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[[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys’]] is having nightmares, and then occasionally wakes before going back to sleep. Many days later she finally wakes and the fever is gone. She learns that her child was born dead as if it died a long time ago, a twisted monstrosity. When she visits with Drogo he is listless, and [[Mirri Maz Duur]] he will never change. She now realizes how little she got for all the lives she paid: the horse, her son, Drogo’s [[Bloodrider|bloodriders]]… She personally cleans up Drogo that night, and in the morning smothers him with a pillow.
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[[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] has terrible nightmares during her long recovery. She wakes to learn that [[Rhaego|her child]] was born dead, a twisted monstrosity. When she visits with Drogo he is comatose, but [[Mirri Maz Duur]] insist that he is alive. Daenerys is horrified by the cost of the bloodmagic. That night, she attempts to revive Drogo, but by morning knows he is gone forever and smothers him with a pillow.
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==Synopsis==     
 
==Synopsis==     
In [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys’]] dreams she keeps hearing “You do not want to wake the dragon, do you.” She is walking down a hall, her bare feet leaving bloody footprints. [[Drogo]] is now stroking her, waking her passion, and then enters her and then the stars are gone and is filled with great wings and filled with flame. Then she sees Ser [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah’s]] drawn and sorrowful face, and he tells her that the last dragon was [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] while over a hot brazier containing red hot stone eggs. Then he is replaced by [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] with his molten gold crown screaming “The dragon does not beg, slut,” and then “I will be crowned.” He then he painfully pinches her nipples. As she frantically runs to a distant red door that is her salvation, knowing that the darkness was there and that she dare not look back or she would be lost. She sees her son, proud and tall. Then her son is consumed by flame. Then the [[House Targaryen|ghost of kings]] are lining the hallway telling her to go faster. Then she is flying over the Dothraki Sea, and all are fleeing. She finally throws open the door to see Rhaegar, the last dragon. She opens the visor and sees her own face. She wakes to the taste of ashes, [[Jhiqui]] standing over her. She wakes to find her body hurting so much. She calls for something, but does not know what. Jhiqui says “Yes,” and bolts from the tent shouting.  
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In her dreams, [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] keeps hearing, ''“You do not want to wake the dragon, do you?'' She is walking down a hall, her bare feet leaving bloody footprints. Suddenly she is with [[Drogo]] under the open sky of the [[Dothraki Sea]]. Drogo is stroking her, waking her passion, and when he enters her the stars are gone, great wings fill the sky, and the world takes flame. Then she sees Ser [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah’s]] drawn and sorrowful face telling her that the last dragon was [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] while standing over a hot brazier containing red-hot stone eggs. In turn, he is replaced by [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] with his molten gold crown screaming ''“The dragon does not beg, slut,”'' and ''“I will be crowned.”'' Then he painfully pinches her nipples and suddenly Daenerys is frantically running to a distant [[red door]] that is her salvation. She knows that the darkness is there, but she does not dare look back or she will be lost. She sees [[Rhaego|her son]] as a grown warrior, proud and tall, before flames consume him. Then the [[House Targaryen|ghosts of kings]] are lining the hallway urging her to go faster. Then she is flying over the [[Dothraki Sea]], and all are fleeing before her. She finally throws open the red door to see her brother Rhaegar, the last dragon, in his armor, but when she opens his visor she sees her own face.  
  
She is crawling to her dragon eggs when they find her. Ser Jorah carries her to her bed and tells her to sleep and then [[Mirri Maz Duur]] gives her something in a cup. A dreamless sleep takes her.
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Daenerys wakes to the taste of ashes, with [[Jhiqui]] standing over her. Her body hurts very much. She calls for something, but does not know what. Jhiqui says “Yes,” and bolts from the tent shouting. When they return, Daenerys is crawling toward her dragon eggs. Ser Jorah carries her back to bed and tells her to sleep and then [[Mirri Maz Duur]] gives her something in a cup. A dreamless sleep takes her.
  
It is dark when she wakes again it is dark, and calls for he hand maidens and they attend to her. She is told that she has been sick for a long time. Then Mirri Maz gives her wine and as she falls asleep she asks for a dragon’s egg.  
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It is dark when Daenerys wakes again. She calls for her handmaidens and they attend to her. They tell her that she has been sick for a long time. Then Mirri Maz Duur gives her wine and as she falls asleep, asking for a dragon’s egg. The next time she wakes, Daenerys has the pale dragon’s egg in her arms and it is warm. There is fine sheen of perspiration on her that she names “dragon’s dew.” There is no fever and she feels strong. She calls for her handmaidens and asks for a bath, Mirri Maz Duur, Ser Jorah, Drogo, and her child. Her handmaids avoid answering about Drogo and her child, and Daenerys knows that her child is dead.  
  
