Daenerys Targaryen starts out shy and gentle, then develops an iron will and a deep sense of justice. Compassionate toward the oppressed and merciless toward her enemies, she is carried by a messianic conviction that her destiny is to rule and to free — a hardness that grows with every betrayal.

Daenerys Targaryen is known as the Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Dothraki and Breaker of Chains. Last heir of House Targaryen, she claims the Iron Throne of Westeros and earns every title through conquest, most famously by freeing the slaves of Essos.

Daenerys’ three dragons are Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, hatched from petrified eggs. She raises them as her children and named them after Khal Drogo and her brothers Rhaegar and Viserys. They are the first living dragons the world has seen in over a century.

The series gives no official age for Daenerys. She is a very young woman when she marries Khal Drogo, and she matures over the course of the story into a queen and conqueror.

Daenerys Targaryen is a young woman with delicate features and elven beauty: long, pure-silver hair, often woven into intricate braids, and intense violet eyes. Slim and graceful, she wears elegant, light-coloured garments that underline her royal standing.