In A Game of Thrones, she is a shy and meek young woman who is terrified of her brother's temper.
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Daenerys Targaryen is a principal character in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
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In A Clash of Kings, she decides to follow a comet into the Red Waste, a stretch of barren land.
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In A Storm of Swords, she goes to Slaver's Bay to purchase an army of Unsullied, highly trained slave soldiers.
The species name refers to Drogon, one of the three dragons of Daenerys Targaryen, a fictional character from the George R. R. Martin’s novel A Song of Ice and Fire.
A special episode of Thronecast was filmed before the start of the second series, which featured interviews with Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryen), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), and Nicolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister).