteen, asks her ''“What about them fancy whores the singers sing about?"'' His shipmates look at him and laugh. One of them says,
{{Quote|Seven hells, boy. Might be the captain could get hisself a courty-san, but only if he sold the bloody ship. That sort o’ cunt’s for lords and such, not for the likes o’ us. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}}}
Cat tells them that she sold three cockles to the [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Black Pearl]], she called to Cat as she was stepping off her barge.

As she pushes her barrow along the canals Cat sometimes glimpses one of them floating by, on her way to an evening with some lover. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The courtesans of [[Braavos]] were famed across the world. Singers sang of them, goldsmiths and jewelers showered them with gifts, craftsmen begged for the honour of their custom, merchant princes paid royal ransoms to have them on their arms at balls and feasts and [[mummer]]s shows, and [[bravos]] slew each other in their names. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}}}

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Prostitutes]]
[[es:Cortesana]]
[[fr:Courtisane de Braavos]]

Courtesan

2014-06-22T17:02:46Z

The Prince of Thorns:

The profession of '''courtesan''' exists in [[Essos]]. A courtesan is not referred to as a [[prostitute|whore]] although they are most likely trained in the arts of love and may also offer sexual services.
==About==
Courtesans could be considered to be at the pinnacle of the [[prostitution]] hierarchy and a person who engages their services may not do so specifically for sexual reasons. Rather it is the pleasure and honour of their company that is paid for.

Engaging their company bestows as certain amount of status on the client themselves. In fact a sexual liaison may be the whim of the courtesan, not the patron. They are most likely similar to our world’s Japanese [[w:geisha|geisha]], educated and trained in various cultural pursuits such as music, poetry, dance, history, literature etc.

==Braavos==
[[Braavos]] is also renowned worldwide for its courtesans, they enjoy high status and are famous worldwide.

Every courtesan has her own barge and servants to work them. The beauty of famed courtesans has inspired many a song. They are showered with gifts from goldsmiths and craftsmen beg for their custom. Nobility and rich merchants pay the courtesans large amounts of money to appear alongside them at events, and bravos are known to kill each other in their names.{{Ref|aFfC|34}}

Some [[Braavos]]I courtesans are famous, respected and wealthy and enjoy a kind of celebrity status as well as a certain kind of mystique. They are cultured and beautiful.

Some families have produced many generations of courtesans, such as [[Bellegere Otherys]]’s, it is likely that there are other [[Braavos]]i courtesan families.

The [[Kindly Man]] offers [[Arya]] the chance to become a courtesan, giving a glimpse into the lifestyle of a [[Braavos|Braavosi]] courtesan:
{{Quote|Would you sooner be a courtesan, and have songs sung of your beauty? Speak the word, and we will send you to the [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Black Pearl]] or the [[Daughter of the Dusk]]. You will sleep on rose petals and wear silken skirts that rustle when you walk, and great lords will beggar themselves for your maiden’s blood.{{Ref|aDwD|45}}}}

==Famous courtesans==
*'''The [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]]''' - was a celebrated courtesan, and was eventually ruler of [[Lys]], in all but name.
*'''[[Bellegere Otherys]]''' - the fourth of [[Aegon IV]]'s mistresses and pirate queen
*'''[[Bellonara Otherys]]''' - former Black Pearl and mother to the current Black Pearl
*'''[[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Bellegere Otherys]]''' - current Black Pearl
*'''The [[Veiled Lady]]'''
*'''The [[Merling Queen]]'''
*'''The [[Moonshadow]]'''
*'''The [[Daughter of the Dusk]]'''
*'''The [[Nightingale]]'''
*'''The [[Poetess]]'''

==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
[[Brusco]] makes it plain to [[Arya|Cat]] of the Canals that while selling her oysters, clams and cockles she is never to speak to a courtesan unless spoken to first.

When Cat is talking to some [[Westeros]]i sailors off of the ''[[Brazen Monkey]]'' the youngest monkey, a red-haired boy with freckles no older than sixteen, asks her ''“What about them fancy whores the singers sing about?"'' His shipmates look at him and laugh. One of them says,
{{Quote|Seven hells, boy. Might be the captain could get hisself a courty-san, but only if he sold the bloody ship. That sort o’ cunt’s for lords and such, not for the likes o’ us. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}}}
Cat tells them that she sold three cockles to the [[Bellegere Otherys (Courtesan)|Black Pearl]], she called to Cat as she was stepping off her barge.

