Dothraki

The Dothraki are a human tribe that feature in A Song of Ice and Fire.

History

The Dothraki

The ancestors of the Dothraki came from the lands beyond the Bone Mountains in the Further East of Essos, leaving behind the bones that give the mountains their name. The nomadic Dothraki do not have a tradition of settlements. To make a house a thousand years ago, they dug a hole in the ground and covered it with a woven grass roof. Four hundred years ago, the Dothraki rode toward the Free Cities out of the east, sacking and burning every town and city in their path, including the Kingdom of Sarnor, the Qaathi cities in the red waste, and the Ibbenese settlements in the Kingdom of the Ifequevron. Khal Temmo and his khalasar of at least fifty-thousand were stopped by the Three Thousand of Qohor. During the Century of Blood after the Doom of Valyria, the Dothraki drove smallfolk from their hovels and nobles from their estates, until only grass and ruins remained from the Forest of Qohor to the headwaters of the Selhoru. Ruined cities and regions ring the vast plains of the Dothraki sea, including the Kingdom of Sarnor, the Kingdom of the Ifequevron, the upper Skahazadhan, and the red waste. The godsway in Vaes Dothrak contains monuments the Dothraki have taken from conquered people. Terrio Erastes wrote Fire Upon the Grass about his time as a guest of Khal Dhako.

Overview

In appearance, Dothraki were humans that typically had copper-toned skin, black hair, and black, almond-shaped eyes. Dothraki men wear their hair in long braids, oiled or greased with fat from the rendering pits. Dothraki warriors carry small bells in their braids, which ring softly when they move. They are only allowed to braid their hair after they have won a victory. A bell is added to their braid after each victory; The braid was only cut when a Dothraki warrior was defeated in battle, an act through which he lets the world know his shame. Only few men die with their braids never having been cut off. Men further might wear metal rings bound in their mustachios.

The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky. The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death. This causes maesters to say that the Dothraki believe the stars are the spirits of the valiant dead. When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.[8] The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky. However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.

Members

• Bharbo :
• Drogo :
• Cohollo :
• Rakharo :

Notes

• The Dothraki were created by George R. R. Martin where they featured in the setting of the A Song of Ice and Fire universe.

Appearances

• A Song of Ice and Fire:
• Game of Thrones:

External Links

• A Song of Ice and Fire Wiki Entry

This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it.