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A '''bloodrider''' is a member of a [[Dothraki]] [[Khal|Khal's]] entourage. Part guardian, brother and companion, the bloodriders guard and accompany the ''khal'' in his daily routine, they share what is his, sometimes even his wife but never his horse. The bloodriders and their khal refer to each other as "Blood of My Blood".{{Ref|aGoT|36}}
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A '''bloodrider''' is a member of a [[Dothraki]] [[Khal|Khal's]] entourage. Part guardian, brother and companion, the bloodriders guard and accompany the ''khal'' in his daily routine, they share what is his, sometimes even his wives but never his horse. Sometimes a bloodrider may also be a ''ko'', one of the leaders in charge of the ''khalasar'''s component parts. The bloodriders and their khal refer to each other as "Blood of My Blood".{{Ref|aGoT|36}}
  
 
Only a khal can ask a man to become his bloodrider, by saying "I ask your oath, that will live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm."
 
Only a khal can ask a man to become his bloodrider, by saying "I ask your oath, that will live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm."

Revision as of 06:19, 24 May 2012

A bloodrider' is a member of a Dothraki Khal's entourage. Part guardian, brother and companion, the bloodriders guard and accompany the khal in his daily routine, they share what is his, sometimes even his wives but never his horse. Sometimes a bloodrider may also be a ko, one of the leaders in charge of the khalasars component parts. The bloodriders and their khal refer to each other as "Blood of My Blood".[1]

Only a khal can ask a man to become his bloodrider, by saying "I ask your oath, that will live and die as blood of my blood, riding at my side to keep me safe from harm."

Ancient traditions proclaim that when a khal dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the khal die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him. Once done, the last service the bloodriders must perform is to escort the khaleesi to Vaes Dothrak to join the Dosh khaleen, and then they are to join their khal in death.[1]

Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen’s bloodriders

  • Jhogo - the great leather silver-handled whip, blood of her blood.
  • Aggo - the double-curved dragonbone bow, blood of her blood.
  • Rakharo - the magnificent arakh with hilt and handle chased in gold, blood of her blood.

Traditionally only a Khal may have bloodriders. After Khal Drogo’s and Rhaego’s deaths and the disintegration of Drogo’s khalasar Daenerys Targaryen asks Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo to be her bloodriders, asking for their oaths, using the same words that a Khal would.

At first all three refuse.

Nonetheless after witnessing the extraordinary birth of her three dragons they vow to her, declaring “Blood of my blood” just before Daenerys Targaryen rises amidst the ashes cradling her three newly hatched dragons.

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 36, Daenerys IV.