Doreah and Irri – Season 2

In Qarth, Daenerys and her retinue stay in the household of Xaro Xhoan Daxos. In the second season, Daenerys returns to her suite to find that her dragons are gone, her handmaiden Irri has been murdered, and her other handmaiden Doreah has gone missing. She later finds out that Doreah was involved in betraying her and also in the death of Irri.

In a deleted scene, we learn that Doreah herself was the one who murdered Irri, strangling her to death. Doreah attacks Irri from behind, wrapping a silk cord tight around her neck and twisting it brutally while lecturing Irri on the joys of autoerotic asphyxiation—yes, really.

In an interview after her departure from Game of Thrones, Amrita Acharia (Irri) revealed that that she was trying so hard to make the strangulation scene realistic that she actually suffered real injuries to her neck while filming. “I had massive bruises on my neck the next day,” she explained. “I was proud. Battle scars. Death scenes are fun.” Given all the hard work Acharia put into the scene, it’s too bad it ultimately didn’t make the final cut.