Editing Daenerys Targaryen (section)

==History==
[[File:Edriss young Dany&Viserys.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Young Dany and [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], by Jacqui Davis ©]]
Daenerys is the youngest child of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Daenerys was conceived during the last month of [[Robert's Rebellion]], the war which ended [[House Targaryen]]'s reign over the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Shortly thereafter, her mother was sent with the young prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to the family ancestral seat of [[Dragonstone]] to escape the rebel army which was marching towards [[King's Landing]]. Daenerys was born nine months after their flight, while a great [[climate|summer]] storm raged above Dragonstone, sinking what remained of the Targaryen fleet; for this reason she is known as "Daenerys Stormborn". Her mother died in labor,{{Ref|AGOT|3}} but not before naming her.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ Numerous Questions] (February 28, 2002)</ref>  

The war had been lost shortly after Rhaella had fled the city, after which [[Robert I Baratheon]] had claimed the [[Iron Throne]]. With Aerys, his eldest son [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], and Rhaegar's young children [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] dead, Daenerys and her older brother Viserys were the only known living Targaryen heirs. As Viserys had been crowned king on [[Dragonstone]] by their mother before her death,{{Ref|AWOIAF|Rhaella Targaryen}} Daenerys received the title "[[Princess of Dragonstone]]" as Viserys's heir.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Robert's brother, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], built a new [[royal fleet]] in preparation for an [[assault on Dragonstone]]. With the Targaryen fleet destroyed by the storm during which Daenerys had been born, the garrison at Dragonstone were prepared to sell the Targaryen children to Robert. However, before they could act on this plan, Ser [[Willem Darry]] and several other loyal retainers took the children from the nursery and smuggled them into exile, sailing to the [[Braavosian coast]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}

Viserys and Daenerys lived in [[Braavos]] in a [[house with the red door|house with a red door]], where Daenerys had her own room, and a [[lemon]] tree underneath her window. Willem was old and sickly, but Daenerys remembers that he always treated her kindly.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} When Daenerys was five years old, Willem fell sick and slowly wasted away.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Daenerys Targaryen}} After his death, the servants he had hired stole all they could. The young Targaryens were put out of the house a while after. As they were forced out, Daenerys wept.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Viserys and Daenerys left Braavos, and wandered the [[Free Cities]] for years. They visited nearly all the Free Cities, including [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]], [[Qohor]], [[Volantis]], and [[Lys]],{{Ref|AGOT|3}} and returned to Braavos at least once.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} While at first they were welcomed by [[magister]]s and [[archon]]s and merchant princes, with time their interests in the last Targaryens decreased. Daenerys and Viserys had to sell their last few treasures, and eventually their mother's crown.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Selling their mother's crown took the last of Viserys's joy, leaving only rage.{{Ref|AGOT|27}} Daenerys remembers how Viserys once feasted the [[Golden Company]], hoping they would take up his cause, but to no avail.{{Ref|ADWD|16}} Considering himself to be the rightful ruler, Viserys grew bitter and obsessed with the birthright he had been denied. Daenerys was a frequent target for his frustrations. He had never forgiven her for their mother's death in childbirth, and frequently warned her not to "wake the dragon" by angering him.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Once, when Daenerys and Viserys were on their way to Braavos by ship, Daenerys expressed to her brother how fine it would be to be a sailor. Angry, Viserys twisted her hair until she cried.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} Because Viserys often told her that their line must be "kept pure", Daenerys grew up believing that she would marry him once she came of age.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Though Viserys's growing bitterness made their relationship more troubled, Daenerys also has fond memories of her brother from times when he had not yet been so angry. He let her crawl into bed with him and told her stories about the [[Seven Kingdoms]], about their family{{Ref|ASOS|8}} and their history,{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|11}} their [[dragon]]s,{{Ref|AGOT|23}} and [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|64}} Almost everything Daenerys knows about Westeros she learned from Viserys, making her feel as if she knew what it was like without ever having been there. Viserys is intent on reclaiming their father's throne, and he promised Daenerys a thousand times that he will take her back to Westeros,{{Ref|AGOT|54}} and that their lives will be much better once he has.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} Viserys also told her about siege towers{{Ref|ASOS|57}} and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

In {{Date|297}}, Viserys and Daenerys were taken in by [[Illyrio Mopatis]], a [[magister]] of the Free City of [[Pentos]], who offered his help in reclaiming the Iron Throne for Viserys. They have lived with Illyrio for almost half a year.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}