HBO’s Game of Thrones took many creative liberties with its characters, including several changes to Daenerys Targaryen. The fantasy epic TV series is adapted from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire book series, a prolific set of fantasy novels that’s been ongoing since the release of 1995’s A Game of Thrones. Throughout the five existing novels, readers follow many of the figures from Game of Thrones as “point of view characters,” examining Martin’s world from their perspective.