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Life in the ''[[khalasar]]'' was difficult at first; Dany was lonely and unaccustomed to spending her days on horseback. Nevertheless, she was determined to embrace her new life. Gradually her body strengthened and she began to enjoy the sense of freedom that came with the nomadic lifestyle. The first real turning point came when Viserys flew into one of his rages at her and Dany, for the first time in her life, fought back, shoving him away – and found herself backed up by [[Jhogo]], who whipped Viserys and asked the ''[[khaleesi]]'' how he ought to be punished. Dany began to realize that Viserys was ultimately a pathetic bully, and that she herself might not be as worthless as her brother had always claimed. From this day forward, she began to assert herself more and more.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} She lost her fear of both the Dothraki and her brother, becoming a strong and confident woman who little resembled the timid girl who had left Pentos. Drogo was pleased with her growing courage, and they developed a loving relationship.
 
Life in the ''[[khalasar]]'' was difficult at first; Dany was lonely and unaccustomed to spending her days on horseback. Nevertheless, she was determined to embrace her new life. Gradually her body strengthened and she began to enjoy the sense of freedom that came with the nomadic lifestyle. The first real turning point came when Viserys flew into one of his rages at her and Dany, for the first time in her life, fought back, shoving him away – and found herself backed up by [[Jhogo]], who whipped Viserys and asked the ''[[khaleesi]]'' how he ought to be punished. Dany began to realize that Viserys was ultimately a pathetic bully, and that she herself might not be as worthless as her brother had always claimed. From this day forward, she began to assert herself more and more.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} She lost her fear of both the Dothraki and her brother, becoming a strong and confident woman who little resembled the timid girl who had left Pentos. Drogo was pleased with her growing courage, and they developed a loving relationship.
  
Drogo took Daenerys east to [[Vaes Dothrak]] and presented her to the ''[[dosh khaleen]]''. By the time they arrived, Daenerys, now fourteen, was pregnant with Drogo's child.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} She took part in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony, and the ''dosh khaleen'' foretold that her son would be "the [[Stallion Who Mounts the World]]," a long-prophesied leader who would unite the Dothraki into a single ''khalasar'' and conquer the world. Dany announced that the child would be named [[Rhaego]] in honor of her deceased brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]].{{Ref|aGoT|46}} However, Viserys had been growing increasingly impatient for the aid he had been promised in return for Dany's marriage. The situation finally came to a head when he broke Dothraki law by drawing a blade in the sacred city, threatening both Daenerys and her unborn child. Drogo announced that Viserys would have the golden crown he deserved and dumped a pot of molten gold over his head, killing him and making Daenerys the last Targaryen. Dany watched impassively.
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Drogo took Daenerys east to [[Vaes Dothrak]] and presented her to the ''[[dosh khaleen]]''. By the time they arrived, Daenerys, now fourteen, was pregnant with Drogo's child.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} She took part in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony, and the ''dosh khaleen'' foretold that her son would be "the [[Stallion Who Mounts the World]]," a long-prophesied leader who would unite the Dothraki into a single ''khalasar'' and conquer the world. Dany announced that the child would be named [[Rhaego]] in honor of her deceased brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]].{{Ref|aGoT|46}} Viserys had been growing increasingly impatient for the aid he had been promised, and the situation finally came to a head when he broke Dothraki law by drawing a blade in the sacred city, threatening both Daenerys and her unborn child. Drogo announced that Viserys would have the golden crown he deserved and dumped a pot of molten gold over his head, killing him and making Daenerys the last Targaryen. Dany watched impassively.
  
 
With Viserys' death, Drogo lost interest in the notion of invading Westeros, despite Dany's attempts to persuade him. This changed, however, when Ser Jorah prevented an assassin from poisoning Daenerys and discovered that [[Robert Baratheon]] had placed a price on her head. Enraged, Drogo vowed before his ''khalasar'' to avenge this insult by conquering Westeros to seat his son on the [[Iron Throne]] that his mother's ancestors had once held.{{Ref|aGoT|56}} The ''khalasar'' thus continued east, pillaging foreign lands with the intent of selling slaves for ships to make the crossing to Westeros. During one such raid of a [[Lhazareen]] town, Daenerys grew disturbed by the treatment of the defeated and finally gave orders to stop every rape she saw, claiming the victims as her personal slaves and taking them under her protection. The Dothraki were angered by the ''khaleesi'' denying them their traditional right to rape captives, but Daenerys held her ground, and Khal Drogo, delighted by his wife's boldness, supported her decision.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 61|Chapter 61]], Daenerys</ref>
 
