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Name: Daenerys Targaryen
Canon: Game of Thrones
Canon Point: Season 7, Episode 1
Age: 22
History: Wiki link
Personality: "You would be not only respected and feared, you would be loved. Someone who can rule and should rule." said Jorah Mormont to Daenerys Stormborn, the sole survivor of the Targaryen family line.
The Iron Throne means many things to many people – it is an icon of power, a stolen claim, a head of a dynasty, a reminder of the ones slain, and finally (to Daenerys) – a birthright and home. Daenerys was not born with the intent to claim the throne as her own, however. Living a life full of hardships, poverty, and fear, Daenerys believed the Throne to belonged to her brother, Viserys. She was raised to believe her older brother would be the salvation to the Targaryen line; the heir to the Seven Kingdoms. Thinking not of her own power and her own strengths, Daenerys spent her childhood in the Free Cities hiding from the rest of the world. In part, she hid from her own destiny.
TW: Rape
Through the years, until Daenerys was able to bear children, she was a shell of what her name means in the present. She was quiet, distant, obedient to her brother, with no will to fight the abuse her maddening sibling inflicted upon her. In a way, she was bound by chains she could not break. Not yet, anyway. She is eventually sold to a Dothraki warlord named Khal Drogo in exchange for his khalasar (army) of followers. Daenerys has no say in the matter and she is wed to Drogo. With this union, she is further chained – forced to consummate their marriage and withhold her opposition to the union. Daenerys is trapped in a marriage she does not want.
The forced submission she experiences continues through her marriage, but there are moments where she finds kinship in her handmaidens that sprout the beginning of her own independence. She learns of the Dothraki culture – of their tongue, their mythology, their expectations, and how to find some semblance of pleasure in her new relationship with her husband. As superficial as it is, Daenerys uses her sexuality as a singular start to test her own power. While problematic in nature, this is the start of Daenerys breaking traditions and taking on a role a woman is typically not inclined to.
Daenerys gains power not by simply demanding it, but finding the customs to use to her advantage. She adapts to her environment, a skill she showcases multiple times throughout the series by learning customs and how she can change them to her advantage. Daenerys has the intelligence and wisdom to utilize her resources to pursue end-goals she feels are justified in her new order, no matter how small. It is not until the death of her husband and walking through his funeral pyre does the Daenerys that was brought into the khalasar uses what she's learned thus far to take steps to being the woman she needs to be.
During her travel from khaleesi to Unburnt with three baby dragons, Daenerys refuses to allow herself to be hopeless and helpless any longer. She trusts in herself and she seeks some form of inspiration from those who have stuck by her – initially Jorah Mormont. From the fires, Daenerys Stormborn begins to die and instead she proudly claims House Targaryen as her birthright and leads her khalasar to a future she carves for herself.
As a rising ruler, she stands out above many already in power. Daenerys sparks a revolution among the common people and enslaved of Essos, something unheard of and many feared to be involved in. Becoming a mother figure to them, an inspiration, a savior – she sets out to lead them to protection and does a fair job of it through her own actions. Daenerys shows pity for those that are unfortunate, and she wishes to abolish slavery in Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen merely because there is no justice in the manufactured order found there. Enslaved residents deal with the harshness of cruel masters and thus, Daenerys finds a desire in wanting to help because she sees herself in them. Daenerys' cause simply does not rely on heading to Westeros to claim her throne. She finds herself facing injustices, unable to turn a blind eye to them.
Her compassion and kindness separate her from other leaders in Essos and Westeros. She is the first one who sees the Unsullied for more than just mindless weapons of war. She frees them by slaughtering their masters, enlisting them to her services but giving them a choice in what may occur next in their lives. Among freeing, she meets a man known as Grey Worm, given the name during his training as an Unsullied. She insists he chooses his own name, holding sympathy that he is addressed as someone still dealing with the horrible tradition she just broken. Grey Worm turns her down, choosing his name proudly as that was the name he had when Daenerys freed him. Daenerys is also smart enough to use the corrupt systems in play to her advantage – seeing kindness and holding sympathy for Missandei of Nath, a translator bound in Astapor, Dany demands she is 'gifted' to her during their business exchange as well. Upon her travels to the other enslaved cities, she finds herself grieving over the loss of slave children crucified along the roadways. She is visibly distraught, wanting to see every single one of the children so she may know what cruelties were placed in this city. Daenerys takes serious vows for justice throughout her journey, saying those who oppose her army will die screaming and she will never let those who were freed from chains slide back into them. She strives to not only be a competent leader for the masses and those in Westeros, but to herself.
After the many turbulent ordeals she faces, she harnesses her choices (both good and bad) as something to learn from. To use as a foundation for every step to follow. She becomes easily worried regarding her image as a Queen – on the ideal Queen that she must be in order to be taken seriously. She bitterly believes that a flawless Queen is the only way to usurp unworthy men from positions of power. Almost to the point of being a perfectionist, she becomes critical on what her responsibilities mean by the time she finds a civil war brewing in Meereen.
As a young girl with limited experience dealing with topics like politics and war, Daenerys quickly develops an impulsive streak. Dany at times acts on her own accord without considering the wisdom or choice of her many advisors. This depicts her as ignorant or too ambitious to some, a thought that can sometimes stunt Dany. Another example is seen when she is held captive by the Khals and brought back to the Dosh khaleen, a group of women comprised of former khaleesi whose Khals have died. It is rooted in their tradition that they return to the Dothraki sacred city and live the rest of their lives there, no matter what the khaleesi may want. Daenerys believes in choice and with the aggression the Khals show to those who do not follow this rule, it deeply affects her and drives her to act. She acts ruthlessly and boldly, burning the Khals alive to break traditions that are part of a wheel of oppression – to inspire the remaining Dothraki to follow her.
Frustrated and too headstrong, she begins to show an unfaltering all-or-nothing mindset in the 'right' way to work towards her goals. Her advisers do their best to keep her self doubt and concern to a minimum, but it is simply a result of her own ideal of what she feels she has to be to be deserving of the Throne. During her time in Meereen, she feels a distinct responsibility to not only her people, but her dragons. These two conflict during one moment where Drogon, her growing dragon, burns a child to death. This weighs heavy on her, compassion for the child's grieving father and guilt swirling inside the Queen leaving her unsure of her next step. She is willing to sacrifice her own happiness by chaining her dragons away, having doubt in that choice as being the "right" choice as well.
This trait does not simply breed self doubt — it breeds an unyielding force that is difficult to stop. Stubbornness rears its ugly head and helps form a narrow-minded view in regards to her own choices and her allegiances: one must agree with her or she will find offense. For example, when freeing the Unsullied in Astapor, she hatches her own plan which boldly involves bartering her dragon for the army. Her desires to free those unable to free themselves is still there, but she forgoes all advising to insist her way was correct. When Ser Barristan and Jorah try to sway her initial plan, she defensively shuts them down and instills a bluntness that her choices are absolute and they will be advising someone else if they try to undermine her again. Dany is blinded at times by her good intentions. Advisers like Jorah Mormont, Tyrion Lannister, and even Missandei instill faith in her when she finds doubt in her choices. Tyrion, especially, converses with her on many occasions that there should be a balance in what she impulsively believes and what she ponders and considers. Many times, Tyrion's choices do not satisfy Daenerys and that is a problem – her stubbornness continues to grow.
Her world was the right world, almost always in her mind. She becomes so narrow minded that her destiny – the one that gave her a reason to live – was the Iron Throne. Jorah Mormont tries to dissuade her on multiple occasions to sail away, live her own life free of the Throne... but sadly, Daenerys is too blinded not by power, but by the ideal of who she should be for coming as far as she has.
As time passes as Queen of Meereen, Daenerys experiences betrayal and loss quite often. It hardens her, only solidifying some of the traits mentioned below: she becomes determined to see her choices through but ridden with guilt on if the loss of some of her close ones were her fault. Daenerys tries desperately to balance the fragility of someone who grew up without friends or close companions with her role as a Queen. To not bend the knee to anyone who betrays her, to stand her own ground. However, Daenerys does have a gentle heart. She grieves over the loss of Ser Barristan, fears her choices will cause more civil war in Meereen. She shows remorse at times for her cold rulings, finding difficulty being a Queen who rules on fear. Her compassion remains, evident by how she forgives Jorah Mormont for his betrayal to her before sending him away to find a cure for his greyscale in hopes that she may have her dearest friend back.
