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DAENERYS TARGARYEN + Moon references in her chapters

“A trader from Qarth once told me that dragons came from the moon,” blond Doreah said as she warmed a towel over the fire. […] “He told me the moon was an egg, Khaleesi,” the Lysene girl said. “Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame. One day the other moon will kiss the sun too, and then it will crack and the dragons will return.” The two Dothraki girls giggled and laughed. “You are foolish strawhead slave,” Irri said. “Moon is no egg. Moon is god, woman wife of sun. It is known.” “It is known,” Jhiqui agreed. — AGOT, Daenerys III

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The khal laughed as he swung down off his stallion and showed her the scars on his leg where the hrakkar had raked him through his leggings. “I shall make you a cloak of its skin, moon of my life,” he swore. — AGOT, Daenerys VI

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As the moon rose above the grasslands, Dany slipped at last into a restless sleep. She dreamed. All her cares fell away from her, and all her pains as well, and she seemed to float upward into the sky. She was flying once again, spinning, laughing, dancing, as the stars wheeled around her and whispered secrets in her ear. — ADWD, Daenerys X

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George R. R. Martin to Amazon.co.uk: The whole point of the scene in A Game of Thrones where Daenerys hatches the dragons is that she makes the magic up as she goes along; she is someone who really might do anything.

George R. R. Martin in an online Q&A from 1999: The birth of Dany’s dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived.

George R. R. Martin to Desde Hollywood: Magic is coming more and more to the fore. Magic has awakened when the dragons awoken.

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A skinny brown girl on a skinny brown dragon.

Nettles, the Dragonseed

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Daenerys Targaryen + book quotes and statements by GRRM that show that she has all the characteristics that (according to her creator) define a good king (in/s/p.)

GRRM at the “House of the Dragon” Comic-Con panel: A good king is someone who regards being king as a duty rather than a privilege that they are entitled to. A duty to the realm to dispense justice and peace, and occasionally do boring things like building roads and sanitation in King’s Landing and all that.

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GRRM on which of his characters would be suitable leaders in modern times: You know, probably Tyrion. [...] Dany would also be an interesting choice if we could bring her dragons along. The recent American election [of 2016] might have turned out very different if Hillary Clinton had dragons. [as the linked meta above shows, GRRM's decision to mention Dany - especially when he could have chosen to name so many other characters - alongside Tyrion (who he deems the most suitable leader) highlights her portrayal as a good ruler and acknowledges that, with the right person, dragons can be used for good.]

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GRRM to History of Westeros: I mean, it’s… you know, I had a lot of input in the beginning of Game of Thrones, partly cause I had these books out there. Um, but at a certain point, as the show went on, I, I found I had less and less influence uh, until by the end, I really didn’t even know what, what was going on. I, I… Some of these things I watched like everybody else, and ‘oh, okay.' 

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Daenerys sketch

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Dany’s Hrakkar pelt

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Scene from agot "Dany smiled shyly. It was sweet to laugh. She felt half a girl again."

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My newest work. It is called “My reign has just begun”

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Here to bless you with another sketch, this time Dany in Mereen.

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Rhaegar and Jon commsssiiionnn :3

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BLOODSTAR 💋

Brynden Rivers and Shiera Seastar meeting in the secret corridors of the Red Keep at the hour of the wolf 🤭

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Daenerys, Marriage and Golden Chains

One thing I find very interesting about Dany’s marriages is that there are golden chains/collars involved in both of them:

The old woman washed her long, silver-pale hair and gently combed out the snags, all in silence. The girl scrubbed her back and her feet and told her how lucky she was. “Drogo is so rich that even his slaves wear golden collars. A hundred thousand men ride in his khalasar, and his palace in Vaes Dothrak has two hundred rooms and doors of solid silver." – Daenerys I AGOT

When she was clean, the slaves helped her from the water and toweled her dry. The girl brushed her hair until it shone like molten silver, while the old woman anointed her with the spiceflower perfume of the Dothraki plains, a dab on each wrist, behind her ears, on the tips of her breasts, and one last one, cool on her lips, down there between her legs. They dressed her in the wisps that Magister Illyrio had sent up, and then the gown, a deep plum silk to bring out the violet in her eyes. The girl slid the gilded sandals onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair, and slid golden bracelets crusted with amethysts around her wrists. Last of all came the collar, a heavy golden torc emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs.

