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| image = https://archmaester.site/portraits/got/grey-worm.jpg<br />
| name = Grey Worm<br />
| title = Commander of the Unsullied<br />
| house = Servant of [[House Targaryen]]<br />
| race = Unknown (taken into slavery as a child)<br />
| status = Alive (as of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'')<br />
| region = [[Slaver's Bay]]; [[Meereen]]<br />
| born = Unknown<br />
| died =<br />
| weapon = Spear, shield, and shortsword<br />
| fate = Commanding [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]'s [[Unsullied]] in the defense of [[Meereen]]<br />
| actor = Jacob Anderson<br />
| quote = Grey Worm. This one has had no other name.<br />
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'''Grey Worm''' is the chosen commander of the [[Unsullied]], the elite eunuch slave-soldiers freed by [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. Trained from boyhood in the brutal discipline of [[Astapor]], he becomes one of Daenerys's most loyal and capable military officers in [[Slaver's Bay]] and the defense of [[Meereen]].<br />
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His name reflects the dehumanizing system that made him: the Unsullied are stripped of their birth names and assigned demeaning ones drawn by lot, and "Grey Worm" was the name the slave called when Daenerys freed him.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Grey Worm was taken into slavery as a young child and trained as one of the [[Unsullied]] in [[Astapor]], a process designed to erase individuality and fear: the boys endure horrific conditioning, are castrated, and are made to commit acts of cruelty to deaden their humanity. Each is given a worthless name, a color and a creeping or biting thing, to be redrawn daily, a constant reminder that they are nothing. The slave who would become their commander had drawn "Grey Worm."<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== ''A Storm of Swords'' ===<br />
When [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] buys the [[Unsullied]] at [[Astapor]] and then frees them, turning them on their masters, she declares that they may keep or discard their slave names as they choose. To her surprise, the soldier called Grey Worm chooses to keep his name, saying it was the name he bore on the day his queen set him free and made him lucky. The Unsullied elect him their commander. He proves a disciplined, devoted officer in the liberation of [[Yunkai]] and [[Meereen]].<br />
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=== ''A Dance with Dragons'' ===<br />
In [[Meereen]], Grey Worm and the [[Unsullied]] form the backbone of Daenerys's forces, guarding the city and the queen against the insurgent [[Sons of the Harlot|Sons of the Harpy]], who murder freedmen and Unsullied alike in the streets by night. He leads his men with stoic resolve through the grinding shadow war, holding the gates and keeping order as Daenerys struggles to rule. His steadfastness and the loyalty of the Unsullied are among the few certainties of her embattled reign.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Grey Worm is disciplined, fearless, and intensely loyal, shaped by a lifetime of conditioning yet capable of pride and choice, as his decision to keep his name shows. The Unsullied are trained to feel no fear and to obey without question, and Grey Worm embodies that iron discipline, but his loyalty to Daenerys is freely given rather than compelled, the gratitude of a freed man to his liberator. He speaks of himself in the third person and with the spare formality of his training.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
Grey Worm's defining relationship is his devoted service to [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who freed him and to whom he owes his name and his liberty. He commands the [[Unsullied]] and works alongside Daenerys's other freedmen and advisers, including the scribe [[Missandei]], in the governance and defense of [[Meereen]].<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''Grey Worm. This one has had no other name... it is a lucky name. The name this one had been given on the day Daenerys Stormborn had set him free.''</blockquote><br />
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== In the television series ==<br />
In HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', Grey Worm was portrayed by Jacob Anderson. His arc broadly follows his book role as commander of the Unsullied, then continues beyond the novels: he enters a romance with [[Missandei]], follows Daenerys to [[Westeros]], grieves Missandei's execution, and after Daenerys's death leads the Unsullied to sail for [[Naath]]. None of these events have occurred in the books.<br />
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