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Khal Drogo is Daenerys’s husband. He is the khal (or king) of a Dothraki khalasar (a band of nomadic people) of about 40,000 people. He is portrayed as an unmatched warrior who has never been defeated in battle. Daenerys initially objects to her marriage to Khal Drogo and becomes depressed after they marry. Ultimately, though, Daenerys becomes attached to Khal Drogo and deeply mourns his eventual death. Khal Drogo also becomes fiercely protective of Daenerys and kills Viserys when he sees him threatening her and their unborn child, Rhaego. After Drogo is injured in a battle, Danaerys calls Mirri to revive him. But when this leads to Danaerys miscarrying her pregnancy and Drogo being “revived” in a catatonic state, Daenerys smothers Drogo with a pillow.
Khal Drogo Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Khal Drogo or refer to Khal Drogo. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 23: Daenerys Quotes
“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” He gave a shrug. “They never are.”
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Chapter 68: Daenerys Quotes
“You knew,” Dany said when they were gone. She ached, inside and out, but her fury gave her strength. “You knew what I was buying, and you knew the price, and yet you let me pay it.”
“It was wrong of them to burn my temple,” the heavy, flat-nosed woman said placidly. “That angered the Great Shepherd.”
“This was no god’s work,” Dany said coldly. If I look back I am lost. “You cheated me. You murdered my child within me.”
“The stallion who mounts the world will burn no cities now. His khalasar shall trample no nations into dust.”
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Chapter 72: Daenerys Quotes
Ser Jorah Mormont drew her aside as the sun was creeping toward its zenith. “Princess …” he began.
“Why do you call me that?” Dany challenged him. “My brother Viserys was your king, was he not?”
“He was, my lady.”
“Viserys is dead. I am his heir, the last blood of House Targaryen. Whatever was his is mine now.”
“My … queen,” Ser Jorah said, going to one knee. “My sword that was his is yours, Daenerys. And my heart as well, that never belonged to your brother.
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As she climbed down off the pyre, she noticed Mirri Maz Duur watching her. “You are mad,” the godswife said hoarsely.
“Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” Dany asked. “Ser Jorah, take this maegi and bind her to the pyre […] I thank you, Mirri Maz Duur,” she said, “for the lessons you have taught me.”
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Khal Drogo Character Timeline in A Game of Thrones
The timeline below shows where the character Khal Drogo appears in A Game of Thrones. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3: Daenerys
...Illyrio. Daenerys needs to look like the princess she rightly is tonight when she meets Khal Drogo , a rich man from Vaes Dothrak who’s rumored to have an army of over...
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...standing. Dany is surprised, then, that her brother is trying to marry her off to Khal Drogo , whom she considers a barbarian.
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That night, Illyrio, Viserys, and Dany go to the feast with Khal Drogo . There are hundreds of people there, but Dany is frightened to see that she...
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Chapter 11: Daenerys
Dany and Khal Drogo ’s wedding takes place in a field outside of Pentos. Khal Drogo’s khalasar, or nomadic...
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...a symbol of her family’s past connection with dragons. Now, there are no living dragons. Khal Drogo gives Dany a striking, silver horse. After the wedding, when Dany is alone with Khal...
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Chapter 12: Eddard
...Lord Varys, the king’s master of whisperers. The message says that Daenerys Targaryen has married Khal Drogo , who has an army of 100,000 Dothraki warriors. Robert explains that the message originally...
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Chapter 23: Daenerys
Dany feels sullen in her new life with Khal Drogo . But one night, she has a dream where she stands beside a dragon as...
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...happen to the other moon. Dany then asks Doreah for advice about having sex with Khal Drogo . Days later, on her 14th birthday, Dany finds out that she is pregnant.
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Chapter 36: Daenerys
...Daenerys asks Jorah if Viserys would be able to retake the crown if he commanded Khal Drogo ’s army of 40,000 soldiers. Jorah says no, but maybe someone else with those soldiers...
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Chapter 46: Daenerys
...at her stomach and says that he’s going to take Dany and her child if Khal Drogo doesn’t give him the army he promised. Khal Drogo makes his way through the crowd,...
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Chapter 54: Daenerys
Khal Drogo says that Rhaego, Dany’s unborn son, has no need for iron chairs. There is plenty...
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...merchant may have been the first assassin, but he certainly won’t be the last. When Khal Drogo returns, Dany tells him what happened. Drogo is silent for a long time. He then...
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Chapter 61: Daenerys
Khal Drogo has defeated the army of another khal. He found that army attacking a town of...
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...in her town and learned how to heal from a Maester from the seven kingdoms. Khal Drogo ’s men say Mirri is a maegi, a practitioner of a dark kind of magic....
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Chapter 64: Daenerys
Daenerys and Khal Drogo ride with Khal Drogo’s khalasar, the nomadic group of Dothraki people that he leads. Six...
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Dany orders those men to set up a tent for Khal Drogo and to bring Mirri. Again, they are reluctant to follow Dany’s orders. They call Mirri...
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Dany asks if there is anything to do to save Khal Drogo ’s life, and Mirri says there is one spell that might work. Dany thinks that...
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Some of Khal Drogo ’s men revolt. They say that the maegi should never have been allowed near Drogo...
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Chapter 68: Daenerys
Daenerys falls in and out of sleep. She dreams of Khal Drogo , Rhaegar, and Viserys. When she awakens intermittently, she asks to hold the dragons’ eggs....
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Dany says she wants to see Khal Drogo . When Dany leaves the tent, she sees that Drogo’s khalasar has left. The only...
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...Mirri cheated her and murdered her child after she saved Mirri’s life. Mirri says that Khal Drogo and his men burned down her god’s house and her home. They killed the people...
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Chapter 72: Daenerys
Dany builds a pyre for Khal Drogo and places his most prized possessions on it. But she holds back the weapons that...
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...then thanks Mirri for teaching her a valuable lesson. Dany places the dragons’ eggs on Khal Drogo ’s funeral pyre and lights it. She watches and listens to Mirri’s screams.
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...In the flames, she sees a grey horse riding off. For a moment, she sees Khal Drogo riding the horse and smiling at her. Dany’s clothing catches on fire, and she shrugs...
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