Tokar
A tokar is a long, loose shapeless sheet that is worn in Ghiscari cities by the wealthy. In Astapor, only the freeborn are allowed to wear tokars.[1]
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Description
The tokar must be wound around hips and under an arm and over a shoulder to keep it on. It is wrapped this way to carefully display the dangling fringes which are usually adorned with some decoration to signify the wearer's status.[1]
If wound too loose, the tokar might unravel and fall off. If it is wound too tight, it might tangle and trip the wearer. Even if wound properly the wearer must hold the tokar in place with their left hand and walking requires small steps and great balance to prevent tripping and falling.[2]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
During the fall of Astapor, Daenerys Targaryen orders her Unsullied to slay every man wearing a tokar or holding a whip. Many Good Masters trip over their garments while trying to flee.[1]
Drogon sets ablaze the tokar of Grazdan mo Eraz.[3]
A Dance with Dragons
Daenerys wants to ban the tokar after her successful siege of Meereen, but her advisors convince her otherwise. Galazza Galare explains she must wear the attire of the Meereenese if she wants to be accepted as their ruler.[2] Viserion burns the tokar of Reznak mo Reznak.[2]
Styles
Known styles include:
- sea-green silk with a gold fringe, owned by Kraznys mo Nakloz[4]
- red silk[4]
- silver fringe[1]
- gold fringe[1]
- white pearl fringe, owned by Grazdan mo Ullhor[1]
- plain fringe[1]
- golden Myrish lace fringe, owned by Grazdan mo Eraz[3]
- sheer white linen with a fringe of golden tassels, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[2]
- maroon silk with a golden fringe, owned by Reznak mo Reznak[2]
- purple with an amethyst and pearl fringe, owned by Hizdahr zo Loraq[2]
- grey with a silver fringe, owned by the son of a Great Master[2]
- violet silk with a gold fringe, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[5]
- yellow silk tokar with a golden fringe, owned by Yezzan zo Qaggaz[6]
- green silk with a Myrish lace fringe, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[7]
- blue, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[7]
- white silk with a baby pearl fringe, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[7]
- burgundy, with a golden stripe and a fringe of golden beads, owned by Hizdahr zo Loraq[7]
- maroon samite with a golden fringe, owned by Reznak mo Reznak[8]
- violet, owned by Zahrina[9]
- green and gold stripes, owned by a Wise Master[9]
- blue with a fringe of tiger's eyes, owned by a Wise Master[9]
- vermillion, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[10]
- yellow silk with pearls, owned by Daenerys Targaryen[11]
- purple, owned by the House of Loraq[11]
- indigo, owned by the House of Loraq[11]
- lilac, owned by the House of Loraq[11]
- pink and white stripes, owned by the House of Pahl[11]
- blue and gold[12]
- maroon silk with a gold fringe, owned by a Wise Master[12]
- teal and orange stripes, owned by a Wise Master[12]
- dark red with a fringe of tiny golden skulls, owned by Zahrina[13]
- green[14]
Quotes
It was not a garment meant for any man who had to work. The tokar was a master's garment, a sign of wealth and power.[2]
—Daenerys Targaryen's thoughts
Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.[2]
The bidders sat on wooden benches sipping fruit drinks. A few were being fanned by slaves. Many wore tokars, that peculiar garment beloved by the old blood of Slaver's Bay, as elegant as it was impractical.[9]
—Tyrion Lannister's thoughts on the auction block
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 27, Daenerys III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 42, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 23, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 36, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 47, Tyrion X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59, The Discarded Knight.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 60, The Spurned Suitor.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 71, Daenerys X.
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