With Viserys' death, Drogo lost interest in the notion of invading Westeros, despite Dany's attempts to persuade him. This changed, however, when Ser Jorah prevented an assassin from poisoning Daenerys and discovered that [[Robert Baratheon]] had placed a price on her head. Enraged, Drogo vowed before his ''khalasar'' to avenge this insult by conquering Westeros to seat his son on the [[Iron Throne]] that his mother's ancestors had once held.{{Ref|aGoT|56}} The ''khalasar'' thus continued east, pillaging foreign lands with the intent of selling slaves for ships to make the crossing to Westeros. During one such raid of a [[Lhazareen]] town, Daenerys grew disturbed by the treatment of the defeated and finally gave orders to stop every rape she saw, claiming the victims as her personal slaves and taking them under her protection. The Dothraki were angered by the ''khaleesi'' denying them their traditional right to rape captives, but Daenerys held her ground, and Khal Drogo, delighted by his wife's boldness, supported her decision.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 61|Chapter 61]], Daenerys</ref>
  
Drogo was injured in the raid. A Lhazareen priestess, [[Mirri Maz Duur]], offered to treat him, and although Drogo's [[Bloodrider|bloodriders]] reviled the woman as a ''[[maegi]]'', Dany felt that she could trust her, as Mirri was one of the women she had rescued.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 61|Chapter 61]], Daenerys</ref> However, Drogo did not follow the priestess' advice, and the wound festered, making him too weak to ride. Ser Jorah explained to Dany that her position as ''khaleesi'' had been entirely dependent on Drogo, and without him, both she and her unborn son were likely to be killed. Desperate, she begged Mirri Maz Duur to save her husband, ignoring the possible consequences of [[Magic|blood magic]]. During the rite, Dany went into labor and Ser Jorah carried her into Drogo's tent, where Mirri Maz Duur was in the process of summoning dark spirits.{{Ref|aGoT|64}} When Dany awoke days later, she learned that Rhaego was stillborn, while Drogo lived only as a catatonic husk. Mirri Maz Duur revealed that this was the true price of the blood magic, and that she felt no gratitude toward Daenerys, who had "rescued" her only after she had been raped multiple times and seen her community destroyed.
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Drogo was injured in the raid. A Lhazareen priestess, [[Mirri Maz Duur]], offered to treat him, and although Drogo's [[Bloodrider|bloodriders]] reviled the woman as a ''[[maegi]]'', Dany felt that she could trust her, as Mirri was one of the women she had rescued.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 61|Chapter 61]], Daenerys</ref> However, Drogo did not follow the priestess' advice, and the wound festered, making him too weak to ride. Ser Jorah explained to Dany that her position as ''khaleesi'' had been entirely dependent on Drogo, and without him, both she and her unborn son were likely to be killed. Desperate, she begged Mirri Maz Duur to save her husband, ignoring the possible consequences of [[Magic|blood magic]]. During the rite, Dany went into labor and Ser Jorah carried her into Drogo's tent, where Mirri Maz Duur was in the process of summoning dark spirits.{{Ref|aGoT|64}} When Dany awoke days later, she learned that Rhaego was stillborn, while Drogo lived only as a catatonic husk. Mirri Maz Duur revealed that this was the true price of the blood magic, and that she felt no gratitude toward Dany, who had "rescued" her only after she had been raped multiple times and seen her community destroyed.
  
