We’ll start at the end. Missandei of Naath stands in chains atop the high walls of King’s Landing, a prisoner surrounded by her enemies. Below, outside the city, her friends look up in horror. The hulking figure of Ser Gregor Clegane steps forward with a sword and decapitates her.
If all this means nothing to you, it is because you are one of those people who, for whatever weird reason, did not watch Game of Thrones, the sweeping, bloody fantasy series that drew to a close last month. If you did watch Game of Thrones, you will recognise this as the moment when, in the show’s final season, Missandei, played by Nathalie Emmanuel, meets her end. Emmanuel says that, given the show’s reputation for killing…
