Chapter 210

The dragon flew at least five hundred feet above the sea, yet the gale from its titanic wings still heaved the waves below. By its power alone it raised a thunder like that of a thousand troops on the march.

Sharp eyes picked out a figure on its back—a towering man, a curved blade at his hip, standing with his hands behind him. Obviously a man, bearded and long-braided, and he rode a dragon. Who else could it be but the mightiest khal of the Dothraki, the new Dragon King—Drogo!

Anyone but simpletons and small children could have guessed as much.