- "I will not sail with a man who cannot best me."
- ―Sharako Lohar to Tyland Lannister
Sharako Lohar is a Lyseni serving as a commander of the Triarchy fleet.[1]
Biography[]
Sharako is an eccentric but highly skilled admiral in the Triarchy's fleet. Sharako was born biologically female but essentially lives as a man, and has multiple wives. The leaders of the Triarchy couldn't quite understand how a woman could behave masculinely, so they just refer to Sharako as a man (using he/him pronouns).
Behind the scenes[]
Sharako Lohar's character description reads as follows:
- "An eccentric Lysene commander of the Triarchy fleet."[2]
In the books[]
In Fire & Blood, Lohar was a Lysene admiral who commanded a combined Triarchy fleet of 90 Myrish, Lysene, and Tyroshi warships.[3]
Lohar is only referred to by name in four lines of the book, and was given no physical description whatsoever.
In the condensed prequel novella The Princess and the Queen (2013), Sharako was only referred to in two lines - which were worded in such a way that Sharako's gender wasn't even clear (only describing "the fleet commanded by Sharako Lohar" without using pronouns). The full version of Fire & Blood released in 2018 only contained one more brief reference to Sharako in a later chapter - two lines in the same paragraph - which didn't give any further description or background (except tacitly referring to Sharako as "he," confirming Sharako was male).
The TV-version of Sharako isn't just a renamed version of Racallio, but recombines several elements from Racallio in the books. Whereas Racallio in the books was born biologically male but often exhibits feminine traits (often referred to as "Queen Racallio"), TV-Sharako was born biologically female but often exhbits masculine traits, and Sharako's superiors use masculine pronouns to refer to the character. Essentially, in modern terms Book-Racallio has some aspects of a transwoman, while TV-Sharako has some aspects of a transman - but these are not terms that exist in their medieval setting.
There are some different cultures in Essos that do believe that gender is based on social roles and not biology, for example the Moonsinger religion which can be found in the Free Cities believes that a female who behaves like a man and performs the social functions of a man (such as a warrior) by definition is a "man"; similarly, because their priesthood is all-female, any biological male who wishes to become a priest can do so, but must live as a "woman" and by definition "is" a woman.
Appearances[]
Forthcoming[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 House of the Dragon: Season 2, Episode 8: "The Queen Who Ever Was" (2024).
- ↑ Unknown author (Unknown date). House of the Dragon S2 | Character Descriptions. Warner Bros. Discovery. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons — The Red Dragon and the Gold (2018).
- ↑ The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon: Season 2, Episode 12: "Ep. 8: The Queen Who Ever Was (with Showrunner Ryan Condal)" (2024).
External links[]
- Sharako Lohar on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for House of the Dragon)