The Temple of the Graces houses the priestesses known as Graces in the city of Meereen.
Layout
The Temple of the Graces is a huge structure topped with golden domes.[1] It lies to the west of the Great Pyramid and is visible from the pyramid's terrace.[1]
The air inside the Temple of the Graces is thick with incense. Statues of the gods of Ghis in alcoves stand cloaked in shadows.[2]
Red Graces wait to be chosen at pleasure gardens.[3] White Graces are girls of noble birth too young to serve their year in the temple's pleasure gardens.[4]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
From the apex of the Great Pyramid, Daenerys Targaryen sees the golden dome of the Temple of the Graces blazing brightly at sunrise.[5]
A Dance with Dragons
After the murder of Stalwart Shield, Daenerys, ruling as Queen of Meereen, gives an order to send men to the Temple of the Graces to ask if any man has come to the Blue Graces with a sword wound.[1]
When numerous claimants come to Daenerys to tell of animals they have lost to her dragons, Daenerys decides that future claimants must present themselves at the Temple of the Graces and swear a holy oath before the gods of Ghis.[1] After Hazzea is said to have been killed by Drogon, Daenerys declares that the child's bones should be laid to rest in the temple, with a hundred candles burned in her memory.[6]
Daario Naharis suggests that Daenerys could end the threat of the Great Masters by marrying Hizdahr zo Loraq and then having the Second Sons butcher the slavers when they gather to celebrate in the temple.[4]
Blue Graces at the temple treat a sick man who arrived at Meereen riding a pale horse.[7]
The wedding of Hizdahr and Daenerys is held in the Temple of the Graces.[2]
The Blue Graces treat Strong Belwas in their temple after he eats poisoned locusts.[8] The pale mare spreads throughout the city, and Meereenese begin to avoid the Temple of the Graces.[8]
Quotes
To the west sunlight blazed off the golden domes of the Temple of the Graces, and etched deep shadows behind the stepped pyramids of the mighty.[1]
—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 68, The Dragontamer.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 71, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 55, The Queensguard.