Daenerys Targaryen’s death was a shock to many, but Game of Throneslaid out the clues for how it would happen in the opening episodes. The HBO fantasy epic was adapted from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire novels, and while the TV show famously surpassed the author in progressing through the story, many of the main story beats were orchestrated from the ground up. Some details were shared with the showrunners by George R.R. Martin, and others were original to the series but were still planned from the start.