Game of Thronesreturned forits 8th and concluding seasonin April , and definitely plague a full amount of emotional distress in its last episodes . While actor Ian McShane , who played the dearly departed Brother Ray ( see # 48 below ) , once suggested that the show ’s define quality weretits and tartar , we ’re pretty certain that what set the serial apart is its indiscriminate killing count .
To look back at all the character we ’ve loved and lost ( or hated and cheered for their dying ) , we ’re take in a look back at all the Quaker , enemy , and randos who bit the dust over the years . Our ranking is based on how much each loss shock us , convert the show ’s tone , and made us rethink our concept of the series , rather than purely on emotional wallop . That ’s why you ’ll see some decidedly evil names ranked eminent than some variety , ho - hum one . And since no one really care what happened to " defend # 1 " in Season 2 ( spoiler alert : he died ) , we ’ve except any fibre without a name or whose role could well be key out as " corpse . "
This has been a crazy show – so many part have give-up the ghost , become undead , andat least one even yield from the afterlife– so sharpen up your Valyrian brand and dive into the deadly battle below .
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185.Pyat Pree(S2 , E10)Honestly , it was a substitute when the dragons torched this sickly - skinned weirdie from Qarth . You try sleeping knowing this terror is alive , running around with his MURDER CLONES .
184.Craster(S3 , E4)Oh , cool , it ’s the fashion plate who exclusively cover daughters with his actual daughters , so he has more cleaning lady in his own family to rapine . Wonder why someone had a job with him .
183.The Tickler(S2 , E5)No upstanding member of society has ever been nicknamed " The tickler file . " This guy was an out - and - out sadist , and we do n’t miss him .
182.Lem Lemoncloak(S6 , E8)Lem and his festive stria of lump kill Brother Ray and slaughtered a whole village . gratefully , the Hound killed him pretty soon after .
181.Polliver(S4 , E1)As far asGame of Thronesdeaths go , Polliver ’s is the honorable you’re able to hope for . A case nobody likes eat it ( in this case , the man who killed Arya ’s friend Lommy and threatened to dishonour her ) , and a character everyone like make to deliver the blast in spectacular fashion .
180.Karl Tanner(S4 , E5)Karl ’s knock sheet includes killing his Night ’s Watch commander Jeor Mormont , drinking wine out of the old man ’s skull , and tap Craster ’s daughters . Jon Snow made the right judgement call .
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179.Amory Lorch(S2 , E6)In Westeros , kids learn the " stoolpigeon get stitches " rule new . So when Amory threatens to tattle on Arya to Tywin , she calls in Jaqen to poison - flit this lowlife . ( Amory also kill some of her friends , so he ’s quite an fearful man ! )
178.Myranda(S5 , E10)Myranda , much like her devotee Ramsay , was one twisted mortal . expurgation and run human beings seem to reverse her on , so it ’s hard to find bad when Theon pushes her off the rampart .
177.Meryn Trant(S5 , E10)A obscene end for a repugnant knight : stabbed multiple times ( including in the eyes ) by an underage cyprian he lease – who ’s actually Arya Stark .
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176.Mirri Maz Duur(S1 , E10)She killed Daenerys ' baby with black magic . bite this hag actually seems appropriate .
175.Styr(S4 , E9)Oh no , it ’s the scary wildling cat who told that hamlet youngster Olly he was drop dead to wipe out his parent and broadly speaking record no clemency . QUICK , axe HIM IN THE HEAD , JON SNOW .
174.Janos Slynt(S5 , E3)It ’s impressive that Janos remain to brag about himself , even after Tyrion strips him of his rubric as Commander of the King ’s Landing City Watch and ship him off to the Night ’s Watch . No , wait –impressiveisn’t the proper Word of God . Dumb!That ’s it . Jon Snow has no selection but to perform Janos when he resist to acknowledge Jon ’s young authority as Lord Commander , but we have to think Jon was also in person aroused to kill the human race complicit in the death of his Father-God and so many devoid Baratheon babies .
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173.Areo Hotah(S6 , E1)Areo was a badass warrior , one of the few bright billet in the disconsolate Dorne plot of land , but he terminate up being a pretty crappy bodyguard , right ? He got vote out the right way before the prince he was hypothesize to protect , Doran Martell , also got murdered . hail on , Areo .
172.Tom(S2 , E10)Apparently the only one in this severe terzetto of Stark soldiers with a name , " Tom " openly blow about torturing and killing tavern girls with his buddies .
171.Skinner(S3 , E3)Theon ’s first torturer was no match for Ramsay , but " Skinner " still did some nasty stuff , like peg screws in Theon ’s infantry and pull his fingernail off with a knife .
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170.Rast(S4 , E5)Everyone sleep with from the start that Rast was a bad guy wire – he join the Night ’s Watch as penalization for rapine – and he only leans into arithmetic mean by link up Karl Tanner ’s mutiny and being a total dick to Ghost . Who ends up mauling him , by the way .
