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==History==
 
==History==
 
Belwas was a [[slavery|slave]], bred and trained in Meereen. {{ref|ASoS|8}} He is a veteran pit-fighter who earned a reputation at the [[fighting pits]] of Meereen. He claims to have never lost a fight. His signature move is to allow each opponent to cut him once, then to go on the offensive and kill them. He is proud of his scars, pointing that Daenerys can count them to find out how many opponents he has slain. {{Ref|aCoK|63}} {{ref|ASoS|57}} He finds [[Dothraki]] "horse boys" to be amusing opponents. He clams to have killed many of them in the fighting pits, and their bells jingle while they die. {{Ref|aCoK|63}}
 
Belwas was a [[slavery|slave]], bred and trained in Meereen. {{ref|ASoS|8}} He is a veteran pit-fighter who earned a reputation at the [[fighting pits]] of Meereen. He claims to have never lost a fight. His signature move is to allow each opponent to cut him once, then to go on the offensive and kill them. He is proud of his scars, pointing that Daenerys can count them to find out how many opponents he has slain. {{Ref|aCoK|63}} {{ref|ASoS|57}} He finds [[Dothraki]] "horse boys" to be amusing opponents. He clams to have killed many of them in the fighting pits, and their bells jingle while they die. {{Ref|aCoK|63}}
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Belwas was eventually sold away from Meereen to [[Qohor]] and from there to [[Pentos]]. His latest owner was [[Illyrio Mopatis]], whom he describes as a "fat man with sweet stink in his hair". Illyrio sends Belwas across the sea to locate Daenerys for him.{{Ref|aCoK|63}} Belwas remembers Illyrio weeping when news reachs him of the death of [[Viserys Targaryen]]. He will later report this scene to Daenerys and [[Jorah Mormont]]. In reaction, Jorah wonders if Illyrio wept for Viserys, or because the death cancelled certain plans involving the claimant king.{{ref|ASoS|8}}
 
Belwas was eventually sold away from Meereen to [[Qohor]] and from there to [[Pentos]]. His latest owner was [[Illyrio Mopatis]], whom he describes as a "fat man with sweet stink in his hair". Illyrio sends Belwas across the sea to locate Daenerys for him.{{Ref|aCoK|63}} Belwas remembers Illyrio weeping when news reachs him of the death of [[Viserys Targaryen]]. He will later report this scene to Daenerys and [[Jorah Mormont]]. In reaction, Jorah wonders if Illyrio wept for Viserys, or because the death cancelled certain plans involving the claimant king.{{ref|ASoS|8}}
  

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Belwas
Strong Belwas by Amoka©
Strong Belwas by Amoka©

Aliases
  • Strong Belwas
  • Belwas the Strong
Allegiances
Culture Meereenese
Books

Belwas, more commonly known as Strong Belwas, is a tanned eunuch colossus. His nickname comes from the arenas of Meereen where he used to fight.[1] He claims he never lost a fight and he allows his opponents to cut him once before they die.

Appearance

Belwas's skin is nut-brown. Daenerys Targaryen originally estimates Belwas to weigh 20 stones.[1] He has a gleaming bald head and the smooth cheeks of a eunuch. He leaves his upper torso mostly naked, making visible pale old scars in his arms, chest, and belly. Daenerys considers his arms similar to tree-trunks, his chest huge, and his belly massive.[1] Belwas has three times the size of Daenerys.[1] Later, Daenerys estimates Belwas to weigh 15 stones. He wears baggy pants, a yellow silk bellyband and a tiny leather vest with iron studs.[2] He has gapped teeth, is bald and his arms and belly are huge. He is armed with a curved arakh and a small shield the size of a pie plate which he holds with his hand instead of strapped to his forearm like a knight.[2]

History

Belwas was a slave, bred and trained in Meereen. [2] He is a veteran pit-fighter who earned a reputation at the fighting pits of Meereen. He claims to have never lost a fight. His signature move is to allow each opponent to cut him once, then to go on the offensive and kill them. He is proud of his scars, pointing that Daenerys can count them to find out how many opponents he has slain. [1] [3] He finds Dothraki "horse boys" to be amusing opponents. He clams to have killed many of them in the fighting pits, and their bells jingle while they die. [1]

Belwas was eventually sold away from Meereen to Qohor and from there to Pentos. His latest owner was Illyrio Mopatis, whom he describes as a "fat man with sweet stink in his hair". Illyrio sends Belwas across the sea to locate Daenerys for him.[1] Belwas remembers Illyrio weeping when news reachs him of the death of Viserys Targaryen. He will later report this scene to Daenerys and Jorah Mormont. In reaction, Jorah wonders if Illyrio wept for Viserys, or because the death cancelled certain plans involving the claimant king.[2]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Accompanied by his aged squire, Arstan Whitebeard, Belwas is sent by Illyrio Mopatis to protect Daenerys Targaryen, whom he meets in Qarth, and take her back to Pentos. He also tells Daenerys that he has three ships for her to travel in.[4]

A Storm of Swords

Strong Belwas fights hero before Meereen- by Sir-Heartsalot ©.

Belwas travels with Daenerys in the ship, Balerion, where he is served by Arstan. On the ship all he does is eat.[5]

Strong Belwas is one of Daenerys's bodyguards when she goes to purchase the Unsullied from the Good Masters of Astapor.[6]

Belwas is with Daenerys when she treats with the commanders of the sellsword companies before Yunkai. When Prendahl na Ghezn, one of the three captains of the Stormcrows, insults Daenerys, Strong Belwas offers to cut out his tongue. Daenerys refuses, saying that he has her safe conduct.[7]

When Daenerys besieges Meereen, Oznak zo Pahl rides out of the city on a white charger with a fourteen foot lance, challenging the besiegers to send forth a champion. Daenerys decides that Belwas is perfect since she can easily spare him, his death as an ex-slave would not give Oznak prestige, and a defeat to an ex-slave would be an insult. Belwas wounds Oznak's horse in the duel, leading to a sword fight. Belwas allows himself to be wounded in the stomach before he kills Oznak, severs his head, and holds it up high for those in Meereen to see. The defenders of the city fire arrows, but Belwas is too far away. He squats to defecate towards the city, wipes himself on Oznak's cloak, loots the corpse and kills the horse. Because Daenerys had lost her husband Drogo to a similar wound, she forces the reluctant Belwas to be treated for his wound by a Yunkish freeman known for his healing skills when he returns to camp.[3]

Later in the siege, Strong Belwas, Ser Barristan Selmy, Ser Jorah Mormont and twenty other men enter Meereen though the sewers to take the city. Some of the freedmen in the group are afraid of the huge rats until Belwas bites one of them in two. When they enter the city, Belwas leads the group to the nearest of the fighting pits, where they raise the fighting slaves to revolt, enabling Daenerys Targaryen to take the city. Later, when Daenerys dismisses Ser Jorah from her service, Belwas drags him out of her throne room.[8]

A Dance with Dragons

Belwas serves as a member of Daenerys Targaryen's queensguard. He nearly dies after eating poisoned locusts given to him but previously offered to Daenerys by Hizdahr zo Loraq at the opening of the fighting pits of Meereen.[9][10] Despite the poison he managed to survive and later recovered. He attended the war council of Ser Barristan Selmy.[11][12][13]

Quotes

I let each man cut me once, before I kill him. Count the cuts and you will know how many Strong Belwas has slain. [1]

Bad fighting, good dying. Strong Belwas hates it when they scream. [9]

References and notes