Daenerys Targaryen, the unburnt Mother of Dragons

“Look at her. That silvergold hair, those purple eyes… she is the blood of old Valyria, no doubt, no doubt… and highborn, daugthter of the old king, sister to the new“ 

“From the ashes a fire shall be woken.”

a daenerys graphic requested by behindmylove

Viserys was Mad Aerys’s son, just so. Daenerys…Daenerys is quite different. The frightened child who sheltered in my manse died on the Dothraki sea, and was reborn in blood and fire. This dragon queen who wears her name is a true Targaryen.

“The first khalasar we meet will kill us and take your dragons…”

The Great Houses - House Targaryen

The Targaryens are the blood of the dragon, descended from the high lords of the ancient Freehold of Valyria, their heritage proclaimed in a striking (some say inhuman) beauty, with lilac or indigo or violet eyes and hair of silver-gold or platinum white. Aegon the Dragon’s ancestors escaped the Doom of Valyria and the chaos and slaughter that followed to settle on Dragonstone, a rocky island in the narrow sea. It was from there that Aegon and his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys sailed  to conquer the Seven Kingdoms. To preserve the blood royal and keep it pure, House Targaryen has often followed the Valyrian custom of wedding brother to sister. Aegon himself took both his sisters to wife, and fathered sons on each. The Targaryen banner is a three-headed dragon, red on black, the three heads representing Aegon and his sisters. The Targaryen words are “Fire and Blood”.