Daenerys was initially a timid, obedient youth. After her marriage to Drogo she gathered the confidence of his khalasar. Following his death, she expanded her dominion into Essos, gaining the loyalty of an army of Unsullied and liberating Slaver's Bay from the Ghiscari slave masters. During the Last War , Daenerys eventually succumbed to the madness of her ancestors after a series of personal losses, grief, and betrayal. Razing King's Landing despite its surrender, Daenerys seized power after killing Queen Cersei Lannister , along with countless common folk.
Unable to be dissuaded from further destruction, she was assassinated by her nephew Jon Snow to prevent further carnage. Daenerys was conceived during Robert's Rebellion. To escape Robert Baratheon 's wrath after the Sack of King's Landing , in which Daenerys's father, niece , and nephew were killed, the pregnant Queen Rhaella and young Prince Viserys were sent to the island-castle of Dragonstone , where the queen gave birth to Daenerys.
On that night, a severe summer storm raged, giving Daenerys the epithet "Stormborn. As a baby, she was taken into exile in the Free Cities with her brother by loyal retainers, among them Ser Willem Darry. During this time, Daenerys lived in constant fear of Viserys, who hit her when his temper was risen in his words, whenever she "woke the dragon".
Living under Viserys's domination left her meek and malleable. At the Godswood of Harrenhal , one of the visions Daemon sees is about Daenerys at the pyre, with the dragon eggs that hatch.
Over a year after Illyrio welcomed the Targaryens into his home, Daenerys is betrothed to marry Khal Drogo of the Dothraki. As Viserys presents her with a wedding gown gifted by the magister, he strips her naked and fondles her under the pretext of examining how she has grown.
