Some stunning Game of Thrones portrait art shows a book-accurate Daenerys wearing a beautiful three-dragon crown. In HBO’s massively popular fantasy show, and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series on which it is based, Daenerys Targaryen is an exiled Princess with ambitions of returning to Westeros to reclaim her father’s Iron Throne and becoming Queen. Early on, Dany hatches three dragon eggs believed to be dormant, birthing Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.
On Instagram, paparinka_art created and shared some stunning Game of Thrones portrait art showing a book-accurate Daenerys wearing a beautiful three-dragon crown. Check out the art below:
A total of two slides, the art depicts Daenerys wearing a beautiful three-dragon crown, looking up seemingly at her dragons flying overhead. From her purple eyes and silver hair, the art also captures a more book-accurate version of Daenerys, as opposed to what actress Emilia Clarke looked like in the show.
How The Games Of Thrones Art Captures A Book-Accurate Daenerys
She Has Purple Eyes, Silver Hair & A Three-Headed Dragon Crown
Overall, the Game of Thrones art captures a more book-accurate version of Daenerys compared to what Clarke looked like in the show. This includes her violet eyes and silver hair, which are typical features for Targaryens. In the show, Dany’s hair is a very light blonde, a shade that was chosen since a silver wig would have washed out Clarke on screen. Similarly, Clarke tried wearing violent contacts during the early days of filming season 1, but they were too uncomfortable and distracting, so they decided to scrap them.
The Game of Thrones art also captures Dany’s beautiful three-headed dragon crown from the books. In the second book A Clash of Kings, Daenerys gets her three-headed dragon crown while in Quarth, the coils are yellow gold, the wings silver, and the heads are carved from jade, ivory, and onyx. Daenerys never wears this specific crown in the show, or any crown for that matter, since costume designer Michele Clapton decided to give her a chain instead as a reminder of her regal power.
The fan art allows viewers to see a version of Daenerys that more closely aligns with Martin’s original vision, which the show was unable to capture for valid reasons.
Though Dany’s three-headed dragon crown never appears in the show, it has been depicted numerous times in fan art, such as the piece above. The fan art allows viewers to see a version of Daenerys that more closely aligns with Martin’s original vision, which the show was unable to capture for valid reasons. Despite some key differences in their physical appearance, both the fan art and the show are able to capture a version of Daenerys that honors the books.
How Daenerys Changed From The Books To The Show
The Changes Extend Far Beyond Her Appearance
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The alterations to her appearance are among many changes made to Daenerys from the books to the show, her age being another major change. In the first book, A Game of Thrones, Daenerys is only 13 years old, and is about 15 in the latest book, A Dance with Dragons. However, due to the more mature aspects of her storyline, Dany was aged up for the first season of Game of Thrones, as she is 17 when she marries Khal Drogo, having been born during Robert’s Rebellion, and is in her early 20s at the time of her death.
Her violent nature is another major change made to the character. In Game of Thrones season 2, Jorah Mormont observes that Daenerys has a gentle heart, yet this version is much more violent than her counterpart in the books, who is much more measured and calm, typically pursuing peaceful solutions before turning to drastic action. In season 5, Dany feeds former slave owners to her dragons in the catacombs, a dramatic event that doesn’t occur in the books. Instead, Daenerys is more cautious about using her dragons.
In the books, Daenerys is depicted as a character with a much more complex evolution that emphasizes her drastic development from a frightened young girl to a powerful leader.
Overall, in the books, Daenerys is depicted as a character with a much more complex evolution that emphasizes her drastic development from a frightened young girl to a powerful leader. This is simply the nature of being a point-of-view character in the books, which allows for a more careful and deeper exploration of internal conflicts and decisions. In turn, this also allows for a more gradual shift in Dany’s development from a passive character to a commanding leader in the books.
In the show, Dany’s character underwent several significant changes placing a stronger focus on her rise to power, often streamlining certain aspects of her development for dramatic effect. Due to time constraints, the show accelerates her transformation from a timid girl to a confident leader, particularly through more overt displays of power. The shift made her character arc more visually dynamic for the show, but sometimes sacrificed the nuanced psychological development found in Martin’s writing. Overall, while the show’s version still captures her complexity, Game of Thrones emphasizes the more dramatic aspects of Dany’s character arc.
