“Where are the defenses?” Dany argues with Sir Jorah over why they should buy brainwashed slave soldiers from a city with no defenses.
This was mostly an excuse to do a picture of Astapor, and by that criterion, it comes out okay. I probably could use have used a bit more detail, including more bustle between the darks and the walls. But perhaps this absence works as a way of showing just how much Astapor is in decline. I’m more than happy to run with that defense.
“You speak of sacking cities. Answer me this, ser—why have the Dothraki never sacked this city?” She pointed. “Look at the walls. You can see where they’ve begun to crumble. There, and there. Do you see any guards on those towers? I don’t. Are they hiding, ser? I saw these sons of the harpy today, all their proud highborn warriors. They dressed in linen skirts, and the fiercest thing about them was their hair. Even a modest khalasar could crack this Astapor like a nut and spill out the rotted meat inside. So tell me, why is that ugly harpy not sitting beside the godsway in Vaes Dothrak among the other stolen gods?” Daenerys II -pg 329
