"There is a part of me that wishes I'd been tested. I often think that in the crucible, I may have been forged a different man."
―Viserys I Targaryen
King Viserys I Targaryen[N 1] was the fifth king of the Targaryen dynasty to rule the Seven Kingdoms.
Viserys I was the grandson of Jaehaerys I Targaryen, and father of Rhaenyra. He briefly rode Balerion the Black Dread in his youth before the dragon's death of old age.