Daenerys Targaryen, a survivor of the dynasty's fall, attempted to reclaim the Iron Throne centuries later, initially as a liberator but ultimately descending into tyranny.

After Robert's Rebellion, the remaining Targaryens, including young Daenerys and Viserys, were exiled across the Narrow Sea. Daenerys, born into exile and stripped of her heritage, grew up with the singular goal of reclaiming her family's throne. Through the hatching of three dragons, securing vast armies, and conquering cities in Essos, she returned to Westeros as a formidable claimant. Her journey, however, was marked by complex moral choices and escalating violence. Despite her initial vision of a better world, the pressures of war, loss, and inherited madness ultimately led her to destroy King's Landing, cementing a tyrannical image that led to her own demise and the final extinguishing of the Targaryen claim to the Iron Throne.