![]() Instead, he was taken prisoner by the Unsullied, and it was left to the lords and ladies of the Seven Kingdoms to choose a new ruler, no longer beholden to any rules of bloodline or inheritance. Many assumed that if Jon were to kill Daenerys, he would be crowned King. The reign of the Targaryen family was truly over. Jon's punishment for her murder is to join the Night's Watch again - taking no wife and fathering no children. It was appropriate that Daenerys' death in the Game of Thrones ending should herald the destruction of the Iron Throne since she and Jon were the last of the Targaryen line. The throne had been built 300 years earlier by Daenerys' ancestor, Aegon I, who conquered Westeros, with the help of his sister-wives, and established himself as the first Targaryen king. Shortly after Daenerys' death came a symbolic breaking of the wheel, when Drogon unleashed his grief by melting the Iron Throne into a puddle of molten steel. It was a decision that didn't necessarily sit right with every fan, especially considering Daenerys' half-baked journey toward becoming the Mad Queen. ![]() Daenerys was killed by one of her most trusted allies, Jon Snow, who used that trust to get close enough to stab her (like Aerys before her). Also, like her father, Daenerys' madness was her downfall: her burning of King's Landing (which even triggered the wildfire caches Aerys had hidden all those years ago) is what ultimately led to people turning away from her. Tywin Lannister led his army into King's Landing, while Tyrion Lannister smuggled his brother into King's Landing. Like her father, she was betrayed by her Hand - a Lannister, in both cases. Daenerys Targaryen's death brought this story full circle.
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