nell tiger free played myrcella in game of thrones season 5.
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bullet::::- myrcella baratheon (seasons 1–2, 5–6) portrayed by aimee richardson on season 1 and 2, and by nell tiger free on seasons 5 and 6. the royal princess, myrcella is the younger sister of prince joffrey and only daughter of cersei lannister. she, like her brothers, is also the child of her mother's brother, jaime, though she remains unaware of this. unlike her older brother joffrey, myrcella is a kind and good person and enjoys being with her uncle tyrion who in turn dotes on his niece. as part of an alliance between house lannisters and martell, myrcella is betrothed to trystane martell, son of prince doran martell of dorne, and sent to dorne as a ward of house martell. for over two years, she has been a guest and ward of prince doran, betrothed to his son, but her position has become tenuous with the death of oberyn martell, the prince’s brother. in season 5, myrcella is shown at the water gardens with her betrothed, with whom she seems to have a good relationship. unbeknownst to her, she has become a part of ellaria sand's plans for revenge although prince doran refuses that the young princess be hurt as part of their revenge against the lannisters. myrcella is nearly taken by the sand snakes but is rescued by the prince's guard. she later tells her uncle that she now considers dorne her home and wants to marry trystane. a while later, prince doran allows her to return to the capital with jaime on the condition that trystane accompany them, where he will become a member of the small council. on the jetty, about to board the ship, she forgives ellaria sand, who unexpectedly gives her a kiss on the mouth. on board the ship, jaime awkwardly attempts to explain the true nature of his relationship with her mother, to which myrcella responds that she already knows, having "felt" it for a long time. jaime embraces his daughter, only to discover in horror that she is bleeding from a poison imbued orally by ellaria. she collapses and dies in his arms. in season 6, her body is returned to king's landing and laid to rest in the great sept of baelor. her funeral is attended only by jaime and tommen.
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bullet::::- trystane martell (seasons 5–6) portrayed by toby sebastian. trystane martell is prince doran’s son and heir to dorne. his father betrothed him to myrcella baratheon as part of the alliance offered by tyrion lannister, then acting as hand of the king. he and myrcella later grow to love each other and trystane offers to ask his father if they can marry immediately. he is struck by bronn when he and jaime lannister arrive to take myrcella back, but trystane later shows bronn mercy and decides not to have him mutilated, satisfied with having areo hotah strike him in a similar manner instead. doran allows trystane to accompany myrcella back to king's landing to take his uncle oberyn's place on the small council, but trystane's life is put in danger when ellaria sand secretly poisons myrcella just as their boat leaves dorne. though jaime prepares to send him back to dorne unharmed, trystane refuses to leave, insisting on being present for myrcella's funeral, so jaime instructs him to stay on the boat for his own safety. however, as he is painting funeral stones for myrcella, he is ambushed and killed by obara and nymeria sand, his own cousins, sent by ellaria sand to kill him as part of her coup, though most believe his death was cersei's doing.
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