Daenerys euthanized Drogo and was abandoned by most of the ''khalasar'', which broke into rival war-bands.{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Ser Jorah urged her to flee with him into the east, while the men of Dany's ''khas'' offered to escort her to Vaes Dothrak to take her place as a former ''khaleesi'' among the ''dosh khaleen''. Dany, however, was unwilling to give up on her destiny. She ordered Mirri Maz Duur bound to Drogo's funeral pyre and placed the three dragon eggs around Drogo's corpse, then announced to Drogo's remaining followers that she was freeing those who were enslaved, and would lead them all to glory if they chose to follow her. She offered to [[Aggo]], [[Jhogo]] and [[Rakharo]] the traditional gifts of a ''khal'' to his bloodriders; each refused, saying that to serve as bloodrider to a woman would shame them, but Daenerys ignored their comments. Ser Jorah accepted her offer, and she named him the first of her [[Kingsguard|Queensguard]].
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Dany euthanized Drogo and was abandoned by most of the ''khalasar'', which broke into rival war-bands.{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Ser Jorah urged her to flee with him into the east, while the men of Dany's ''khas'' offered to escort her to Vaes Dothrak to take her place as a former ''khaleesi'' among the ''dosh khaleen''. Dany, however, was unwilling to give up on her destiny. She ordered Mirri Maz Duur bound to Drogo's funeral pyre and placed the three dragon eggs around Drogo's corpse, then announced to Drogo's remaining followers that she was freeing those who were enslaved, and would lead them all to glory if they chose to follow her. She offered to [[Aggo]], [[Jhogo]] and [[Rakharo]] the traditional gifts of a ''khal'' to his bloodriders; each refused, saying that to serve as bloodrider to a woman would shame them, but Daenerys ignored their comments. Ser Jorah accepted her offer, and she named him the first of her [[Kingsguard|Queensguard]].
  
 
Daenerys then walked unflinchingly into the flames. The resulting magic restored life to the eggs, from which three [[dragon|dragons]] hatched, the first known for centuries. Daenerys emerged from the fire unharmed. Drogo's former ''khalasar'', now hers more surely than they had ever been Drogo's, knelt in awe. Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo willingly swore themselves as her bloodriders, and Daenerys became the first female Dothraki war-leader, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' in her own right.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}
 
Daenerys then walked unflinchingly into the flames. The resulting magic restored life to the eggs, from which three [[dragon|dragons]] hatched, the first known for centuries. Daenerys emerged from the fire unharmed. Drogo's former ''khalasar'', now hers more surely than they had ever been Drogo's, knelt in awe. Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo willingly swore themselves as her bloodriders, and Daenerys became the first female Dothraki war-leader, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' in her own right.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}

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Daenerys Targaryen
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Daenerys Targaryen with Dragons, by Amoka©

Aliases
  • Dany
  • Daenerys Stormborn
  • The Unburnt
  • Mother of Dragons
  • Mother
  • Mysha
  • The Silver Queen
  • Silver Lady
  • Child of Three [1] [2]
  • Daughter of Death [1] [2]
  • Slayer of Lies[1] [2]
  • Bride of Fire[1] [2]
Titles
  • Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms
  • Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea
  • Breaker of Shackles/Chains
  • Queen of Meereen
  • Princess of Dragonstone
Allegiance House Targaryen
Culture Valyria
Born 284 AC
Dragonstone
Spouses
Books

Played by Emilia Clarke
TV series Season 1| Season 2

Daenerys Targaryen, known as Daenerys Stormborn or Dany, is the last confirmed member of the ancient Targaryen Dynasty and one of the primary POV characters in the book series. In the TV series, Daenerys is played by Emilia Clarke.[3]

Character and Appearance

Danaerys is a young woman in her early teens. She is short of stature and very beautiful, with the silver-blonde hair and purple eyes for which House Targaryen has always been known.[4]

In her youth, Dany was a meek, timid girl with little confidence or self-esteem. She knew no life other than one of exile, dependent and in constant fear of her brother Viserys. He was the only family she knew, but was often a cruel guardian, prone to mood swings and fits of violence. Her marriage to Khal Drogo was a turning point for her; adapting to life in the Dothraki khalasar was difficult, but it allowed her to begin to achieve independence from her abusive brother, and she emerged from the experience as a strong, confident, courageous woman. Nevertheless, she has not forgotten what it was like to be a victimized child, and her experiences have left her with a compassion that is unusual in a would-be conqueror. She is determined to bring justice through her reign, and has made ending slavery a particular priority. Despite her strong moral compass, however, she is capable of dealing ruthlessly with her enemies.

It was often said that the Targaryen kings tended to be either madmen or brilliant rulers, and Daenerys seems to have inherited a natural gift for leadership as her birthright. Her followers generally regard her with great respect and love, and she is often compared to her deceased brother Rhaegar, a similarly charismatic leader who was known for his skill, determination, scholarly mind and strong sense of justice. Her primary weakness as a ruler is her youth and relative inexperience; however, she has a keen intellect and learns quickly from her mistakes.

