Rhaego is Alive
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In this piece, One With No Name provides valuable insight that would have otherwise overlooked. And so we begin...
The Description of Rhaego, Son of Drogo and Dany
"Monstrous, twisted, I drew him forth myself. He was scaled like a lizard. Blind with a stub of a tail, leather wings, like the wings of a bat. When I touched him, the skin sluffed off the bone. Inside he was full of grey worms and the stink of corruption. He had been dead for years. " - Mirri Mas Duur
"Darkness, Dany thought. Terrible darkness sweeping behind her devouring her. If she looked back she was lost. My son was alive and strong when Ser Jorah carried me into this tent...I could feel him kicking, fighting to be born.
- A Game of Thrones Daenerys POV chapter
Rhaego. © Morgainelefee
"Her son kicked wildly." Was stated many times in the days leading to her labor. How is it that this lively spirit turns into death and decay? First, let's consider the source, Mirri Mas Durr, student of Maester Marwin. She studied in Asshai and was well versed in blood magic.
Mirri Maz Durr
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So what kind of medical provider was Mirri Mas Durr?:
HMO or PPO
HealingMagiOpportunist or ProtectingPlanetosOpperative
To make it simple, we'll list the goals a HealingMagiOpportunist or ProtectingPlanetosOpperative would have set.
HMO: The Objective
Purpose in Dothraki Sea - Lamb Town
- Enter inner circle of Khalesi Daenerys
- Hatch a Dragon
- Steal the Dragon
Achievements
- Was entrusted with medical care of Drogo
- She delivered Rhaego, aka hatched a dragon.
- Did she help kidnap Rhaegar? Aka Steal a dragon
Who Poisoned Drogo?
Did Mirri intentionally poison Drogo? Possibly, lets recall she did adhere a healing patch and and advised Khal Drogo NOT to remove the dressing of "firepods and sting-me-nots" and to avoid drinking. The great Khal went against her advice and instead removed the covering of his wound to patch it with dirt. And for a second let's list what's found in dirt amongst a bunch of horselords. Dung is at the top of that list, some human, but literally HORSESHIT, oh and dog defecation as well. Not trying to gross you out, just stating the obvious. A very unclean paste was shoved into a deep gash. Even healing mud, is a topical ointment. He just poisoned himself. And then drinks what!? spoiled milk aka Dothraki liqour. Yet, another poison. If your body is trying to fight an infection, adding mild poison is a bad idea. Especially in a desert. It is already hot, this could lead to internal dehydration. Which does not help fight infection.
" Mirri Maz Duur's poultice had itched and burned and he had torn it off six days ago, cursing her for a maegi. The mud plaster was more soothing and the herb woman made him poppy wine as well. He'd been drinking it heavily these past three days. When it was not poppy wine, it was fermented mares milk or peppered bear. Yet he scarcely touched his food. "
- A Game of Thrones, Daenerys POV
So, while it is very possible that a well trained maegi killed Drogo. It is just as likely that he did it to himself.
PPO
She could have just been there with an entirely different set of objectives:
- Gain access to Dany (same as above)
- Disband massive khalazar
- Kill Khal
- Extinguish heirs to Daenerys and Drogo
Achievements
- Acess: ✅
- 12 smaller bands replaced the massive khalazar ✅
- Khal Drogo lived in a catatonic state until Dany euthanized him ✅
- Rendered Drogo incapable of producing more heirs,
cursed Dany to be barren ✅
"When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east...
When the seas go dry and mountains in the wind like leaves
When your womb quickens again and bares another living child
Then he will return and not before" - Mirri Maz Durr
- A Game of Thrones, Danearys IX
Mirri Maz Durr
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Either way, HMO or PPO, she would be keeping the world safe from
- An united army of formidable warriors
- The "Dragon" who would mount the world.
- Future heirs that could also fulfill said prophesy
Subtle clues
There is no body. This leaves me to doubt the child died. Whatever her child looked like, why would Dany, the Khalesi, not be given an opportunity to see him/her? All we have is the assurance of a woman whose motives are either to steal a dragon or to kill a baby. Why would her words be trusted?
Also intriguing is her shift in demeanor. She goes from a humble healer who seemingly wants to help Dany and Drogo to a vengeful schemer who wanted to repay the atrocity of what happened to her village by destroying the life of a naive little girl who stopped women from being treated like property. Huh!!? Scratching my head...
"'Twas wrong of them to burn my temple. That angered the great shepherd. - Mirri
"This was not god's work. My child was innocent" Dany said coldly
"You lied to me. You murdered the child within me."
"The Stallion who mounts the world will burn no cities. Now his khalazar will trample no nations into dust. " - Mirri
So, it was all an act. Mirri gained a boost of confidence once her diabolical plan worked. She spoke to Daenerys as if she was elated about the death of her child and condition of her husband. A bit unwise, as some members of the khalazar had already painted her as a sorcerer and wanted to bring her life to a close. Did she no longer value her life?...Perhaps.
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"I spoke for you. I saved you!" -Dany
"Saved me??"..she spat. "Three of those riders had taken me as a man takes a woman from behind, like a dog takes a bitch. The forth was in me before you passed. How is it you saved me. I saw my god's house burn. Where I had healed many women beyond counting. My home they burned as well. In streets I saw piles of heads. The head of a baker who made my bread, the head of a young boy that I had cured of dead-dye fever just three months passed... Tell me again what you saved?" -Mirri
Mirri Maz Durr
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"Your life." - Danny
Mirri laughed
Look to your Khal. Then you will see what life is worth when all the rest is gone."
Drogo
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*It could be that she had fulfilled her purpose and sought to end her life via Dothraki hands. Seems easier to drink the same poison she gave to Drogo (if that's what she did). *
**Or
*She was had done something else. A secret she and only a few others shared. When most of the Dothraki hoard left, Daenerys was asleep. We get her point of view, once she awakens. And she was out for a few days (correct me if I'm wrong). During which time the baby could have been delivered and smuggled away. Since Most women were too afraid to enter the tent, viewing Dany and her baby as cursed due to the Blood Magic used on Drogo, Mirri and her coconspirator would be the only ones to verify the birth. *
"She heard her knight screaming for her handmaids to help her. Are they all so afraid. She knew the answer...
"It felt as if her son had a knife in each hand. As if he were hacking at her to make his way out."
"Come here. Fetch the birthing women." - Jorah
"They will not come. They say she is a curs'd." -Doreah
"They will come or I will have their heads" Jorah
"Doreah wept...They are gone, my lord"
"The meagi, someone else had said... take her to the maegi."
"No, Dany wanted to say, no not that. You mustn't, but when she
Opened her mouth, a long wail of pain escaped."
Jorah carrying Dany into tent
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"There is Power in King's Blood"
Why kidnap the baby? Well, it's bigger than trying to stop a Dothraki killing spree, which is admittedly horrendous. Bloodlines are very important in the World of Ice and Fire. Rhaego is the son of a great desert King ( aka khal ) and from a line of dragonlords. His mother has a particularly special lineage. This Targaryen girl is also a Blackwood. Essentially, she has COTF blood. She is a song of ice and fire and so are all her offspring. The Asshai trained maegi would be well aware of the Azor Ahai prophesy. And instead of letting this special child be used for war and destruction, she changed his/her destiny to that of peace and compromise. Rhaego would be the child sacrifice necessary to end the Long Night. He would need to be presented to the Others when the time was right. Or maybe the bloodmagi has more nefarious acts in mind. 🤔
"A dead man has no fear." Said Jorah speaking to Dany. Where these prophectic words? Though he was not referring to Rhaego, it may be foreshadowing for the son of Drogo, a fearless warrior who was presumed dead OR a baby promised for the dead.
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One With No Name http://aminoapps.com/p/ciqerj
concluded, Jorah may have been a willing accomplice in spiriting the babe away.. He was the only other person in the tent. Without her son or husband, Jorah might care to hope that Dany would return his love. Could this be one of the three treasons the Warlocks foretold? "Three treasons will you know...once for love, once for blood and once for gold". Were all of these treasons encompassed in this series of events? "
"The grey face, the hallow eyes,...the shadows have touched you too, Ser Jorah"
-Dany's description of Jorah.
She thinks it was the dancing spirits that caused him the change in his appearance. Could it have been guilt instead?
Mirri and Jorah
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"Mirri smiled as if they shared a secret."
As Mirri was being dragged away she smiled as if she knew something no one else knew. Was she hiding a great secret or is this colorful writing?
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Tying up a loose ends...how do you secretly steal a baby, who could cry or produce a variety of baby noises...tears of the poppy. Actually any mild sedative would work on a baby. Wild turkey could work, the melatonin is enough to cause a baby to sleep.
How was Drogo revived, if not the sacrifice of his son? Another conscious being...R'hllor, undead spirits; desert version of Others (Thoros brought back Beric several times without a sacrifice) . The spirits dancing in the tent could have used Drogo as a vessel. As a student of Marwyn, Mirri may be privy to they same skills Qyburn possessed to "heal" the Mountain, Ser Gregor.
Tinfoiling you say
Well, remember Azor Ahai is the Essos version of the Last Hero. Meaning that the Long Night or a similar catastrophe happened there (which we know did). Currently the COTF, Bloodraven and the Nights Watch are all preparing to fight the White Walkers on their side of the world. Shouldn't there be agents of magic making preparations for the Essos defense? Just because we don't get any POV chapters, doesn't mean there aren't a host of players ready to explode unto pages of the Winds of Winter. Much like the Ironborn in A Dance with Dragons
So, tell me what you think. Could Rhaego live on and become the Essos Savior? Or was he delivered dead and full of decay as indicated? Could he have been sold to Asshai?
One With No Name and AGirlis would love to hear your thoughts.
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