Tuesday, 3 September 2019

ADwD 30: Danaerys 460

Dany is *still* beset upon all sides by enemies. Even most of her friends are probably enemies. Skahaz the Shavepate thinks her betrothed Hizdahr is the highborn one in charge of the terrorist Sons of the Harpy, but Dany does not believe it, although Hizdahr has managed to stop the murders for 26 days (74 to go, I think).

There is a new disease in town, the bloody flux, It sounds awful. There are refugees with it from Astapor coming because they have been attacked by Yunkai. They are being rounded up from the countryside. It's only a matter of time before Quentin and his people turn up, too. The trouble is the Yunkai are now heading for Meereen and they have large numbers. And the Golden Company is coming too (though Dany does not know they are on her side yet).

She decides they are going to have to meet the Yunkai in the field rather than wait in the city. To win the battle she needs to be married to Hizdahr zo Loraq, so she's going to bring the date of that wedding forward, I think.

I do wish she'd sort out the business with the dragons. There is not much point having them at all, which is a problem given that most of her power derives from them. I think Tyrion will know what to do when he turns up.