Daenerys Targaryen
Stormborn, Mother of Dragons. Last child of Aerys II; hatched three dragons and conquered Slaver's Bay.
- House
- House Targaryen
- Title
- Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi, Mother of Dragons
- Lived
- 284 AC –
- Appearance
- silver hair, purple eyes, young
Stormborn. Wed to Khal Drogo, she walked into his pyre and came out with three dragons. Took the Unsullied at Astapor, freed Yunkai and Meereen, chained her dragons after a child burned – and flew from Daznak's Pit on Drogon into the Dothraki sea.
Family
- Parents
- Aerys II Targaryen, Rhaella Targaryen
- Married
- Khal Drogo
- Children
- Rhaego
Seats and titles
- Dragonstone – Robert's Rebellion (282–284 AC): Stannis Baratheon – the last Targaryens were smuggled to Braavos
- Braavos – Robert's Rebellion (282–284 AC): Sealord of Braavos – Viserys and Daenerys live in the house with the red door
- Pentos – War of the Five Kings (298–300 AC): Prince and magisters of Pentos – Illyrio Mopatis hosts the Targaryen exiles
- Vaes Dothrak – War of the Five Kings (298–300 AC): Khal Drogo – the mightiest khal of his age
- Astapor – War of the Five Kings (298–300 AC): Freed by Daenerys – she leaves a council of a healer, a scholar and a priest
- Yunkai – War of the Five Kings (298–300 AC): The Wise Masters – surrendered to Daenerys and freed its slaves – for a time
- Meereen – War of the Five Kings (298–300 AC): The Great Masters – until Daenerys takes the city
- Meereen – Present day (300 AC): Daenerys Targaryen (absent) – Ser Barristan rules in her name; Hizdahr is imprisoned
- Qarth – War of the Five Kings (298–300 AC): The Pureborn – Daenerys visits and the warlocks covet her dragons
Events
Daenerys Stormborn · Dragonstone, 284 AC
Queen Rhaella dies giving birth to Daenerys during a great storm. Loyalists smuggle the infant and Viserys away before Stannis's fleet arrives.
The house with the red door · Braavos, 284 AC
The exiled children grow up in Braavos under the protection of Ser Willem Darry. After his death they are thrown out and begin years of wandering the Free Cities.
Daenerys weds Khal Drogo · Pentos, 298 AC
Viserys sells his sister to Khal Drogo in exchange for an army he never receives. Illyrio gives the bride three petrified dragon eggs.
A crown of gold · Vaes Dothrak, 298 AC
Viserys draws steel in the sacred city and threatens his sister. Drogo crowns him with a pot of molten gold.
Birth of dragons · Lhazar, 298 AC
Drogo dies of a festering wound. Daenerys walks into his funeral pyre with the eggs and emerges unburnt with three living dragons.
The House of the Undying · Qarth, 299 AC
In Qarth, Daenerys enters the warlocks' palace and sees strange visions. She escapes with Drogon's fire and flees the city.
The Unsullied · Astapor, 299 AC
Daenerys trades a dragon for eight thousand Unsullied – then turns them on their masters and frees the city.
Yunkai yields · Yunkai, 299 AC
The Second Sons switch sides and the Wise Masters surrender. Freed slaves hail Daenerys as "Mhysa", Mother.
The fall of Meereen · Meereen, 300 AC
Slaves rise inside the walls and Daenerys takes the city. She crucifies 163 Great Masters and decides to stay and rule.
Daznak's Pit · Meereen, 300 AC
At the reopening of the fighting pits, Drogon descends on the arena. Daenerys mounts him and flies away, leaving Meereen besieged by Yunkai and its allies.