(Mizuno, who is Japanese, British, and Argentinean, speaks with a British accent.) It's a confusing decision, and if it doesn't come off as clownish or offensive as Chet Hanks' Patois, it's still enough to give one pause.Īttempts to explain the accent lead to more questions. Viewers have described it as Jamaican or Caribbean, even with hints of French, which audibly stands out from the British accents spoken by almost every other character on the show. Mysaria's accent has been a hot topic of discussion throughout the series, most notably after episode 9, when she had more speaking lines. It's a humanitarian move, but one that's also beneficial to her, in case she wants to use them as spies. And in her negotiations with Otto, she demands an end to the savage use of children in Flea Bottom in exchange for Prince Aegon's location. “There is no power but what the people allow you to take,” she tells the Hand of the King. Perhaps this part of her past is the reason why she defends the smallfolk. “I have been sold as property more times than I care to count, beginning in a homeland I can no longer recall,” she tells Daemon in episode 2. While we don't know much of Mysaria's backstory in the series, she has alluded to a difficult past and life in slavery. When she returns briefly in episode 4, she says she left the “skin trade” behind. He takes her to Dragonstone, where he falsely announced she is pregnant and betrothed to be his second wife, but the ruse was just to mess with King Viserys after choosing Rhaenyra as his heir. She's introduced in House of the Dragon as a sex worker in a King's Landing brothel and Daemon Targaryen takes her as a lover. Mysaria hails from Lys, one of the Free Cities in Essos. This could also be what turns her to side with the blacks. Considering her expertise in espionage, she could've learned of the arson plans early on and planned her escape. However, we don't see Mysaria perish onscreen, which could mean she fled the attack and survived. All signs point to her return in future seasons, but currently, Mysaria's fate is up in the air in episode 9, her house is burned down after Queen Alicent discovers there are spies in the Red Keep, including her own lady-in-waiting. (More on that here, but be warned of major spoilers for the show.) And she continues to aid Rhaenyra beyond that. For example, she's involved with hiring the assassins Blood and Cheese to execute a brutal murder in the Red Keep on the blacks' behalf. In the books, Mysaria serves as mistress of whisperers-a spymaster-to Rhaenyra Targaryen. But she becomes useful to the blacks' side of the civil war too. In the last episode, The White Worm helps the greens find the missing Aegon Targaryen so he could be crowned king, and she even goes as far as taking credit for putting him on the throne. The intelligence these spies gather can be useful to those in power. There are more like her in the castle, Lord Larys reveals, but the exact number is unknown. One of them is Talya, Queen Alicent's lady-in-waiting, who's been gathering info for the White Worm from within the Red Keep. Like Lord Varys and his “little birds” on Game of Thrones, Mysaria wields a network of spies that bring her intel from around the kingdom (or at least King's Landing). (“You yourself are the mysterious White Worm, I take it,” he says when Mysaria takes a seat across from him.) When he tells King Viserys the gossip, he says that his source “as yet, has never led me astray.” However, it's only in episode 9 when he finally meets her face to face. It's implied that she's had a longtime working relationship with Otto Hightower. In the next scene, the child is seen giving Mysaria a handful of money (perhaps her cut for providing sensitive information to the Hand of the King). A soldier told him, “a messenger brings word from White Worm,” and presented the child who spotted the couple. The first mention of the alias onscreen came in episode 4, when Otto Hightower learned from a spy that Rhaenyra and Daemon were in the brothel together. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |