With regards to the Targaryens, there was a “rationale” for maintaining it within the household, for lack of a greater time period … although what it led to actually wasn’t the supposed end result. In the course of the time of “Home of the Dragon,” Targaryens, who have been descended from Valyrians while you go even additional again within the timeline of “A Music of Ice and Fireplace,” inspired inbreeding to maintain bloodlines “pure” and be certain that they might not solely nonetheless possess royal blood, however be capable to kind higher bonds with their dragons. (It is mentioned that solely these of Targaryen descent can bond with dragons.) Whereas not each Targaryen engaged in incest, it was a reasonably widespread observe — which, sadly, bears similarities to some actual incestuous royals all through historical past — and what this led to was genetic “insanity,” to the purpose the place it grew to become widespread to say that every time a Targaryen is born, “the Gods flip a coin” concerning their sanity.
Probably the most egregious instance of this, although we have by no means seen him depicted on-screen, is King Aerys II Targaryen, who marries his sister Rhaella and spawns three kids: Rhaegar, Viserys (Harry Collett), and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). Sadly for Daenerys, it actually looks like her father’s genetic penchant for madness will get her ultimately, as she in the end massacres scores of innocents throughout her siege of King’s Touchdown on the finish of “Sport of Thrones.” So what about non-Targaryen incest within the franchise — and what about Daenerys? Does she dabble?