Okay, I do love Game of Thrones, I do...but I gotta get on my soap box about the obvious
RACISM in scifi/fantasy works like this and Lord of the Rings. The last shot in the GoT season finale made me wanna join the New Black Panthers.
The message seemed to be that even disgraced white women can be the savior of a continent brown people.
I could see if these books were written in the 18th century or something, these are MODERN books, the Caucasian writers CHOOSE to make all people of color slaves, dirty savages or villains.
You mean to tell me one of the 5 great houses in a fantasy novel couldn't have been brown skinned? Its FICTION! Doesn't need historical accuracy especially when the writers create their own world and history.