Khalessi

Khaleesi is the HET ship between Khal Drogo and Daenerys Targaryen from the Game of Thrones fandom.

Canon
Drogo, a powerful Dothraki khal and feared warrior meets Daenerys, the future "Mother of Dragons" in the first season. Their union was an arrangement by Illyrio Mopatis and Daenerys's brother, Viserys Targaryen, who hoped to use Drogo's Dothraki horde to win back the Iron Throne.

In the Free City of Pentos, Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen lived in the manse of Magister Illyrio Mopatis. Illyrio has brokered a deal to wed Daenerys (also called "Dany") to Khal Drogo, the warlord of a Dothraki khalasar of forty thousand warriors. In return, Drogo will give Viserys an army of 10,000 men he needs to reclaim the Iron Throne. Daenerys at first doesn't want to marry him, but Viserys says she will and to get an army, and even stated that he would make let all 40,000 of Drogo's men and their horses rape her if that's what it would take to get the armies. They walk over to the manse's entrance and stand there as Khal Drogo rides up. Illyrio introduces them and Daenerys walks up to him. He looks her over and then rides off, never having gotten off of his horse. Viserys is worried that he does not approve of her, but Illyrio assures him that if he didn't approve they would know.

A great celebration is held for their marriage in Pentos. Several Dothraki die in impromptu duels, which Illyrio says is a good sign: a Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair. The bride and groom receive many gifts, but for Dany two are particularly interesting. The first is a box containing three beautiful stones. According to Illyrio these are dragon eggs from the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai. They have turned to stone with the passing of time. Dany feels some connection with the eggs, but is distracted by the celebration.

The second is a selection of books containing stories and songs from the Seven Kingdoms, given by Ser Jorah, an exiled knight of House Mormont. Ser Jorah meets the Targaryens in the house of Illyrio. He has sworn an oath of fealty to Viserys as King and offers him his support and advice, which is accepted. For his gift, Drogo gives Daenerys a beautiful white stallion. Viserys asks his sister to make Drogo happy (by having sex with him). Drogo lifts Dany onto her horse, and they ride to a cliff top where he begins to take her dress off. She begins to cry as she looks out over the ocean. Drogo simply says "no" and wipes her tear. She tries to talk to him, but it becomes obvious that "no" is the only word he knows in her language. Without any preliminaries, he bends her over and rapes her.

The Dothraki khalasar led by Khal Drogo have departed Pentos and are heading east. They travel away from the Free Cities and into the Dothraki sea, the long-grassed plains that the Dothraki call home. Viserys Targaryen accompanies the khalasar, meaning to stay with Drogo until he fulfills his end of the bargain and provides him with an army with which to invade Westeros. Ser Jorah Mormont tells Viserys that he offended his liege lord, Eddard Stark, by selling poachers into slavery. Slavery has been illegal in Westeros for centuries, and poachers are supposed to be turned over to the Night's Watch. When he received word that Eddard meant to execute him for the crime, he fled to Essos. Viserys laughs at the notion, saying such trivialities would not be punished under his reign.

For her part, Daenerys is finding adapting to her new role as khaleesi to be a huge challenge. Daenerys looks at Khal Drogo as he rides by; she looks pale and rather lost. Mormont offers her some solace, saying it will become easier. Daenerys, however, is fearful of her new husband, and it is revealed when she gets off the horse, that their first sexual encounter followed by a day of horseback riding has left her injured and in a great deal of pain. She must be helped to walk by her maids.

Days later, on the Kingsroad south to the capital, King Robert Baratheon calls a halt to discuss some dire news that has just arrived with Eddard. Robert's spies have learned of Dany's marriage to Drogo, whose khalasar is reported to number over one hundred thousand warriors; while this is a massive exaggeration, Drogo's army is a very real threat. Eddard says they don't need to worry, she may not conceive and the Dothraki do not cross the sea. He convinces Robert to wait and see.

In the Dothraki sea, Daenerys is with her handmaidens. Two of them are Dothraki, to teach her the language and culture of the people; the third, Doreah, is a former pleasure-girl from Lys. Daenerys is fascinated with her gift from Illyrio. Dany asks her handmaidens if they have ever heard of dragons surviving in the east. They reply no, but Doreah tells her an old story about how there used to be two moons. One wandered too close to the sun and cracked like an egg, spilling out thousands of dragons into the world. Dany's Dothraki handmaidens dismiss the story, saying that the moon is a goddess, wife to the sun. It is known.

Daenerys seeks the advice of her handmaid Doreah. Doreah instructs Daenerys on how to please Drogo in bed and also how to use her skills to gain respect from him, reminding her, "you are no slave" and should not have sex like one. Daenerys nervously puts these plans into action and is surprised to find Drogo responsive, particularly once she starts using her body in combination with the Dothraki language to speak to him.

When Daenerys sees some slaves struggling to keep up and being beaten, she commands the khalasar to halt. When asked why, she replies it is because she commands it. Ser Jorah sees her exercising her growing authority and power, and says she is learning. Viserys does not take well to being told he must obey Daenerys's commands. He comes and threatens to hit her. Before he can strike, he is strangled into submission by Rakharo, a Dothraki warrior wielding a whip. He asks Dany if she wants him to kill Viserys. She says no, but to take his horse so Viserys is forced to walk, a sign of shame amongst the horse-riding Dothraki. Later, Dany is told she is pregnant by Irri. Dany relays the news to Khal Drogo and tells him she thinks it will be a boy while they lay naked in each other's arms.

Khal Drogo's khalasar arrives at Vaes Dothrak, the Dothraki city. Viserys is annoyed that Drogo has been taking 'his' army in the wrong direction. Later, he bathes with Doreah and tells her about how he was raised with stories about the Targaryen dragons and his own destiny.

Daenerys sends Doreah to invite Viserys to dine with her. She has also laid out gifts of clothes for him (since he is wearing stained and tattered silk clothes which the Dothraki make fun of, she wants to dress him like a Khal). He comes dragging Doreah, furious at Dany sending a whore to summon him. Viserys insults the food and the clothes. He says next she will be trying to braid his hair (as the Dothraki do). Daenerys makes the mistake of saying that he can't do that as he hasn't won any battles and he doesn't have the right. He knocks her down and they struggle, but for the first time, Dany fights back. She hits her brother in the face with a belt and tells an astounded Viserys that the next time he tries to raise a hand against her will be the last time he has hands. Later, Daenerys confides to Jorah her realization that Viserys will never become King of Westeros because he couldn't command an army even if Drogo gave him one.

King Robert Baratheon tells Eddard that Daenerys is pregnant and that her son will have a claim to the Iron Throne. He wants Daenerys, the unborn child, and Viserys killed as soon as possible. Eddard states that this act would be dishonorable and cowardly, and should be beneath their dignity. The other members of the council present - Pycelle, Renly Baratheon, Littlefinger, and Varys - all concur that Daenerys must die for the good of the realm. In protest of this decision, Eddard Stark resigns his position as King's Hand.