169.Kraznys mo Nakloz(S3 , E4)What do you call a guy who gets copious off an army of maltreated eunuchs ? A war profiteer ? A slit ? Daenerys operate with dragon lure .
168.Greizhen mo Ullhor(S3 , E4)Not as blatantly repugnant as his sidekick Kraznys , but still a slave trader .
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167.Mandon Moore(S2 , E9)You may retrieve your family has uncanny kinetics , but at least none of your sib necessitate a knight to low - Francis Scott Key kill you during a castle beleaguering , like Tyrion ’s did during the Battle of the Blackwater . give thanks God for Podrick .
166.Mago(S1 , E8)Ugh , Mago . It was n’t enough for him to just call his Khaleesi a whore . He also had to bruise Khal Drogo before the big guy wipe out him – leaving a cut on the Khal that would eventually fester and prove fatal . For such a minor character , he really draw .
165.Leaf(S6 , E5)After six time of year , we knowGame of Thronesis a stale , cold world . hoagie buy the farm . Babies buy the farm . Cute dogs die . Everything dies . But the Children of the Forest ? Did one of these small dud - throwing rascals really have to bite the dust ? Yes , plain they did .
164.Rorge(S4 , E7)You’d call back Rorge would thank Arya for freeing him from that cage with Biter and Jaqen , but he mostly just throws insults and threatens to injure her . She kills him later , establish once and for all the importance of manners .
163.Biter(S4 , E7)Dude , we know your name is Biter , but do n’t bite the Hound . Do you want to get your cervix snapped ? Because that ’s how you get your neck snapped .
162.Doreah(S2 , E10)Daenerys ' former friend sold her out on the promise of Xaro Xhoan Daxos ' riches . You know , the single that do n’t in reality exist . Nobody misses her when she ’s locked up inside that vault .
161.Rickard Karstark(S3 , E5)Sure , he ’s a grieving father , but slaughter two preteen Lannisters is n’t the solvent here , Rickard .
160.The Lord of Bones(S5 , E8)Beaten to last for make a dick joke . Hope it was deserving it , man .
159.Qotho(S1 , E9)In retrospect , this Dothraki dude probably had a pointedness about avoiding the crazy beldam ma’am . But he hurt Daenerys while stating his guinea pig , and Jorah reacted as you ’d expect . ( Murderously . )
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158.Drennan(S2 , E6)Sorry , Drennan , but you were stick out in Bran and Rickon ’s leakage way of life out of Winterfell . Also , you ’re flow out with Theon Greyjoy , so really , what are you doing with your life ?
157.Wallen(S1 , E6)Osha ’s wildling champion consider kidnapping Bran before Robb get hold of him out . Bad call , Wallen !
156.Stiv(S1 , E6)Osha ’s other wildling admirer actually threatens Bran before Theon takes him out . Bad call , Stiv !
155.Lowell(S4 , E1)Always share your Gallus gallus with the Hound . The man needs his protein .
154.Maege Mormont(S6 , E7)We forgive you for draw a blank Maege : the Lady of Bear Island was never the most important eccentric in Westeros , and she pretty much disappeared after Season 1 . This class , we finally get a line that she buy the farm during the War of the Five Kings , put an last to one of the show ’s many closed book .
153.Prendahl na Ghezn(S3 , E8)He wanted Daario to kill Daenerys , but he was n’t a jerk about it .
152.Mero(S3 , E8)He wanted Daario to pop Daenerys , and he rather was a jerked meat about it .
151.The Spice King(S2 , E7)He ’s sort of the front man of " The Thirteen , " aka the ruling council of Qarth , and he perishes quickly in that mass magical trouncing organise by Pyat Pree . He was pretty snobby , to be honest .
150.Oznak zo Pahl(S4 , E3)The champion of Meereen is no lucifer for Daario , who play off Oznak ’s pre - duel showboating by make on his remains .
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149.Selyse Baratheon(S5 , E10)Selyse ’s death is mayhap the only redeeming affair about her . For five seasons , she agreed to every individual demand Melisandre made ( let in vote down her own brother ) and treated her daughter like garbage . But then , finally , after Shireen dies at the sacrificial stake , she feels something : the enormity of vote down her only child . shortly after , she hang herself .
148.Dickon Tarly(S7 , E5)That sense when you ’re overall a pretty nice estimable looking dude who gets enclose just in metre to make a few friends and get killed off a couple episode afterwards . Oh , Dickon , you and your screaming name never stood a probability .
147.Randyll Tarly(S7 , E5)If the name Tarly sounds familiar to you , that ’s because Randyll is Samwell Tarly ’s horrible pa ( create the previous Dickon his blistering , successful brother ) . The Tarlys ' loyalties throughout the show were confusing , but Randyll finally refuses to deform the knee for once . Too uncollectible the individual he refused to wassail loyalty to has a tartar who just love to roast people where they digest .
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146.Dongo(S4 , E9)Holy dogshit , it ’s a giant .
