
Though Daenerys is familiar with the Faith of the Seven, and believes in the existence of gods, she does not appear to follow a particular faith. ĭescending from dragonlords, Daenerys dreams of dragons. She enjoys heat, preferring her baths scalding hot. She also loves to read children's stories and songs from the Seven Kingdoms about hall and handsome heroes. ĭaenerys loves the sea, as it makes her feel free, as well as the sailors and their songs and stories. Daenerys abhors slavery and is willing to put the needs of her people before her own desires. Though she has never seen Westeros and cannot remember Dragonstone, she believes that the Iron Throne is her by rights, as Viserys's heir, and that ruling the Seven Kingdoms is her duty. The house with the red door in Braavos, where she lived until she was about five years old, has come to symbolize her lost childhood, and she frequently wishes to return there. Among the Dothraki, she feels safe, loved and hopeful for the first time. Though she describes the fragrance of the Western Market at Vaes Dothrak with smelling "of home", they in fact remind of her her days spent in several of the Free Cities as a small child.

Īs she was raised in exile, never staying long as one place, Daenerys has never truly known a place to call home. She grows more confident in A Song of Ice and Fire, however, and her followers generally regard her with great respect and love, and Jorah Mormont and Barristan Selmy have compared her to her deceased brother, Prince Rhaegar, who had been valiant, honorable, and noble, and is still fondly remembered in the Seven Kingdoms. ĭaenerys grew up terrified of and abused by her brother Viserys, and was regarded as fearful and furtive by Magister Illyrio Mopatis. She quickly learns the Dothraki language, and the Ghiscari tongue. īeside the Common Tongue, Daenerys speaks the bastard Valyrian of the Free Cities with a Tyroshi accent, and High Valyrian. Daenerys has been described as fair, and beautiful. She is said to resemble Queen Naerys Targaryen, though Daenerys is taller and stronger. Daenerys is slender of frame, with small breasts.

A young woman in her early teens, Daenerys has the classical Valyrian look She has violet eyes, pale skin, and long, pale silver-gold hair.