As she pushes her barrow along the canals Cat sometimes glimpses one of them floating by, on her way to an evening with some lover. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The courtesans of [[Braavos]] were famed across the world. Singers sang of them, goldsmiths and jewelers showered them with gifts, craftsmen begged for the honour of their custom, merchant princes paid royal ransoms to have them on their arms at balls and feasts and [[mummer]]s shows, and [[bravos]] slew each other in their names. {{Ref|AFFC|34}}}}

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Prostitutes]]
[[es:Cortesana]]
[[fr:Courtisane de Braavos]]

Helaena Targaryen

2014-06-17T23:20:55Z

The Prince of Thorns:

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Queen '''Helaena Targaryen''' was the sister-wife to [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], daughter of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] and his second wife, Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]. She had three children with her husband, the twins [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]] and [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]] and [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]]. Helaena was a dragonrider, her dragon was [[Dreamfyre]].

==Apperance and Character==
She was plumpy and less striking than most Targaryens. She was a pleasant and happy girl. Everyone agreed that she would make a fine mother.{{Ref|TRP}} She was loved by the smallfolk.{{ref|tpatq}}

==History==
When [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] and [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]] were hired to murder one of her sons during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], they at first forced her to choose. She offered herself instead but they refused and stated if she didn't decide quick Blood would rape her daughter, she reluctantly named her youngest, Maelor, but the assassins killed [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]] instead. She became so depressed at the death of her son (and the knowledge that Maelor knew she had chosen him to die), she locked herself away and withdrew from the war and the world, becoming unreliable as a dragonrider for the green cause. She was taken captive during the [[Fall of King's Landing]].{{ref|tpatq}}

In {{Date|130}}, Helaena, mad with grief, jumped from [[Maegor's Holdfast]] and died on the spikes below. She was 21 when she died.{{ref|tpatq}} Rumors that she was murdered by [[Luthor Largent]], at [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Queen Rhaenyra's]] behest, spread through King's Landing.{{ref|tpatq}}

==Family==
{{Targaryen_tree_Dance}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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Valyrian Freehold

2014-06-17T21:59:39Z

The Prince of Thorns: /* Religion */

[[File:HBO VFreehold.png|thumb|350px|Dragons fly above the Freehold]]
[[File:Valyrians find dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|Valyrians discover [[dragon]]s living in the [[Fourteen Fires]]]]
[[File:Valyrian tamed dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|Valyrians tamed and used [[dragon]]s ]]
[[File:HBO Valyria v Ghis III.png|thumb|350px|The [[Valyria|dragon]] defeats the [[Ghis|harpy]]]]
The '''Valyrian Freehold''' was a great territory that spanned much of the continent of [[Essos]], but has since fallen to ruin, approximately one hundred years before [[Aegon's Landing]], when it was brought down by a cataclysmic event known as the [[Doom of Valyria]].

At its prime, the Valyrian Freehold encompassed most of the eastern continent and reached as far as the current [[Free Cities]] and the island of [[Dragonstone]] off the coast of [[Westeros]]. The Valyrian Freehold was technically never an empire <ref name=SSM1/> however for ease of reference it tends to be referred to as one.

The Freehold was an advanced civilization and the dominant military and cultural power of the known world. Its capital was the city [[Valyria]]. The Freehold was ruled by the ''Lords Freeholder'', powerful noble families. The most powerful of these were the [[dragonlords]].

==History==
Valyria was once a minor civilization of peaceful sheep-herding folk dwelling on the [[Valyrian peninsula]] until the Valyrians discovered [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Fires]], a ring of volcanoes on the said peninsula. The Valyrians tamed the dragons with [[magic]] and mastered the technique of raising and training the dragons into devastating weapons of war. {{Ref|aFfC|22}} They began expanding their influence, establishing the Freehold with [[Valyria]] as its capital. There, magic flowered, topless towers rose toward the heavens where dragons soared, stone [[sphinx]]es gazed down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forged swords of legendary strength and sharpness; and with their dragons and magic they began expanding their influence.

