Khas
A khas is, according to a semi-source,[1] a personal guard within a khalasar of the Dothraki. The men of a khas might protect a ko[2] or a khaleesi.[3] According to David J. Peterson, khas is an abbreviation of the full word, khasar.[4]
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Khal Drogo assigns young archers to the khas of his khaleesi, Daenerys Targaryen.[3] When she visits the Western Market of Vaes Dothrak, Daenerys is protected by four young men and Ser Jorah Mormont.[5]
When Drogo's khalasar attacks a town of the Lhazareen, Daenerys has her khas stop women from being raped, and the khaleesi claims the women as her own slaves so they can be be protected.[2] Mago, a warrior who serves in the khas of Ko Jhaqo, objects to Daenerys's actions.[2]
Quaro, one of the men from Daenerys's khas, is slain by Qotho.[6] After Drogo dies, Daenerys names Aggo, Jhogo, and Rakharo, the surviving members of her khas, as her kos.[7]
References
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Aggo.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 61, Daenerys VII.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
- ↑ Dothraki Wiki, Vocabulary
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 64, Daenerys VIII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.
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