Although she has matured enough to recognize that Viserys was weak, cowardly and cruel, his abiding obsession with regaining the crown he felt was his birthright has instilled in Daenerys a similar belief that reclaiming the Seven Kingdoms is both her right and her duty as the last of the Targaryens, and it remains the paramount goal of her life. Nevertheless, Westeros is a foreign land that she has never seen with her own eyes, and she sometimes longs wistfully for the house with a red door in Braavos that has come to symbolize her lost childhood.

History

Daenerys is the only daughter and youngest child of King Aerys II Targaryen and his sister-wife, Queen Rhaella. Daenerys was conceived during the last month of the rebellion that would ultimately end her family's reign over the Seven Kingdoms. Shortly thereafter, her mother was sent with the young prince Viserys to the family ancestral seat of Dragonstone to escape the coming Sack of King's Landing. Daenerys was born while as a great storm raged in the harbor at Dragonstone, sinking what remained of the Targaryen fleet; for this reason she is sometimes known as "Daenerys Stormborn." Her mother died from complications of labor.

By this time, the war was already lost. Robert Baratheon had claimed the throne and Aerys had already been killed along with the rest of the royal family, leaving Daenerys and her older brother Viserys as the only living Targaryen heirs. The garrison at Dragonstone decided to surrender and turn them over to the rebels in exchange for their lives, but before they could act on this plan, Ser Willem Darry and several other loyal retainers rescued the children and smuggled them into exile, sailing to the Free City of Braavos, where they lived for years in a house with a red door. Ser Willem was old and sickly, but Dany remembers that he always treated her kindly. After his death, the servants drove the young Targaryens from the house. Dany wept as they were forced out.[4]

The Targaryen loyalists who raised the two children considered Viserys the rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms despite the family's defeat and exile, as did Viserys himself. He regarded it as his duty to revenge himself on the usurpers who murdered his family and reclaim the birthright that had been stolen from him when he was only a child. In the years that followed Ser Willem's death, Viserys wandered the nine Free Cities with his sister, trying to raise support to retake the Iron Throne, which earned him the mocking title of "The Beggar King."

As a result of this long humiliation, Viserys grew bitter and obsessed with his long-denied birthright. Daenerys was the only convenient target for his frustration, and over time he even came to blame her for their mother's death. He took pride in his lack of control of his own temper, regarding it as proof that he was a true heir to the Targaryen kings; he regularly warned Daenerys not to "wake the dragon" by angering him. He often spoke to her of the importance of preserving the purity of their royal bloodline through the ancient Valyrian practice of dynastic incest, so Dany grew up believing she would one day wed her brother. She was bright enough to realize that most of Viserys' plans for retaking the Seven Kingdoms were unrealistic, and as she had no memory of Westeros herself, his dream meant little to her; instead she longed to return to the house with the red door, which in her mind became a symbol for the childhood she had lost. With no family other than the abusive Viserys and no expectation of ever escaping his control, Dany grew into a fearful and docile young woman.

The two last Targaryens eventually found the help they sought in the Free City of Pentos, in the form of a rich and powerful magister, Illyrio Mopatis, who invited them to stay in his manse and offered his help in reclaiming their throne.[4]

Recent Events

Daenerys and her handmaidens Doreah and Irri (Tv)

A Game of Thrones

While Daenerys and her brother were staying at the manse of Illyrio Mopatis in Pentos, Illyrio arranged a marriage between Dany and the powerful Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo. In return, Drogo was to provide Viserys with ten thousand warriors for his campaign to retake the Iron Throne. Dany's opinion was not consulted, and she realized this “marriage” was little different from being sold into slavery. She told her brother she did not wish to marry Khal Drogo, but Viserys only threatened that she would “wake the dragon” if she failed to please the khal. Despairing, Dany saw no choice but to do her best to avoid her brother's wrath, as she always had.[4]

