In the Throne Room, Daenerys ponders on what to do with Tyrion and Jorah. She
asks Tyrion why she shouldn't kill him, since the Lannisters are
enemies to her House. He claims to have killed both of his parents and
by that he is an enemy to the Lannisters as well. Daenerys isn't
convinced that killing one's own familiy
is a good reputation for someone in her service. Tyrion counters by
wondering aloud if she at least is worth his service. Ordered to tell
her why he has come to her from the other end of the world, he explains
how he learned about her own story from rumours and from Varys. He says
that she – a lost girl born in a storm, who with virtually no assistance
managed to acquire a barbarian horde, an effective army, conquer three
cities, break the slave trade and hatch three dragons
– might be worth living for when he lost everything he had lived for
until then. He adds that Daenerys needs his advice despite having a
powerful army and large dragons, as she lacks both political experience
and practical knowledge of Westeros.
She eventually agrees to spare his life, but asks what to do
about Ser Jorah. She seems poised to fulfil her promise of killing him
if she saw him again, as it would not do at all for a queen not to keep
her word. Tyrion defends Jorah, commenting that he is clearly devoted to
her and quite possibly in love with her, but also that he did not trust
her enough to inform her of his mission to spy on her for King Robert
and that therefore he cannot be trusted to stand by her side. But, he
argues, just as a queen should keep true to her oaths, she should also
not kill those devoted to her.
Daenerys exiles Jorah from the city. Contemplating his greyscale, Jorah returns to Yezzan zo Qaggaz
and offers to fight for him. He promises to lead Yezzan's team to the
Great Pit and win the tournament for the Queen – after that Yezzan can
make a fortune selling Jorah on the black market.
Later, Tyrion and Daenerys sit in her solar and have a talk about ambitions. When Tyrion mentions what a horrible father Tywin was, Daenerys admits that she no longer has any illusions about her own father.
Daenerys is curious about the circumstances of Tyrion's murder of
Tywin. He wryly promises that if she decides not to kill him then one
day he will tell her, but on that day they will need a lot more wine
than the large decanter they are drinking from.
They discuss the role of Varys in their stories and Tyrion
assures Daenerys he trusts him, and that he's probably the reason she
wasn't killed years ago. Tyrion was convinced by Varys that she could be
a ruler who deserves his support. When Daenerys asks how he can get her
what she wants, Tyrion nearly rolls his eyes at her desire for the Iron Throne.
He suggests that she might want to stay in Slaver's Bay and build a new
kingdom for herself in Meereen, complimenting her on reopening the
fighting pits and her upcoming political marriage. She assures him that
she will stay and help stabilize things, and make sure the slave trade
stays broken, but Essos is not her "home". Tyrion counters that no one
will support her in Westeros, but Daenerys somewhat idealistically
declares that the common people
will support her. Tyrion generously assumes that this will happen
(which it generally doesn't), but then he reminds Daenerys that Meereen
has been in a state of chaos without the combined support of the Great
Masters and the smallfolk, and extends this to Westeros and its Great Houses. He notes that Houses Targaryen and Stark are effectively dead due to the combined actions of their "two terrible fathers". Neither House Lannister nor House Baratheon of Dragonstone will ever support her claim in light of their histories with the Targaryens. Tyrion says that leaves House Tyrell who might
be willing to switch sides due to Cersei's recent schemes against them
but that still isn't enough. Daenerys stubbornly likens the Great
Houses, including her own House Targaryen, to the spokes on a wheel, one
on top and then others, and on and on, crushing the commoners beneath
them in their struggle for supremacy. Tyrion sarcastically warns that
others have dreamed of stopping the wheel, but Daenerys clarifies that
she plans to break it.
Daenerys decides Tyrion will remain as her advisor, but confiscates the wine, as a drunk is of no use to her.
0 comments:
Post a Comment