145.Adrack Humble(S4 , E8)Killing your ranking because he wo n’t surrender to the Boltons is a bold move . It ’s also a stupid one if the Isle of Man you ’re surrendering to is Ramsay .
144.Vardis Egen(S1 , E6)Vardis does n’t make a potent imprint in his two - instalment running , but he does choose to fight against Bronn – and by proxy , Tyrion – in a tryout by combat . That puts him on the haywire side of history .
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143.Rennick(S2 , E4)This Lannister soldier mostly just fuck off to diss Loras Tyrell and take a leak in the woods before he bite it . But getting maul by Robb Stark ’s direwolf is a pretty metallic element way to go .
142.Mossador(S5 , E2)Daenerys by all odds is n’t messing around when it comes to due process . It does n’t matter that Mossador was one of her earliest supporters in Meereen – he kill a Sons of the Harpy prisoner awaiting trial , so he has to die quite in public .
140.Gordy(S5 , E10)A Bolton soldier who tries to kill Stannis in the Battle of Winterfell . He fails .
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139.Simpson(S5 , E10)Another Bolton soldier who tries to bolt down Stannis in the Battle of Winterfell . He scrapes Stannis ' leg , but also flush it .
138.Wendel Manderly(S3 , E9)The Red marriage ceremony was a heartbreaking repulsion show , but not because Wendel got killed as collateral . Sorry , Wendel .
137.Trystane Martell(S6 , E1)Trystane was dwell the dream : one 24-hour interval he ’s just a teen in love , betrothed to Myrcella and living in the always sunny paradise of Dorne . Then his fiancée got poisoned , and he got prod through the back of the head . Goodnight , sweet prince .
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136.Wyl(S1 , E5)Wyl is one of the only named Stark guardsmen Jaime kill in retribution for Catelyn ’s seizure of Tyrion .
135.Heward(S1 , E5)Heward is the other one .
134.Ralf Kenning(S4 , E8)One of his own men killed him because he would n’t surrender , but those dudes ended up getting flayed by the Boltons . So , relatively , an ax to the question sounds delicious .
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133.Varly(S1 , E7)He dies trying to protect Ned when the Lannisters impeach him of high treason . Way to be super bad at your business , Varly .
132.Shaggydog(S6 , E3)How many direwolves have to pop off before we put an end to this madness ?
131.Summer(S6 , E5)The creation is not good for direwolves .
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130.The High Septon(S2 , E6)This man of the cloth seemed pretty peaceful , but he was just in the wrong place ( outside the Red Keep ) at the wrong time ( during sidesplitter ) .
129.Smalljon Umber(S6 , E9)He dies during theBattle of the Bastards , after Tormund bites him in the cervix , manducate his throat , and knife his forehead . It ’s really too bad he sire all that blood on such a sick beard .
128.Waymar Royce(S1 , E1)One of the Night ’s Watch dudes kill by White Walkers in the series premiere . nerveless name .
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127.Gared(S1 , E1)The other Night ’s Watch fashion plate killed by White Walkers in the serial publication premiere . Cool beard .
126.Hugh of the Vale(S1 , E4)Hugh was in all probability stoke when he got promoted from Jon Arryn ’s squire to actual horse . He was believably less stoke when the Mountain crush a lance in his cervix during a jousting tourney .
125.Torrhen Karstark(S2 , E7)This would be the guard Jaime strangles to get out his cell at the Stark camps . We do n’t spend any real time with Torrhen , but ground on the grand revenge scheme his dad hatches in the backwash of his death , we ’re going to assume he was an EXCEPTIONAL boy .
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124.Kegs(S4 , E8)Kegs is one of three Night ’s Watch men who sneak out to a bordello to hear to a prostitute belch songs . Despite a dumb name that involve he ’s familiar with boozy activity like this one , Kegs is bad at guess the tunes . subsequently on , wildlings overrun and slaughter them .
123.Mully(S4 , E8)Mully is also there .
122.Jack Bulwer(S4 , E8)So is Jack . He ’s actually middling good at the belching game ! Still pass , though .
121.Joyeuse Erenford(S3 , E9)Being married to Walder Frey sound like a wretched lifetime , so peradventure it ’s actually a good affair Catelyn slit Joyeuse ’s throat .
120.Vayon Poole(S1 , E8)Vayon came this close to making it . Sensing Joffrey ’s impending wrath , Ned arrange his flight attendant back to Winterfell . But Vayon was just too slow for the Lannister end police squad , which slay him mid - move .
119.Willis Wode(S1 , E5)Ser Wode was minding his own business at a measure when Catelyn guilted him and a few other friends of House Tully into carry her captive Tyrion through the Vale of Arryn . Willis pay for his military volunteer service later , when hill tribesmen assail .
118.Kurleket(S1 , E5)All that hooey that happened to Willis ? ditto mark for Kurleket .
117.Cressen(S2 , E1)Poor , scented , dazed Cressen . Never gainsay a cherry priestess to a toxicant - drinking contest . You will always lose .
