The answer seems obvious: Xanda Qo is also credited for introducing Swan ships and bows of goldenheart to the Summer Isles. The question is: how did she pull off that victory against the dragonlords? What did she have that the Rhoynar didn't? The Years of Shame apparently ended with the Slavers' Wars when princess Xanda Qo united the archipelago under her banner and drove off the enemy. Indeed chronicles state some princes sold off their own people as slaves, which suggests that the Summer Isles at least managed to retain political independance.

It is remarkable that although these empires were raiding the Summer Isles to acquire their slaves, these lands were never conquered per se.

The Years of Shame were a conflict opposing the native Summer Islanders against superpowers such as Ghis, the Basilisk Isles but also Valyria. Although he appears inoffensive at first, Jalabhar was planted by G.R.R Martin very early on in the story to set up possibilities for anti-Targaryen forces to fight back against the dragonriders.ĮXHIBIT A: Daenerys and her dragons should fear the navy of the Summer Islanders This may lead to the death of one or several of Daenerys' dragons. The political situation in Westeros is now forcing Jalabhar to look for other sponsors. Summer Islanders are a signicant threat to dragons and he was a way to mitigate that. Jalabhar Xho was a creature of Varys and Illyrio.

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