She and her brother Viserys were smuggled to Essos during the end of Robert's Rebellion. Daenerys marches on the last city in Slaver's Bay, Meereen, and seizes control of the city by instigating a slave revolt.

Martin has succeeded in creating some of the best fantasy names in literature. Daenerys then confronts Xaro, who had conspired with Pree and Daenerys's servant Doreah to seize control of Qarth.

She also lays the three dragon eggs onto Drogo's body and steps into the fire herself.

The slavers agree to surrender. She returns to Xaro's manse to find half of her men and servants killed and her dragons gone. Daenerys is one of the most popular characters of the book series, together with Emilia Clarke's acting performance, as she closed Daenerys's arc in the first episode from a frightened girl to an empowered woman, was widely praised. After discovering that Jorah was previously spying on her on House Baratheon's behalf, she is enraged and orders him exiled from the city. Daenerys thanks him, but admits that she's not upset about Daario: rather, she was frightened that she was able to easily dismiss someone who loves her unconditionally.

Daenerys tries to appeal to the Thirteen to support her invasion of Westeros, without success. Once there, Daenerys is told that she is to be judged by the khals for defying tradition and going out into the world following Drogo's death. Jorah arrives to protect her from the dead and Daenerys uses a discarded dragonglass blade to defend herself until the Night King is destroyed by Daenerys flies to Dragonstone with her naval fleet in tow, while Jon marches south with her armies. He serves as her mount, a weapon of mass destruction, and also an executioner (Drogon incinerated While the dragons have been involved in battles between the Houses, will they be employed in the greater one — the war with the Whether or not that applies to dragon fire remains to be seen, as the dragons have yet to encounter the White Walker threat.One thing’s for sure … while the dragons are intimidating, they’re not immune. Daenerys travels to Astapor, a city in Slaver's Bay. She learns the ways of the Dothraki, strengthening her relationship with her khalasar. After an unsuccessful assassination attempt on behalf of Robert Baratheon, Drogo vows to Daenerys that he will conquer the Seven Kingdoms for her and their unborn son. For most of her life, she has been under the care of Viserys, whom she fears, as he is abusive to her whenever she displeases him.

As she arrives, the warlocks of Qarth attempt to assassinate her, but are thwarted by Ser Barristan Selmy, who was Kingsguard to Aerys Targaryen; Daenerys accepts him into her service. In Barth's Unnatural History, the septon considered several legends regarding the origins of dragons. "Daenerys's victories over ruthless male characters transformed her into a symbol of The decision to turn Daenerys from a hero into a villain, a route that had long been a Most critics found the villainous turn, which was realized after Daenerys needlessly murdered thousands of innocents by burning down King's Landing, rushed and therefore unearned.Fans generally attributed the change in Daenerys's arc to the writers throwing away her character development, with many criticizing it as character assassination.From the beginning, Clarke's performance has been acclaimed by critics. Valyrian is a group of languages of which High Valyrian is the original. At daybreak, after the fire is burned down, Daenerys emerges with three baby dragons, whom she names Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion. For the Chinese deity, see