Galazza Galare

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Galazza Galare
Title Green Grace
Allegiance House of Galare
Culture Ghiscari
Born Meereen
Book A Dance with Dragons (Appears)

Galazza Galare is the Ghiscari high priestess of Meereen. She is known as the Green Grace.

Appearance

She is a tall graceful looking woman despite being near eighty years old. She wears a veil.

Her hair is white and her skin parchment-thin, but the years have not dimmed her eyes. They are a piercing green, matching the color of her robes as a Green Grace. Daenerys Targaryen thinks they are sad eyes, full of wisdom. [1]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

After Daenerys Targaryen takes Meereen, Galazza becomes one of her advisors. Daenerys initially wants to ban the use of tokar in her city. Galazza convinces her otherwise, insisting that Daenerys herself has to dress in tokars or be forever hated. She claims that the Ghiscari population of Meereen still sees Daenerys as a "barbarian conqueror" and a "grotesque outlander". And that it will continue to do so as long as the queen wears the wools of Westeros or the lace of Myr. According to Galazza, the queen of Meereen should appear as a lady of Old Ghis. [2] Brown Ben Plumm agrees with her assessment of the situation. [2]

Galazza and Reznak mo Reznak keep urging Daenerys to choose a consort among the Meereenese nobles. Suggesting this as a method to reconcile the city to her rule. [2] Daenerys finds the support of Galazza to be invaluable to her rule. She considers the priestess to serve as a voice for peace, acceptance, and obedience to lawful authority. [2]

Daenerys holds court in the Hall of the the Great Pyramid. One of the petitioners for this day is Grazdan zo Galare, a cousin of Galazza. Daenerys decides to give his petition a respectful hearing, mostly because of his relation to her trusted advisor. [2] Daenerys is less pleased when she actually hears the petition. Grazdan complains that some of his former slaves have opened their own weaving shop. Using skills which he had trained them for. He considers that they owe him and demands a portion of their earnings. When Grazdan fails to even recall the name of the old slave who trained them, Daenerys refuses to grant his request. She instead fines him with the purchase of a new loom for his former slaves.[2]

Galazza, Reznak, Skahaz mo Kandaq, and Belwas are all in favor of the petition to re-open the fighting pits, though each for his own reasons. Galazza claims that the reopening would please the gods. [3] In the Temple of the Graces, Galazza attempts to educate Daenerys in the economic history of Meereen. The Ghiscari hills are reportedly rich in copper. Copper once served as a significant resource, when the metal was considered valuable. But this is no longer the case. [4] [5] Cedars used to grow along the coast of Slaver's Bay. But these trees were either chopped down by the Ghiscari Empire or burned down during its wars with the Valyrian Freehold. She attributes the flames which completed the deforestation to the dragons of the Valyrians. [4] The ancient forests were replaced by dry land. Where they once stood, there was only sun-baked soil and dust storms. [4] [6] Following these "calamities", Meereen no longer had valuable resources of its own. Only then did the slave trade become the basis of their economy. Galazza concludes that it was the calamities and the seeming lack of alternatives which turned the Meereenese into slavers. [4] While Daenerys agrees with this conclusion of Galazza, she swears to turn these slavers back into people. [4]

Two of the Cupbearers are cousins to Galazza: Qezza and Grazdar. [1] Galazza arrives at the Great Pyramid to meet with Daenerys. The priestess is accompanied by a dozen White Graces. Daenerys finds the image of the proud old woman attended by innocent little girls to be pretty. She invites Galazza to a private supper. [1] Daenerys chooses to have Grazdar and Qezza serve the food and drinks at her table. Allowing Galazza to see that her kin are treated well. Galazza kisses her younger cousins and asks whether they are well-behaved. The queen praises both children, an act which seems to please Galazza. The priestess says that she also hopes to please Daenerys. [1]


She was the one who suggested Daenerys marry Hizdahr zo Loraq to achieve the peace she desired.

When Daenerys disappears and Barristan Selmy seizes control of Meereen in his queens absence he sends Galazza to the Yunkai to offer his peace terms and gold for the three hostages held by the Yunkai. She returns with the Yunkai's response: war.

References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
  3. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
  5. Galazza makes a reference to a past period "when bronze ruled the world". Probably referring to the Copper Age and Bronze Age of this world.
  6. Areas affected by dust storms tend to have a decreased capacity to support plant life and agriculture. Wind erosion blows away nutrients necessary to plants. Conversely, the areas where the wind deposits these nutrients tend to experience an increase in fertility.