Yeah I thought about the outline, but since George (thank god) didn't go that route I'm convinced the eggs must be more than plot. We are told expressly that these three dragon’s eggs are ancient, petrified eggs from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai, and we recall that Illyrio is a trader in dragonbone with a trading network that stretches to the fabled lands beside the Jade Sea. In his 1993 letter, outlining A Song of Ice and Fire, we see that The George initially intended to have Daenerys stumble upon a nest of petrified dragon’s eggs on the edge of the Dothraki Sea.Ī bit later, we encounter the three egg MacGuffins. Keep in mind this could be nothing more than a plot device.
Does this mean that Illyrio gave Daenerys to Drogo, so Drogo gave Illyrio a fortune in horses and slaves? If so, then Drogo would not “owe” Viserys a crown, would he? On the other hand, should we believe that Daenerys’s property was, in fact, the property of her khal, and that by giving Daenerys such “a truly magnificent gift,” that Illyrio had upset the gift-giving balance back in his favor? Here we learn that the three dragon’s eggs are worth the fortune in horses and slaves that Illyrio collected from Drogo for brokering the marriage pact. He had collected a fortune in horses and slaves for his part in selling her to Khal Drogo. It was a truly magnificent gift, though she knew that Illyrio could afford to be lavish. "I shall treasure them always." Dany had heard tales of such eggs, but she had never seen one, nor thought to see one. When Viserys claims that he is “no lesser man,” but “the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms,” and that “he dragon does not beg," Daenerys notices. Once again, we see a hint that Illyrio has some ulterior motive. In any event, Illyrio tells us that Drogo will not aid Viserys until after he presents Daenerys to the dosh khaleen, and then, only “if the omens favor war," suggesting that Viserys should be prepared to wait “another few years." So, whether Drogo actually promised to support Viserys’s claim in exchange for his Targaryen bride, or Drogo actually promised Illyrio a number of Dothraki fighters, or Illyrio brokered the marriage to secure Drogo’s friendship in hopes of obtaining his material support, we cannot know with certainty. While this is a foreshadowing of the crown of molten gold Drogo actually gives Viserys, the passage clearly suggests to the reader that Drogo has bargained for his bride by promising to support materially Viserys’s claim. Illyrio, of course, attends the wedding feast in Daenerys II, Game 11, when we learn that, through Illyrio, Khal Drogo has promised Viserys a crown.
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