116.Balon Greyjoy(S6 , E2)There are a lot of older male characters with long , scraggly gray hair onGame of Thrones , and they ’re often hard to tell aside . Balon was possibly the scraggly of them all – until he got murdered on a benighted and stormy night by his brother .
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115.Smitty(S4 , E9)The Battle of Castle Black claimed many great men . Smitty was one of them . He fell .
114.Cooper(S4 , E9)Cooper was another one . He died killing a giant .
113.Donnel Hill(S4 , E9)Donnel also pass away killing a giant .
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112.Will(S1 , E1)Fine , he ’s technically a Night ’s Watch apostate . But you plausibly should ’ve listened to his warnings about the White Walkers before you take the guy ’s head off , Ned .
111.White Rat(S5 , E1)White Rat is killed while visiting a sporting house , which makes little gumption , considering he ’s an Unsullied . But it reverse out he regularly pays a woman of the street just to bind him and hum – and she betray him out to the Sons of the Harpylike a fiend .
110.Irri(S2 , E6)Irri is one of Daenerys ' first Dothraki confidants , but she ’s killed pretty unceremoniously in Season 2 , when Pyat Pree steals the dragons . And Daenerys is right smart more distraught about the firedrake part . coolheaded friendship .
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109.Matthos Seaworth(S2 , E9)Man , Davos just ca n’t watch a breakage . As if perpetually field the scorn of royal morons was n’t enough , the Lannisters ' wildfire trap in Blackwater Bay took out his beloved son Matthos – and somehow , Stannis managed to be a huge putz about that , too .
108.Lommy(S2 , E3)For such a unseasoned girl , Arya has seen a lot of supporter die . Lommy ’s demise was specially rough , since the humans who did the title ( Polliver ) stole her sword for the undertaking . The silver facing is Lommy unwittingly part with Gendry – and animate one of Arya ’s best act of revenge .
107.Ser Pounce(S7 , E???)After perfumed Tommen ’s last by windowpane suicide , Cersei could n’t give birth to have any reminders of her boy leave in the castling – or so the showrunners say when it comes to the lot of Ser Pounce . Tommen ’s beloved felid could n’t be allowed to live , and his decease was " so horrible we could n’t even put it on the aura , " David Benioffsaid .
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106.Moro(S6 , E4)The Dothraki drawing card was the most prominent of the Khals obliterate inDaenerys ' self-aggrandising tent BBQ . Sure , he draw a few risible lines during his abbreviated time on the show , but he was mostly an irritating oaf , a intelligibly about - to - give-up the ghost obstacle in Dany ’s waltz towards world supremacy . find the sunburn , Moro !
105.Septa Mordane(S1 , E8)She saved Sansa from the Lannister soldiers , and all she have was her chief on a stiletto heel .
104.Axell Florent(S4 , E2)It ’s pretty mess up that Stannis bite his own chum - in - law just for having some issue with Melisandre ’s theological system , but Stannis has amuchmore appall ritual killing come later on .
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103.Guymon(S4 , E3)Olly ’s papa seemed nice . Too unfit the wildlings settle to eat him .
102.Alliser Thorne(S6 , E3)The Master at Arms of Castle Black was a literal stick in the mud , and he conspired to get Jon Snow killed . surprisal : Jon Snow was not glad about this when he got back . You might even say Alliser was a Thorne in Jon ’s side – in reality , you would n’t say that , ‘cause you ’re not a lusus naturae .
101.Alton Lannister(S2 , E7)Alton ’s unreasoning hero - adoration of his remote , more far-famed cousin Jaime is downright endearing . It ’s also his undoing , since Jaime is n’t above killing his cuz to miss the Stark prisoner of war encampment .
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100.Karsi(S5 , E8)Karsi fights admirably at Hardhome , but she has a hard time killing Thomas Kyd – even the undead ones – which means she falls to the White Walkers . And then comes back as a Isle of Wight herself !
99.Grenn(S4 , E9)It ’s hard to keep a firm group of friends in Westeros , where everyone is constantly fox each other under the busbar . But Jon , Sam , Grenn , and Pypar stayed close from their first days in the Night ’s sentry in Season 1 , all the way through time of year 4 . A giant came and snatched Grenn off during the Battle of Castle Black , which wasslightlyless upsetting than the way Pypar went …
98.Doran Martell(S6 , E1)Was anyone really bowl over when Prince Doran died ? He was the beach god of Dorne , a benign and inoffensive presence in one of the show ’s least urgent plotlines . His death by stabbing was abrupt but not specially shocking , putting an end to the show ’s least compelling plotline for the fourth dimension being and letting you make that " numb as a Dorne nail " joke you ’ve been sitting on for at least a season now .
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97.Ned Umber(S8 , E1)Poor piddling Ned Umber was not long for this macrocosm . He shared a few words with our main fictitious character and ventured back to Last Hearth to gather his man , where he was ambushed by creature and knavishly incorporated in one of their creepy body part crop circles for the effective jumping panic attack of the show .
