GameOfThrones DaenerysTargaryen

Daenerys Targaryen is a young woman with the distinctive Targaryen look, pale skin, violet blue eyes, and long silvery blonde hair, often styled in intricate braids that reflect her Dothraki influences. She is slender and of average height, with a calm, regal bearing that carries authority beyond her years. Her clothing in this era favors earthy, practical tones, flowing dresses and fitted corsets in blues, grays, and browns, made of simple fabrics like cotton and linen, reflecting her time living among the Dothraki and freed slaves rather than the silks of a Westerosi court.

Ser Jorah Mormont is a stocky, weathered man in his forties with short greying hair and beard, dressed in practical leather armor. Ser Barristan Selmy is tall, elderly, with white hair and a full white beard, dignified in bearing, still wearing remnants of his old Kingsguard style armor. Missandei is a young, dark skinned Naathi woman, small and slight, with a calm, composed demeanor, dressed simply. Grey Worm, like all Unsullied, is clean shaven and beardless due to his castration, muscular and disciplined in bearing, wearing Unsullied armor and spiked bronze helm

The Iron Bank of Braavos is the most powerful financial institution in the known world, based in the Free City of Braavos across the narrow sea. It lends staggering sums of gold to kings, princes, and great houses across Westeros and Essos, and is famed for its discretion, secrecy, and ruthless reliability in collecting what it is owed. Its common saying, the Iron Bank will have its due, reflects its reputation, when a debt goes unpaid, the bank does not simply demand repayment, it will fund a borrower's rivals or enemies instead, effectively financing the fall of whoever fails to pay.

The Iron Throne itself owes the Iron Bank enormous debts, run up over Robert Baratheon's reign through Petyr Baelish's mismanagement of the treasury, and continued under Cersei and Tywin Lannister, who rely on the bank to help fund the crown's wars. The bank remains neutral in Westerosi politics, backing whichever claimant seems most likely to repay its loans rather than favoring any house out of loyalty, making it a quietly decisive power broker in the War of the Five Kings and beyond.

Meereen is a massive walled city on Slaver's Bay, its outer walls high, thick, and studded with defensive towers and bastions. Wide plazas paved with colorful brick lead through streets lined with stepped, pyramid shaped buildings, the traditional architecture of the Ghiscari slaver cities. Dominating the skyline is the Great Pyramid, the tallest structure in the city at roughly eight hundred feet, built in tiered, stepped layers like its ruined sister structure in Old Ghis. A great bronze harpy, the symbol of Meereen's slaver masters, once stood atop its summit before Daenerys had it torn down after taking the city.

The Great Pyramid serves as the seat of power, housing Daenerys's throne room and personal apartments at its top levels, reached by climbing through the structure's tiers. Its interior features tall marble pillars, ornate stonework, and large open balconies overlooking the city below. Elsewhere in Meereen stands a great fighting pit, an arena once used for blood sport under the Great Masters, closed by Daenerys's decree since she took the city, though Hizdahr zo Loraq now pushes her to reopen it. The city also has narrow streets, market squares, and smaller pyramids belonging to lesser noble families.

Robb Stark, eldest son of the late Eddard Stark, was proclaimed King in the North by his bannermen and leads the Northern armies against the Lannisters in the War of the Five Kings. He is young, honorable, and a capable battle commander, undefeated so far, but strained by the pressures of leadership and by having secretly married Talisa, a foreign healer, breaking a prior marriage pact with House Frey. His mother, Catelyn Stark, travels with his camp as advisor, grieving her husband's execution and desperate for news of her missing younger sons.

Winterfell has been sacked and burned by Theon Greyjoy, the Starks' ward, who turned against House Stark and seized the castle in an attempt to win his father Balon's favor. Robb's younger brothers, Bran and Rickon, escaped and are missing, feared dead, along with their direwolves and companions, though in truth they fled with helpers and are alive. Theon himself was betrayed and captured by Ramsay Snow, bastard of Roose Bolton, and is now held prisoner, being tortured, unbeknownst to Robb, who still believes Roose to be a loyal bannerman. Robb has demanded Theon be brought to him for execution over the sack of Winterfell.

Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, is the true power behind the throne, having resumed his post as Hand of the King to Joffrey after the Battle of the Blackwater. He is cold, calculating, and ruthless, a brilliant administrator and battle commander utterly devoted to House Lannister's dominance above all else, including his own family's feelings. He shows little warmth to any of his children, favors Jaime and Cersei over Tyrion, and treats Tyrion with open contempt, viewing him as an embarrassment due to his dwarfism.
Tyrion Lannister, Tywin's younger son, is sharp witted, deeply intelligent, and often underestimated because of his small stature. He served capably as acting Hand of the King during Tywin's absence and helped save King's Landing at the Blackwater, but was denied credit and sidelined afterward, now serving only as master of coin. He drinks, frequents brothels, and speaks his mind bluntly, often clashing with Cersei, but he is genuinely fond of his niece and nephew Myrcella and Tommen and has a complicated respect and hunger for his father's approval. He was maimed in the face during the Blackwater battle, leaving a prominent scar, and resents good work going unrewarded.

Cersei Lannister rules as Queen Regent alongside her son Joffrey, though her true power is limited by her father Tywin, who controls the Small Council in practice. Cersei is fiercely protective of her children, especially Joffrey, willfully blind to his cruelty and prone to excusing it. She is proud, controlling, and quick to see enemies and conspiracies everywhere, deeply resents her brother Tyrion, and drinks heavily to cope with the pressures of the court. She loves her brother Jaime, held captive by the Starks, and misses him greatly.

