Daenerys Targaryen

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## Entertainingly Detestable

### Alias

Dragon Queen
Dany
Moon of My Life (by Drogo)
Daenerys Stormborn
The Queen Across the Sea
Mhysa
Breaker of Chains
Mother of Dragons
The Unburnt
The Dragon's Daughter
Dragonmother
The Mad King's Daughter
Queen of the Ashes
The Mad Queen

### Powers / Skills

Leadership
Charisma
Fire immunity
High intelligence
Experience in riding her dragons
Multilinguanism (fluent in the Common Tongue, Dothraki and High Valyrian)

### Goals

Abolish slavery.
Eradicate the Night King and his army.
Obliterate Cersei Lannister, House Lannister and King's Landing (all succeeded).
Claim the Iron throne (briefly succeeded)  and remain in power perpetually.
Liberate the world by becoming the ruler of it all (failed).

### Most Entertaining Features

Being a genius to the characters around her.
Her ability to survive in a hostile and misogynistic environment successfully.
Being one of the most revered characters and the most worthy to rule the throne.
Great acting by Emilia Clarke

### Most Detestable Traits

Becoming a dangerous villain who burned down an entire city full of innocents.
Her suspicion of some of her closest advisors, almost to the point of endangering their lives.

### Type of ED

Tragic Fallen Heroine

**Daenerys Targaryen**, also known as **Daenerys Stormborn**, is one of the main characters of the HBO TV series *Game of Thrones*, an adaptation of the fantasy novel series *A Song of Ice and Fire*.

Daenerys is one of the last members of the exiled House Targaryen and becomes later known as the Mother of Dragons, after she caused the hatching of three of the creatures. Her goal is to take back the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms in Westeros as the 'rightful heir' of House Targaryen, from the people that forced her family out decades before.

She was portrayed by Emilia Clarke in her first villainous role.

## Her Qualities

### What Makes Her Entertaining?

* Emilia Clarke's acting makes the character the most beloved by fans, some of whom sympathized with her, even after her fall to the villain.
* Although she was abused by strong and misogynistic characters, she proves that she is stronger and wiser than them and manages with few forces to acquire a strong army with three dragons.
* She is loved by her allies who see her as the rightful heir to the throne, over which evil kings rule.
* She is extremely sophisticated and manages to defeat her enemies in surprising ways, for example by burning the Dothraki Council alive knowing that it would not burn.
* She is highly respected and demands justice against slaves who have been wronged or against the killing of innocents.
* She is tragic and sympathetic and even though she finally became a villain she still remained lovable and sympathetic, what seems like there is sad music when she is murdered and also John who murdered her was torn inside by his act and cried because of it.

### What Makes Her Detestable?

* She became more and more unstable throughout the series and did not hesitate to punish her enemies in brutal ways.
* She became paranoid for no reason towards her closest advisors, almost to the point of endangering their lives, and also executed Varys who tried to act for the good of the kingdom.
* She burns a city full of innocents during her war against Cersei.
* After she wins, she becomes a tyrannical queen who promises to keep fighting, making her the last villain in the series.

## External Links

* Daenerys Targaryen on the Villains Wiki
* Daenerys Targaryen on the Heroes Wiki.
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* Daenerys Targaryen on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki