Jhiqui
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Culture | Dothraki | |||
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284 AC[1] Dothraki Sea[2] | |||
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Played by | Sarita Piotrowski | |||
TV series | Game of Thrones: Season 1 |
Jhiqui is a Dothraki handmaid of Daenerys Targaryen.
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Jhiqui is portrayed by Sarita Piotrowski.[3]
Contents
Appearance
Jhiqui has skin the color of copper, with black hair and almond-shaped eyes.[4] She has wide hips and heavy breasts, and is bigger boned than Irri.[5]
She is of an age with Daenerys Targaryen and Irri.[6]
History
Jhiqui was born to a khal of a khalasar. It was destroyed by Khal Drogo, and she was enslaved.[6]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Jhiqui, Doreah, and Irri are given to Daenerys Targaryen as wedding gifts to serve as her handmaids.[6] She is given to Daenerys to teach her the Dothraki tongue.[4]
Jhiqui remains with Daenerys after the death of Khal Drogo.[7]
A Clash of Kings
After struggling through the red waste, Irri and Jhiqui attempt to convince Daenerys not to stay in Vaes Tolorro, believing it haunted by ghosts.[8]
After Daenerys destroys the House of the Undying, Jhiqui fastens a silver bell in her braid to mark the victory.[9]
A Storm of Swords
Jhiqui and Irri are seasick during the voyage to Astapor.[10] Jhiqui is present when Daenerys purchases the Unsullied. Jhiqui and Irri free Rhaegal and Viserion to attack the Astapori slavers when Daenerys has the Unsullied attack their former masters.[11] She later praises Strong Belwas in defeating Oznak zo Pahl and remarks she would braid his hair the Dothraki way if he had any.[12]
A Dance with Dragons
Jhiqui and Irri both develop a crush on Rakharo, who has grown more tall and muscular. They argue over which of them he would prefer.[13]
Jhiqui later accompanies Daenerys to Daznak's Pit as part of the royal procession.[14] She and Irri both depart Meereen as part of the search parties dispatched across the Skahazadhan to locate Daenerys after she disappears on Drogon's back.[15]
Quotes

Daenerys: Have you ever seen a dragon?
Irri: Dragons are gone, Khaleesi.
Jhiqui: It is known.[6]
Jhiqui: Dead. Long and long ago.
Daenerys: Everywhere? Even in the east?
Irri: No dragon. Brave men kill them, for dragon terrible evil beasts. It is known.—Daenerys Targaryen, Irri and Jhiqui
Daenerys: I have won no victories.
Jhiqui: You burned the maegi in their house of dust and sent their souls to hell.[9]—Daenerys Targaryen and Jhiqui
Irri: Khaleesi, you must not touch the dead man. It is bad luck to touch the dead.
Jhiqui: Unless you killed them yourself. That is known.
Irri: It is known.[5]
—Irri and Jhiqui
Jhiqui: You are too skinny for him. You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known.
Irri: It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.[13]
External links
- Jhiqui on the Game of Thrones Wiki.
References
- ↑ See the Jhiqui calculation.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Jhiqui.
- ↑ Game of Thrones, Season 1, "The Kingsroad".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 68, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 12, Eddard II.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 63, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 8, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 27, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 36, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 55, The Queensguard.
- 284 AC births
- Bilingual characters
- Characters from the Dothraki sea
- Characters with black hair
- Characters with copper skin
- Courtiers and followers of Daenerys Targaryen
- Companions and ladies-in-waiting of Daenerys Targaryen
- Dothraki
- Handmaids
- House Targaryen retainers
- Members of Drogo's khalasar
- Slaves and freedmen
- Translators