Daenerys Targaryen/Jorah Mormont

Pairing
Pairing:	Daenerys Targaryen/Jorah Mormont
Alternative name(s):	Jornaerys, Jorleesi
Gender category:	Het
Fandom:	Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
Canonical?:	Semi-canon (one-sided)
Prevalence:	Small
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Daenerys Targaryen/Jorah Mormont, also known as Jornaerys or Jorleesi, is the het pairing of Daenerys Targaryen and Jorah Mormont in the A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones fandoms.

Nobody in Westeros and Essos combined loves the mother of Dragons with the same intensity Ser Jorah does.

GoT Parenthesis : my opinion about Jonerys - waltzingbaguette

Canon

Daenerys and Jorah first meet at her wedding to Khal Drogo, Jorah is an exiled westerosi knight living in Essos and Daenerys an exiled princess. Jorah travels with the Dothraki to spy on Daenerys and her brother Viserys. Over time Jorah comes to love her. After the death of her brother, husband and unborn child Jorah remains with her as she conquers Slaver's Bay. In Season 4 it is revealed that he had betrayed her in the past, and she banishes him. He returns with Tyrion Lannister, again he is turned away, but is ultimately forgiven when he helps save her life during the rebellion in the fighting pits. Jorah contracts greyscale, a disease he believes to be a death sentence, but Daenerys commands him to find a cure. Jorah seeks treatment at the Citadel, and is cured by Samwell Tarly, before returning to Daenerys' side.

Fandom

Statistics

• Daenerys Targaryen/Jorah Mormont has a smaller presence in fanfiction than other Game of Thrones pairings, ranking 22nd out of 25 pairings on Archive of Our Own in 2014

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Modern AU: modern setting, where they know or meet other characters from the series
• Pining: focusing on Jorah's unrequited love for Daenerys
• Reunion: when Jorah was banished in Season 4 there were stories exploring how they could be reunited
• Futurefic: these were set post-canon, usually Jorah was Daenerys' sworn knight and lover
• Jorah Lives: Jorah does not die during season 8
• Fix-it: fans will sometimes try and "fix" how their story ended, this may feature Jorah living, or Jorah still dies, but there is a reveal of feelings, or Daenerys realizes that she really loved Jorah after his death.
• Mad!Dany or Dark!Dany: after season 8 of the show there were fics featuring a dark or mad Daenerys, in fics where Jorah was present he was either upset by Dany's turn and tried to help her, or he turns dark himself, because of his undying love for her.

Other

• Bear and the Maiden Fair: "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" is a song in the Game of Thrones universe. Jorah and Daenerys are sometimes called the Bear and the Maiden Fair in fanworks because his House sigil is a bear and she has light colored hair

Fanworks

Fan Art

• Daenerys mourning Viserion with Jorah, ^{Archived version} by kaorym
• Daenerys x Jorah, ^{Archived version} by ubiquitous10
• Wherever I go I’ll be looking for you, ^{Archived version} by aliceeberti
• My bear. My fierce strong bear, ^{Archived version} by laivaaja
• if you’ll have me?, ^{Archived version} by nicoleclowes
• Suffer Together by SandraWinther
• Trust by SandraWinther
• Let me save you by SandraWinther
• Forgiveness by SandraWinther
• Jorah and Daenerys by DaaRia
• The Bear and the Maiden Fair by bwenner
• Dany and Jorah... by Daisy-Flauriossa
• You're Not Alone, Khaleesi by The-Ez

Graphics and Gif Sets

• Love is like a friendship, ^{Archived version} gif set by scratchybeardsweetmouth

Fanfiction

• A Year From Now by mrstater
• An Inconvenient Truth by Lucilla2
• NameCalling by anasiana
• Life in Waiting by Tricki
• Love in the Eyes, ^{Archived version} by mrstater

Fan Vids

• this war's not over by cardiffgiant02
• Light by Zurik 23M
• you came back by infinity8tattoo

Cosplay

• The Bear and the Maiden Fair, cosplay, ^{Archived version} by foxybadger42

Playlists

• shelter as we go // a dany/jorah mix, ^{Archived version} by duvvelsheyss

Resources

• Jorah Mormont/Daenerys Targaryen tag at Archive of Our Own
• Daenerys + Jorah at FanFiction.net
• Tumblr Tags: Daenerys x Jorah, Jorah x Daenerys, Dany x Jorah, Jornaerys, Jorleesi
• DeviantArt paring group: Daenerys x Jorah