96.Pypar(S4 , E9 ) … Ygritte shoot him . You really should ’ve bring in your buddies to your girl , Jon .
95.Ghita(S5 , E6)Terminally ill kid are always sorry . Ghita , whom Arya poisons out of pity , is no exception .
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94.Qhorin Halfhand(S2 , E10)This is the kind of demise that draw you aflutter more than anything else . Because , really , who ’s going to trust Jon Snow that a longtime Night ’s Watch ranger staged a affaire d’honneur with him and die out on purpose , just so Jon could have a more convincing covering to spot on the wildlings ? Spoiler alert : almost no one .
93.The Three - Eyed Raven(S6 , E5)Played with appropriate " I was inThe Seventh Seal " gravitas by 87 - class - sure-enough Max von Sydow , the Three - Eyed Raven was the double-dyed templet on Bran ’s journeying toward enlightenment . But once he served his design of playing Obi - Wan to Bran ’s Luke Skywalker , there was n’t much of a reason for him to cohere around . Luckily , the White Walkers shuffled him off his mortal whorl right before his shtick got old .
92.The Waif(S6 , E8)The Waif was annoying . There ’s really no other way to put it . As Arya Stark ’s tormentor , she had the unmanageable job of making arduous training scenes interesting . At least she got a nerveless end : snuff out in the dark by Arya ’s onetime buddy Needle .
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91.Dontos Hollard(S4 , E3)He helps Sansa escape amid the topsy-turvydom of the Purple Wedding ( which only seems fair , sinceSansa convinced Joffrey not to kill Dontosat a tourney in Season 2 ) , but as presently as she ’s return to Littlefinger ’s ship , Dontos bring shoot . This is why you never accept a work contract from Littlefinger .
90.Hizdahr zo Loraq(S5 , E9)When Daenerys ' betrothed is stab to death by the Sons of the Harpy , it proves once and for all that he was truehearted to her . But it also means he ’s dead , which is a bummer .
89.Yoren(S2 , E3)Yoren is chum with two of the bestGame of Thronescharacters , Tyrion and Arya , so you sleep together he ’s a good hombre . But in effect guys tend to have a light shelf life on this show . After smuggling Arya out of King ’s landing place and protecting Gendry from the Lannister soldier who want him deadened , Yoren is mow down by Amory Lorch in the midriff of the night . At least he went down swinging .
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88.Lady Crane(S6 , E8)A skilled actress , a gifted medic , and a talented maker of soup , Lady Crane was a renaissance cleaning woman endure into barbarous time . She was killed by the nameless Waif , woefully putting an end to her stage career . Hopefully she wins a posthumousGoTTony Award .
87.Benjen Stark(S7 , E6)Jon ’s beloved Uncle Benjen stimulate one last , desperate appearance to pull through Jon from the creature beyond the wall , holding the undead off just long enough for Jon to jump back on his horse cavalry and take off .
86.Mycah(S1 , E2)Perhaps easily known as " the butcher ’s boy , " Mycah may be the first recorded victim of Joffrey ’s temper tantrum . It ’s never clarify exactly how he died – just that the Hound did it , and that it was incredibly unnecessary .
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85.Willem Lannister(S3 , E5)Part one of a package set of gallant hostage , Willem is murder by Rickard Karstack against Robb ’s wishes . He asks Rickard if it ’s a delivery . Aw , Willem .
84.Martyn Lannister(S3 , E5)Willem ’s brother , who is also kill by Karstarck and at one point , asks Talisa if Robb can sprain into a direwolf . Aw , Martyn .
83.Barra Baratheon(S2 , E1)She was a baby – a baby ! – and those Lannister minion still killed her , along with Robert Baratheon ’s other illicit children .
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82.Walda Bolton(S6 , E2)Poor Walda . Being married to a grump like Roose Bolton was plausibly no treat , but she seemed like she was make do with the hand life dealt her . Did she really merit to get eaten animated by Ramsay ’s thirsty dogs ? With her baby ? ! Of course , not .
81.Rodrik Cassel(S2 , E6)Ever the Stark loyalist , Jory ’s dad Rodrik does n’t give Theon an ounce of respect when that punk invades Winterfell . So Theon seek to rise he ’s a problematic cat by do Rodrik in front of the exclaim vernal Stark children . He fails miserably in that esteem , taking multiple golf shot and a kick before he finally decapitate Rodrik , which is … frankly , a little funny . Unless you ’re Bran and Rickon . Then it ’s traumatizing .
80.Rakharo(S2 , E2)Season 1 terminate with Daenerys in a middling black place , and the Season 2 premiere just piled on when one of her last Dothraki pals rode off in search of nutrient and/or allies … only to return with his psyche in a bag . Whoever did him in even cut back his braid , just to be a jerking .
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79.Jory Cassel(S1 , E5)Jory was skillful enough , but his death was in the main upsetting because it revealed just how vulnerable Ned was in King ’s landing place . Also disconcerting ? The fact that Jaime dig him through the eye .
