lilo, what about calise? i seem to remember thinking that she was related to/the heir to one of the thrones, but was exiled so that someone else could take over?
Yes she is. Her name is Daenerys. Khaleesi is a title. It is her family that was overthrown 20 years prior. All of her relatives were killed except for her and her older pervy brother, Viserys. Her brother sold her in an arranged marriage to Khal Drogo (Khal =King, Khaleesi=Queen). Her brother hoped thereby to use his new in-law's army to retake his lost throne. Unfortunately for them, her brother proved to be a total ****. When Khal Drogo wasn't moving fast enough for Viserys' liking, Viserys made the tragic mistake of threatening Drogo and more importantly Daenerys and her unborn child.
Drogo killed Viserys. But later Drogo died from an infected wound. Daenerys lost the support of most of Drogo's warriors and now is trying to make her own way in the world with a small core of supporters...and dragons.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