===Rise to Power and the Fall of Ghis===
Some five thousand years ago, in the early days of Valyria, the Old [[Ghiscari Empire]] dominated and controlled much of the eastern continent. The Ghiscari attempted to stop Valyria's expansion and the burgeoning freehold was involved in a series of great wars against the Old Ghiscari Empire. The Ghiscari legions attacked Valyria five times but they could never defeat them - with the help of dragons, Valyria was able to defend and emerge victorious each time.

Finally, in the last time, the Valyrians marched on their capital Old [[Ghis]] razed it to the ground and sowed its fields with salt, sulphur, and skulls {{Ref|aSoS|23}} obliterating it and thereby destroying the Ghiscari Empire. The Ghiscari people and their culture were wiped off the face of the earth.

After the conquest of Ghis, Valyria expanded its influence over the surviving Ghiscari colonies of [[Slaver's Bay]] and continued to conquer and colonize farther.

===War against the Rhoynar===
When the Valyrians turned their eyes to the ancient and high civilization of the [[Rhoynar]], [[Garin (Prince)|Prince Garin the Great]] led an army of a quarter of a million men against Valyria. However, resistance proved futile and their defeat was disastrous. [[Rhoynar Invasion|The remnants fled to Dorne]], led by the warrior queen [[Nymeria]]. The singers say her 10,000 ships were filled with women and children, suggesting all (or most) of the men of fighting age had died in the conflict with Valyria.

===Valyrian Imperialism & Western Expansion===
The Valyrian Freehold continued to expand and conquer further west, capturing many [[slave]]s from its conquered lands and using them to mine great wealth from the Fourteen Flames, as well as build great cities and [[Valyrian roads|roadways]] that led to Valyria. Cities built by the Valyrian Freehold include [[Oros]], [[Mantarys]], [[Tyria]], and all of the [[Free Cities]] except [[Braavos]].

At the height of its power, the Freehold stretched over most of the eastern continent that lay west of the [[Bone Mountains]]. Of the fabled great cities, the topless towers are remembered for their great beauty. Some two centuries before [[the Doom]] the Valyrian Freehold expanded into the western coastal reaches of [[Essos]]. They colonised the island of [[Dragonstone]] in the [[Narrow Sea]] and established a stronghold there, presumably from which they could trade with the [[Seven Kingdoms]].<ref>[http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-full-story-of-targaryen-conquest-in.html?spref=tw&m=1]</ref> The island was the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold.

Centuries later [[Tyrion Lannister]] pondered why the Freehold did not expand west of Dragonstone to the mainland of [[Westeros]]:
{{Quote|Odd, that. Dragonstone is no more than a rock. The wealth was farther west, but they had dragons. Surely they knew that it was there. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}}}

===Doom of Valyria===
The [[Doom of Valyria]] was a cataclysmic event that took place approximately one hundred years before [[Aegon's Landing]], following which the city Valyria was utterly destroyed and the Valyrian Freehold crumbled and was no more. The Doom fragmented the land surrounding the city itself into numerous smaller islands, creating the [[Smoking Sea]] between them.{{Ref|aGoT|41}}<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref> The area is now described as "demon-haunted", and most people are afraid to go there, as it is said,
{{Quote|The Doom still rules in Valyria''. {{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aFfC|28}}}}

==Legacy==
[[File:Metalblackfae From the blood of old Valyria.jpg‎|thumb|250px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] exhibits the classic Valyrian racial characteristics - [[purple eyes]] and silver-gold hair. © Metalblackfae]]
Most of Valyria's culture, language, and craft was lost in the Doom, which was followed by the [[Century of Blood]]. Valyrian descendants scattered across the world, many across the surviving Valyrian colonies, which gained independence after the Doom and are now known as the [[Free Cities]], and across the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]]. The surviving Valyrians intermarried and became mixed with other peoples. Their descendants speak in various local dialects of [[High Valyrian|Valyrian]].{{Ref|aSoS|23}}{{Ref|aDwD|1}}

Valyria is remembered for its ability to raise and command dragons and using them as weapons of war. This was demonstrated by the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], the last of the known Valyrian dragonlords, who used that knowledge to [[War of Conquest|conquer]] and rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}} Valyria is also remembered for forging weapons made of [[Valyrian steel]], a magical alloy used to make weapons of unparalleled quality. The secret of forging such metal was apparently lost with Valyria, making those remaining weapons highly treasured and extremely rare.{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

==Culture==

===Governance===
The 'Freehold of Valyria' at the zenith of its power was neither a kingdom nor an empire... or at least it had neither a king nor an emperor. <ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P90/ SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and More.]June 26, 2001</ref> Instead, all ''free holders'', or freeborn landowners, had a say in its governance.

