Daenerys Targaryen Targaryen, who, until fourteen years before the events of the first novel, had ruled Westeros from the Iron Throne for nearly three hundred years. She subsequently appeared in "A Clash of Kings" (1998) and "A Storm of Swords" (2000). Daenerys was one of a few prominent characters not included in 2005's "A Feast for Crows", but returned in the next novel "A Dance with Dragons" (2011). In the story, Daenerys is a young woman in her early teens living in Essos. Knowing no other life than one of exile, she remains dependent on her abusive older brother, Viserys. She is
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