Tower of the Hand ~ An Encyclopedia of Ice and Fire
 AGOT Daenerys IV

AGOT, Chapter 37.
Daenerys arrives at Vaes Dothrak.


Page Numbers

US HC
 Bantam (1996)
321
US MMPB
 Spectra (1997)
385
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Daenerys enters Vaes Dothrak with Drogo, Ser Jorah, Viserys, Aggo, and Rakharo at the head of the khalasar. Viserys, now universally mocked by the Dothraki after being forced to walk and ride in a cart, is getting very impatient to march on Westeros. Jorah tells Daenerys that Viserys should have remained in Pentos and that Dothraki see the world differently. Viserys sees Daenerys as the price for Drogo's support, but Drogo sees her as a gift for which he will give a return gift in his own good time. Daenerys points out that Viserys will leave when he has his ten thousand, but Jorah retorts that Viserys is incompentent and could not prevail no matter the size of his army. Daenerys asks how the Dothraki would fare under a competetant commander, and Jorah considers. Drogo has forty thousand warriors, as many as Rhaegar had at the Trident, however only a tenth of these were knights. Dothraki fighting from horseback with hit and run attacks would probably be able to defeat a western army in the field, but the Dothraki care little for siegecraft and would never be able to take a castle. As Irri and Jhiqui help Daenerys off Silver, Cohollo comes over and says that Drogo will ascend the Mother to offer a sacrifice. Daenerys has Doreah invite Viserys to dinner so that she can present him with gifts, fine Dothraki clothing. Viserys arrives and scorns her gifts and threatens her, so she hits him, and he leaves. She curls up with one of her dragon eggs and goes to sleep, confident that the child in her womb will one day be a king.

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CHARACTERS


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ACTIVE CHARACTERS

Cohollo - He is squat and bald with a crooked nose and smashed teeth that were destroyed by a mace twenty years ago when he saved Drogo's life.

GROUPS


Dothraki - Each Dothraki khal has a group of bloodriders who are his most loyal guardians and his best friends. They are supposed to die when he does.

LOCATIONS


Vaes Dothrak - The entrance to Vaes Dothrak is marked by a gate over the road, but there are no walls and the buildings are all temporary structures of grass and wood. The sides of the road are littered with monuments from cities the Dothraki have sacked. Two great trading markets exist in the city, one for goods from the west and another for goods from the east. Only the dosh khaleen and their servants live in the city year round. The city sits at the base of the Mother of Mountains.

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1.  Prologue 26.  Eddard V 51.  Arya IV
2.  Bran I 27.  Jon IV 52.  Sansa IV
3.  Catelyn I 28.  Eddard VI 53.  Jon VII
4.  Daenerys I 29.  Catelyn V 54.  Bran VI
5.  Eddard I 30.  Sansa II 55.  Daenerys VI
6.  Jon I 31.  Eddard VII 56.  Catelyn VIII
7.  Catelyn II 32.  Tyrion IV 57.  Tyrion VII
8.  Arya I 33.  Arya III 58.  Sansa V
9.  Bran II 34.  Eddard VIII 59.  Eddard XV
10.  Tyrion I 35.  Catelyn VI 60.  Catelyn IX
11.  Jon II 36.  Eddard IX 61.  Jon VIII
12.  Daenerys II 37.  Daenerys IV 62.  Daenerys VII
13.  Eddard II 38.  Bran V 63.  Tyrion VIII
14.  Tyrion II 39.  Tyrion V 64.  Catelyn X
15.  Catelyn III 40.  Eddard X 65.  Daenerys VIII
16.  Sansa I 41.  Catelyn VII 66.  Arya V
17.  Eddard III 42.  Jon V 67.  Bran VII
18.  Bran III 43.  Tyrion VI 68.  Sansa VI
19.  Catelyn IV 44.  Eddard XI 69.  Daenerys IX
20.  Jon III 45.  Sansa III 70.  Tyrion IX
21.  Eddard IV 46.  Eddard XII 71.  Jon IX
22.  Tyrion III 47.  Daenerys V 72.  Catelyn XI
23.  Arya II 48.  Eddard XIII 73.  Daenerys X
24.  Daenerys III 49.  Jon VI
25.  Bran IV 50.  Eddard XIV
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