In practice, however, the Freehold was ruled by the ''Lords Freeholder'', powerful noble families. They were forty families of great wealth, high birth, and strong sorcerous ability, those families which controlled and rode [[dragons]] in battle, who came to dominate, were known as [[dragonlords]], <ref> [http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-full-story-of-targaryen-conquest-in.html?spref=tw&m=1| The full story of the Targaryen Conquest in A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE]</ref> <ref name=SSM2/> The [[Targaryen]]s were dragonlords, but far from the most powerful.

===Magic===
The people of Valyria were very strong in [[magic]], and they would use their powerful wizards and their [[dragons]] in conjunction with their armies to conquer most of the eastern continent. Dragons were controlled by whips, magic horns and sorcery.
===Language===
The Valyrians spoke the [[High Valyrian]] language.
===Architectural works===
The Valyrians had great skill in shaping stone. It is often said that the old wizards of Valyria did not cut and chisel stone, but worked it with fire and magic as one might work clay, although much of their knowledge is now lost. Valyrians had a powerful magic which could liquefy stone and shape it how they wanted.<ref>Chicon 7 Reading (September 02, 2012) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C92/ So Spake Martin]</ref> [[Valyrian roads]], known as dragon roads, still exist as monuments to their work {{Ref|aGoT|23}}{{Ref|aDwD|6}} as well as [[Dragonstone]] castle, the [[Black Wall]] and the [[Long Bridge]].
===Slavery===
The Valyrians used thousands of [[slave]]s from across the continent in the blisteringly hot mines underneath the [[Fourteen Flames]] to find gold and silver. Slave revolts were common in the mines, but the Valyrians were strong in sorcery and were able to put them down. When there was war, the Valyrians took thousands of slaves, and when there was peace they bred them.{{Ref|aFfC|22}}
===Religion===
The Valyrians had a number of different gods, among them Balerion, Meraxes,Vhagar and Syrax.{{Ref|aGoT|13|p 122}} {{Ref|aCoK|12|p 191}} {{Ref|asos|57|p 649}} The singers named [[Aegon the Conqueror]]'s and his sister's three dragons after those gods, although Aegon converted to the [[faith of the Seven]] during the [[War of Conquest]].

===Practices===
The practice of incest was common in old Valyria,{{Ref|aCoK|33}} as the Valyrians would customarily wed brother to sister. {{Ref|aGot|Appendix}} On [[Dragonstone]] the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] continued to practice incestuous marriage and polygamy to keep the dragon bloodline pure.

==Books and Scrolls about Valyria==
*''[[The Fires of the Freehold]]'' - [[Galendro]]’s history of [[Valyria]]
==Quotes==
{{Quote| An empire built on blood and fire.{{Ref|aDwD|33}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|All Valyrian sorcery was rooted in blood or fire. {{Ref|AFFC|45}}}}– [[Marwyn]] the Mage

{{Quote|"Valyria was the [[Magic|last ember]], and Valyria is gone." {{Ref|acok|28|p 442}}}} – Maester [[Luwin]]

== Influences ==
It is possible that the titanic clashes between Valyria and the Ghiscari Empire are inspired by the Punic wars between Rome and Carthage over control of the Mediterranean.

