Editing Daenerys Targaryen (section)

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Daenerys DanyinMeereen.jpg|thumb|350px|Daenerys after [[siege of Meereen|conquering Meereen]], by Denkata5698 ©]]
Rumors of Daenerys's striking beauty have spread far and wide,{{ref|ADWD|6}} and she is said to have 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. 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}}

[[File:Daenerys_Targaryen_by_Paparinka_Art.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Daenerys watching her dragons by Paparinka Art]]

[[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.{{fact}}

[[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. 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}}

The exiled Lord [[Jon Connington]], now calling himself "Griff", recalls secret plans with the previous captain-general of the [[Golden Company]], Ser [[Myles Toyne]]. They plotted with Illyrio to eventually have "[[Aegon Targaryen (Young Griff)|Young Griff]]", whom they claim is Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]], marry his aunt Daenerys and claim the Iron Throne.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} Frustrated by Illyrio's constantly changing plans when they learn that the unaware Daenerys has stayed in Meereen, the sellswords support Aegon in an [[landing of the Golden Company|invasion of Westeros]] without Daenerys's involvement.{{Ref|ADWD|24}}{{ref|ADWD|61}}

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. 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. 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. 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 [[Wedding of Hizdahr zo Loraq and Daenerys Targaryen|marries Hizdahr]] after ninety days of peace inside the city.{{Ref|ADWD|43}} When Quentyn informs Daenerys that the other deserters are spies sent by the [[Tattered Prince]], Daenerys has them imprisoned.{{fact}}

[[File:Drogon in Daznak's Pit.jpg|thumb|400px|Daenerys and [[Drogon]] in [[Daznak's Pit]], by Marc Simonetti © LeYa Brasil]]

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}}

Jorah takes [[Tyrion Lannister]] captive in [[Selhorys]] and plans to bring him to Daenerys to regain her favor.{{ref|ADWD|22}} They end up joining the Second Sons under the command of Ben Plumm.{{Ref|ADWD|57}} While the sellswords' current contract is to fight Daenerys, Tyrion hopes to win them to her side.{{Ref|ADWD|66}} Meanwhile, the Iron Fleet nears Slaver's Bay. Having learned from [[Moqorro]] that Daenerys has wed again, Victarion has no compunction against making her a widow so he can claim her.{{ref|ADWD|56}}

In Meereen, many fear that Daenerys has died,{{Ref|ADWD|55}} and chaos returns to the city. Hizdahr attempts to rule as [[King of Meereen]], but is eventually taken into custody by Ser Barristan,{{ref|ADWD|67}} who rules in Daenerys's absence as [[Hand of the Queen]].{{ref|ADWD|70}} Quentyn is mortally wounded in an attempt to tame Rhaegal and Viserion,{{ref|ADWD|68}} and the two dragons escape the Great Pyramid.{{ref|ADWD|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|70}}

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}}