Game Of Thrones: 5 Major Book Changes From "The House Of Black And White"

On The Show: Situated in Meereen for the purpose of learning to rule prior to making her move for Westeros, Daenerys struggles to implement the ways of the Seven Kingdoms on a city built upon an entirely different system. When a former slave assassinates a man awaiting trial for murder, Dany feels compelled to hold him to the same standard of justice as the man that he slew. Despite the increasing rebelliousness from the former slaves, Dany brings the man before all of Meereen and has him beheaded by Daario Naharis.

In The Books: While Dany’s rule in Meereen is not without unrest, the majority of her troubles are less violent and more political. As the Sons of the Harpy harass her troops on the streets, Dany deals with the realities of an economy formerly based on slave trade collapsing after the mass emancipation. The blockade on Meereen’s ports enacted by the other slave cities as well as the scorched earth method of invasion, the people of Meereen are running out of resources.

What It Could Mean: The political lessons learned by Dany’s tenure in Meereen may be of minimal importance to the grand scheme of the narrative, and it is likely that her story is building toward her flight from the city on Drogon’s back.