The Citadel's chronicle holds to the novels as its primary record, and on that standard Kovarro is a substitution rather than a person — the show's replacement for Jhogo as the third of Daenerys's bloodriders, reportedly renamed by the production to avoid confusing viewers between 'Jhogo' and 'Jhaqo,' an unrelated Dothraki ko who appears later in the story. Where the books have Jhogo scouting the Red Waste, carrying Daenerys's silver whip, and helping disarm a murderous warlock in Qarth, the adaptation assigns some portion of those beats to Kovarro instead.
Unaligned
Kovarro
a bloodrider of Daenerys Targaryen (television only)
- House
- no house recorded; a name the novels do not use
- Titles
- bloodrider to Daenerys Targaryen (television only)
- Allegiance
- television-only; the show's version of a role the novels give to Jhogo
- Seat
- none
- Culture
- Dothraki (television)
- Religion
- unspecified
- Weapon
- arakh
- Notable for
- A TV-only bloodrider standing in for the novels' Jhogo, reportedly renamed to avoid confusion with the unrelated Dothraki ko Jhaqo
This entry exists to note a divergence rather than to report a fate: readers of the novels will not meet a bloodrider named Kovarro there.
Where they appear
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.
Key events
- television onlyCreated for the show as one of Daenerys Targaryen's three bloodriders, reportedly renamed from the novels' 'Jhogo' to avoid confusion with the unrelated Dothraki ko Jhaqo.
- television only, roughly 299 ACRides with Daenerys through the aftermath of Khal Drogo's death and the harsh crossing that follows.
- television onlyContinues serving alongside the show's Aggo and Rakharo through the back half of that season.
- television onlyFades from the show's account after the second season, with no further storyline or on-screen resolution given.
Reading the character
Kovarro exists to resolve a practical problem rather than a narrative one: the production's own account holds that 'Jhogo' and 'Jhaqo' — two entirely unrelated Dothraki names in Martin's text — sounded close enough aloud to risk confusing television audiences, and Kovarro was the fix. He performs, in abbreviated form, some of the same functions the novels give Jhogo: riding at Daenerys's side as one of her three named bloodriders during a difficult stretch of her journey.
His quiet disappearance from the show after its second season, without any on-screen explanation, mirrors — probably coincidentally — the same kind of narrative silence the novels leave around several supporting Dothraki figures. For readers of the books, the more useful fact to hold onto is simple: whatever happens to Kovarro on screen tells you nothing about Jhogo, who is alive, trusted, and still riding for Daenerys as of the last published novel.
The arc of Kovarro
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.
SourcesAGOT · DaenerysACOK · DaenerysADWD · Daenerys
Is Kovarro in the A Song of Ice and Fire books?
No. He was created for the television series as the third of Daenerys's bloodriders; the novels give that role to a character named Jhogo instead.
Who is the book equivalent of Kovarro?
Jhogo — one of Daenerys Targaryen's three bloodriders, sworn to her after Khal Drogo's death alongside Aggo and Rakharo, and still alive and in her service as of the last published novel.