Following the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Daenerys Targaryen's life, her husband and Khal, Drogo promises to give her the Seven Kingdoms. Knowing full well, his Khaleesi and unborn child have enemies in the Seven Kingdoms, an irate Drogo declares he will give his son "the iron chair that his mother's father sat upon." As he makes this promise in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 7 "You Win or You Die," Khaleesi's heart swells with happiness because she thinks she finally gets to go home. Khaleesi wants her, Drogo, and their unborn child to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and while she has the claim and Drogo the might, Game of Thrones is all about maximizing shock value.
Daenerys' plan of conquest starts to go haywire during the Lhazareen plunder, featured in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 8 "The Pointy End." Drogo invites a challenge from a member of his khalasar, Mago who accuses Khaleesi of denying him his spoils. Mago is killed in combat but Drogo takes a cut to the chest which appears harmless at first. He maintains "It is the bite of a fly," but a worried Khaleesi asks for a healer to come forward. A Lhazareen godswife named Mirri Maz Duur, earlier claimed by Daenerys, volunteers. "I can help the great rider with his cut," says Duur adding that her mother who was a godswife before her taught her to make healing smokes and ointments. On Daenerys' insistence, Drogo lets Duur treat her wound in order to prevent it from festering.
Daenerys Places Dragon Eggs Next To Drogo
Drogo's condition worsens in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 9 "Baelor," and he falls off his horse. His khalasar and bloodrider, Qotho begin to lose faith in him, but Daenerys maintains he is tired, and they need to camp. She commands Qotho to bring the godswife, Durr to help cure Drogo's festering wound, and he reluctantly agrees. She keeps faith in her husband even when her wisest confidant, Ser Jorah says otherwise. "We must go quickly. I've heard there's a good port in Asshai," he advises. While Khaleesi is adamant to stay beside her husband, Jorah educates her on Dothraki's rules of inheritance. "This isn't Westeros where men honor blood. Here they only honor strength. There will be fighting after Drogo dies," he says.
Jorah warns Khaleesi that she and her unborn boy are in grave danger, and Qotho brings Durr to her. The duplicitous sorceress misguides Khaleesi, saying there exists a spell that can bring Drogo back to life, but it comes with a price. While Daenerys (portrayed by Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones) assumes Durr asks for gold, she's told in matters of bloodmagic only death can pay for life. Durr orders Drogo's stallion to be brought into his tent and begins the ritual. Khaleesi's Dothraki bodyguard, Rakharo warns her to stop, but she gives her the nod to slit the stallion's throat over Drogo's body. Khaleesi believes Durr will bring Drogo back to him, but her son, Rhaego's pays for his father's life.
Drogo's khalasar is gone, as the Dothraki follow only the strong. The vengeful sorceress' bloodmagic leaves Drogo in a vegetative state, and she prophesies that he will be as he was "when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east..." and "when the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves." The sorceress knew what would become of Drogo before performing her bloodmagic ritual, yet she went ahead with it because she resented Khal for burning her temple. Heartbroken, Daenerys gives up hope and smothers Drogo with a pillow. She makes arrangements for his last rites and orders Rakharo to place her three dragon eggs next to him in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 10 "Fire and Blood."
The Birth Of Dragons
In the Game of Thrones pilot episode "Winter Is Coming," Daenerys receives three dragon eggs of green, black, and gold color as a wedding present from the Magister of Pentos, Illyrio Mopatis. He informs her the dragon eggs are from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai and that time has turned them to stone. Daenerys decides to have these supposedly fossilized eggs placed on Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. Her attempt to hatch the eggs is unlike Aegon V Targaryen's disastrous attempt which culminated in the Tragedy at Summerhall. Daenerys orders Durr to be bound to the pyre as she wants her life in the bloodmagic ritual that's about to begin.
Daenerys sets alight the pyre and walks into its flames amid Durr's cries. The sorceress' death pays for the birth of Daenerys' dragons. At dawn, Ser Jorah finds an unharmed, unclothed Daenerys surrounded by three dragon hatchlings. Drogon, the dragon Daenerys rode until her tragic fate, stands on her shoulder, while Rhaegal lies in the warmth of her left hand, and Viserion clings to her left leg. Ser Jorah, Rakharo, and a handful of Dothraki men and women drop to their knees, as the Mother of Dragons rises from the ashes like a phoenix. The season 1 finale marks the beginning of Daenerys' fascinating arc which ends on a bad note in the Game of Thrones series finale.