The old saying goes, when a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin. Daenerys (in her current position) has the ability to rule greatly or rule with madness. The traits listed above show that despite her ability to rule with a determination that rivals the fiercest of kings, she also has to have the kindness needed to inspire prosperity among her people and followers. She is not perfect but makes aspirations to be, as she feels that is what is needed for a female Targaryen to rule successfully. Fortunately, her advisers help keep her on track – keep her accountable the closer she gets to Westeros. This hardened Daenerys has seen her own trial by fire a multitude of times, and arisen from the flames is a confident, headstrong woman who has every intention of seeing her dreams made true and her destiny fulfilled.
Abilities & Skills: Daenerys is immune to fire and heat, as showcased in multiple situations throughout the show. She sits comfortably in a bath that was scalding hot, does not burn her hand on items heated over fire and most famously — stands in blazing fires on two occasions. There is no further explanation of her 'power' or its origins.
She has a kinship with her three dragons, however, but does not control them telepathically or such thing. There is a bond implied through her Targaryen lineage that ties to this kinship with dragons. They trust her enough to allow her to ride them and tend to them when wounded.
Fortunately, in addition to Daenerys being an inspiring leader, she knows many languages and is skilled in learning new ones fairly quickly. She learned Dothraki in a somewhat short amount of time, even if she is not the most fluent in it.
Inventory/Companions: N/A
Choice: Monster — Dragon
Reason: Daenerys and dragons go hand in hand — it is a theme rooted as much in her as the name Targaryen. Synonymous with one another — even down to the sigil of her family. Called the Dragon Queen and Daughter of the Dragon – etc, etc... these titles are just her family's kinship with the beasts of mythology but Daenerys purposefully brings the title of Mother of Dragon to life when she brings three stone dragon eggs to life to produce real, living dragons in a world absent of them. She raised three baby dragons that she claims relentlessly are her children, defensive like a mother would her very own.
Like a dragon, she is not harmed by fire and is vengeful in her judgments. I believe there are many allusions in the canon where Daenery can be "like a dragon" — but is she really a dragon? Exploring this shift as actually being a dragon, both physically and viciously if she goes feral would be almost a divine justice to the symbolism that dragons hold for Targaryens.
If unavailable, I'd like to have Dany be a witch focused in Evocation. This attributes her affinity with fire as more offensive as opposed to defensive/immunity.
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Character Information
Name: Daenerys Targaryen
Canon: Game of Thrones
Canon Point: Season 7, Episode 1
Age: 22
History: Wiki link
Personality: "You would be not only respected and feared, you would be loved. Someone who can rule and should rule." said Jorah Mormont to Daenerys Stormborn, the sole survivor of the Targaryen family line.
The Iron Throne means many things to many people – it is an icon of power, a stolen claim, a head of a dynasty, a reminder of the ones slain, and finally (to Daenerys) – a birthright and home. Daenerys was not born with the intent to claim the throne as her own, however. Living a life full of hardships, poverty, and fear, Daenerys believed the Throne to belonged to her brother, Viserys. She was raised to believe her older brother would be the salvation to the Targaryen line; the heir to the Seven Kingdoms. Thinking not of her own power and her own strengths, Daenerys spent her childhood in the Free Cities hiding from the rest of the world. In part, she hid from her own destiny.
Through the years, until Daenerys was able to bear children, she was a shell of what her name means in the present. She was quiet, distant, obedient to her brother, with no will to fight the abuse her maddening sibling inflicted upon her. In a way, she was bound by chains she could not break. Not yet, anyway. She is eventually sold to a Dothraki warlord named Khal Drogo in exchange for his khalasar (army) of followers. Daenerys has no say in the matter and she is wed to Drogo. With this union, she is further chained – forced to consummate their marriage and withhold her opposition to the union. Daenerys is trapped in a marriage she does not want.
The forced submission she experiences continues through her marriage, but there are moments where she finds kinship in her handmaidens that sprout the beginning of her own independence. She learns of the Dothraki culture – of their tongue, their mythology, their expectations, and how to find some semblance of pleasure in her new relationship with her husband. As superficial as it is, Daenerys uses her sexuality as a singular start to test her own power. While problematic in nature, this is the start of Daenerys breaking traditions and taking on a role a woman is typically not inclined to.
Daenerys gains power not by simply demanding it, but finding the customs to use to her advantage. She adapts to her environment, a skill she showcases multiple times throughout the series by learning customs and how she can change them to her advantage. Daenerys has the intelligence and wisdom to utilize her resources to pursue end-goals she feels are justified in her new order, no matter how small. It is not until the death of her husband and walking through his funeral pyre does the Daenerys that was brought into the khalasar uses what she's learned thus far to take steps to being the woman she needs to be.
