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| “ | And to my son, The Stallion Who Will Mount the World, I will also pledge a gift. I will give him the Iron Chair that his mother's father sat upon. I will give him Seven Kingdoms. I, Drogo, will do this. I will take my Khalasar west to where the world ends, and ride wooden horses across the black salt water as no Khal has done before! I will kill the men in iron suits and tear down their stone houses! I will rape their women, take their children as slaves, and bring their broken gods back to Vaes Dothrak! This, I vow, I, Drogo, son of Bharbo. I swear before the Mother of Mountains as the stars look down in witness! | „ |
| ~ Khal Drogo's promise to take the Iron Throne for his son, in "You Win or You Die". |
| “ | A crown for a king. | „ |
| ~ Drogo's most famous quote before killing Viserys Targaryen with molten gold. |
Drogo, commonly known as Khal Drogo, is a major character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation, Game of Thrones.
He is a khal, a powerful warlord of the fearsome Dothraki nomads, often referred to as Khal Drogo. Soon enough, Daenerys Targaryen is promised to him at the beginning of the novels. He owns a palace in Vaes Dothrak and a nine-towered mansion in Pentos. His bloodriders are Cohollo, Qotho, and Haggo.
He was portrayed by Jason Momoa, who also played Keegan in Bullet to the Head, Flip in Slumberland, and Dante Reyes in Fast X.
Biography[]
| “ | The Dothraki look on these things differently than we do in the west. I have told him as much, as Illyrio told him, but your brother does not listen. The horselords are no traders. Viserys thinks he sold you, and now he wants his price. Yet Khal Drogo would say he had you as a gift. He will give Viserys a gift in return, yes... in his own time. You do not demand a gift, not of a khal. You do not demand anything of a khal. | „ |
| ~ Jorah Mormont explaining to Daenerys that Drogo does not see his marriage deal as a trade, and will only give something to Viserys if he finds him worthy. |
Illyrio Mopatis, serving as patron to the exiled prince Viserys Targaryen and his sister (Daenerys), arranges a marriage between Princess Daenerys and Khal Drogo during one of Drogo's visits to Pentos. In return for his bride, Drogo is to provide ten thousand Dothraki warriors for her brother's campaign to retake the Iron Throne.
The wedding takes place in traditional Dothraki fashion, with Drogo's entire khalasar gathering in a field outside Pentos for a day-long feast, punctuated with several deadly fights and couples having intercourse in the open. In accordance with tradition, Drogo's bloodriders offer fine weapons—a whip, an arakh, and a dragonbone bow—to the new khaleesi, who then gives them to her husband. Drogo's own gift to his bride is a magnificent silver mare.
Finally, Drogo leads Daenerys off to consummate the marriage. A thirteen-year-old girl who had been abused by her brother for most of her life and had been given no say in the marriage, Daenerys, is terrified of her bridegroom and expects to be raped.
Despite his fierce reputation, however, Drogo proves to be a surprisingly considerate lover. Although he and Dany share no common language, he establishes that he understands the word "no" and then begins touching her gently. He does not begin to have intercourse with her until Dany expresses her consent and initiates it. At first, during their travel to Vaes Dothrak, Drogo repeatedly had aggressive sexual intercourses with her and would not stop despite her pain and cries. Initially, Daenerys thought about killing herself.
However, after she started to learn his language and enjoy his company he started to treat her better. She learned to tame her husband with Doreah's lessons. Drogo eventually got her pregnant with her son Rhaego, whom Drogo hoped would be the stallion who mounts the world, a religious figure of prophecy in Dothraki culture. When Viserys Targaryen threatened Daenerys and the unborn Rhaego, Drogo stood up for his wife and killed him to protect her. After an assassination attempt on Daenerys' life, Drogo was convince to pursue a quest to seize the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms in the continent of Westeros. However, he was injured in a fight against an other khalasar and his wounds festered before Rhaego's birth. To save her husband's life, Daenerys allowed Mirri Maz Duur to sacrifice Drogo's horse to save Drogo. Rhaego was born stillborn and allegedly deformed, presumably from Mirri's ritual. Drogo was saved from death, but left in a catatonic state. Daenerys mercy killed Drogo, but most of Drogo's khalasar abandoned her, with only a small group staying by her side.
Notable Victims[]
- Prince Viserys Targaryen - Head burned with a pot of melted gold.
- Wineseller - Dragged to his death.
Books only:[]
- Khal Ogo and Khal Fogo - Slain in battle over disputed spoils.
TV Series only:[]
- Mago - Throat slit and tongue ripped out.
Trivia[]
- His death may have been inspired from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
External links[]
- Drogo on the A Wiki of Ice and Fire.
- Drogo on the Game of Thrones Wiki.
