Best Quotes By Daemon Targaryen That Show Who He Really Is

Listing the best quotes of Prince Daemon Targaryen from House of the Dragon that depict what kind of a person he really is.

By Chandraboli Majumdar
October 30,2022
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Prince Daemon Targaryen is one of the most beloved and celebrated characters from House of the Dragon. His ruthless yet dashing personality has made him an internet boyfriend of sorts. However, he is not just all charm. Daemon Targaryen is one of the most complex characters in House of the Dragon. He operates in the grey and the audience can’t help but love him despite his murderous and power-hungry nature. Matt Smith has made his way into our hearts. So here are the best quotes or dialogues of Daemon Targaryen that reveal exactly what kind of person he is.

1. I will speak of my brother as I wish. You will not.

Lord Corlys speaks ill of King Viserys
Lord Corlys speaks ill of King Viserys

Matt Smith himself said that there are only two people in the world that Daemon Targaryen loves and would bow down to. One of them is his brother, King Viserys. This quote proves that very fact. Daemon, just like every other sibling, will say what he wants about Viserys. But he will not tolerate anyone else slandering his brother.

2. Ten years you’ve been King, and yet not once have you asked me to be your Hand.

Daemon Targaryen confronts King Viserys in House of the Dragon
Daemon Targaryen confronts King Viserys in House of the Dragon

Daemon Targaryen is a complex character who desperately seeks the attention and affection of those he loves. This is an example of that very fact. The way he behaves with King Viserys is a consequence of the hurt that Daemon has been carrying with him for all those years. While he wanted to stand by Viserys and help him, Viserys simply pushed him away and deemed him unfit. You can even hear the hurt in Daemon’s voice when he utters this line.

3. Beginning tonight, King’s Landing will learn to fear the color gold.

The gold cloaked City Watch enters King's Landing in House of the Dragon
The gold cloaked City Watch enters King’s Landing in House of the Dragon

Daemon Targaryen is a brave, ruthless and reckless man. House of the Dragon established this with the very first episode. He is a badass who will go to any lengths to assert his power and dominance. That’s exactly what he did when he rid King’s Landing of its criminals in the most brutal ways possible with the rest of the City Watch. He spilled blood without flinching even once.

4. You are the dragon. Your word is truth and law. 

Daemon Targaryen believes in the power of House Targaryen
Daemon Targaryen believes in the power of House Targaryen

Daemon has always opposed Viserys and his ways of being King. Daemon always believed his brother to be weak and a people pleaser. This quote perfectly portrays that thought. King Viserys never truly wielded the power he held as King of the Seven Kingdoms in his bid to maintain peace.

5. Marriage is only a political arrangement.

Marriage is only a political arrangement
Marriage is only a political arrangement

While killing is quite common in House of the Dragon. not many have done what Daemon did. He killed his first wife Rhea Royce and then went on to marry Laena Velaryon. While he was married to Lady Rhea, he almost constantly engaged in infidelity and spent his nights at the Street of Silk. Moreover, after mere days of losing Laena, Daemon married Rhaenyra. This one dialogue of Daemon overshadowed all of this.

6. If the King isn’t feared, he is powerless. 

Prince Daemon returns to King's Landing in House of the Dragon
Prince Daemon returns to King’s Landing

If Daemon were to be King, he would be very different from Viserys. He would rule with an iron fist. This shows exactly who he is. A badass, fearless, brave and ruthless man who is hungry for power.

7. Dreams didn’t make us Kings. Dragons did.

Daemon chokes Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon episode 10
Daemon chokes Rhaenyra in House of the Dragon episode 10

The last episode of House of the Dragon season 1 reminded us of Daemon’s true nature. He is an ill tempered selfish man who is often extremely reckless. He choked Rhaenyra when she confronted him about Aegon’s prophecy of the Song of Ice and Fire. While Daemon’s action was wrong, his dialogue wasn’t. Dragons gave the Targaryens everything they had and it was those very dragons who also decimated all of King’s Landing hundreds of years later. After all, the show is called House of the Dragon.

8. Gods. Kings. Fire. And blood.

The traditions of House Targaryen in House of the Dragon
The traditions of House Targaryen in House of the Dragon

If anyone was to describe the traditions of House Targaryen in a few words then this would be it. As has been said many times before, Targaryens are closer to Gods than men. And the only reason that’s said is because of dragons. Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen herself said that fire has given House Targaryen everything. That very fire is also meant to burn them in the end.