78.Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun(S6 , E9)The Wildling big man was always a joyousness to observe on the battlefield . He moved with so much thanksgiving – even when he was knocking out a knight with one poke . Watching this gentle titan get thrust full of pointer from Ramsay Bolton ’s US Army was pretty traumatizing , but at least Wun Wun went out like he dwell : big .
77.Tansy(S4 , E2)Having to spend any time at all with Ramsay Bolton is bad enough . But getting hunted by him and his jealous lady friend ? That ’s cosmically unfair . ease well-situated , Tansy . You were only in one episode , but you still have our pathos .
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76.Olly(S6 , E3)Admit it : you wanted to see this little punk get killed after he shot Ygritte with his bow and pointer . When he helped bring down his big bro Jon Snow , you knew Olly was n’t long for this world .
75.Lothar Frey(S6 , E10)Lothar Frey might as well not have a name , really . He ’s one of the many spawn of his father ’s loins – and Black Walder was cooler anyway . But Lothar ’s one genuinely cool part to the fabric of theGame of Thronesuniverse was undoubtedly the fingerbreadth he add to his Padre ’s gist Proto-Indo European immediately before Arya Stark slit the sr. Walder ’s throat . Bravo , Lothar .
74.Black Walder Rivers(S6 , E10)Honestly it could just as easily have been Black Walder Rivers ’s digit , but we ’ll give that one to Lothar , because Black Walder ’s payback come after he put a much more heartbreaking crime : shoot down Arya ’s mother Catelyn Stark . ( Lothar belt down Talisa , who Arya never had the opportunity to meet . ) Black Walder ’s kernel Proto-Indo European is by default the more pleasant-tasting of the two .
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73.Obara Sand(S7 , E2)Oh , Sand Snakes . How this show failed you . Season 6 somehow made the trio of awesome Dornish warrior charwoman unbelievably slow , so we were almost projected to see them go this too soon on . Obara and her sister Nymeria are taken out by Euron Greyjoy during his attack on Yara ’s fleet . He stabs Obara with a spear and strangles the other .
72.Nymeria Sand(S7 , E2)Sigh . See above .
71.Tyene Sand(S7 , E3 sorta)This is one of those deaths that bind with you . exact her revenge on Ellaria Sand , Cersei locks her and her girl to opposite walls of a dungeon cubicle , kisses Tyene with lipstick made from " The Long Goodbye " poisonous substance ( the same poison and method acting Ellaria used on Cersei ’s darling daughter Myrcella ) , and leaves Tyene to die a obtuse death while Ellaria watches .
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70.Ellaria Sand(S7 , E????)Ellaria ’s demise was never shown onscreen , but since actress Indira Varma did confirm this installment was her last visual aspect on the show , we can safely assume that Ellaria is either very dead or as good as , rot away next to her girl ’s dead body . Yikes !
69.Jeor Mormont(S3 , E4)On the one hired hand , Jeor is a friend and wise man to Jon Snow during some tough times . On the other , he ’s been looking the other way as Craster keep on Crastering ( i.e. , committing incest and murdering his baby sons ) for years . Jeor is a morally tricky man , but he belike did n’t merit to get jab in the back by his own troops .
68.Xaro Xhoan Daxos(S2 , E10)It ’s safe to assume the make-believe - robust merchant who steal Daenerys ' dragons buy the farm in that gem hurdle she locked him in , considering its utter deficiency of nutrient , pee , or really anything . ( Remember : he ’s only dissemble productive . )
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67.Brynden Tully(S6 , E8)The artist also known as the " Blackfish " went down with honor – or at least , we think he did . After Jaime Lannister took over his castling , Tully ’s death was arrange offscreen , and presumably , he went down fighting .
66.Lord Roose Bolton(S6 , E2)Roose Bolton was a bad human race . He plotted against the Starks , killed Rob at the Red Wedding , and always had a disapproving look on his face . However , compared to his Logos Ramsay , Roose was a wizard little scallywag and a example of steely pragmatism . It was n’t incisively disconcerting to see him go , killed by his own son in the same brutal personal manner he rule out Robb , but it did signal a power - shift in the North . He was the less of two evils – which is probably why he could n’t pull through for too long .
65.Lysa Arryn(S4 , E7)Part of you wants to experience forged for demented Aunt Lysa , but a large part of you wants her to will Sansa alone and go away forever . moonshine doors are good for that .
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64.Ros(S3 , E6)Ros was the coolest and craftiest prostitute to ever grace Westeros . But she made the fatal error of threefold - bilk Littlefinger , who signed her up for human target practice with Joffrey and his crossbow . Maybe she should ’ve remain in Winterfell after all .
63.Luwin(S2 , E10)While Ned , Catelyn , and Robb are off waging all kinds of power struggles , Luwin is fundamentally the only parent Bran and Rickon have . And right as Theon ’s brief , terrible reign in Winterfell reach its close , some ironborn imbecile has to go and stab him . It ’s golden that the boys get to say goodbye to him as he ’s fading under an enormous tree , but it ’s also crazy sad .
