With Meereen conquered, Daenerys soon learned that the council of Astapor fell to a former
Butcher named Cleon who declared himself king and enslaved the former aristocracy.
In Yunkai, the Wise Masters had returned to their old ways, and were gathering allies
to fight against her forces.
Fearing that Meereen would suffer the same fate as the other cities, she decided to hold
off on travelling to westeros, instead staying on as queen of Meereen, so she might learn
to rule and protect the former slaves.
Meanwhile rumors about Daenerys Stormborn and her dragons spread across the known world.
Maester Aemon of the night’s watch even confided in his steward Sam Tarley, claiming
that Daenerys was the prophesied hero that would come to save the realms of men.
Unfortunately he was too old to seek her out, and so the task fell to Archmaester Marwyn,
who took on the task after Aemon’s death, and travelled east to find Daenerys and offer
his service and council.
In Meereen the Queen struggled to maintain order as a rebel insurgency known as the Sons
of the Harpy attacked her followers in the streets, fighting a shadow war on behalf of
the Great Masters who once ruled the city.
To combat this aggression, Daenerys placed a blood tax on the Meereenese nobility in
order to fund a city watch known as the Brazen Beasts.
She also took 2 hostages from each of their families, threatening to harm them if the
attacks continued.
And while the attacks did continue, she ultimately chose not to harm the hostages.
Yet not all were against the new ruler of the city, with the former slaves and lower
classes rising to prominence under the new government.
A movement formed of those who embraced the new Queen and changes in society, shaving
off their hair as a symbol of this new beginning.
The shavepates as they became known, were led by Skahaz mo Kandaq an advisor to the
queen.
A number of companies also formed from the recently liberated slave population like the
Mother's Men, Free Brothers, and Stalwart Shields.
As time went on, the three dragons who flew in the skies above the city grew, with the
largest of them being Drogon who regularly killed farm animals in the countryside, creating
a system where the royal court would pay for any livestock destroyed.
However when a man arrived with the bones of his deceased daughter, Daenerys realized
her dragons were becoming a threat to the people, and while drogon was able to fly away
and escape, Rhaegal and Viserion were locked away, where they could do no harm.
Late one evening, the Queen was visited by the mysterious woman Quiathe, who was using
magic to make contact, in order to recite yet another prophecy.
As the enemies of meereen continued to gather all around them, Xaro Xhoan Daxos of Qarth
arrived in the city, bringing 13 ships with him as a gift for the Queen, on the condition
that she gather her soldiers and leave Slaver’s bay.
He stated that her presence and actions had disrupted the slave trade in southern essos,
affecting the economies of Volantis and Qarth.
However she refused his offer, causing him to leave her a bloody glove on a satin pillow,
meant to convey that Qarth declared war on Meereen.
With an alliance of powers including, New Ghis, Tolos, Qarth, Volantis and the Wise
Masters of Yunkai, they were able to defeat King Cleon of Astapor, taking the city and
then sending a naval fleet to blockade Meereen as they prepared to march north.
Meanwhile Daenerys began to make a number of concessions to the Meereenese nobility,
in an attempt to stabilize the city and prepare for its defense.
In order to stop the rebel insurgency and make peace with the other powers of Slaver’s
bay, she agreed to marry a Meereenese nobleman named Hizdar zo Loraq, on the condition that
he use his connection to stop the attacks from the Sons of the Harpy for 90 days.
His success however, in stopping the violence led skahaz mo kandaq to suggest he may be
the Harpy, leader of the insurgents.
As refugees from Astapor begin trickling in from the south, they bring with them the bloody
flux, also known as the pale mare, and so were not allowed to enter the city.
The stress and severity of the situation, led Daenerys to take Daario Naharis as a lover,
and was then introduced to a man who revealed himself to be Quentyn Martell, son to the
Prince of Dorne, who’d come to offer a marriage alliance, which would see their houses join
together to conquer Westeros.
However with her immediate concern being the security of Meereen, she rejects his offer,
instead planning to go through with her wedding to Hizdar zo Loraq.
To celebrate the terms of peace, a great celebration was held in the fighting pits of meereen,
where Hizdar insisted that Daenerys try the Honeyed Locusts.
However she was so unhappy with the events unfolding she had no appetite, leaving the
man Strong Belwas to eat a great many of them.
However he soon fell ill, realizing that the locusts were poisoned.
At the same time Drogon returned, interrupting the festivities and landing in the arena.
Daenerys, elated to see her dragon again, but also scared to see fighters preparing
to attack, ran to the creature, mounting it for the first time, and flying away on its
back, leaving the chaos of Meereen behind.
Drogon took her deep into the Dothraki Sea, but refused to take her back, and so she began
to walk through the grasslands.
Unfortunately she soon became grievously ill after drinking contaminated water, hallucinating
and losing consciousness.
But she survived and once again mounted Drogon when he returned, then hunting down a horse,
and together ate its charred remains.
Daenerys Targaryen, queen of Meereen, mother of dragons, was then found by the Dothraki
Khalasar of Khal Jhaqo.