At the wedding, the exiled Westerosi knight Ser Jorah Mormont pledged his sword to the Targaryen cause. Dany received three petrified dragon eggs from Illyrio, three handmaidens (Irri, Jhiqui and Doreah) from her brother, and a magnificent silver filly from Drogo. She was frightened by the seemingly barbaric Dothraki culture and particularly terrified of her bridegroom, a powerfully built man who shared no common language with her. After the ceremony she wept in terror, waiting for him to rape her, but Drogo proved to be a surprisingly considerate lover. He established that he understood the word “no” and began touching her gently and gradually, only having intercourse with her after she expressed her consent and initiated it.[5]

Life in the khalasar was difficult at first; Dany was lonely and unaccustomed to spending her days on horseback. Nevertheless, she was determined to embrace her new life. Gradually her body strengthened and she began to enjoy the sense of freedom that came with the nomadic lifestyle. The first real turning point came when Viserys flew into one of his rages at her and Dany, for the first time in her life, fought back, shoving him away – and found herself backed up by Jhogo, who whipped Viserys and asked the khaleesi how he ought to be punished. Dany began to realize that Viserys was ultimately a pathetic bully, and that she herself might not be as worthless as her brother had always claimed. From this day forward, she began to assert herself more and more.[6] She lost her fear of both the Dothraki and her brother, becoming a strong and confident woman who little resembled the timid girl who had left Pentos. Drogo was pleased with her growing courage, and they developed a loving relationship.

Drogo took Daenerys east to Vaes Dothrak and presented her to the dosh khaleen. By the time they arrived, Daenerys, now fourteen, was pregnant with Drogo's child.[6] She took part in the stallion heart ceremony, and the dosh khaleen foretold that her son would be "the Stallion Who Mounts the World," a long-prophesied leader who would unite the Dothraki into a single khalasar and conquer the world. Dany announced that the child would be named Rhaego in honor of her deceased brother Rhaegar.[7] Viserys had been growing increasingly impatient for the aid he had been promised, and the situation finally came to a head when he broke Dothraki law by drawing a blade in the sacred city, threatening both Daenerys and her unborn child. Drogo announced that Viserys would have the golden crown he deserved and dumped a pot of molten gold over his head, killing him and making Daenerys the last Targaryen. Dany watched impassively.

With Viserys' death, Drogo lost interest in the notion of invading Westeros, despite Dany's attempts to persuade him. This changed, however, when Ser Jorah prevented an assassin from poisoning Daenerys and discovered that Robert Baratheon had placed a price on her head. Enraged, Drogo vowed before his khalasar to avenge this insult by conquering Westeros to seat his son on the Iron Throne that his mother's ancestors had once held.[8] The khalasar thus continued east, pillaging foreign lands with the intent of selling slaves for ships to make the crossing to Westeros. During one such raid of a Lhazareen town, Daenerys grew disturbed by the treatment of the defeated and finally gave orders to stop every rape she saw, claiming the victims as her personal slaves and taking them under her protection. The Dothraki were angered by the khaleesi denying them their traditional right to rape captives, but Daenerys held her ground, and Khal Drogo, delighted by his wife's boldness, supported her decision.[9]

Drogo was injured in the raid. A Lhazareen priestess, Mirri Maz Duur, offered to treat him, and although Drogo's bloodriders reviled the woman as a maegi, Dany felt that she could trust her, as Mirri was one of the women she had rescued.[10] However, Drogo did not follow the priestess' advice, and the wound festered, making him too weak to ride. Ser Jorah explained to Dany that her position as khaleesi had been entirely dependent on Drogo, and without him, both she and her unborn son were likely to be killed. Desperate, she begged Mirri Maz Duur to save her husband, ignoring the possible consequences of blood magic. During the rite, Dany went into labor and Ser Jorah carried her into Drogo's tent, where Mirri Maz Duur was in the process of summoning dark spirits.[11] When Dany awoke days later, she learned that Rhaego was stillborn, while Drogo lived only as a catatonic husk. Mirri Maz Duur revealed that this was the true price of the blood magic, and that she felt no gratitude toward Dany, who had "rescued" her only after she had been raped multiple times and seen her community destroyed.

