º . ♔ ⸻ the capital of king’s landing welcomes DAENERYS STORMBORN of HOUSE TARGARYEN, the PRESUMPTIVE QUEEN of THE SEVEN KINGDOMS DRAGONSTONE. news borne by a raven sends word that she bears a resemblance to FREYA ALLAN. the TWENTY FIVE year old CIS WOMAN is reputed to be DETERMINED and JUST, but with the eyes of court watching their every move, they might turn out to be STUBBORN and SELF CRITICAL. when songs are sung, their verses speak of silver hair braided intricately down a straight back, flames licking a clenched fists, & fire and blood reflected in violet eyes. whispers throughout the seven kingdoms claim that their allegiance lies with HOUSE TARGARYEN, where they conspire to CLAIM THE IRON THRONE. but in the end fealty means little when you play the game of thrones.
dany’s history is a tragic one, born to rhaella targaryen and the mad king, aerys targaryen ii. her birth came on a stormy night as the waves crashed on the rocks at dragonstone. her mother held her for only a moment before the maester’s took her quiet form away. ser willem darry spirited dany and her brother, viserys, away to the free cities, and he found them a home in braavos, a home that daenerys would remember, the house with the big red door and the lemon tree outside. she remembers it fondly, most of her memories involving viserys telling her stories of the targaryen bloodline and buying her little trinkets to play with as she grew. though when ser darry died, that left viserys to take up the mantle of their protection. this caused viserys’ descent into madness.
after some time in exile, dany was eventually married off to khal drogo. she took to life in the khalasar with ease, thanks to jorah mormont, the bear knight who would advise her, even into the budding queenship she felt on the precipice of her future. with this, she began to break away from viserys and start to develop what could be called a relationship with khal drogo, though it was more out of survival than love. still, childish wishes would call it love. though as dany grew stronger in her khalasar, viserys grew more unhinged, and dany watched in… pity at the sight of viserys burning under the gold. fire…fire cannot kill a dragon.
after the death of her brother, daenerys became the rightful heir to the seven kingdoms. she traveled with her husband as he went raiding to raise funds for their war march on westeros, but horrified by the brutality, she tried to save as many as she could, but in doing so, she allowed mirri maz duur to poison khal drogo and leave her fate tenuous at best amongst her khalasar. as drogo was made comatose and her son was killed, dany took the remains of the splintered khalasar and united them, building a pyre for her husband and burning him, myrri, and herself. her dragon eggs were nestled amongst the bodies, and from the pyre, her dragons were born. she took her khalasar through the red wastes, but she lost many people. though they found respite in the city of bones, half were lost before they made it to qarth where they were provided shelter and assistance. daenerys does not trust those of qarth, mostly because they refuse to help her reclaim westeros. perhaps with the dornish visiting, she might find her foothold into the west.
