Editing Viserys Targaryen (section)

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Word of Viserys's death reaches Westeros not long after King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s execution of Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

In the [[red waste]], Daenerys remembers that Viserys told her when they were children that only [[dragon]]s and men eat cooked meat, which enables her to finally find a way to feed her newborn [[dragon]]s. Daenerys names her white dragon [[Viserion]] in his memory.{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

While wondering how she can succeed in taking back her father's throne, Daenerys recalls that Viserys had believed that the realm would rise for its rightful king. Although she considers the notion to have been a foolish one,{{ref|acok|27}} there appears to have been some truth to his beliefs.{{Refn|group="N"|At [[Castle Darry]], [[House Darry]] still displays Targaryen [[tapestries]] fifteen years after [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AFFC|30}} The [[House Martell|Martells]] of [[Dorne]] signed a [[secret marriage pact]] promising to aid Viserys's cause.{{Ref|ADWD|43}} In the [[riverlands]], a peasant speaks of better days in the past under King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|ACOK|26}}}}

In [[Qarth]], after being refused help by the [[Pureborn]], Daenerys remembers how Viserys was forced to survive in order to take care of them, and the negative effect it had on him, and that she has now found herself in the same position.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}