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"She was Drogo's first gift to me."
Daenerys Targaryen to Jorah Mormont[src]

Daenerys Targaryen's mare is a mare given to Daenerys Targaryen by Khal Drogo as a wedding gift.

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Game of Thrones: Season 1[]

At their wedding, Drogo gives Daenerys her mare as a gift. Daenerys declares that she is beautiful and asks Ser Jorah Mormont what the word for "thank you" is in Dothraki. Jorah replies that there is no such word. Dany rides her mare as she and Drogo depart to consummate their marriage.[1]

In pain due to her inexperience in horseback riding, Daenerys needs to be helped down from her mare by her handmaidens.[2]

Daenerys rides her mare through the Dothraki Sea[3] and on to Vaes Dothrak.[4]

After a wineseller is caught attempting to poison Daenerys, he is punished by being stripped and bound with a rope to her mare's saddle and is pulled along the road as the khalasar makes it's way to Lhazar.[5]

Daenerys leaps from her mare to help Drogo when he falls from his horse, a wound he received in his duel with Mago having festered due to treachery of Mirri Maz Duur.[6]

Game of Thrones: Season 2[]

Her mare dies of starvation in the Red Waste. Daenerys takes her death very hard, as she was the first gift Drogo gave her.[7]

In the books[]

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Drogo gives Daenerys the silver as a wedding gift. Unlike in the show, it is not white but grey as the winter sea, with a mane like silver smoke (hence its name).

Daenerys's silver does not die in the Red Waste in the books, but continues with her to Slaver's Bay. So far she is alive and well. When Daenerys does obtain the Unsullied in Astapor in the TV series, she acquires a new, similar silver horse.

In a sample chapter of The Winds of Winter, Ser Barristan Selmy rides the silver to battle in the second siege of Meereen. He feels a bit uncomfortable doing so, regarding it as presumptuous action, but believes it is important to have some symbol of his queen around to improve morale among those who are loyal to her, even in her absence. Moreover, the silver has been years in the company of Daenerys's dragons, and has grown accustomed to their sight and scent - in contrast to the enemy's horses.

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  1. In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 2 in 299 AC.

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