(Viserys): The Targaryen dynasty united the Seven Kingdoms
and lasted nearly three centuries.
It was a dynasty forged in fire, sealed in blood,
and destroyed by rebellion.
The Targaryens are blood of the dragon,
descended from the nobility of ancient Valyria,
a once mighty empire in the East.
When the cataclysmic Doom laid waste to Valyria and its people,
the Targaryens survived,
having settled on the island fortress of Dragonstone years before.
They remained there for a century,
until the rise of Aegon the Conqueror.
Instead of attempting to reclaim the eastern lands of his ancestors,
Aegon sailed west for the Seven Kingdoms,
his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys at his side.
To keep the bloodlines pure,
Aegon continued the custom of his Valyrian ancestors
and took both of his sisters to wife.
Together, they came ashore on the eastern coast of Westeros.
Their blazon - a dragon with three heads,
representing Aegon and his sister wives.
And their words...
"Fire and Blood."
While their host was small
in comparison to the armies of Westeros that awaited them,
Aegon and his sisters had a secret weapon -
the last of the dragons.
He conquered every kingdom, save Dorne,
which eventually bowed to Targaryen rule a century later.
He had the swords of his enemies melted down
by the fiery breath of his dragon, Balerion the Black Dread,
and forged into the Iron Throne.
The capital city of King's Landing was built on the eastern coast,
where Aegon and his sisters first came ashore.
And Aegon ordered the construction of a royal castle on its highest hill -
the Red Keep.
For 300 years, the Targaryen dynasty stayed strong
in the face of rebellion, civil war and plague.
But the line of dragon kings was broken
when my father, Aerys Targaryen, the second of his name,
was overthrown in rebellion.
My father was betrayed and slaughtered by Ser Jaime Lannister,
a member of his own Kingsguard.
His son and heir, my brother Rhaegar,
perished on the field of battle at the hands of Robert Baratheon,
who claimed the Iron Throne for himself.
And so, today.
The only surviving members of the storied Targaryen dynasty
are myself - Prince Viserys, rightful King of the Andals
and Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms -
and my sister Daenerys.
We were spirited away to the free cities of the East by loyalists.
Here we have lived in exile ever since,
dreaming of a day when we will cross the narrow sea
and take back my father's throne.