Dany euthanized Drogo and was abandoned by most of the khalasar, which broke into rival war-bands.[12] Ser Jorah urged her to flee with him into the east, while the men of Dany's khas offered to escort her to Vaes Dothrak to take her place as a former khaleesi among the dosh khaleen. Dany, however, was unwilling to give up on her destiny. She ordered Mirri Maz Duur bound to Drogo's funeral pyre and placed the three dragon eggs around Drogo's corpse, then announced to Drogo's remaining followers that she was freeing those who were enslaved, and would lead them all to glory if they chose to follow her. She offered to Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo the traditional gifts of a khal to his bloodriders; each refused, saying that to serve as bloodrider to a woman would shame them, but Daenerys ignored their comments. Ser Jorah accepted her offer, and she named him the first of her Queensguard.

Daenerys then walked unflinchingly into the flames. The resulting magic restored life to the eggs, from which three dragons hatched, the first known for centuries. Daenerys emerged from the fire unharmed. Drogo's former khalasar, now hers more surely than they had ever been Drogo's, knelt in awe. Aggo, Jhogo and Rakharo willingly swore themselves as her bloodriders, and Daenerys became the first female Dothraki war-leader, a khaleesi in her own right.[13]

A Clash of Kings

Daenerys names the three dragons Viserion, Rhaegal and Drogon, after her two deceased brothers and her late husband, respectively. She decided to follow a red star that appeared in the sky, following the ritual that gave birth to her dragons. Daenerys and what little remains of Drogo's khalasar wander in the direction of the star to a desolate area known as the Red Waste where they find an ancient, abandoned city, which Daenerys names Vaes Tolorro. There they recover from the deadly ravages of the desert while Daenerys sends out scouts in all directions. One scout returns with three emissaries from the great city of Qarth. Daenerys accompanies them to Qarth, where she learns of King Robert Baratheon's death and the war in the Seven Kingdoms. She tries to secure aid from the merchant emissary Xaro Xhoan Daxos in conquering Westeros, but the merchants of Qarth are only interested in obtaining her dragons. [14][15]

Daenerys turns to one of the other emissaries, a warlock called Pyat Pree. Against the judgment of her friends and counselors, she agrees to visit the warlock's leaders, the Undying Ones, in their hall, the House of the Undying. After viewing several mysterious portents and hearing vague prophecies, Daenerys realizes that the warlocks are plotting against her, and she destroys the House of the Undying with the aid of Drogon. With nowhere else to turn, Daenerys considers the suggestions of the third emissary, the masked woman Quaithe of Asshai, that she must go further east to conquer the west.[1]

After the incident in the house of the Undying the warlocks conspired to see her dead. Daenerys seeking passage out of Qarth visited the docks, where she notices that two men she does not recognize are following her and Ser Jorah. Daenerys becomes distracted and is off her guard when a Sorrowful Man assassin tries to poison her with a manticore. One of her mysterious followers intercedes and knocks the manticore away just in time to thwart the murder. The two men introduce themselves as agents sent by Magister Illyrio. One of them, a huge eunuch and former pit fighter called Strong Belwas, was to be her bodyguard. The one who saved her life was Belwas's squire, an older Westerosi man called Arstan Whitebeard. Along with the two men, Illyrio has sent three merchant ships to transport Dany and her people to Pentos. Daenerys claims the three ships and their cargo for her own. She decrees that the ships that bring her home must bear different names and renames them Vhagar, Meraxes and Balerion and sets sail for Pentos with her khalasar, Ser Jorah, Arstan Whitebeard and Strong Belwas.[16]

A Storm of Swords

Several days into the trip, Ser Jorah manages to convince Daenerys to go to Astapor, one of the great slave cities of Slaver's Bay, to purchase Unsullied so she can return to Illyrio with an army at her back. He also kisses her and professes his love for her.[17] Once in Astapor, Daenerys begins to have doubts about using slaves, still she agrees to purchases an army of every Unsullied in the ciry in exchange for her Dragon Drogon. She is given a slave Missandei as a gift from the Good Masters. Dany accepts, but she then frees Missandei. Dany tells Missandei that she can leave Dany's service whenever she wishes, but Missandei remains close and loyal to Dany.

