Doreah

	Doreah by Foolish-Arethousa ©
Allegiances	Drogo's khalasar; Daenerys Targaryen's khalasar; House Targaryen;
Culture	Lysene
Born	278 AC or 279 AC; Lys
Died	299 AC; the red waste
Books	A Game of Thrones (appears); A Clash of Kings (appears); A Dance with Dragons (mentioned);
Played by	Roxanne McKee
TV series	Game of Thrones: ; Season 1 \| 2

Doreah is a Lysene handmaid to Daenerys Targaryen.

In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Doreah is portrayed by Roxanne McKee.

Appearance and Character

Doreah has blue eyes^[3] and soft white skin.^[4] Her soft^[5] blond hair^[6] is fair^[3] and golden.^[5] At the start of the series, she is almost twenty.^[6]

Doreah is an attentive^[7] handmaid experienced in pillow tricks^[8] and the arts of love.^[3]

History

Magister Illyrio Mopatis found Doreah in a pleasure house in Lys. Viserys Targaryen bedded her while he was a guest at Illyrio's manse in Pentos.^[4]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Doreah, Irri, and Jhiqui, are given to Daenerys Targaryen as wedding gifts to serve as her handmaidens; Doreah is to instruct the young bride in the "womanly" arts of love.^[3] Daenerys remembers Doreah's lessons when she sleeps with Khal Drogo.^[6]^[4]

Qotho, one of Drogo's bloodriders, bruises Doreah's soft skin when he touches her. Viserys Targaryen is usually kinder to Doreah than to Daenerys's Dothraki handmaids, and Daenerys has the Lyseni sew a fine sandsilk cloak for her brother. When Daenerys sends Doreah to bring Viserys to dinner, however, he strikes the handmaid. Daenerys then offers the cloak to her brother, but Viserys refuses to wear the Dothraki garb.^[4]

Doreah drapes Daenerys in a scented sandsilk robe after she has sex with Drogo by the Womb of the World.^[9]

The handmaid accompanies Daenerys when she visits the Western Market of Vaes Dothrak. At a magician's booth, Daenerys purchases a fertility charm for Doreah. When a wineseller attacks Daenerys, Doreah prevents the pregnant girl from falling on her belly.^[7]

Daenerys claims Eroeh and tasks Doreah with tending to her wounds after Drogo's khalasar attacks a city of the Lamb Men.^[10]

Daenaerys's handmaids help treat Drogo as the khal is dying.^[11] Doreah washes and brushes Daenerys's hair in preparation for Drogo's funeral.^[12]

A Clash of Kings

After Drogo's death, Daenerys takes what remains of her khalasar and marches out into the red waste in search of a safe place. On the march, Doreah dies of a wasting disease,.^[5]

A Dance with Dragons

Daenerys, now Queen of Meereen, uses Doreah's lessons when she sleeps with Daario Naharis.^[13] Having reluctantly reopened the fighting pits of Meereen, Daenerys thinks of Doreah and other women she has lost.^[14]

Quotes by Doreah

Roxanne McKee as Doreah in *Game of Thrones*

Doreah: Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame.
Irri: You are foolish strawhead slave.^[6]
—Doreah and Irri

You have the honor to address Daenerys of the House Targaryen, Daenerys Stormborn, khaleesi of the riding men and princess of the Seven Kingdoms.^[7]
—Doreah to the wineseller

That way lies the red lands, Khaleesi. A grim place and terrible, the riders say.^[5]
—Doreah to Daenerys Targaryen

Quotes about Doreah

She's very good, Illyrio and I can both swear to that.^[3]
—Viserys Targaryen to Daenerys Targaryen

The Lysene girl had hair the color of honey, and eyes like the summer sky.^[6]
—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

References

↑ See the Doreah calculation.
↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Doreah.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 36, Daenerys IV.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI.
↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 6, Catelyn II.
↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 46, Daenerys V.
↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 61, Daenerys VII.
↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 64, Daenerys VIII.
↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.
↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.

External Links

Doreah on the Game of Thrones wiki

[1] See the Doreah calculation.

[Rawoiafdoreah{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-2] George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Doreah.

[Ragot11{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.

[Ragot36{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 36, Daenerys IV.

[Racok12{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.

[Ragot23{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.

[Ragot54{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI.

[Ragot6{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-8] A Game of Thrones, Chapter 6, Catelyn II.

[Ragot46{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-9] A Game of Thrones, Chapter 46, Daenerys V.

[Ragot61{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-10] A Game of Thrones, Chapter 61, Daenerys VII.

[Ragot64{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-11] A Game of Thrones, Chapter 64, Daenerys VIII.

[Ragot72{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-12] A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.

[Radwd43{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-13] A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.

[Radwd50{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-14] A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.

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