Missandei
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A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character |
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Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
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| First appearance |
Novel: A Storm of Swords (2000) Television: "Valar Dohaeris" (2013) |
| Created by | George R. R. Martin |
| Portrayed by |
Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Relatives | Marselen (brother) Mossador (brother) |
| Nationality | Naathi |
Missandei is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Introduced in 2000's A Storm of Swords, Missandei was a slave interpreter, before joining Daenerys Targaryen. She is from the continent of Essos. She subsequently appeared in Martin's A Dance with Dragons (2011).
Missandei is portrayed by Nathalie Emmanuel in the HBO television adaptation.
Missandei is ten years old at the start A Storm of Swords. She also speaks nineteen languages.
Missandei is not a point of view character in the novels, so her actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, especially Daenerys Targaryen. Missandei is mostly a background character in the novels.
As children, Missandei and her three brothers are captured by raiders from the Basilisk Isles and sold into slavery in Astapor. Missandei's talent for learning languages easily is noticed by the masters of Astapor, who train her as a scribe. Missandei's brothers Marselen and Mossador are made into Unsullied (the third brother is also made into an Unsullied but dies during his training).
Missandei is working as an interpreter for Astapori slaver Kraznys mo Nakloz when Daenerys Targaryen comes to inspect his army of Unsullied. After Daenerys strikes a bargain with the Good Masters of Astapor concerning payment for the Unsullied, Kraznys gives Missandei to Daenerys as an interpreter to give them commands. To Missandei's surpise, Daenerys frees her; having nowhere else to go, Missandei accepts Daenerys' offer to stay as her interpreter and handmaiden. Missandei subsequently accompanies Daenerys as she liberates the neighbouring cities of Yunkai and Meereen.
Missandei becomes Daenerys' herald, announcing her entry when she meets with the people of Meereen. After Mossador is killed by the Sons of the Harpy, Daenerys offers to let Missandei return to Naath; Missandei refuses, noting that she would be an easy target for slavers.
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