Next time she has the pale dragon’s egg in her arms and it is warm. There is fine sheen of perspiration on her that she names dragon’s dew, and there is no fever and she feels strong. She calls for her handmaidens and asks for a bath, Mirri Maz, Ser Jorah, Drogo, and her child. They avoid answering about Drogo and her child. Since she did not get a response she knows that her child is dead, and knew he was dead from the first time she woke. Mirri Maz and Ser Jorah enter for find her over the other eggs, which are all warm; when asked, Ser Jorah does not feel the heat. Ser Jorah does not look good, and limps. He tells her that her son never lived, but it is Mirri Maz is the one to tell her that the child was monstrous, lizardly, with scales, and the skin fell off, revealing a body filled with grave worms and the stink of corruption, like he had been dead for years. She states that her son was strong when Ser Jorah brought her into the tent. Mirri Maz then tells her that death was in the tent, the dancing shadows, and the shadows touched her. She realizes that Ser Jorah had killed her child for love and loyalty for her. Daenerys then states that she thought the life of the horse would be payment enough and is told that that was a lie she told herself, and she is not sure if she had known. She realizes that the life of Drogo was paid for by the life of the horse, her son, [[Quaro]], [[Qotho]], [[Haggo]], and [[Coholla]]. She asks to see what the price bought and is not dissuaded by Ser Jorah, who has to help her stand since she is weaker than she thought.
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Mirri Maz Duur and Ser Jorah enter to find Daenerys standing over the other eggs, which are all warm. However, when asked, Ser Jorah does not feel the heat from the eggs. Ser Jorah looks gaunt and limps from his wounds. He tells Daenerys that her son never lived, but Mirri Maz Duur tells her that the child was monstrous: lizard-like, with scales; his skin fell off, revealing a body filled with grave worms and the stink of corruption, as if he had been dead for years. She states that her son was strong when Ser Jorah brought her into the tent. Mirri Maz Duur explains that death was in the tent and that the shadows touched her.  
  
Outside, in the glaring sun she can see that there is little left:  a scattering of tents, a few score horses, and perhaps a 100 people: the old, the frightened and the sick. [[Jhogo]] tells her “ A [[Khal]] that cannot ride is no Khal.”[[Ko]] [[Pono]] declared himself Khal first and then Jhogo did the same, and they took the herds and slaves since there were too few of them to stop the new self-proclaimed Khals; it is the right of the strong to take from the weak. Most of the rest left during the following nights. [[Eroeh]], now [[Bloodrider]] to Jhogo, was siezed by [[Mago]], raped by him and others, and then killed. Daenerys thinks again that if she looks back she is lost. Daenerys new swears to them as the dragon’s daughter that Mago and [[Jhogo]] will die screaming; [[Irri]] warns her that Jhogo now has 20,000, but Daenerys tells them that she is daughter of [[House Targaryen]]. She asks to see Drago.
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Daenerys realizes that Ser Jorah killed her child by taking her into the tent, for love and loyalty to her. Daenerys states that she thought the life of the horse would be payment enough and is told that was a lie she told herself. Daenerys is not sure if she knew. Daenerys realizes that the life of the horse, her son, [[Quaro]], [[Qotho]], [[Haggo]], and [[Cohollo]] paid for the life of Drogo. She asks to see what the price bought. Ser Jorah cannot dissuade her and has to help her stand since she is weaker than she thought.
  
Drogo lies listlessly, unseeing, covered in [[Bloodflies]]. She asks why he is outside and is told that he seemed to like the warmth and staring at the sun with eyes that cannot see. He will follow where he is led, eat if food is put in his mouth. Daenarys now faces Mirri Maz, who tells her that he is alive, to which Daenerys responds that this is not life for a man that had been as alive as Drogo. Then Daenerys asks Mirri Maz “When will he be as he was.” She replies “When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.” Danearys sends the others away and then accuses the [[Maegi]] of knowing, cheating her, and murdering her child. Mirri Maz replies that the khalasar burned her temple, and now the “Stallion Who Mounts the World” will burn no cities. Daenerys tells her that she spoke for her and the Maegi tells her three had already mounted her like she was a dog takes a bitch, they burned her temple and home, and cut the heads off her neighbors. Daenerys orders her men to bind Maegi and carry her off and the Maegi smiles at her.  
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Outside, in the glaring sun, Daenerys can see there is little left: a scattering of tents, a few score of horses, and perhaps a hundred people. They are the old, the frightened, and the sick. [[Jhogo]] reminds her that a ''[[khal]]'' who cannot ride is no ''khal''. She learns that ''[[Ko]]'' [[Pono]] declared himself ''khal'' first, and [[Jhaqo]] after him. They took most of the riders, the herds, and the slaves because Daenerys’ own ''[[khas]]'' was too weak to stop them; it is the right of the strong to take from the weak. Most of the rest left during the following nights. [[Mago]], now a [[bloodrider]] to Khal Jhaqo, seized [[Eroeh]] (whom Daenerys had denied him) and raped and murdered her. Daenerys repeats her mantra, “If I look back I am lost,” and swears that Mago and Jhaqo will die screaming. Irri warns her that Jhaqo now has 20,000 riders, but Daenerys insists that she is [[House Targaryen|the blood of the dragon]]. Then she asks to see Drogo.
  