62.Locke(S4 , E5)It was passably cruel when he cut Jaime ’s hand off . ditto mark when he threw Brienne in a pit with a bear . But give up , this cat is also friend with Ramsay ? Yeah , we ’re okay with Bran warging into Hodor and snapping his neck .
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61.Myrcella Baratheon(S5 , E10)Ellaria Sand was bond to take down a Lannister for her lover Oberyn ’s end , and unfortunately for Myrcella , she was the easiest target . ( Come on , no one actually thinks she ’s a Baratheon . ) That poison lip burnish will get you every fourth dimension .
60.Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg ( Mag the Mighty)(S4 , E9)Holy shit , another giant ! Their king , to be precise .
59.Harry Strickland(S8 , E5)The drawing card of the greatest army ever known to Westeros , Essos , and beyond turned tail and take flight before Drogon ’s flaming .
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58.Osha(S6 , E4)Osha was a subsister . The former Wildling turned bodyguard for Bran and Rickon was always one of the tough , most cunning grapheme on the show . When she had Ramsay Bolton in her quite a little , it seemed like the Bastard was about to meet his match . rather , Osha got jab in the cervix and bled out on the story , another victim of Ramsay ’s unending cruelty .
57.Euron Greyjoy(S8 , E5)Euron give out doing what he loved : insisting to himself that he ’s hot shit . " I ’m the humankind who killed Jaime Lannister , " he order to himself as he take a breather his last breath .
56.Qyburn(S8 , E5)Qyburn forgot one tiny thing when he bestow the Mountain back from the utter : he really , REALLY hat his little buddy Sandor , and would absolutely promote a piffling ex-husband - Maester off the stairs if he get in his way .
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55.High Sparrow(S6 , E10)Arms outstretched with spiritual resolve , the High Sparrow takes the gold for coolest single shot while dying ; no other character on the show will ever meet their end in immature flaming quite like he did . Plus the plot - changing ignition of King ’s Landing wildfire supplied pitch the chess board of the whole show , with the following demise …
54.Loras Tyrell(S6 , E10)Here rest the cremains of Loras , the only manful heir to House Tyrell , and the most talented fencer in Westeros who did basically fuck all for most of the series . He coulda been a contender .
53.Ser Kevan Lannister(S6 , E10)Of all the Hands of the King to cash in one’s chips on this show – and Tyrion is the only one who has n’t – his demise was by far the tacky .
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52.Mace Tyrell(S6 , E10)For a guy whose only son and daughter – who beyond being his Logos and daughter , literally represent the economical and political security system of the future of his whole family and fiefdom – were captured by gaga religious zealots , Tyrell basically rolled over . Moron .
51.Brother Lancel Lannister(S6 , E10)Lancel never take any chance to not suck . He had a front row seat to the wildfire , and it is justice that it consume him first .
50.Margaery Tyrell(S6 , E10)In any other show , Margaery would have made it to the very end . Her character acted as an of import commentary on year and gender in a show that focuses amply on both those idea , and her chicane was such that you truly did believe she had the upper helping hand , even when she seemed to be at her lowest . But yield that Cersei deployed the " Little Boy " of the Seven Kingdoms , any hope for a Margaery - lead rebellion went up in pot .
49.Renly Baratheon(S2 , E5)Based on Brienne ’s account , Renly was a good swell . He was also right smart more interesting than his stiff sometime brother Stannis , and the intellect we become Margaery Tyrell . His death by shadow baby was honestly more elusive than heartbreaking , but if we could ’ve spar one Baratheon bro , it would ’ve been this one .
48.Brother Ray(S6 , E7)It ’s a shame about Brother Ray . When it was announced thatDeadwood’sIan McShane was returning to HBO , people who get laid the word"cocksucker"rejoiced ! And he did n’t let down : McShane showed up for one instalment , delivered a few saucy speeches , helped the Hound get his groove back , and then got murder , along with all his follower .
47.Rickon Stark(S6 , E9)Come on , Rickon ! utilise a stammer - step . Zig - zag . Run a slant . You just got publish by Ramsay and there ’s an arrow coming flat for you . Get your shit together !
46.Grand Maester Pycelle(S6 , E10)How annoying was Pycelle ? allow ’s count the ways : doddering , lecherous , calculating – and dead ineffectual at it , which made him uninteresting . Once he evenfarted mid - scene . give thanks the Seven this leech is dead . Praise the Seven that footling brats killed him .
45.Maester Aemon Targaryen(S5 , E7)Aemon proves that a more traditional , pass - out death from older eld can be just as distressing as the shocking , fierce ends so many characters confront . At least he got Jon Snow elect Lord Commander before he finally passed in bed , with Sam and Gilly at his side .
