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Chapter Seventy-One - Daenerys 6 - A Storm of Swords | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 5 a.m.

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Daenerys has taken Meereen, but Astapor and Yunkai are backsliding. She forgives Barristan Selmy for his failures to protect her family, but banishes Jorah Mormont from her sight. She\\u2019ll stay in Meereen and rule. Mackelly and Simon settle in to watch some dragons grow.

Chapter Review:
Daenerys Targaryen surveys Meereen from the great pyramid. She\\u2019s bothered by flies who\\u2019ve gathered to feast on the many dead, including the 163 she crucified as payment for what they did to the slave children.

She meets an envoy from Astapor. The council she appointed have all lost their heads, literally, and a former (and apparently current) butcher Cleon, has made himself King. He offers his hand in marriage. Dany is distinctly disinterested. The second petitioner is a Qartheen trader. He has goods he wants to trade for slaves. He\\u2019s surely barking up the wrong tree. Only Daario Naharis confirms that many freed slaves are down at the docks offering to reenter slavery. Dany begrudgingly allows it and imposes a tax on the trade to swell her own coffers.

Next she sees Ser Barristan Selmy and Ser Jorah Mormont. The former gives it to her straight. Her father was mad, Viserys had the hallmarks too. Robert Baratheon was a great knight, and could have been a good king. She appreciates the candor and reinstates him to her service. Mormont tries a similar tack. He spied for Varys for a pardon, as recently as Qarth. But this is too much for Dany. She banishes Jorah forever.

Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Daenerys Targaryen - Last remaining descendent of the royal Targaryen line, Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, claimant to the Iron Throne of Westeros.
Ser Jorah Mormont - Exiled former Lord of Bear Island. Daenerys\\u2019 bodyguard and loyal advisor.
Unsullied - Eunuch slave soldiers. Renowned for their fighting prowess.\\xa0
Barristan Selmy, aka Arstan Whitebeard- Former Lord Commander of the Kingsguard in King\\u2019s Landing. Sent by Illyrio Mopatis to bring Dany to Pentos.
Strong Belwas - Eunuch former slave, sent by Illyrio Mopatis to keep Dany safe.\\xa0
Daario Naharis - Leader of the sellsword company the Stormcrows.
Meereen - Largest city on Slaver\\u2019s Bay.

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