House of Loraq
House of Loraq | |
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Head | Hizdahr zo Loraq |
Region | Slaver's Bay |
Title | King of Meereen |
Overlord | House Targaryen |
The House of Loraq is one of the slaving families of Meereen. They are an ancient line that has produced many famous figures,[1] and their seat is the pyramid of Loraq.[2]
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Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
The House is supposedly less hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen though Skahaz mo Kandaq suspects the House may have ties with the Sons of the Harpy.[2]
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz presents Daenerys a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong to, with the House of Loraq among the names.[3]
In an effort to bring peace to the city, Daenerys weds Hizdahr zo Loraq.[4]
While in Daznak's Pit, Daenerys sees members of the House of Loraq occupying the red and orange benches. The women are veiled, and the men have their hair brushed and lacquered into horns and hands and spikes, the classic manner of Ghiscari men. Dany notes that Hizdahr's kin of the ancient line of Loraq seem to favor tokars of purple and indigo and lilac.[1]
Hizdahr attempts to rule as King of Meereen from the Great Pyramid after Daenerys flies away from Daznak's Pit on Drogon.[5] Hizdahr appoints his cousin Marghaz zo Loraq as commander of the Brazen Beasts.[5] Ser Barristan Selmy deposes Hizdahr and his him confined to a cell.[6]
House of Loraq at the end of the third century
The known Loraq during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Hizdahr zo Loraq, the Fourteenth of That Noble Name, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy,[2] arrested by Ser Barristan Selmy and replaced by the ruling council of Meereen.
- Queen Daenerys Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, self-proclaimed Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, called Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, his wife.
- Two bastard children, a boy and a girl.[7]
- His mother.[8]
- Sisters.[8]
- Unnamed three relatives of Hizdahr, hostages of the Yunkaii[9]:
- Marghaz zo Loraq, commander of the Brazen Beasts.[9]
- Bhakaz zo Loraq, one of the queen's cupbearers.[6]
- Unnamed zo Loraq, a ship captain.[3]
Unknown zo Loraq | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unknown woman | Hizdahr | Daenerys Targaryen | Daughters | Marghaz | Cousins [Note 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bastard son | Bastard daughter | Bhakaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historical members
- Mazdhan zo Loraq, the Magnificent.[7]
- Hazrak zo Loraq, the Handsome.[7]
- Zharaq zo Loraq, the Liberator[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 55, The Queensguard.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 67, The Kingbreaker.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 36, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59, The Discarded Knight.
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