Post by Lady Dyanna on Mar 6, 2016 3:07:09 GMT
Drogo is so rich that even his slaves wear golden collars
a heavy golden torc emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs.
Daenerys said nothing. She had always assumed that she would wed Viserys when she came of age. For centuries the Targaryens had married brother to sister, since Aegon the Conqueror had taken his sisters to bride. The line must be kept pure, Viserys had told her a thousand times; theirs was the kingsblood, the golden blood of old Valyria, the blood of the dragon. Dragons did not mate with the beasts of the field, and Targaryens did not mingle their blood with that of lesser men. Yet now Viserys schemed to sell her to a stranger, a barbarian.
For that matter, what is Dany's ancestry? What is the ancestry of Valyria? It's been speculated that the golden dragon blood of Valyria finds its origin in the Great Empire of the Dawn. If this is where the golden blood comes from, what about the silver? Evolett speculated in one of her essays that the Emperors of the GEotD married the Fisher Queens and that this is symbolized in these passages.
When she was clean, the slaves helped her from the water and toweled her dry. The girl brushed her hair until it shone like molten silver, while the old woman anointed her with the spiceflower perfume of the Dothraki plains, a dab on each wrist, behind her ears, on the tips of her breasts, and one last one, cool on her lips, down there between her legs. They dressed her in the wisps that Magister Illyrio had sent up, and then the gown, a deep plum silk to bring out the violet in her eyes. The girl slid the gilded sandals onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair,
Dany glanced at her image in the silvered looking glass that Illyrio had so thoughtfully provided
and slid golden bracelets crusted with amethysts around her wrists. Last of all came the collar, a heavy golden torc emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs.