House of Merreq
| House of Merreq | |
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| Seat | Pyramid of Merreq,[1] Meereen |
| Head | Unknown |
| Region | Slaver's Bay |
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The House of Merreq is one of the slaving families of Meereen.
Contents
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
The House of Merreq is hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and its household is suspected being members of the Sons of the Harpy. Several members of the House, along with members of the House of Zhak, wish to leave the city for their estates in the hills. Daenerys says they may do so, but as a precaution in case they mean to join the Yunkai, states that they are forbidden to take their gold and food supplies with them.[2]
With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Daenerys has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage.[2] One of those hostages is Mezzara Merreq, whose father rules over the pyramid of Merreq.[1] Daenerys hopes having noble children as hostages will halt the killings, but it does not. However, Daenerys refuses to allow any harm to come to the children. She grows fond of them all, and ignores Skahaz mo Kandaq's counsel to kill one for every death done by the Sons of the Harpy.[3]
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 Merreq among the names.[4]
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back and Ser Barristan Selmy seizes control of Meereen in her name, Skahaz wants to kill the child hostages in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen. Barristan refuses to allow any harm to come to the children, however.[5]
House of Merreq at the end of the third century
The known members of the House of Merreq during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Unnamed ruler of the House of Merreq.[1]
- Mezzara Merreq, his daughter and a child hostage and cupbearer of Daenerys Targaryen.[1]
- Unnamed Merreq, a ship captain.[4]
Quotes
Daenerys was sick unto death of Zhak and Merreq; she was sick of all the Mereenese, great and small alike.[2]
—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 67, The Kingbreaker.
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