Khal Drogo's pyre was more than just a cremation — Daenerys was burning the witch Mirri Maz Duur. This blood sacrifice, along with the magic of her dragon's eggs, created a perfect storm of sorcery that left her unburnt. And that's why she was the mother of dragons and fire can't burn her.
No, Targaryens are not immune to fire.
When Daenerys hatched her dragons, she was unaffected by the pyre the eggs were burning on, but in that instance, she was protected by the blood magic ritual she was accidentally performing.
Daenerys survived the flames when her dragons were born thanks to a mysterious, magical mix of Mirri Maz Duur, sacrifice, and dragon eggs. Yet while Thrones decided to make Daenerys completely immune to fire to explain this experience, it's more of a onetime thing in the books.
“TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE!” the author emphatically stated. “The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived. But her brother sure as hell wasn't immune to that molten gold.”
Targaryens are not actually immune to fire. The original series made Daenerys immune to fire as a deviation, but in the source material, she is not immune to fire beyond the one-time event in the pyre.
But, according to George R.R. Martin, Targaryens definitely aren't fireproof. "TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE!" Martin stressed in a Q&A way back in 1999 (via Time). "The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle.
The great power of the Targaryens over Westeros is due almost entirely to their unique mastery of dragons. To mount a dragon, it is thought that one must have the blood of Old Valyrian dragonriders flowing through them. House Targaryen ruled Westeros as the only family with this ancestry,...
A theory states that after the prophesied Doom of Valyria, the Greyscale disease originated among those ruined walls. Since the Targaryens have the old blood of Valyria flowing through their veins, it would not be a far stretch to imagine that Matt Smith's Daemon Targaryen is immune to the disease.
Prince Aemond doesn't have a dragon because one hasn't hatched for him. As we saw in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, hatching a dragon's egg is not easy, especially after the Doom of Valyria. We're told more than half the dragon eggs that are lain never hatch.
Daenerys survived the fire and was also Targaryen. Targaryens are not actually immune to fire. The original series made Daenerys immune to fire as a deviation, but in the source material, she is not immune to fire beyond the one-time event in the pyre.
"Targaryens are not immune to fire! The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wondrous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived. But her brother sure as hell wasn't immune to that molten gold."
As the author himself once said in an online chat with ASOIF fans, in his book universe, Targaryens are not immune from fire—Dany surviving the dragon birth was a miracle. TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE!
The Targaryen family hails from Old Valyria, where lighter skin tones and hair colours were particularly common. As a result, the family had white or silvery blonde hair. The Targaryens have been able to keep their distinguishing Valyrian characteristics due to years of inbreeding.
If you have only watched the Game of Thrones TV show, but not read the books, you may be wondering, why was Daenerys immune to fire, when her brother, Viserys Targaryen, wasn't, and in that sense, wasn't a dragon. Targaryens are not immune to fire and are not real dragons, even thou they have high immunity to fire.
It gives me a chance to clear up a common misconception. TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE! The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived.
The Targaryen family was originally from Valyria, a country that was in Essos. This is where dragons came from. Here, everyone had a dragon, it was commonplace and the Targaryens were like any other family.
While the general consensus within the world of Game of Thrones is that only those with Valyrian or Targaryen blood in their veins can tame a dragon, the validity of that assertion is ambiguous.
No rider has ever ridden two dragons, but the possibility exists that they could have. When Prince Viserys Targaryen's dragon Balerion died, according to George R. R. Martin, "[Viserys] did not take a second dragon", leaving the possibility that, had Viserys desired a new dragon, he could have attempted to claim one.
Sunfyre devoured Rhaenyra in six bites, leaving only her left leg below the shin. Prince Aegon the Younger was forced to watch his mother die, and Elinda Massey allegedly gouged out her eyes in horror.
He literally couldn't get it up. “Ultimately, his impotence in this scene is a reflection of the fact that he knows deep down what he's doing isn't right,” House of the Dragon executive producer and showrunner Miguel Sapochnik said.
In a recent podcast interview with Entertainment Weekly, Paddy Considine — the actor portraying Viserys — revealed that his character has a kind of leprosy. “He's actually suffering from a form of leprosy. His body is deteriorating, his bones are deteriorating.
Viserys had a form of leprosy in House of the Dragon.
In the podcast he explains, “He is not actually old. He's still a young man in there. He's just, unfortunately, got this thing that's taken over his body.
Viserys was a dragonrider who rode Balerion until the dragon died of old age during the reign of Jaehaerys I. Viserys never bonded with another dragon after Balerion's death. In the television adaptation House of the Dragon, Viserys is portrayed by Paddy Considine.
When Sunfyre returned to Dragonstone partway through the war, they killed and devoured Grey Ghost for reasons unknown, or nonexistent. The people of the castle found his carcass, which alerted Aegon II that his dragon was back.
They're famed for their ability to tame dragons; hence, “house of the dragon.” That rare talent helped the Targaryens establish an immense dynasty over the realm; but as always when we're dealing with Game of Thrones, even empires can topple, and the iron throne is never a safe place to sit.