"Now you look all a princess,” the girl said breathlessly when they were done. Dany glanced at her image in the silvered looking glass that Illyrio had so thoughtfully provided. A princess, she thought, but she remembered what the girl had said, how Khal Drogo was so rich even his slaves wore golden collars. She felt a sudden chill, and gooseflesh pimpled her bare arms. – Daenerys I AGOT

And then, we have Dany’s wedding with Hizdahr:

Four hours later, they emerged again as man and wife, bound together wrist and ankle with chains of yellow gold. – Daenerys VII ADWD

When she’s being prepared to meet Drogo, Dany is being treated like a princess for the first time in her life. But in truth, she feels like a slave, wearing a golden collar just like the ones that Drogo’s slaves are said to use. She’s being sold by her brother, she’s raped by her husband and she doesn’t really have a lot of agency. The little agency that she does get comes from Drogo, but she still has no true power, and has to rely on his authority to get what she wants.

Dany’s marriage with Hizdahr is similar. Dany feels trapped, like she has no agency at all, despite being a queen in her own right. Because by marrying Hizdahr to bring peace, this also means that Dany has to bow to the wishes of the slavers and make many compromises.

Another interesting thing is that both times, Dany marries a slaver and has to accept their ways. With Drogo, Dany tries to protect the Lhazareen women from being raped, but she can’t stop Drogo’s khalasar from enslaving the Lhazareen, and only after he dies she’s able to free the slaves of her small khalasar. With Hizdahr, Dany manages to keep the citizens of Meereen free, but has to allow slavery to return outside Meereen, has to reopen the fighting pits, and has to accept people bringing their slaves into her city.

In both marriages. Dany has to sacrifice part of herself. She’s not truly free. She can’t follow her own moral compass.

It’s very likely that Dany will marry a third time. In the House of The Undying, they say she’s the bride of fire. The first vision in the bride of fire section is of her silver during her wedding with Drogo. The second vision is of a corpse standing at the prow of a ship, and this could very well mean that Hizdahr will be killed by Victarion. The last vision is of a blue flower growing in a chink of ice and filling the air with sweetness. It clearly indicates Jon Snow, but it hints to more than that. The flower filling the air with sweetness seems to indicate a very positive relationship. And when I think about it and compare it to Dany’s first two marriages, it’s an interesting contrast. Because if Dany marries Jon, it would be of her own free will, and Jon is someone that would respect her agency. He and Dany have similar beliefs, so Dany wouldn’t have to compromise her principles like in her other marriages. And while her first two husbands were slavers and forced Dany to tolerate slavery to a certain extent, with Jon, it would be the opposite. They would fight together against the enslavers of the dead, and Dany will finally be able to fight for what she believes is right. Dany won’t feel trapped. There will be no golden chains in Dany’s wedding with Jon.

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"Dany turned the whip in her hand. Such a light thing, to bear such weight. "Is it done, then? Do they belong to me?" "It is done," he agreed, giving the chain a sharp pull to bring Drogon down from the litter. Dany mounted her silver. She could feel her heart thumping in her chest. She felt desperately afraid. Was this what my brother would have done? She wondered if Prince Rhaegar had been this anxious when he saw the Usurper's host formed up across the Trident with all their banners floating on the wind. [...] ...Though the Astapori yanked and tugged, Drogon would not budge off the litter. Smoke rose grey from his open jaws, and his long neck curled and straightened as he snapped at the slaver's face. It is time to cross the Trident, Dany thought, as she wheeled and rode her silver back."

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Dany in Qarth

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The Prince that was Promised

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Dany's dragon dream