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=SSM1>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More/ Citadel, ''So Spake Martin'', June 26 2001]</ref>
<ref name=SSM2>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2999/ SSM]:Targaryens, valyria, June 26, 2001.</ref>
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Stone Cow of Faros

2014-06-08T10:45:01Z

The Prince of Thorns:

The '''Stone Cow of Faros''' is a stone cow from the city of [[Faros]] on the island [[Great Moraq]]. People of Faros worships the Stone Cow. There is a saying among the [[Qarth]]een that:
{{quote|It is easier to milk the Stone Cow of Faros than to wring gold from the [[Pureborn]].{{ref|ACOK|40}}}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

[[Category:Objects]]
[[Category:Religions]]
[[es:Vaca de Piedra de Faros]]

Gardens of Gelenei

2014-06-06T17:11:53Z

The Prince of Thorns:

The '''Gardens of Gelenei''' is a temple at [[Braavos]], in the Isle of Gods. There is a gilded tree a hundred feet high with leaves of hammered silver. Gelenei might be the name of a god.{{Ref|aDwD|64}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

[[Category:Religions]]

Aquan the Red Bull

2014-06-06T17:10:54Z

The Prince of Thorns: Created page with "'''Aquan the Red Bull''' is a god. He has a temple at Braavos, in the Isle of Gods. His priests sacrifices a pure white calf in every thirteenth day and offer bowls of blood ..."

'''Aquan the Red Bull''' is a god. He has a temple at [[Braavos]], in the Isle of Gods. His priests sacrifices a pure white calf in every thirteenth day and offer bowls of blood to beggars.{{Ref|aDwD|64}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

[[Category:Religions]]

Gardens of Gelenei

2014-06-06T17:04:25Z

The Prince of Thorns: Created page with "It is a temple at Braavos, in the Isle of Gods. There is a gilded tree a hundred feet high with leaves of hammered silver. Gelenei might be the name of a god.{{Ref|aDwD|64}}..."

It is a temple at [[Braavos]], in the Isle of Gods. There is a gilded tree a hundred feet high with leaves of hammered silver. Gelenei might be the name of a god.{{Ref|aDwD|64}}

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[[Category:Religions]]

Weeping Lady of Lys

2014-06-06T16:56:36Z

The Prince of Thorns: there is a goddess named as Weeeping Lady of Lys, but the lady part is probably a typo

The '''Weeping Woman''' is a goddess. There is a statue of her in the [[House of Black and White]]. The statue is most commonly visited by old women.{{Ref|aFfC|22}} She might be a Lysene goddess and cry silver tears.{{Ref|aDwD|64}}

When first entering the House, [[Arya Stark]] noted the statue of a marble woman, 12 feet tall (3,66 meters). Real tears are trickling from the eyes, filling the bowl the woman cradled in her arms. The statue of a man with a lion's head stood nearby. At this point Arya could not name the figures. {{Ref|aFfC|6}} Early in her training, Arya is able to identify both the Weeping Woman and the [[Lion of Night (god)|Lion of Night]]. {{Ref|aFfC|22}}
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[[es:Mujer Llorona]]
[[fr:Femme Éplorée]]

Lyonel Tyrell (lord)

2014-05-10T15:17:08Z

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Lord '''Lyonel Tyrell''' was an infant during the [[The Dance of the Dragons| Dance of the Dragons]], thus his mother ruled [[The Reach|the Reach]] as his regent and they remained neutral during the war.<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/user/57165-mrsgrumpy/ Mrs.Grumpy], (December 17, 2013). [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/100284-spoilers-the-princess-and-the-queen-complete-spoilers-discussion/page-66#entry5233830 Spoilers, the Princess and the Queen. Complete spoilers discussion]. Retrieved May 10 2014.</ref><ref>[[User:Ran|Ran]] (December 17, 2013). [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/100284-spoilers-the-princess-and-the-queen-complete-spoilers-discussion/?p=5234900 Spoilers, the Princess and the Queen. Complete spoilers discussion]. Retrieved May 10 2014.</ref>

Ulf the White said Lord Lyonel Tyrell should be attainted a traitor, since he had not taken part in the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Ulf's reasoning for this, was that he desired [[Highgarden]], Lord Lyonel's seat, for his own.{{Ref|tpatq}}

==References and Notes==
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[[Category:House Tyrell]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tyrell, Lyonel]]
[[Category:Characters from the Reach|Tyrell, Lyonel]]

Lyonel Tyrell (lord)

2014-05-10T15:14:49Z

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{{See homonyms | Lyonel Tyrell (disambiguation)}}

