Chapter Sixty-Eight - Daenerys 9 - A Game of Thrones | A Song of Ice and Fire
2020-12-07
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Dany wakes to a whole slew of bad news. Her baby Rhaego was stillborn and monstrous. Khal Drogo is alive but catatonic. The Khalasar is gone. The boys take a long hard look at Mirri Maz Duur’s medical license and consider what Dany’s options are now.
Chapter Review:
Daenerys Targaryen has vivid dreams about the waking of the dragon. The dreams begin with the familiar warning, “You don't want to wake the dragon, do you?” But as the dream narrows and becomes more prophetic, the words are dropped until all that is left is a rather different order(?)/suggestion(?) “Wake the dragon.”
When the all-too-human Daenerys wakes, it is to an entirely different world. Rhaego was born but was a creature of nightmares, with leathery wings and a tail. He did not survive. Drogo lives, but his spirit is gone. She confronts Mirri Maz Duur who, despite having a few things she could say to save herself, admits that she was seeking revenge for what happened to her people. Drogo lives, but his life is intolerably circumscribed. Mirri points out that her own life was rich and full until Drogo came. She is unrepentant.
Dany does everything in her power to revive Drogo, but nothing works. When she’s convinced that he cannot come back to her, she smothers him with a pillow.
Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Khal Drogo - Lord of a giant Dothraki Khalasar. Husband to Daenerys Targaryen.
Daenerys Targaryen - Khaleesi to a Dothraki khalasar, wife to Khal Drogo, and younger sister to Viserys. Pregnant with Rhaego Targaryen, the Stallion who Mounts the World.
Jorah Mormont - Exiled former lord of Bear Island. Advisor to Daenerys Targaryen. Spying on the Targaryens for Lord Varys.
Mirri Maz Duur - Priestess and healer of the Lhazareen.
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