Daenerys orders Drogo brought into her tent. She baths him herself, and then fixes his hair as dark falls. She thinks of their first ride beneath the open sky, and then when they made [[Rhaego]]. She was too raw for intercourse, but [[Doreah]] had taught her other ways. When dawn breaks, she smothers Drago with a soft silk pillow.
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Drogo lies unmoving, unseeing, and covered in [[bloodflies]]. Daenerys asks why he is outside alone and Ser Jorah explains that he seems to like the warmth and staring at the sun with eyes that cannot see. He will follow where led and eat if food is put in his mouth, but otherwise does nothing. Daenerys faces Mirri Maz Duur, who insists that Drogo ''is'' alive. Daenerys responds that such is not life for a man that was as alive as Drogo. Then Daenerys asks Mirri Maz Duur when Drogo will be as he was. The ''maegi'' replies, {{Quote|“When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.”}}
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Daenerys sends the others away and then accuses Mirri Maz Duur of knowing, of cheating her and murdering her child. Mirri Maz Duur replies that it was wrong of the ''khalasar'' to burn her temple, and now the [[Stallion Who Mounts the World]] will burn no cities and trample no nations. Daenerys reminds the ''maegi'' that she saved her, but Mirri Maz Duur asks what Daenerys saved when three warriors had already raped her, burned her home and her temple, and cut off the heads of her neighbors and friends. Daenerys insists that she saved her life, but the ''maegi'' tells her to look at her ''khal'' and see what life is worth when all else is gone. Daenerys orders her men to bind Mirri Maz Duur and take her away; the woman only smiles at her.
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Daenerys orders Drogo brought into her tent. She bathes him herself and washes his hair until darkness falls. She thinks of their first ride beneath the open sky and of when they made [[Rhaego]]. She is too raw from the miscarriage for intercourse, but uses other means in an attempt to use the magic of love to bring Drogo back. It does not work and her husband remains comatose. When dawn breaks, Daenerys kisses Drogo for the last time, and then smothers him with a soft silk pillow.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:47, 19 February 2021

Daenerys IX
A Game of Thrones chapter
AGameOfThrones.jpg
POV Daenerys Targaryen
Place Dothraki Sea
Page 628 US HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Daenerys VIII
Sansa VI  ← Daenerys IX →  Tyrion IX

Daenerys X

Daenerys has terrible nightmares during her long recovery. She wakes to learn that her child was born dead, a twisted monstrosity. When she visits with Drogo he is comatose, but Mirri Maz Duur insist that he is alive. Daenerys is horrified by the cost of the bloodmagic. That night, she attempts to revive Drogo, but by morning knows he is gone forever and smothers him with a pillow.

Synopsis

In her dreams, Daenerys keeps hearing, “You do not want to wake the dragon, do you?” She is walking down a hall, her bare feet leaving bloody footprints. Suddenly she is with Drogo under the open sky of the Dothraki Sea. Drogo is stroking her, waking her passion, and when he enters her the stars are gone, great wings fill the sky, and the world takes flame. Then she sees Ser Jorah’s drawn and sorrowful face telling her that the last dragon was Rhaegar Targaryen while standing over a hot brazier containing red-hot stone eggs. In turn, he is replaced by Viserys with his molten gold crown screaming “The dragon does not beg, slut,” and “I will be crowned.” Then he painfully pinches her nipples and suddenly Daenerys is frantically running to a distant red door that is her salvation. She knows that the darkness is there, but she does not dare look back or she will be lost. She sees her son as a grown warrior, proud and tall, before flames consume him. Then the ghosts of kings are lining the hallway urging her to go faster. Then she is flying over the Dothraki Sea, and all are fleeing before her. She finally throws open the red door to see her brother Rhaegar, the last dragon, in his armor, but when she opens his visor she sees her own face.

