Saturday, 14 September 2019

ADwD 50: Daenerys 769

It's Dany and Hizdahr's wedding reception! Nobody dies, which makes it a success.

Dany is still grumpy about the so-called peace with the Yunkai. They are trading slaves right outside her city walls and otherwise being threatening and annoying. Hizdahr says reassuring things that just make me more suspicious of him.

There has been an exchange of hostages. Daario is now hanging out with Yunkish people.

Dany is trying to recruit the Windblown, which shouldn't be too hard since the Tattered Prince is keen on working with her anyway. Only trouble is he seems to want to rule Pentos. Dany isn't having that since her friend Illyrio lives there.

She chats to Brown Benn at the party. He's now on the Yunkish side, having betrayed her. He alludes to having attempted to bring her the head of an old foe, but she doesn't follow up by asking who it is. I guess Tyrion had a lucky escape, there. Benn tells a story about how money is no use if you're dead: he seems to be motivated by keeping himself on the winning side.

Dany takes Quentyn downstairs to meet her two dragons (the other one being AWOL). She explains that she will ride exactly one of them one day. No-one has ever ridden more than one dragon. So she will need two more riders. I don't think it can be all that good for the dragons being cooped up like this, though. Don't they need to exercise their wings?

Hizdahr tries to make a son. Dany does not tell him about Mirri Maz and her prohecy that Dany would not have any children.