'Game of Thrones' Star Jacob Anderson Confirms Theory About Grey Worm's Fate

In the finale of Game of Thrones, viewers are given a farewell with the Unsullied, as Grey Worm says they will sail for Naath, the homeland of Missandei. It's a nice moment of closure for the romance between the leader and the late Missandei, which was unfortunately cut short at the hands of Cersei Lannister. But the Unsullied likely won't have as happy an ending as it seemed.

Jacob Anderson, who plays Grey Worm, just gave us the ugly truth, confirming a theory many fans had. "The Unsullied are just gonna die straight away as soon as they get there," Anderson told INSIDER at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

As reported by IGN, George R.R. Martin's book A World of Ice and Fire says that the island of Naath has many natural dangers that relate to its alternative name: the Isle of Butterflies. Martin warns that "strangers from the sea" will die a horrible death because of a deadly disease carried by the butterflies which targets foreigners. The acclaimed author writes: "Fever is the first sign of the plague, followed by painful spasms that make it seem as if victims are dancing wildly and uncontrollably. In the last stage, the afflicted sweat blood, and their flesh sloughs from their bones." Yikes.

While showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss made no mention of it in the HBO series, the book explains everything. Anderson clarified, "It's not in [the] show. I mean, actually, do you know what? I want to spread [the word] that David and Dan told me that that's real. And the Unsullied are just gonna die straight away as soon as they get there."

While Grey Worm may not have gotten the ending he deserved, Anderson says that his departure from Thrones has actually been positive. "I feel a real sense of closure now, which is good," he stated. "I didn't know if I was going to get that at all. It's become such a big part of [my] actual life rather than my work life so I think the idea of it not being there every year again was quite difficult. But actually, I'm surprisingly just like, 'Yeah it's fine. Bye!'"

[h/t: INSIDER]