Opinions on Dany in TWOW? [Spoilers Extended]
I wanted to see what everyone else thought Dany’s arc would be in TWOW. I’ve been wondering about it after my reread of ADWD.
I think it’s pretty obvious that she will be returning to Vaes Dothrak because of the Quaithe prophecy (to go forward, you must go back) and because it’s not like Drogon is letting her return to Meereen any time soon. But how will she go back? Will it be as a captive like in the show or will she go of her own accord to try and unite the Dothraki behind her? If she does unite the Dothraki as the Khal of Khals, how will she do it?
After her arc with the Dothraki, she will need to go back to Meereen because she has unfinished business there and once again because of the Quaithe prophecy (to go west, you must go east). What will she do once she gets there? I’m guessing she will rain fire down on the masters since peace failed, but does she just stop with Meereen or does she take back Yunkai and Astapor too on her way to Westeros? Will she also destroy the masters of New Ghis (this would be a bit out of her way, but they would pose a threat to her liberated people)? Volantis feels like a Chekhov’s Gun since it is so well known for slavery, is in the path to Westeros, is already established as one of Dany’s enemies, and has slaves there waiting for her coming. She has to do something about it, but what? Could she also go after the other free cities like Lys and Tyrosh since they also practice slavery?
How will she handle Hizdahr? Will he even still be alive when she gets there? Victarion certainly has no objections to killing him, and if Daario is still alive after the Battle of Fire, he would also want Hizdahr dead, if not out of jealousy, then for the poisoning (whether that was truly Hizdahr or not).
If Hizdahr is no longer in the picture, will Dany marry Victarion Greyjoy? She will need the Iron Fleet if she means to take her army to Westeros, but is she willing to pay his price for them? She’s already done the political alliance marriage with Hizdahr, and her arc is clearly moving away from such diplomatic approaches with her Fire and Blood revelations in the Dothraki Sea. Will she take the Iron Fleet from him by force? How will she react to the Dragonbinder horn? Will the Dragonbinder horn even work as intended?
How will she react to the return of Jorah and will she like his gift of Tyrion, or will she have his head off?
How will she react to Tyrion in general? He did win the Second Sons back to her side, and he killed his father who was responsible for the sack of KL and the death of her brother’s children. But then again, he is a Lannister. Will we see a similar situation as the show where Tyrion helps to rule Meereen in her absence?
And most importantly to me, when will she put a saddle on her dragon? Because I will not accept the idea that she just rawdogs dragon riding for the rest of the story like she did in the show.
If y’all have any other ideas or theories for what happens or other questions, I would love to hear them!