Daenerys Targaryen . Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Daenerys ( along with her older brother , Viserys ) is one of the last confirmed members of House Targaryen who , until fifteen years before the events of the first novel , had ruled from the Iron Throne for nearly three hundred years . Daenerys was one of a few prominent characters not included in 2005 's A Feast for Crows , but returned in the next novel A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) .
Daenerys Targaryen was introduced in A Feast for Crows.