Thin, quick to laugh, and marked by only the faintest shadow of a Dothraki warrior's mustache, Jhogo was raised to bloodrider alongside Aggo and Rakharo after Khal Drogo's death, and Daenerys marked the honor by pressing into his hands the silver-handled whip she had been given as a wedding gift and never had much use for herself. He put it to considerably sharper use than ceremony — leading Daenerys's procession into Qarth's Hall of a Thousand Thrones to petition the city's ruling Pureborn, and lashing it out in the House of the Undying's defense when the warlock Pyat Pree turned murderous, helping disarm him before real harm was done.
House Targaryen
Jhogo
- Titles
- bloodrider to Queen Daenerys Targaryen
- Allegiance
- bloodrider sworn to Daenerys Targaryen
- Seat
- none
- Culture
- Dothraki
- Religion
- the Great Stallion / Dothraki tradition
- Weapon
- a silver-handled whip, gifted by Daenerys
- Notable for
- One of Daenerys's three bloodriders; helped disarm the warlock Pyat Pree in Qarth
Last confirmed riding for Daenerys Targaryen, helping pacify the lands around Meereen.
Appearances
In the novels
- A Game of Thrones
- A Clash of Kings
- A Storm of Swords
- A Dance with Dragons
Key events
- 298 ACAfter Khal Drogo's death, is raised to bloodrider alongside Aggo and Rakharo, and receives from Daenerys the silver-handled whip she had never had much use for herself.
- 299 ACLeads Daenerys's procession into Qarth's Hall of a Thousand Thrones to petition the city's ruling Pureborn.
- 299 ACHelps disarm the warlock Pyat Pree with his whip when Pree turns murderous inside the House of the Undying.
- 300 ACAfter Meereen's fall, leads riders alongside Aggo and Rakharo to subdue the surrounding countryside and bring grain to the city.
- 300 ACJoins the search parties sent across the Dothraki sea after Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back.
Reading the character
Jhogo's whip is a small but pointed detail — a wedding gift Daenerys never wanted for herself, repurposed as a weapon in the hands of a man whose loyalty turned out to be worth far more than the marriage that produced it. Quick to laugh and still barely bearded, he reads as the most approachable of the three bloodriders, which makes his competence in a real crisis, disarming a murderous warlock inside a haunted tower, land with a bit more surprise than the same act from Aggo or Rakharo might.
Like his fellow bloodriders, Jhogo's loyalty has never once been transactional, which places him in useful contrast with the parade of Qartheen merchants, Meereenese nobles, and political marriages Daenerys has had to navigate since leaving the Dothraki sea. He represents the plainest form of the loyalty she keeps searching for everywhere else and rarely finding.
The arc of Jhogo
This carries the character’s road through the published novels. Read on only if you do not fear to know.
These partings name deaths, endings, and roads not yet ridden in the books. Unveil them only if both roads are known to you — or if you do not fear to know.
In the timeline
SourcesAGOT · DaenerysACOK · DaenerysASOS · DaenerysADWD · DaenerysTWOIAF · The Dothraki
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What gift did Daenerys give Jhogo?
The silver-handled whip she received as a wedding gift, bestowed on him when she named him one of her three bloodriders after Khal Drogo's death.
What did Jhogo do during the attack in the House of the Undying?
He helped disarm the warlock Pyat Pree with his whip when Pree turned violent against Daenerys in Qarth — one of several moments the text uses to show the bloodriders' loyalty extending well beyond the Dothraki sea.