🐉 House Targaryen · Deceased
Daenerys Targaryen
Also known as: Dany · Khaleesi · Mother of Dragons · Breaker of Chains · The Unburnt · Mhysa · Stormborn
Titles: Queen of the Andals and the First Men · Queen of Meereen · Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea · Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms
Portrayed by: Emilia Clarke · Origin: The Crownlands · Seat: Dragonstone / Meereen · First appears: S1E1 “Winter Is Coming” · Fate: Stabbed by Jon Snow in the throne room of the Red Keep
“I will take what is mine with fire and blood.”
Biography
Born on Dragonstone during the greatest storm in living memory — hours after her father Aerys II died on the floor of his own throne room — Daenerys Stormborn began life as a fugitive. Smuggled to Essos and raised by her volatile brother Viserys, she spent her childhood being sold the dream of a homeland she had never seen. At thirteen she became a commodity in that dream, traded to Khal Drogo for an army. What should have destroyed her instead remade her: she learned Dothraki, won Drogo's genuine love, and ended Viserys's reign of petty terror with a single sentence — 'He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon.'
Drogo's death and the stillbirth of her son Rhaego stripped everything from her except conviction. Walking into his funeral pyre with three petrified dragon eggs, she emerged at dawn unburnt, with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion hatched at her breast — the first dragons in the world in a hundred and fifty years. Her march through Slaver's Bay became the moral centerpiece of her legend: she sacked Astapor by turning the Unsullied on their masters, took Yunkai, and crucified 163 Great Masters of Meereen in answer for 163 slave children nailed to mileposts. Mhysa, the freedmen called her. Mother.
Westeros gave her none of Essos's adoration. She lost Viserion to the Night King, Rhaegal to Euron's scorpions, Jorah to the dead, and Missandei to Cersei's headsman — each loss sanding away her restraint. With King's Landing surrendered and the bells ringing, something nineteen years in the making finally broke: she burned the city street by street with Drogon, killing tens of thousands. Days later, promising Jon Snow they would build the new world together, she died in his arms with his dagger in her heart. Drogon melted the Iron Throne rather than the man who killed her, and carried her body east into legend.
Attributes & statistics
Editorial scores (0–100) and metadata — our own estimates for comparison, not official canon.
| Combat | 60 |
|---|---|
| Intellect | 78 |
| Loyalty | 70 |
| Influence | 98 |
| Survivability | 84 |
| Moral compass | 48 |
Screen time: 396 min across 62 episodes · Named on-screen kills: 31 · Lore milestones: 16 · Debut: S1E1 (2011)
Timeline
- ⭐ PRE — Born during Robert's Rebellion: Birthed on Dragonstone amid a hurricane as the Targaryen dynasty falls.
- ⭐ S1E10 — The Dragons Hatch: Walks into Drogo's pyre; emerges unburnt with three dragons.
- ⭐ S3E4 — Sack of Astapor: 'Dracarys.' Takes the Unsullied and burns the masters.
- S6E6 — Khalasar Reborn: Burns the khals at Vaes Dothrak and claims every Dothraki rider alive.
- ⭐ S7E6 — Loses Viserion: The Night King spears her child from the sky beyond the Wall.
- ⭐ S8E5 — The Burning of King's Landing: Razes the surrendered capital with dragonfire.
- ⭐ S8E6 — Death in the Throne Room: Killed by Jon Snow; Drogon melts the Iron Throne.
Key relationships
- lover Jon Snow — Nephew, ally, and executioner
- ally Tyrion Lannister — Her Hand of the Queen, whose counsel she outgrew
- enemy Cersei Lannister — The queen on the throne she came to take
- family Viserys Targaryen — The brother who sold her, crowned in molten gold
- enemy The Night King — Took Viserion from her at the Frozen Lake
Trivia
- She names her dragons for the three men of her early life: Drogo, her brothers Rhaegar and Viserys.
- The Dothraki gave her the title 'The Unburnt' after Vaes Dothrak — fire immunity is unique to her even among Targaryens in the show.
- Emilia Clarke delivered whole scenes in constructed High Valyrian and Dothraki.
- Her full style contains 9+ titles — the longest of any character.
- She liberated an estimated 200,000+ slaves across Slaver's Bay.