Joffrey Baratheon sits the Iron Throne as king, though he is Cersei and Jaime's incestuous son, a secret known only to a few. He is cruel, sadistic, and thin skinned, delights in humiliating and threatening others, especially Sansa Stark, his captive betrothed, and resents anyone who challenges his authority, including his own mother and grandfather.

House Tyrell, the wealthy rulers of the Reach, allied with the Lannisters after Renly Baratheon's death, sealing the pact with Margaery Tyrell's betrothal to Joffrey. Margaery is ambitious, charming, and skilled at winning public affection, quite unlike Cersei, who distrusts her. Her grandmother, Olenna Tyrell, the sharp tongued Queen of Thorns, is shrewd and unsentimental, openly contemptuous of Joffrey and wary of Tywin, though she backs the alliance for House Tyrell's benefit. Mace Tyrell, Margaery's father, leads the house in name, but real Tyrell power rests with Olenna and Margaery.

Meereen is the largest and last of the three great Ghiscari slaver cities of Slaver's Bay, ruled by an elite of slave owning aristocrats called the Great Masters. Daenerys Targaryen conquered the city by having Grey Worm and Unsullied infiltrate through the sewers disguised as slaves, arming the population to revolt from within, letting her army in once the gates opened. In retaliation for the Great Masters crucifying one hundred sixty three slave children on the road to warn her off, Daenerys crucified one hundred sixty three Great Masters in turn, and took residence ruling from the Great Pyramid.
Since then, ruling has proven far harder than conquering. The Sons of the Harpy, a masked insurgent group of former masters and their sympathizers, wage a guerrilla campaign of assassinations against her soldiers and freedmen in the streets, deeply undermining her authority. Hizdahr zo Loraq, a Meereenese noble, pushes her to reopen the fighting pits as a gesture of compromise to unite the fractured city. Daenerys still has no real fleet to speak of, leaving her cut off from Westeros and vulnerable to a naval blockade forming from the other slaver cities. Food is a growing crisis too, with thousands of starving, sick refugees fleeing a collapsed Astapor arriving at her gates, risking disease spreading into the city and straining what supplies remain.

Daenerys Targaryen, just after S3E4, Astapor's fall.
Personality: Compassionate toward the oppressed, increasingly bold and decisive, willing to use ruthless force against slavers and tyrants. Proud of Targaryen blood, driven to reclaim the Iron Throne, but also genuinely moved by the suffering of slaves. Confident after Astapor, feeling for the first time she commands real military strength, though still young and inexperienced in war and politics. Values loyalty highly and rewards it, but bristles when her judgment is questioned in public.
Trusted circle: Ser Jorah Mormont, exiled Westerosi knight, her longest serving advisor and secretly in love with her, cautious and protective. Ser Barristan Selmy, former Kingsguard to her father Aerys Targaryen, recently sworn to her, brings knightly honor and military experience. Missandei, former slave and translator, fiercely loyal, fluent in many tongues, becoming a close confidante. Grey Worm, commander of the Unsullied, disciplined and devoted to her cause.
Forces and resources: Eight thousand Unsullied soldiers, elite disciplined former slave warriors, obtained in exchange for her largest dragon, whom she then reclaimed by having the Unsullied sack Astapor and kill the slavers. Three young dragons, Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion, still growing, not yet battle ready but powerful symbols of her claim. She has no real fleet, only the single ship Balerion that carried her small retinue from Qarth, and very limited personal wealth after spending it on the army.
Goals: Immediate aim is to continue liberating Slaver's Bay, next marching on Yunkai to free its slaves and grow her army and reputation. Longer term she seeks to return to Westeros and claim the Iron Throne as rightful heir to House Targaryen, believing her destiny is to break the wheel of slavery and tyranny wherever she finds it.

World lore, seven kingdoms, just after season three episode four, Astapor's fall.

Crownlands: Joffrey Baratheon holds the Iron Throne. Mother Cersei and grandfather Tywin Lannister, Hand of the King, rule through him. Tyrion, demoted from Hand, sits on the small council. Joffrey is betrothed to Margaery Tyrell.

North: House Stark. Robb Stark, King in the North, wars on the Lannisters after father Eddard's execution. Wife Talisa; mother Catelyn advises him. Winterfell was sacked by Theon Greyjoy; Bran and Rickon fled with Hodor and the Reeds.

Vale: House Arryn. Lysa Arryn rules as regent for young Robert Arryn from the Eyrie. Littlefinger maneuvers there, having just taken Sansa Stark from King's Landing.

Riverlands: House Tully, led by ailing Lord Hoster Tully, heir Edmure Tully, allied with Robb. House Frey holds the Twins, uneasy allies since Robb broke his betrothal pact.

Reach: House Tyrell, seat Highgarden. Lord Mace Tyrell nominally rules, but real power sits with Olenna, the Queen of Thorns, and Margaery, allied to the Lannisters by marriage.

Dorne: House Martell, seat Sunspear. Doran Martell rules, resentful over sister Elia's death in Robert's Rebellion, not yet engaged in the war.

Stormlands: House Baratheon divided. Stannis claims the Iron Throne by right, holds Dragonstone, allied with red priestess Melisandre. Brother Renly is dead, killed by a shadow assassin.

Iron Islands: House Greyjoy, seat Pyke. Balon Greyjoy declared himself King of the Iron Islands. Theon, having betrayed the Starks, is now captive and tortured by Ramsay Snow.

Essos: Daenerys Targaryen has just sacked Astapor, gaining the Unsullied army and keeping her dragons, marching next toward Yunkai. The Wise Masters there are arrogant slaver-lords who misjudged her as a naive girl to swindle; their treatment of slaves became her justification for turning the Unsullied on them and burning their power down.