Expect Fire and Blood from Daenarys Targaryen in The Winds of Winter

[garywest]

I linked an article on TWOW for a while back that got a lot of discussions here so I thought that I would share another great article from the same site covering Daenarys Targaryen faith in The Winds of Winter:

http://the-artifice....inds-of-winter/

What are your thougths on Daenarys faith in TWOW? How will her storyline conclude?

[aryagonnakill]

Great post in that link, I agree with most of not all of it. I can't get behind the miscarriage, the symbolism provided aside, but the rest of it works.

[jentario]

I agree. Hopefully fans will give her a chance to redeem herself, even though it seems unlikely now.

[John Reynolds]

Good write-up.

[King Zee]

faith or fate ?

[Euranus]

Good article.

Not sure I agree with the abortion idea, though. I always understood her to be barren.. until Mirri Maz Dur's prophecy was fulfilled, in which Drogon returns to her in that scene.

I think she will spend the first half of the book definitely providing a meaning for her house's words amongst the Dothraki. But things will get interesting with the dragon horn and the Greyjoys, I'm sure.

[Lizard Lion]

Cool article, thanks for sharing.

[The Storm King]

fire and blood from danaerys when she gets as bored of slaver's bay as i am. Maybe she should just burn down all three cities and be done with this whole fiasco

[gutterjack]

I like the article. It makes me wonder how much does red rahloo own victarion. will he join up with Dany as a subordinate and take Dany's new khalasar, unsullied, and whoever else back to westeros?

[jentario]

I like the article. It makes me wonder how much does red rahloo own victarion. will he join up with Dany as a subordinate and take Dany's new khalasar, unsullied, and whoever else back to westeros?

Victarion doesn't seem like the guy to bow down, let alone to a woman. IMO he's either going to die in the battle or he's going to steal some dragons and take a hike.

[Veltigar]

There are a lot of interesting ideas in this article. I agree with her having the miscarriage and all that, however I do feel that the authors conclusion about her identity as a mother to the freed slaves is a bit of base. IMO Dany will never stop caring for them and she’ll always feel responsible for them, like a good leader should. She rediscovered her quest for the IT in the grasslands but she will not simply shed her identity as a liberator.

I think Dany, when she returns to Meereen, will take charge of her people and be a lot more ardent in altering their habits. She’ll also leave Slaversbay imo, but she won’t leave her people. She shall take them with her on the greatest exodus since Nymeria and the Rhoynish and take them to Volantis and finally Westeros (in that way she’ll also mimic Aegon the Conqueror, before he set out to conquer Westeros he first fought against Volantis).

I think the first part of Dany’s arc in tWoW will have a lot of fire and blood in it. She’ll take that Khalesar and she’ll get rid of Ko Mago and Khal Jaqho. After that she’ll lead (or perhaps more accurately herd) the surviving members of the Khalesar to Vaes Dothrak. There the old widows will proclaim her to be the SwMtW. All the Khalesars present at Vaes Dothrak (the one she took + perhaps the Khalesars mentioned by Tyrion in ADWD, who sought refuge in Vaes Dothrak from Pono’s horde).

After that she’ll head over to Meereen. I think quite a large amount of time will have passed by then. I believe that the rest of the Meerenese cluster (Barristan, Tyrion and Victarion + all the non-PoV’s) will be given time to interact and make alliances (and start hostilities between each other). They’ll have bested the Yunkai’I quite easily and will be gearing up for the fight against Volantis.

When that fight actually takes place things will be looking dire for the Dany-loyalists. The Volantine Navy will vastly outnumber the Iron Fleet and other defenders of Meereen. The Daenerys loyalists will do their best and use their superior position and perhaps the element of surprise (I think that Victarion and the Iron Fleet will tackle the rear of the Volantine navy while they are busy setting troops a shore), but the superior numbers of the Volantine Fleet combined with the fact that they – in stark contrast with the Yunkishmen – are experienced soldiers, with great equipment and morale, will make it impossible for the Daenerys loyalists to win the battle.

On top of that I think we’ll see an uprising of the Sons of the Harpies during the battle when most of Daenerys troops will be busy elsewhere, thus further limiting the possibility of a victory for them. Just when all seems lost her Khalesar will appear with herself seated on top of Drogon. They’ll break the landing party and the fleet itself will surrender to their new messiah. Dany will lead her forces back into the city and be confronted with her betrayal for gold namely Daario who aided the GG in rising against her. I believe an important member of Dany’s entourage will find his/her demise there (I’m betting on Missandei but Ser Barristan could also die).

The betrayal of Daario and the death of Missandei will make Daenerys determination a lot more powerful. She’ll take some time off to mourn the death and plan the next step of her campaign (e.g. the taking of Volantis). She’ll come to the conclusion that even with the addition of the Volantine Navy she does not have enough ships to take all her people with her. Therefore I believe she’ll send her Khalesars and other mounted forces to Volantis over the demon road.

This land army will be supplied by part of her fleet until they get too close to Valyria. There that part of her fleet will break off and head to Elyria, pillage the city and free its slave and then head for the meeting point. Her land will head straight to Volantis after two stops. One in Mantarys and the other in Tolos, laying waste to both cities and adding their supplies and wealth to her own coffers.

In the meantime she’ll pull a Nymeria on Meereen. She’ll pick the city clean of its valuable’s and then she’ll burn it to the ground. She’ll load what remains of her army and people up in her ships and head for New Ghis. She’ll take that city, burn it down, free its slaves and take it ships, supplies and valuables. There she’ll link up with the rest of her fleet and head for Volantis.

When they near Volantis she’ll send her Volantinians a head under the command of Moqorro and ser Jorah. Her land army will have lured the remaining defenders of the city away, so they will be the only real military left in the city. Moqorro will meet up with Benerro and Ser Jorah will seek out the Widow at the Waterfront (he’ll also meet Marwyn there). Both Benerro and the Widow will give the signal to their followers for a general uprising. The marines of the Volantinian Navy will leave their ships to seize all possible ships, seize the port and other key locations (think armories and granaries) but they will not tamper with the rebellion.

After the fall of the city Dany will easily sail into the harbor. The remaining part of the Volantine army will discover that it is trapped between the city walls and a vast land army and surrender. Dany will stay put in Volantis quite some time. She’ll want to use that time to plan her campaign in Westeros, to repair damage to her ships and other equipment and to let her people rest.

However thing will not go as smooth as planned. I think Dany will finally hear of Faegon in Volantis and Illyrio’s involvement. She’ll sent the Tattered Prince (who I think has some beef with Illyrio. He was either related to Illyrio’s first wife or he was in love with the girl himself) and a Khalesar to take the city.

At the same time I believe Victarion will finally come to realize that Dany will never really accept his proposal. He’ll wait until Dany leaves for Pentos to question Illyrio (she’ll wait a few days before going herself, on Drogon’s back she’ll be able to catch up with the Khalesar quite quickly) and then he’ll try to blow the horn. The Dusky Woman will kill him before he’s able to complete the spell, however he’ll take her with him in death (and reveal that she was a FM all along). I’m not sure how the dragons will react (will they go totally bonkers? Will they flee the city? Is only one of them going to be affected? Or both?).

Dany’s discovery in Pentos will lead her back to Volantis. There she’ll learn of Victarion’s doom and decide that the time has come to leave for Westeros. I think at that time she might also become caught up in the political struggles in Braavos (which will be very important in Arya’s PoV in tWoW), though be it more from a distance.

She’ll leave a Lord/Lady paramount in Volantis and the Pentos (The Tattered Prince in Pentos) and head for Westeros. She’ll land in the Vale and she’ll get caught up in the conclusion of Sansa struggle with LF.

She’ll save Sansa and SR in the Eyrie and LF will find his death there. After that she’ll be caught up in the second dance of dragons against Blackfyre/Brightflame pretender Faegon.