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:3) old, dead, loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]] at the house with the red door from when Daenerys lived in [[Braavos]];
 
:3) old, dead, loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]] at the house with the red door from when Daenerys lived in [[Braavos]];
 
:4) a scene where an [[Aerys II|old man]] with long silver hair sits on a [[Iron Throne|barbed throne]] in a great hall with dragon skulls, and says "Let him be the king of ashes";
 
:4) a scene where an [[Aerys II|old man]] with long silver hair sits on a [[Iron Throne|barbed throne]] in a great hall with dragon skulls, and says "Let him be the king of ashes";
:5) a [[Rhaegar Targaryen|man]] who looked like [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], but taller and with darker eyes, who says to a [[Elia Martel|woman]] nursing a baby, "[[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]]…What better name for a king…He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire"; and when the man’s eyes meet Dany’s, he says either to her or the woman with the baby, "There must be one more…The dragon has three heads", and he picks up a silver harp and begins to play;
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:5) a [[Rhaegar Targaryen|man]] who looked like [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], but taller and with darker eyes, who says to a [[Elia Martell|woman]] nursing a baby, "[[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]]…What better name for a king…He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire"; and when the man’s eyes meet Dany’s, he says either to her or the woman with the baby, "There must be one more…The dragon has three heads", and he picks up a silver harp and begins to play;
 
:6) a vision of Pyat Pree telling her the visit was over, and to follow him into a garden;
 
:6) a vision of Pyat Pree telling her the visit was over, and to follow him into a garden;
 
:7) a great hall with several robed people claiming to be the Undying of [[Qarth]], who tell her, "We sent the comet to show you the way (to Qarth)…shall we teach you the secret speech of dragonkind?", but it turns out to be sorcery.
 
:7) a great hall with several robed people claiming to be the Undying of [[Qarth]], who tell her, "We sent the comet to show you the way (to Qarth)…shall we teach you the secret speech of dragonkind?", but it turns out to be sorcery.

Revision as of 17:58, 7 October 2011

A Clash of Kings
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Chapters
Arya 9 Daenerys 4 Tyrion 11
POV Characters
Arya Daenerys Tyrion
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Synopsis

The House of the Undying is a gray and ancient ruin, yet Daenerys is resolute that she must enter the abode of the Warlocks. Pyat Pree has her drink shade of the evening, from which the Warlocks get their blue lips. He warns her to always follow the door to the right, and the visions she sees in other rooms are the sights and sounds of past days, future days and days that never were. Daenerys enters the House of the Undying, and notices right away that she is in the presence of sorcery. Fortunately, she brought Drogon with her into the Warlocks' home. Daenerys sees a great many visions during her travel through the halls:

1) a scene where four men with rat faces are raping a beautiful woman;
2) a feast of corpses, where many of the bodies were savagely slaughtered, and many of the corpses have cups or spoons in their hands; above them sits a dead man on a throne with the head of a wolf, wearing an iron crown and holding a leg of lamb like a king would hold a scepter;
3) old, dead, loyal Ser Willem Darry at the house with the red door from when Daenerys lived in Braavos;
4) a scene where an old man with long silver hair sits on a barbed throne in a great hall with dragon skulls, and says "Let him be the king of ashes";
5) a man who looked like Viserys, but taller and with darker eyes, who says to a woman nursing a baby, "Aegon…What better name for a king…He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire"; and when the man’s eyes meet Dany’s, he says either to her or the woman with the baby, "There must be one more…The dragon has three heads", and he picks up a silver harp and begins to play;
6) a vision of Pyat Pree telling her the visit was over, and to follow him into a garden;
7) a great hall with several robed people claiming to be the Undying of Qarth, who tell her, "We sent the comet to show you the way (to Qarth)…shall we teach you the secret speech of dragonkind?", but it turns out to be sorcery.

Finally, Daenerys comes upon a room with several figures that were no more than shadows, unbreathing, and over them floated a human heart, blue and corrupted (these are apparently the real Undying). The figures speak inside Dany’s head, saying "we know…the shape of shadows…morrows not yet made…drink from the cup of ice…drink from the cup of fire…mother of dragons…child of three…three heads has the dragon…three fires must you light: one for life and one for death and one to love…three mounts must you ride: one to bed and one to dread and one to love…three treasons will you know: once for blood and once for gold and once for love…daughter of death, slayer of lies, bride of fire…" She now sees visions in her head, floating faster and faster:

1) Viserys dying;
2) a tall lord with copper skin and silver hair bearing the banner of a fiery stallion (probably Rhaego, her unborn son);
3) a dying prince with rubies flying from his armor whispering the name of a woman with his last breath;
4) a blue-eyed king with a red sword in his hand who cast no shadow;
5) a cloth dragon amidst a cheering crowd;
6) a great stone beast flying from a smoking tower, breathing shadow fire;
7) her Silver horse given to her by Drogo at her wedding;
8) a corpse at the prow of a ship, eyes bright in his dead face, smiling sadly;
9) a blue flower growing from a chink in a wall of ice;
10) shadows dancing in a tent;
11) a little girl running toward a house with a red door;
12) Mirri Maz Duur shrieking in the flames as a dragon bursts from her;
13) a corpse being dragged behind a silver horse;
14) a white lion running through grass taller than a man;
15) a line of naked crones emerging from a lake, kneeling before Daenerys beneath the Mother of Mountains;
16) ten thousand slaves crying "Mother" as Daenerys rode by on her silver.

At this point, the visions turn to nightmare as the Undying try to consume Dany, and she is helpless to stop them until Drogon starts to tear the corrupted heart to pieces. Fleeing from the burning House of the Undying, Pyat Pree attacks her with a dagger, but Drogon interrupts him long enough for Daenerys to hear Jhogo’s whip crack, and then she was in the arms of Ser Jorah.

References and Notes

  • The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [1].