One day prior to Mother’s Day, the Mother of Dragons will drop in on Comicpalooza. As Daenerys Targaryen from TV’s “Game of Thrones,” actress Emilia Clarke also answers to the Unburnt, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Breaker of Chains, the Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men: So those who forked out $179 for a “Mother of Dragons Speed Pass” at the convention get a character with a lot of titles for their money.

Clarke was announced last month as the headlining guest at Comicpalooza, which like Daenerys has grown into a fierce creature over the years starting with its humble roots in a movie theater in 2008. For years now, the fan convention has occupied the entirety of the George R. Brown Convention Center over three days each May.

The event’s timing in announcing Clarke was impeccable. In March, Clarke was featured in a New Yorker profile that revealed she survived two life-threatening brain aneurysms early in the show’s run.

She’ll appear at Comicpalooza Saturday and Sunday, including a Saturday “Thrones” panel with co-star Nathalie Emmanuel, who plays — well, played — Daenerys’ trusted aide Missandei, who was just killed off last Sunday. “Thrones” being “Thrones,” some character arcs end abruptly.

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Comicpalooza When: Friday through Sunday Where: George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas Details: Adult day passes are $41-$58 or $78 for a three-day pass; childrens passes are $10 per day or $15 for a three-day pass; comicpalooza.com

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This Sunday, the penultimate episode of “Thrones” will air, and Clarke has talked it up in advance. In it, her dragon-accompanied queen will likely begin the final slog toward King’s Landing, the center of power in Westeros, the kingdom that has enthralled “Thrones” readers and viewers for years.

In addition to making Clarke a star, the show has also afforded her the opportunity to travel a long and interesting character arc, as Daenerys grew from a child bride with no agency to a liberator and conqueror.

This season should’ve been her final conquest, but true to its nature, “Thrones” has not made that path a clean and clear one. And Clarke has risen to the task. She’s not the only actor on the show to have developed so dramatically over eight seasons of TV. But she’s been a marvel to observe on screen this season, with taut scenes in which she barely stifles ambition, anguish and anger. Sometimes all three twist into a tempest on her face in a single moment.

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Clarke clearly knows how Sunday will play out, as well as the show’s finale on May 19. Presumably she’ll not tell any of the thousands of fans who will pass through a line for an autograph or cram into one of the convention center rooms for a “Thrones” panel.

Even if Daenerys survives both of the show’s final 80-minute episodes, “Thrones” has from the beginning suggested that an era of peace is really just a façade and a prelude toward tumult and unrest.