Daenerys wakes to the taste of ashes, with Jhiqui standing over her. Her body hurts very much. She calls for something, but does not know what. Jhiqui says “Yes,” and bolts from the tent shouting. When they return, Daenerys is crawling toward her dragon eggs. Ser Jorah carries her back to bed and tells her to sleep and then Mirri Maz Duur gives her something in a cup. A dreamless sleep takes her.

It is dark when Daenerys wakes again. She calls for her handmaidens and they attend to her. They tell her that she has been sick for a long time. Then Mirri Maz Duur gives her wine and as she falls asleep, asking for a dragon’s egg. The next time she wakes, Daenerys has the pale dragon’s egg in her arms and it is warm. There is fine sheen of perspiration on her that she names “dragon’s dew.” There is no fever and she feels strong. She calls for her handmaidens and asks for a bath, Mirri Maz Duur, Ser Jorah, Drogo, and her child. Her handmaids avoid answering about Drogo and her child, and Daenerys knows that her child is dead.

Mirri Maz Duur and Ser Jorah enter to find Daenerys standing over the other eggs, which are all warm. However, when asked, Ser Jorah does not feel the heat from the eggs. Ser Jorah looks gaunt and limps from his wounds. He tells Daenerys that her son never lived, but Mirri Maz Duur tells her that the child was monstrous: lizard-like, with scales; his skin fell off, revealing a body filled with grave worms and the stink of corruption, as if he had been dead for years. She states that her son was strong when Ser Jorah brought her into the tent. Mirri Maz Duur explains that death was in the tent and that the shadows touched her.

Daenerys realizes that Ser Jorah killed her child by taking her into the tent, for love and loyalty to her. Daenerys states that she thought the life of the horse would be payment enough and is told that was a lie she told herself. Daenerys is not sure if she knew. Daenerys realizes that the life of the horse, her son, Quaro, Qotho, Haggo, and Cohollo paid for the life of Drogo. She asks to see what the price bought. Ser Jorah cannot dissuade her and has to help her stand since she is weaker than she thought.

Outside, in the glaring sun, Daenerys can see there is little left: a scattering of tents, a few score of horses, and perhaps a hundred people. They are the old, the frightened, and the sick. Jhogo reminds her that a khal who cannot ride is no khal. She learns that Ko Pono declared himself khal first, and Jhaqo after him. They took most of the riders, the herds, and the slaves because Daenerys’ own khas was too weak to stop them; it is the right of the strong to take from the weak. Most of the rest left during the following nights. Mago, now a bloodrider to Khal Jhaqo, seized Eroeh (whom Daenerys had denied him) and raped and murdered her. Daenerys repeats her mantra, “If I look back I am lost,” and swears that Mago and Jhaqo will die screaming. Irri warns her that Jhaqo now has 20,000 riders, but Daenerys insists that she is the blood of the dragon. Then she asks to see Drogo.

Drogo lies unmoving, unseeing, and covered in bloodflies. Daenerys asks why he is outside alone and Ser Jorah explains that he seems to like the warmth and staring at the sun with eyes that cannot see. He will follow where led and eat if food is put in his mouth, but otherwise does nothing. Daenerys faces Mirri Maz Duur, who insists that Drogo is alive. Daenerys responds that such is not life for a man that was as alive as Drogo. Then Daenerys asks Mirri Maz Duur when Drogo will be as he was. The maegi replies,

“When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.”

Daenerys goes to put an end to Drogo - by Magali Villeneuve. © Fantasy Flight Games

Daenerys sends the others away and then accuses Mirri Maz Duur of knowing, of cheating her and murdering her child. Mirri Maz Duur replies that it was wrong of the khalasar to burn her temple, and now the Stallion Who Mounts the World will burn no cities and trample no nations. Daenerys reminds the maegi that she saved her, but Mirri Maz Duur asks what Daenerys saved when three warriors had already raped her, burned her home and her temple, and cut off the heads of her neighbors and friends. Daenerys insists that she saved her life, but the maegi tells her to look at her khal and see what life is worth when all else is gone. Daenerys orders her men to bind Mirri Maz Duur and take her away; the woman only smiles at her.

Daenerys orders Drogo brought into her tent. She bathes him herself and washes his hair until darkness falls. She thinks of their first ride beneath the open sky and of when they made Rhaego. She is too raw from the miscarriage for intercourse, but uses other means in an attempt to use the magic of love to bring Drogo back. It does not work and her husband remains comatose. When dawn breaks, Daenerys kisses Drogo for the last time, and then smothers him with a soft silk pillow.

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