Game of Thrones includes many characters who meet terrible ends through war, betrayal, and revenge. But this is elevated for the Targaryen family. With their position, power, and tendency to go mad, many Targaryens fall from grace throughout Westeros' history, and their stories are remembered by the entire kingdom. The series follows Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) on this path as she goes from a promising young queen to the character who ruthlessly burns King's Landing, but she is far from the first Targaryen ruler to do so. That honor belongs to Maegor the Cruel, the third Targaryen to rule Westeros, and, in the generations since, the affliction is so common that it inspired the saying, "Every time a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin." There are plenty of examples, including Aerion Brightflame, who died by drinking wildfire hoping to turn into a dragon, Baelor the Blessed, who starved himself because of his belief that food was sinful, and several others. But, long before Daenerys' fate became clear, the Targaryen madness was a prominent part of the series through her father, King Aerys II (David Rintoul).
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