After taking control of the Unsullied, Dany reclaims Drogon and commands him to use his fires against the Astapori leaders. She then uses the Unsullied to conquer the city. After the fighting, she proclaims all Astapori slaves free, including her Unsullied, giving her the name Breaker of Shackles, or Breaker of Chains. The Unsullied and many new Freedmen choose to follow her in her future battles. After forming a council to rule Astapor, she sets out for the next great slave city Yunkai.[18]

Yunkai hires two sellsword companies, the Stormcrows and the Second Sons, in addition to conscripting a force of some four thousand slave soldiers. Daenerys parleys with the captains of the companies, hoping to convince them to switch sides. Her arguments convince one of the Stormcrows' commanders, Daario Naharis, to assassinate his colleagues and pledge the company to Daenerys. To the Second Sons, Daenerys offers a great store of wine as tribute then attacks them in the night while they are drunk and sleeping. With the Stormcrows' betrayal and the Second Sons' drunkenness, Yunkai's slave army is unable to withstand Daenerys's Unsullied. The entire Yunkish army is slain, captured, or put to flight, and Yunkai surrenders a few days later.[19]

Daenerys next made for Meereen, the last of the great slave cities. Near Meereen, Daenerys is nearly killed by the Titan's Bastard, the former captain of the Second Sons. Arstan Whitebeard slays the Bastard, and finally reveals his true identity as Barristan Selmy, a famous knight of her father's Kingsguard who had served the Usurper Robert Baratheon after the end of the Rebellion. He claims to have seen the error of his ways and to seeking her out as the true heir to the Seven Kingdoms. Selmy also reveals that Jorah Mormont, still Daenerys's trusted right arm, has been sending reports on her actions to the spymaster in King's Landing, Lord Varys, hoping for a pardon from King Robert. Daenerys feels betrayed by each of them, though both fervently wish to atone for their actions. During her Siege of Meereen, she sends them on a covert suicide mission through the sewers, half hoping that they will die in the attempt. The mission succeeds and wins the city with minimal blood. Barristan humbly submits to his Queen's judgment and is forgiven. Jorah stubbornly continues to insist that he had done nothing wrong, and Daenerys is forced to banish him from her service, despite her desire to pardon him.[20]

Having captured Meereen, Dany turns her eyes toward Westeros. Through talks with Barristan about her homeland and its history, however, she learns that there is much she does not know about ruling. Upon hearing that Astapor and Yunkai cannot maintain the peace she had hoped to bring, she resolves to bring order to Slaver's Bay before leaving it behind. By this time, she is close on seventeen years.

A Feast for Crows

Tales told by sailors reach Westeros, dragons in Asshai, dragons in Qarth, dragons in Meereen, Dothraki dragons, dragons freeing slaves … each telling differs from the last, but only in details. All speak of dragons, and a beautiful young queen. [21]

A Dance with Dragons

Dany struggles as ruler of Meereen, mainly due to the constant threats surrounding her. A portion of Meereen's former slaving families who call themselves the Sons of the Harpy fight a shadow war with her followers, attacking lone freedmen or Unsullied in the black of night and drawing a harpy nearby with the man's blood.[22] The sons have also scrawled graffiti on the walls of Meereen in blood promising a death to the families of any who serve the Dragon Queen. In Meereen, men traditionally wear their oiled black and red hair in varying shapes in homage to Ghiscari culture. The Meereenese who now serve Dany shave their heads, symbolizing the abandonment of old Meereen to serve the new. These men are known as Shavepates, and are led by Skahaz mo Kandaq, known as the Shavepate. Another of her Meereenese councilors is the seneschal, Reznak mo Reznak.

Three fighting companies were also formed by Daenerys, their members comprised from her freeman. The company names are Mother's Men; The Company of the Free Brothers; and the Stalwart Shields. They have been receiving their training in arms from Grey Worm.

Daenery's dragons have grown wilder, hunting sheep and livestock. Eventually a petitioner comes to her, presenting the bones of his six-year-old girl daughter "Hazzea", claiming the "winged shadow" had killed her.[22] Prompted by this, Dany has her Unsullied capture the dragons using nets and chains and lock them below ground to prevent any more such killings. In a closed fighting pit, Viserion and Rhaegal are captured (though several Unsullied lose their lives in the process), but Drogon escapes and disappears. During this time, she has a vision of Quaithe that offers her prophetic advice, most specifically warning her not to trust her seneschal.[23]

Daenerys has enemies outside Meereen as well as in. Since she ended the slave trade in Slaver's Bay, several of the Free Cities that rely upon the slave trade of the slave cities to fuel their economy have promised help to the Yunkai to bring her down. Yunkai has hired sellsword legions such as the Long Lances, the Company of the Cat and the Windblown. Legions have also arrived from New Ghis. The Yunkai host first takes Astapor from Cleon the Butcher King, its most recent ruler, and puts thousands of its inhabitants to the sword or sends them again into slavery.[24] An escaped rider who managed to flee in the confusion of the siege brings word of this to Dany in Meereen. Unfortunately word is not the only thing he brings, as he is infected with the bloody flux.[25] Several other Astapori citizens flee to Meereen, bringing the disease with them.

