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Jorah is Commander Jeor Mormont’s son. Jorah fled Westeros in disgrace after he sold two poachers to a slaver instead of sending them to the Night’s Watch. Ned was in charge of enforcing Jorah’s punishment, and Jorah holds a grudge against Ned as a result. Jorah meets Viserys and Daenerys at Daenerys’s wedding to Khal Drogo. Jorah then works for Viserys, whom he seems to despise. Jorah sends information to Varys about Viserys and Daenerys in hopes that he can secure a pardon from the king that will allow him to return to Westeros. Jorah tells Varys when Daenerys becomes pregnant, which results in Robert’s plot to kill Viserys, Daenerys, and Daenerys’s unborn child. Despite his role as an informant to the king, Jorah becomes one of Daenerys’s most trusted confidants and saves Daenerys from a wine merchant’s attempt to poison her. At the end of the novel, Jorah pledges his fealty to Daenerys as his queen.
Jorah Mormont Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Jorah Mormont or refer to Jorah Mormont. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 23: Daenerys
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“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” He gave a shrug. “They never are.”
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Chapter 72: Daenerys
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Ser Jorah Mormont drew her aside as the sun was creeping toward its zenith. “Princess …” he began.
“Why do you call me that?” Dany challenged him. “My brother Viserys was your king, was he not?”
“He was, my lady.”
“Viserys is dead. I am his heir, the last blood of House Targaryen. Whatever was his is mine now.”
“My … queen,” Ser Jorah said, going to one knee. “My sword that was his is yours, Daenerys. And my heart as well, that never belonged to your brother.
As she climbed down off the pyre, she noticed Mirri Maz Duur watching her. “You are mad,” the godswife said hoarsely.
“Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” Dany asked. “Ser Jorah, take this maegi and bind her to the pyre […] I thank you, Mirri Maz Duur,” she said, “for the lessons you have taught me.”
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Jorah Mormont Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Jorah Mormont or refer to Jorah Mormont. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 23: Daenerys
Quotes
“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” He gave a shrug. “They never are.”
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Chapter 72: Daenerys
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Ser Jorah Mormont drew her aside as the sun was creeping toward its zenith. “Princess …” he began.
“Why do you call me that?” Dany challenged him. “My brother Viserys was your king, was he not?”
“He was, my lady.”
“Viserys is dead. I am his heir, the last blood of House Targaryen. Whatever was his is mine now.”
“My … queen,” Ser Jorah said, going to one knee. “My sword that was his is yours, Daenerys. And my heart as well, that never belonged to your brother.
As she climbed down off the pyre, she noticed Mirri Maz Duur watching her. “You are mad,” the godswife said hoarsely.
“Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” Dany asked. “Ser Jorah, take this maegi and bind her to the pyre […] I thank you, Mirri Maz Duur,” she said, “for the lessons you have taught me.”
