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Years later at Elaena and Brandon’s wedding, Robb leans over and whispers in his wife’s ear, ‘This is the life she was made for.’

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Robb dies defending his home from threats across the wall.

The news reaches Daenerys days later, and it is said that her cries could be heard across the whole of the North.

It is hours before she is travelling to the wall against the wishes of her children and pledging her loyalty to the war on the wall.

She is a Targaryen and a Stark; now she is Lady Daenerys of Winterfell, a soldier too.

Her presence inspires the Night’s Watch to fight with even more vigor, so that they emerge as the victors at the end of one more year.

Later Daenerys holds a small funeral for her husband and retreats to the godswood afterward.

She only allows Sansa to follow, and they pray as they once did so many years before.

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Lady Daenerys Stark lives long enough to watch Brandon and Elaena ascend to the Iron Throne.

She dies happily with the knowledge that her grandchildren will one day rule, and the Targaryens will return to the place they belong.

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Years later Queen Elaena takes her daughter to the crypts of Winterfell to see the busts of Lord Robb and Lady Daenerys.

‘You are like her,’ Elaena tells the little princess. ‘In looks and spirit.’

‘Fire and blood,’ the girl says, reading the inscription across the tomb.

‘That is what it means to be a Targaryen,’ the Queen tells her.

‘We have the blood of the dragon.’

‘And with it, we rule.’

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Somewhere from the great unknown, Daenerys smiles.