During her travel from khaleesi to Unburnt with three baby dragons, Daenerys refuses to allow herself to be hopeless and helpless any longer. She trusts in herself and she seeks some form of inspiration from those who have stuck by her – initially Jorah Mormont. From the fires, Daenerys Stormborn begins to die and instead she proudly claims House Targaryen as her birthright and leads her khalasar to a future she carves for herself.
As a rising ruler, she stands out above many already in power. Daenerys sparks a revolution among the common people and enslaved of Essos, something unheard of and many feared to be involved in. Becoming a mother figure to them, an inspiration, a savior – she sets out to lead them to protection and does a fair job of it through her own actions. Daenerys shows pity for those that are unfortunate, and she wishes to abolish slavery in Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen merely because there is no justice in the manufactured order found there. Enslaved residents deal with the harshness of cruel masters and thus, Daenerys finds a desire in wanting to help because she sees herself in them. Daenerys' cause simply does not rely on heading to Westeros to claim her throne. She finds herself facing injustices, unable to turn a blind eye to them.
Her compassion and kindness separate her from other leaders in Essos and Westeros. She is the first one who sees the Unsullied for more than just mindless weapons of war. She frees them by slaughtering their masters, enlisting them to her services but giving them a choice in what may occur next in their lives. Among freeing, she meets a man known as Grey Worm, given the name during his training as an Unsullied. She insists he chooses his own name, holding sympathy that he is addressed as someone still dealing with the horrible tradition she just broken. Grey Worm turns her down, choosing his name proudly as that was the name he had when Daenerys freed him. Daenerys is also smart enough to use the corrupt systems in play to her advantage – seeing kindness and holding sympathy for Missandei of Nath, a translator bound in Astapor, Dany demands she is 'gifted' to her during their business exchange as well. Upon her travels to the other enslaved cities, she finds herself grieving over the loss of slave children crucified along the roadways. She is visibly distraught, wanting to see every single one of the children so she may know what cruelties were placed in this city. Daenerys takes serious vows for justice throughout her journey, saying those who oppose her army will die screaming and she will never let those who were freed from chains slide back into them. She strives to not only be a competent leader for the masses and those in Westeros, but to herself.
After the many turbulent ordeals she faces, she harnesses her choices (both good and bad) as something to learn from. To use as a foundation for every step to follow. She becomes easily worried regarding her image as a Queen – on the ideal Queen that she must be in order to be taken seriously. She bitterly believes that a flawless Queen is the only way to usurp unworthy men from positions of power. Almost to the point of being a perfectionist, she becomes critical on what her responsibilities mean by the time she finds a civil war brewing in Meereen.
As a young girl with limited experience dealing with topics like politics and war, Daenerys quickly develops an impulsive streak. Dany at times acts on her own accord without considering the wisdom or choice of her many advisors. This depicts her as ignorant or too ambitious to some, a thought that can sometimes stunt Dany. Another example is seen when she is held captive by the Khals and brought back to the Dosh khaleen, a group of women comprised of former khaleesi whose Khals have died. It is rooted in their tradition that they return to the Dothraki sacred city and live the rest of their lives there, no matter what the khaleesi may want. Daenerys believes in choice and with the aggression the Khals show to those who do not follow this rule, it deeply affects her and drives her to act. She acts ruthlessly and boldly, burning the Khals alive to break traditions that are part of a wheel of oppression – to inspire the remaining Dothraki to follow her.
Frustrated and too headstrong, she begins to show an unfaltering all-or-nothing mindset in the 'right' way to work towards her goals. Her advisers do their best to keep her self doubt and concern to a minimum, but it is simply a result of her own ideal of what she feels she has to be to be deserving of the Throne. During her time in Meereen, she feels a distinct responsibility to not only her people, but her dragons. These two conflict during one moment where Drogon, her growing dragon, burns a child to death. This weighs heavy on her, compassion for the child's grieving father and guilt swirling inside the Queen leaving her unsure of her next step. She is willing to sacrifice her own happiness by chaining her dragons away, having doubt in that choice as being the "right" choice as well.
This trait does not simply breed self doubt — it breeds an unyielding force that is difficult to stop. Stubbornness rears its ugly head and helps form a narrow-minded view in regards to her own choices and her allegiances: one must agree with her or she will find offense. For example, when freeing the Unsullied in Astapor, she hatches her own plan which boldly involves bartering her dragon for the army. Her desires to free those unable to free themselves is still there, but she forgoes all advising to insist her way was correct. When Ser Barristan and Jorah try to sway her initial plan, she defensively shuts them down and instills a bluntness that her choices are absolute and they will be advising someone else if they try to undermine her again. Dany is blinded at times by her good intentions. Advisers like Jorah Mormont, Tyrion Lannister, and even Missandei instill faith in her when she finds doubt in her choices. Tyrion, especially, converses with her on many occasions that there should be a balance in what she impulsively believes and what she ponders and considers. Many times, Tyrion's choices do not satisfy Daenerys and that is a problem – her stubbornness continues to grow.
Her world was the right world, almost always in her mind. She becomes so narrow minded that her destiny – the one that gave her a reason to live – was the Iron Throne. Jorah Mormont tries to dissuade her on multiple occasions to sail away, live her own life free of the Throne... but sadly, Daenerys is too blinded not by power, but by the ideal of who she should be for coming as far as she has.
As time passes as Queen of Meereen, Daenerys experiences betrayal and loss quite often. It hardens her, only solidifying some of the traits mentioned below: she becomes determined to see her choices through but ridden with guilt on if the loss of some of her close ones were her fault. Daenerys tries desperately to balance the fragility of someone who grew up without friends or close companions with her role as a Queen. To not bend the knee to anyone who betrays her, to stand her own ground. However, Daenerys does have a gentle heart. She grieves over the loss of Ser Barristan, fears her choices will cause more civil war in Meereen. She shows remorse at times for her cold rulings, finding difficulty being a Queen who rules on fear. Her compassion remains, evident by how she forgives Jorah Mormont for his betrayal to her before sending him away to find a cure for his greyscale in hopes that she may have her dearest friend back.
The old saying goes, when a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin. Daenerys (in her current position) has the ability to rule greatly or rule with madness. The traits listed above show that despite her ability to rule with a determination that rivals the fiercest of kings, she also has to have the kindness needed to inspire prosperity among her people and followers. She is not perfect but makes aspirations to be, as she feels that is what is needed for a female Targaryen to rule successfully. Fortunately, her advisers help keep her on track – keep her accountable the closer she gets to Westeros. This hardened Daenerys has seen her own trial by fire a multitude of times, and arisen from the flames is a confident, headstrong woman who has every intention of seeing her dreams made true and her destiny fulfilled.
Abilities & Skills: Daenerys is immune to fire and heat, as showcased in multiple situations throughout the show. She sits comfortably in a bath that was scalding hot, does not burn her hand on items heated over fire and most famously — stands in blazing fires on two occasions. There is no further explanation of her 'power' or its origins.
She has a kinship with her three dragons, however, but does not control them telepathically or such thing. There is a bond implied through her Targaryen lineage that ties to this kinship with dragons. They trust her enough to allow her to ride them and tend to them when wounded.
Fortunately, in addition to Daenerys being an inspiring leader, she knows many languages and is skilled in learning new ones fairly quickly. She learned Dothraki in a somewhat short amount of time, even if she is not the most fluent in it.
Inventory/Companions: N/A
Choice: Monster — Dragon
Reason: Daenerys and dragons go hand in hand — it is a theme rooted as much in her as the name Targaryen. Synonymous with one another — even down to the sigil of her family. Called the Dragon Queen and Daughter of the Dragon – etc, etc... these titles are just her family's kinship with the beasts of mythology but Daenerys purposefully brings the title of Mother of Dragon to life when she brings three stone dragon eggs to life to produce real, living dragons in a world absent of them. She raised three baby dragons that she claims relentlessly are her children, defensive like a mother would her very own.
Like a dragon, she is not harmed by fire and is vengeful in her judgments. I believe there are many allusions in the canon where Daenery can be "like a dragon" — but is she really a dragon? Exploring this shift as actually being a dragon, both physically and viciously if she goes feral would be almost a divine justice to the symbolism that dragons hold for Targaryens.
If unavailable, I'd like to have Dany be a witch focused in Evocation. This attributes her affinity with fire as more offensive as opposed to defensive/immunity.
Sample: sample from bakerstreet | sample from bakerstreet