Nathalie Emmanuel played Missandei in Game of Thrones. She joined the show in season 3 as a former slave who became one of Daenerys Targaryen’s closest advisers.

At this point the series had just two named characters of color, and just killed off one of them as motivation for Dany, a white savior, reducing Missandei, who's black, to a prop for Dany's story ...

Here’s the thing about Game of Thrones: most characters crash onto the screen swinging swords or making dramatic speeches about destiny. Missandei wasn’t like that.

At the end of Game of Thrones, Grey Worm sets sail for Naath, fulfilling a promise to Missandei. But what does his journey ...

Missandei, badass to the end, chooses to scream out "Dracarys!" Then, with one strong swing of his sword, the Mountain chops off her head.

But now, we’ll have to wait and see if Missandei’s final message to Dany worked when we sit down on Sunday, May 12 at 9/8c to watch GoT episode five on . Sign up for .

Missandei didn’t choose peace. She chose rage and anger. Missandei reminded us that it is OK for Black women to be mad—even as they take their last breath. TOPICS: game of thrones ...

Fans are furious that Missandei, who was originally a slave, died in chains RIP Missandei. On Sunday night’s episode of Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) suffered two crushing ...

From that moment on Missandei acts as Dany's right-hand woman (even if she doesn't have the title of hand to the queen) and is loyal to her in all ways. It's during her time at Dany's side that ...

In that moment, Cersei told Missandei to utter any last words she might want to say, and Missandei went with just one word: “dracarys.”This, as we all know by now, is the thing Dany says when ...

Are Missandei and Rhaegal’s deaths equally inevitable in Martin’s work? Likely, even if the details are sure to change. 3.

Missandei didn’t choose peace. She chose rage and anger. Missandei reminded us that it is OK for Black women to be mad—even as they take their last breath.