The merchant emissary Xaro Xhoan Daxos arrives from Qarth bearing a gift of thirteen ships in exchange for Dany's abandon of Slaver's Bay and departure for Westeros. Dany wishes to go, but the thirteen ships are not enough to take her entire army of Unsullied, Dothraki, sellswords and freedmen. The Shavepates beg her not to go. If she does, they who served her and their families will die by the Sons of the Harpy. She refuses Xaro, which prompts Qarth to join the Yunkai against her.[26] Deaths of freedmen and Unsullied continue to grow nightly, and several former freed slave women are raped by the Sons of the Harpy before having their throats slit open. Daenerys takes the children of several Meereenese families of dubious loyalty as Cupbearers in name, but hostages in truth in hopes that would stop the killing. The killings only continue though and Daenerys refuses to harm the child hostages. In despair and loneliness, Dany takes Daario Naharis as a lover. A plan is put to her by the Meereenese priestess, the Green Grace Galazza Galare, suggesting that Dany should wed the Meereenese noble Hizdahr zo Loraq to bring peace. Dany agrees, on the condition that Hizdahr can promise her 90 days of peace. Hizdahr agrees.[27] Brown Ben Plumm, captain of the Second Sons, learns that Dany can no longer control her dragons, and takes his company go over to the Yunkai.


At this point, Quentyn Martell of Dorne arrives to make a marriage claim, but is rejected because Dany has already promised to wed Hizdahr. After Hizdahr zo Loraq succeeds at keeping his promise, Dany weds him.[28] Under his direction, Dany, much to her disgust, suggests peace terms with Yunkai. She promises if they leave Meereen and don't enslave any of the former slaves she freed, she won't disrupt the slave trade of Slaver's Bay any further. The Yunkai agree.[29] To mark the occasion, the fighting pits are reopened and several gladiators (who freely agreed to compete) battle in the arena of Daznak's Pit. During the event, Drogon appears, drawn to the screams of the crowd and the smell of death. He kills a boar in the arena, but is then attacked by the animal handler Harghaz. Dany, seeing her "child" in pain, runs out in the arena to him as she sees other pit fighters going to kill the dragon. Dany manages to mount the dragon and ride him out of the arena.[30] Many in Meereen suspect that she is dead.[31] She is alive with Drogon, however, thousands of leagues away. She and her dragon are eventually discovered by the khalasar of Khal Jhaqo.[32]

Gallery of Daenerys Targaryen

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Betha
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Duncan
 
Jenny
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Jaehaerys II
 
Shaera
 
Daeron
 
Rhaelle
 
Ormund
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Aerys II
 
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Rhaegar
 
Elia
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Stillborn
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Jaehaerys
 
 
Drogo
 
Daenerys
 
Hizdahr
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Rhaenys
 
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Daeron
 
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References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 48, Daenerys IV.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 63, Daenerys V.
  3. HBO Cast and crew page
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 3, Daenerys I.
  5. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
  6. 6.0 6.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
  7. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 46, Daenerys V.
  8. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
  9. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 61, Daenerys
  10. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 61, Daenerys
  11. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 64, Daenerys VIII.
  12. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 68, Daenerys IX.
  13. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.
  14. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
  15. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
  16. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 64, Arya X.
  17. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 9, Bran I.
  18. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 27, Daenerys III.
  19. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 42, Daenerys IV.
  20. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
  21. A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
  22. 22.0 22.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
  23. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
  24. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 25, The Windblown.
  25. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.
  26. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
  27. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 23, Daenerys IV.
  28. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
  29. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.
  30. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52, Daenerys IX.
  31. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 55, The Queensguard.
  32. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 71, Daenerys X.

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