Lord '''Lyonel Tyrell''' was an infant during [[The Dance of the Dragons|the Dance of the Dragons]], thus his mother ruled [[The Reach|the Reach]] as his regent and they remained neutral during the war.<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/user/57165-mrsgrumpy/ Mrs.Grumpy], (December 17, 2013). [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/100284-spoilers-the-princess-and-the-queen-complete-spoilers-discussion/page-66#entry5233830 Spoilers, the Princess and the Queen. Complete spoilers discussion]. Retrieved May 10 2014.</ref><ref>[[User:Ran|Ran]] (December 17, 2013). [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/100284-spoilers-the-princess-and-the-queen-complete-spoilers-discussion/?p=5234900 Spoilers, the Princess and the Queen. Complete spoilers discussion]. Retrieved May 10 2014.</ref>

Ulf the White said Lord Lyonel Tyrell should be attainted a traitor, since he had not taken part in the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Ulf's reasoning for this, was that he desired [[Highgarden]], Lord Lyonel's seat, for his own.{{Ref|tpatq}}

==References and Notes==
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[[Category:House Tyrell]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tyrell, Lyonel]]
[[Category:Characters from the Reach|Tyrell, Lyonel]]

Lyonel Tyrell

2014-05-10T15:13:26Z

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'''Lyonel Tyrell''' is the name of several members of [[House Tyrell]].

*[[Lyonel Tyrell (Lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]], the young Lord of Highgarden during [[The Dance of the Dragons|the Dance of Dragons]].
*[[Lyonel Tyrell]], the son of Ser [[Leo Tyrell (son of Victor)|Leo Tyrell]] and [[Alys Beesbury]].

[[Category:House Tyrell|*]]
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Lyonel Tyrell (lord)

2014-05-10T10:29:56Z

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Lyonel Tyrell

2014-05-10T10:27:19Z

The Prince of Thorns:

'''Lyonel Tyrell''' is the name of several members of [[House Tyrell]].

*[[Lyonel Tyrell (Lord)]], the Lord of Highgarden during [[The Dance of the Dragons|the Dance of Drangons]].
*[[Lyonel Tyrell]], the son of Ser [[Leo Tyrell (son of Victor)|Leo Tyrell]] and [[Alys Beesbury]].

[[Category:House Tyrell|*]]
[[Category:Disambiguation pages]]

Lyonel Tyrell

2014-05-10T10:25:37Z

The Prince of Thorns: Created page with "'''Lyonel Tyrell''' is the name of several members of House Tyrell. *Lyonel Tyrell (Lord), the Lord of Highgarden during the Dance of Drangons. *Lyonell Tyrell, ..."

'''Lyonel Tyrell''' is the name of several members of [[House Tyrell]].

*[[Lyonel Tyrell (Lord)]], the Lord of Highgarden during [[the Dance of Drangons]].
*[[Lyonell Tyrell]], the son of Ser [[Leo Tyrell]] and [[Alys Beesbury]].

[[Category:House Tyrell|*]]
[[Category:Disambiguation pages]]

Lyonel Tyrell (lord)

2014-05-10T10:22:47Z

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User:The Prince of Thorns

2014-04-05T10:35:09Z

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peace ຊ

Faros

2014-04-05T10:33:04Z

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'''Faros''' is a city at the mouth of a river on the northern stretch of [[Great Moraq]]'s western coast.<ref>''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> The inhabitants of the city worship the [[Stone Cow of Faros|Stone Cow]].<ref>''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref>{{ref|ACOK|40}}

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[[Category:Cities]]
[[es:Faros]]

Faros

2014-04-04T19:11:17Z

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Wyvern

2014-04-01T17:33:14Z

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'''Wyverns''' are kin to dragons. Unlike to dragons, wyverns don't breathe fire.<ref>http://grrm.livejournal.com/327410.html?thread=17927666#t17927666</ref>

[[Wyvern Point]] in northern [[Sothoryos]] is named after the creature, which hunts above its swamps and jungles.<ref>"Wyvern Point" entry in ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]''</ref> Septon [[Barth]] wrote about them in ''[[Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History]]''.{{ref|ADWD|14}} The sigil of [[House Vyrwel]] of [[Darkdell]] depicts a wyvern. The castle of [[Dragonstone]] includes wyverns among its stone gargoyles.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{ref|ACOK|54}}

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