Daenerys Targaryen Thinks She Can't Get Pregnant And She Might Be Wrong

Is 'Game of Thrones' character Daenerys Targaryen barren? Or is she pregnant with Jon Snow's baby in Season 8?

All the way again in Season 1 of Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen was pregnant with Khal Drogo's kid — however she misplaced the child because of the pact she made with a witch who promised to heal the dying Dothraki chief.  

Shortly after his dying, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) emerged from the flames newly anointed the "Mother of Dragons" with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion hatched from their eggs and perched on her shoulders. Fast forward seven seasons, and the question of Daenerys' fertility was raised again when she confessed to her nephew became lover Jon Snow (Kit Harington) that she is unable to have children. 

"The dragons are my children," she instructed Jon within the Season 7 episode "Beyond the Wall." "They're the only children I'll ever have — do you understand?"

So, is Daenerys in point of fact barren? 

Let's go back to the primary season and Daenerys conversation with Mirri Maz Duur, the "witch" that used to be supposedly going to treatment Khal Drogo, who used to be death from an inflamed wound. At the time, the maegi defined to Daenerys that "only death can pay for life" — and Daenerys agreed to the pact as a result of she thought the sacrifice of Drogo's horse would be sufficient. 

Spoiler alert: it wasn't. 

The payment was once in the end her unborn child Rhaegal — Jorah carried Daenerys back into the tent where Mirri Maz Duur was training her blood magic, resulting in Daenerys having a stillbirth. 

When a heartbroken Daenerys asks Mirri Maz Duur if Khal Drogo, who's now in a vegetative state, will get better, she responds with a prophecy that Daenerys believes approach she won't ever have some other kid. The whole prophecy reads: 

The prophecy comes up again in Season 6 when Daenerys tells Khal Moro, "I will not lie with you, and I will bear no children for you, or anyone else. Not until the sun rises in the west, and sets in the east." 

While Daenerys has seemingly authorised the truth that she won't have a non-dragon heir, her hand Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) reminds the Breaker of Chains that there is no point in conquering Westeros if there is no line of succession. Or as Tyrion put it, "After you break the wheel, how do we ensure it stays broken?" 

This is where the King of the North comes into the picture. 

Is Daenerys pregnant with Jon Snow's kid? 

Season 7 ended with Daenerys and Jon spending the night in combination, no longer knowing that they are similar — Daenerys is Jon's aunt, just for those who have been questioning — and fans are satisfied Daenerys is now expecting a child with Ned Stark's "bastard," despite the prophecy. Sorry, Cersei. You might not be the only pregnant blonde in Season 8. 

"The dialogue surrounding her infertility between her and Tyrion and later Jon, seemed so pointed. They’re the only children I’ll ever have, it’s not the end of your family, then her responding with I can’t have children, followed by Jon and his maybe the witch is an unreliable source of info," one viewer commented on reddit. "If it doesn’t happen, then some of that dialogue is random and wasteful. The argument could be made that if [series creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss] had emphasized only her lack of heirs all season, then Jon being heir would be the payoff in the event of her possible death. But her womb came up too much for me not to believe there might be a pregnancy."

Another agreed, adding, "There was too much emphasis on Dynasties, succession and children for it not to happen. Legacy was a big part of last season." 

And seeing because the Targaryen circle of relatives is known for incestuous marriages, it will make sense that this would be the "legacy" everyone seems to be talking about. So, do you think Daenerys is pregnant? 

Watch Game of Thrones when it premieres Sunday, April 14, at Nine p.m. on HBO. 

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