Illyrio Mopatis

• Individual Picture Notes
  • Ian McNeice as Illyrio Mopatis in HBO Game of Thrones

• General Notes
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    Illyrio Mopatis is a wealthy and powerful Magister in the Free City of Pentos. He is morbidly obese, with yellow hair and a forked beard. He frequently salts his speech with references to the Lord of Light.
    
    For a time, Illyrio served as custodian of the exiled Daenerys and Visyrs Targaryen. He now seeks to return them to the Iron Throne, though his motive for this remains uncertain. Illyrio brokered the arranged marriage between Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo to use Drogo's powerful khalasar as an invasion force. He also worked with Varys, King Robert's spymaster, to engineer a strategic period of weakness for the Targaryens' invasion.
    
    Illyrio gifted Daenerys three petrified dragon eggs at her wedding to Khal Drogo, and he continued to look after Daenerys, sending her occasional aid.  Daenerys later confiscated the three ships Illyrio sent to bring her to Pentos, along with all the wealth aboard these ships, though she still considers Illryio an ally.