![]() Her advisor Ser Jorah Mormont is more hesitant, however, stressing that men like Xaro only want something in return. She seriously considers Xaro's offer of a marriage-alliance, as he can provide her with enough money to raise an army to invade Westeros with. More importantly, the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings means that House Targaryen's enemies are now divided. ![]() ĭaenerys is at first excited by this news, as she has lived in fear of Robert Baratheon her entire life. Daenerys learns that the major noble Houses which played an active role in deposing House Targaryen are now fighting each other: Robb Stark is fighting the Lannisters, and the Baratheons have been split between Robert's two younger brothers, Stannis and Renly. Xaro informs Daenerys that news has reached Qarth that King Robert Baratheon is dead, and the subsequent outbreak of the War of the Five Kings which is tearing Westeros apart. Inside is his enormous fortune which he promises to divide with her if she will marry him. Later that night, he shows her his massive treasure vault which is impossible to open without the key he always wears around his neck. Xaro hosts a lavish reception for Daenerys in his gardens to introduce her around to Qarth's social elites, and showers her with gifts. He makes repeated references to the fact that he came to Qarth with nothing, but by skill and determination has made himself the richest man in the city. Xaro welcomes Daenerys to the city and makes her a guest in his expansive mansion. Xaro invokes the ancient custom of Sumai to allow her and her people to be admitted under his protection. They demand to see her dragons and when she refuses they deny her admission to the city. Xaro and the Thirteen meet Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen at the gates of Qarth, weeks after the Thirteen met with Daenerys's bloodrider Kovarro. Xaro invokes Sumai for Daenerys and her khalasar. Among them are glass candles burning, ghost grass growing far away from the Shadow Lands and a Dothraki khalasar led by a woman with three heads, presumably Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons. Xaro Xhoan Daxos has heard rumors concerning the return of magic into the world. In Qarth, a merchant invited into the Thirteen remains in his seat for as long as he is feared or respected enough not to be denied membership by his other twelve peers, unlike the Pureborn, who hold hereditary seats. He boasts of being the wealthiest man in Qarth. He claims that he was married once, but his wife died. He is a member of the Thirteen, an organization that rules over Qarth. Xaro Xhoan Daxos is a powerful merchant prince of the great city of Qarth born on the Summer Islands, located far to the south of the Dothraki Sea, beyond the Red Waste.
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