Daenerys Targaryen
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Princess Daenerys was born in 172 AC, some nineteen years after the birth of her brother, the future King Daeron II Targaryen, who had been born in 153 AC, the year their parents had been wed. Daenerys had a twin brother, who was stillborn. Her mother, Queen Naerys, lingered near death due to the difficult birth, but eventually recovered. At the time of her birth, Daenerys's brother Daeron was already married and had a son of his own.
Daenerys's betrothal to the Prince of Dorne, Prince Maron Martell, was brokered by her brother Daeron as part of the treaty bringing Dorne into the realm of the Iron Throne, after negotiations lasting two years. A year later in 187 AC, when she was of age, Daenerys's wedding to Prince Maron was held in King's Landing. After the ceremony, Prince Maron and King Daeron went to pay their respects to the statue of King Baelor I Targaryen at the sept bearing his name, as Baelor had once brokered the peace between the Iron Throne and Dorne (with the marriage of King Daeron II and Princess Myriah Martell, Maron's older sister, as a result). To celebrate the marriage, a tourney was held, where Prince Baelor Targaryen won the name "Breakspear" and the victory, defeating Daemon Blackfyre in the lists in the final tilt.
It was said that Daenerys loved her half-brother Daemon Blackfyre, and that the main reason Daemon rose in rebellion against Daeron was that Daenerys was denied to him. Yet, it must be said that Daemon did not rebel until eight years after the wedding, and that Princess Daenerys is not recorded to have ever mourned Daemon. By the time Daemon rebelled, he had been married to Rohanne of Tyrosh for years and had at least nine children with her, and Daenerys had already given Maron multiple heirs.
Prince Maron Martell built his new bride the Water Gardens, a place of beauty made of colored marble, with pools, fountains, and trees, to free her from the heat and dust of Sunspear. Their children played in the pools, along with the children of other highborn lords and ladies. One day, when the sun was hot, Daenerys took pity on the children of the servants and guards, and allowed them to play in the pools with the highborn children, starting a tradition that is still kept in Dorne to this day. As Daenerys watched the children playing, she realized that she could not tell the highborn ones from the lowborn. Naked, they were only innocent and vulnerable children, who all deserved life, love, and protection. Daenerys told her eldest son, Maron's heir, to also look at the children of the Water Gardens, and realize that they were the realm of Dorne, and to remember them in everything he did. Those words may also be a tradition kept from one Prince or Princess of Dorne to their heir, to this day.
Relationships
History
Despite rumors that Daenerys was in love with Daemon Blackfyre, her marriage with Maron Martell was a happy one. Maron was constantly giving gifts to his wife, including the construction of the Water Gardens which he had built in her honor (as well as for her comfort in the hot climate of Dorne).
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Princess.
Life
172 AC
228 AC
56 years old
Family
Spouses
Maron Martell
(Husband)
Siblings
Daeron II Targaryen
(Brother)
Children
Quotes & Catchphrases
"There is your realm, remember them, in everything you do." (In reference to the children in the Water Gardens)
Belief/Deity
The Faith of the Seven
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