In this video, I will discuss Dany's journey from the beginning and what will she do in
season 8.
So stay tuned for that...
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I've already discussed Bran, Sansa and Arya's journeys before in my previous videos.
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Daenerys Targaryen was conceived during the last month of Robert's rebellion.
Shortly thereafter, Rhaella was sent to Dragonstone with the Targaryen heir Viserys before the
sack of King's Landing.
Dany was born 9 months after their flight while a great storm raged on, thus, giving
her the name "Daenerys Stormborn."
Rhaella died shortly after giving birth to Dany.
A couple of years ago, I had said in my "Why R+L=D and B+A=J are wrong" video that Dany
was 9 months younger than Jon.
Jon was born somewhere around the end of Robert's rebellion.
At that time I hadn't taken into account the amount of time it would have taken Ned
to go from King's Landing to Storm's end to lift the siege and then from there to the
Tower of Joy.
Ned had been mad for Rhaegar's children's murder while Robert had been pleased by it.
Anyways, it would have taken him 2 months at most to reach the Tower Of Joy.
That still means Dany would be at least 7 months younger than Jon.
Viserys and Dany had to run again, just before Stannis set sail with his new built fleet.
The garrison had been prepared to sell them to Robert.
But one night, Ser Willem Darry and four loyal men had broken into the nursery and had stolen
them both and had set sail for the safety of Braavosian coast.
In Braavos, they lived in a house with a red door.
When Ser Willem Darry had died, the servants stole what little money they had and then
they were thrown out.
As you can see, Viserys & Dany have faced many betrayals from such an early age.
No wonder Viserys had doubts that Drogo won't fulfil his promise.
Dany and Viserys were left on their own now.
They had wandered since then, from Braavos to Myr, from Myr to Tyrosh, and on to Qohor,
and Volantis and Lys, never staying long in one place.
Viserys would not allow it.
He kept insisting that Robert's knives were close behind them, but Dany had never seen
one.
They used to call Viserys "the Beggar King" to mock him.
They had had to sell what little treasures they had left including their mother's crown.
At Dragonstone their mother had crowned Viserys King of the seven kingdoms, and it was the
last blow to Viserys.
Selling the crown took the last of Viserys's joy, leaving only rage behind.
He became bitter and Dany became the constant target for his outbursts.
Just like Cersei had blamed Tyrion, Viserys had never forgiven Dany for their mother's
death.
He used to beat her, and threatened her not to wake the Dragon.
Because of this, Dany became a scared little girl.
But Viserys had once loved her.
He used to let her crawl into bed with him, and told her stories about the seven kingdoms
and their family, making her feel as if she knew what it was like.
She loved him too and that's why she had named one of her dragons after him.
"We will have it all back one day, sweet sister," he used to promise her.
"The jewels and the silks, Dragonstone and King's Landing, the Iron throne and the
Seven Kingdoms, all they have taken from us, we will have it back."
Viserys used to live for that day whereas all Dany had wanted was to go back to the
house with the Red Door.
Illyrio Mopatis had taken them in eventually.
As I had said in my "Which supporting character will sit on the Iron Throne."
Video, Varys and Illyrio had known where Viserys and Dany had been all along, but they only
took them in when Dany and Viserys became more desperate and Dany was closer to the
age to get married.
I discussed how Varys had an ulterior motive behind this.
I'll discuss this in detail in my Varys's journey video.
Anyways, Dany was sold off to Khal Drogo in exchange for his army to conquer the Iron
Throne with.
They left Pentos after their marriage.
Dany's entire body hurt from riding on horseback for days, and in the books, when she was about
to give up, she dreams about a black dragon.
The flames of the dragon cleanse her, making her feel strong and fierce and new.
From that night onwards, she grows more confident.
For the first time she dares to fight against Viserys.
She starts a loving and healthy relationship with Khal Drogo, and she starts to act like
a khaleesi and a queen.
At Vaes Dothrak, She eats a raw stallion's heart and the Dosh Khaleen predict that Dany's
son will be the "Stallion who mounts the world," a long prophecied leader, destined
to unite the Dothraki into a single khalasaar and conquer the world.
Viserys grows impatient and threatens Dany and her child to get his crown.
Khal Drogo gives him a Golden crown, though not one he had wanted.
When a wine merchant tries to kill Dany, Khal Drogo promises to give the seven kingdoms
to Dany.
He leads his khalasaar south to plunder villages and to take captives to sell at Slaver's
Bay in exchange for ships.
Dany was disgusted to see the Dothraki raping women and she orders the rapes to be stopped
and claims the women as her own slaves to protect them.
Drogo was pleased to see her boldness and had allowed her to keep the slaves.
Drogo was injured and Dany let Mirri Maz Dur treat him.
Mirri takes Rhaego's life through blood magic to save Drogo's life.
But Drogo was alive but in a catatonic state.
"If I look back I'm lost."
Using these words, Dany kept moving forward.
She realized that she could hatch the dragon eggs with Blood Magic in exchange for three
lives.
So she used Drogo, Rhaego and Mirri's life and got 3 dragons who she names Drogon, Rhaegal
and Viserion after her husband and her brothers.
Khal Drogo's bloodriders left after his death and took most of the khalasaar with
them.
Only weak, old, young or wounded were left behind.
But Dany didn't give up hope.
Again and again she was forced down or was backed against the wall, but she always found
a way to fight back.
She freed the slaves of Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen.
And after ruling in Meereen for some time, she eventually headed towards Westeros.
And just like the prophecies of the Stallion who mounts the world had predicted, she united
the Dothraki into a single Khalasaar.
I know many people call her cruel and compare her to the Mad King, but Dany was nothing
like Aerys.
She usually put the need of her people above her own.
During her march through the slave cities, the amount of people joining her had slowed
their march.
She knew that if she ditched them, she could move faster, but she didn't do it.
In Meereen, when people claimed that Drogon was killing people, she locked away her own
children for her people's safety.
And after arriving at Dragonstone, she could have attacked king's landing and won easily,
but it would have cost the lives of the small folk.
So instead, she chose the harder path.
She attacked the Lannister forces instead and upon capturing them, she gave them the
chance to bend the knee.
In my "Who is the real threat" video, I read some lines between Stannis and Davos.
Stannis asks what is the penalty for treason, and Davos says Death.
Stannis says he is not a cruel man but this is not his decree.
It has always been so, since Aegon's day and before.
Traitors have always paid with their lives.
That's why I didn't like how Tyrion and Varys judged Dany for killing the Tarlys.
It's not fair to compare Dany to Aerys.
In fact, Cersei acts more like the Mad King than Dany.
In the books, Jorah and Barristen Selmy often compare Dany to her Brother Rhaegar who was
well loved by the small folks.
Also, Dany had risked her own life and the lives of her children to help Jon and his
team beyond the wall.
She had suffered many tragedies in her life and where it broke and changed others like
Viserys, Tywin, Cersei etc.
Dany only became stronger for it.
Instead of fighting for the crown, she chose to save the people of Westeros.
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