- "Should you grow weary of Xaro's baubles and trinkets it would be an honor to host you at the House of the Undying"
- ―Pyat Pree to Daenerys Targaryen
The House of the Undying is a location in Qarth. It is the headquarters of the Warlocks of Qarth. It is a large tower without any visible openings and surrounded by trees which are used to make Shade of the evening.
History
Season 2
Daenerys, Ser Jorah Mormont and Kovarro reach the House of the Undying. While trying to figure out a way inside, Jorah loses sight of Dany. She enters inside and with a flamed torch begins her search for her dragons. She finds herself in an illusion of the charred remains Great Hall of the Red Keep, covered in snow; then she finds herself in another illusion in which she emerges from the Wall in a snowy storm and then enters a tent where she meets with Drogo and their son Rhaego. Aware of the illusion, she leaves and finds herself in a room with her chained dragons, and soon Pyat Pree chains Daenerys up as well. The warlock states that he intends to keep her prisoner forever. However, as the dragons are not muzzled, Dany is able to command them to burn Pree.[1]
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the House of the Undying is the abode of the Undying Ones, the leaders of the Qartheen warlocks. It is described as a grey, ancient ruin, is long and low, with no towers or windows. It is coiled like a stone serpent through a grove of black-barked trees with inky blue leaves which are used to make Shade of the evening.
Among the visions Daenerys saw:
- A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarves who serve the house.
- A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a wolf's head sitting on a throne wearing an iron crown. Clearly it is a foreshadowing of the Red Wedding.
- Daenerys' childhood home in Braavos.
- A throne room with dragon skulls on the walls, where a king resembling Aerys II Targaryen sits on a barbed throne and appears to give the order to burn the Red Keep during the Sack of King's Landing.
- A room where a silver-haired man, who resembles Viserys but is taller and with darker eyes (presumably Rhaegar Targaryen) talks to a woman who nurses a baby, names the baby Aegon, saying the child is "the prince that was promised" and "The dragon has three heads", then plays a harp.
- A splendor of wizards who claim to be the Undying of Qarth and offer to teach Daenerys the secret speech of dragonkind.
References
See also
- House of the Undying at A Wiki of ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)