Are Targaryens fireproof? Not in House of the Dragon, sometimes in Game of Thrones

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Are Targaryens fireproof? It's a fair question, considering Game of Thrones repeatedly showed Daenerys Targaryen escaping from flames unscathed. They don't call her "The Unburnt" for nothing. But, House of the Dragon seems to point the other way, with more than one Targaryen revealed to be susceptible to heat. So what's the truth?

We explain all right here, with some help from both shows and the words of George R.R. Martin. But, be warned, the following delves into House of the Dragon episode 6 and Game of Thrones spoilers, so turn back now if you're not up to date! 

In Game of Thrones, Daenerys was absolutely, without a doubt, fireproof. She walked from a funeral pyre unharmed, burned the khals' temple to the ground without so much as a blister, and is even shown gripping hot metal and sinking into a scalding bath without a flinch. "Fire cannot kill a dragon," she says, after her brother Viserys (not the same one as House of the Dragon's King Viserys) is killed with a pot of molten gold poured over his head. 

Naturally, that might lead you to believe Targaryens are fireproof – though, in Game of Thrones season 1, Jon Snow, who is truly Aegon Targaryen, yelps in pain when he picks up a burning lantern. But, according to George R.R. Martin, Targaryens definitely aren't fireproof. 

"TARGARYENS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO FIRE!" Martin stressed in a Q&A (opens in new tab) way back in 1999 (via Time (opens in new tab)). "The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wonderous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived. But her brother sure as hell wasn't immune to that molten gold." In the books, Daenerys gets her hair singed off more than once, though, curiously enough, never seems to burn