Editing Dothraki (section)

===Social status===
[[File:Jason Engle Horseback Archers.jpg|thumb|350px|Horseback Archers by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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}}