A Clash of Kings-Chapter 27

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Daenerys II
A Clash of Kings chapter
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POV Daenerys
Place Qarth
Page 310 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Daenerys I
Arya VI  ← Daenerys II →  Bran IV

Daenerys III

Synopsis

Daenerys, with Drogon riding on her shoulders and her tiny khalasar is led into the great city of Qarth by the three seekers. Ser Jorah mistrusts all the seekers and thinks they should leave Qarth quickly. What Daenerys wants is swords and ships, neither of which she will gain in this city of excess.

Pyat Pree the warlock, tells her to come to the House of the Undying to learn of truth from the Warlocks, the merchant prince Xaro Xhoan Daxos lavishes her with gifts, promising her help from the Thirteen, and gives her a wing of his great palace to reside in. Xaro warns her extensively of the lies and dust offered by the Warlocks. When Xaro and Pyat leave, Quaithe the shadowbinder, offers her is cryptic words: to beware all in Qarth, for when they see her dragons they will lust, because dragons are fire incarnate, and fire is power.

Dany then sends Rakharo to get the lay of the city, and Jorah to the docks for news. While they are gone, she bathes and thinks on how she can take back the Seven Kingdoms. She tells herself that the Bleeding Star led her to Qarth for a purpose, and if the gods mean for her to succeed they will send her a sign.

Jorah returns with a ships a trader captain, who brings word of Seven Kingdoms. He tells them that King Robert is dead and that Joffrey rules, but Robert's brothers are gathering their strength to contest the throne. Daenerys promises him a reward if he visits her when she finally sits on her father’s throne. Ser Jorah warns her that Robert’s death changes nothing, but Daenerys disagrees, because the Seven Kingdoms will be in disarray if there is civil war.

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