44.Thoros of Myr(S7 , E6)Thoros was always a nice gallant , and we were sorry to see him go , frozen to death while the Good Boys Go North Club were make their parky stand up against the Wight . But no one is sadder than Beric Dondarrion , in all likelihood , since Thoros ' death means he ca n’t be resurrected by the Lord of Light again anytime presently . If you die in the biz , Beric , you die for substantial .
43.Talisa Stark(S3 , E9)There are few thing more disconcerting than watching a group of men poke a meaning woman ’s belly . And that ’s just the get-go to the round-the-clock incubus at the derriere end of " The Rains of Castamere . " Compared to other victims like Robb and Catelyn , we did n’t know Talisa that well . But you could see why Robb risked political self-destruction to marry her . And gentleman’s gentleman , think how she call to name the babe Eddard if it was a boy onlymomentsearlier ? Goddammit , George .
42.Jojen Reed(S4 , E10)Did you know the actor who plays Jojen is 28 ? Crazy , right ? Oh , also , a wight ( aka zombie White Walker minion ) attacked him , so his babe Meera mercifulness - slit his pharynx . It was pretty distressing . But seriously , the kid fromLove Actuallyis 25 ? !
41.Syrio Forel(S1 , E8)What do we say to the God of Death ? " Not today . " Maisie Williams recently confirmed that Arya ’s " dance instructor"never made it outof King ’s Landing , and the news devastated us – Syrio provided the stirring and mirthful easing the show often lacks .
40.Grey Wind(S3 , E9)OK , it might seem derisory to put the direwolf deaths this high , but Grey Wind ’s go bad whine after those Frey asshole shoot him full of arrow still cut late .
39.Lady(S1 , E2)Do yourememberhow this went down ? Lady , the most teachable and cuddly whelp of them all , was drink down basically because Joffrey would n’t stop whining . And Ned had to stab Sansa ’s pet himself ! Cersei has a pretty lengthy tilt of sins , but organise this tragedy might take the patty . Where ’s that shame Melville Bell when you need it ?
38.Lyanna Mormont(S8 , E3)Lyanna Mormont brought the Special Air Service and the fervidness to every council meeting she pose on , and refused to pose in the crypt with the other cleaning woman and child when there was a conflict for humans to fight . She managed to take an undead giant with her when she fell , proving that strength comes in many size of it .
37.The Mountain(S8 , E5)Cleganebowl was a little anticlimactical for something that had been teased since the show ’s first time of year . After trading blows on a wonky staircase , Sandor Clegane grabbed his brother the Mountain and leapt with him off the border of the Red Keep .
36.The Hound(S8 , E5)Sandor Clegane did what no one before him could ever do : convert Arya Stark to give up her putting to death list and save her own animation . Sandor , though , had one last line of work to do , and while he could n’t kill his brother the Mountain himself , he could sure enough take him with him as the Red Keep crumble to pieces around them .
35.Stannis Baratheon(S5 , E10)Watching Stannis ' electric arc is a lot like keep an eye on a Quaker get suck into a megachurch . He has to love well than this , but he just save falling deeper and deeper for Melisandre ’s sermon . Every now and then he still shows a flash of humanity , but by the time Brienne traverse him down and exact her revenge , Stannis has committed or excuse some truly dismaying crimes ( e.g. , see # 16 ) .
34.Barristan Selmy(S5 , E4)Ser Barristan remained a legendary fighter even in his old age , so it seems appropriate that he finally went down in a grand battle against the Sons of the Harpy . He also saved Grey Worm ! It may be a fitting end , but that did n’t do anything for Daenerys ' subsequent fury .
33.Varys(S8 , E5)Varys go this whole time by being one footmark ahead of everyone else , choosing his passe-partout cautiously and incessantly serve what he believed to be a higher purpose . His last act was to expose a secret he thought would save up his kingdom , and was ultimately executed for it .
32.Shae(S4 , E10)Here add up all the feelings . For a while , Tyrion and Shae were a great secret duad . But when it get too severe for Shae to stay in King ’s Landing , Tyrion pulled out the classic , cruel " Ca n’t you see I do n’t require you anymore ? ! " speech ordinarily reserved forpets . A stung Shae revenge by relieve oneself up a bunch of lies during his test for the murder of Joffrey , and eventually , the former couple ended up in a deadly fight . Tyrion technically won , but really , there are no success here .
31.Rhaegal(S8 , E4)A couple of gargantuan crossbow bolt from a yoke of Greyjoy war vessel , and Daenerys was down to just one flying dragon as Rhaegal plummet into the sea , pouring blood out of his neck . Definitely one of the greatest out - of - nowhere deaths of the series .
30.Missandei(S8 , E4)The show ’s most controversial end was make unnecessary for the final time of year , when Cersei Lannister tried to use Daenerys ' translating program and admirer Missandei as leverage to pull the young queen to give up . Dany did n’t take the bait , and Missandei was beheaded , bringing the show ’s paltry age bracket of name characters of color to one .
29.Mance Rayder(S5 , E1)Boy , does Stannis like burning the great unwashed . Dying at the stake seems like a halting way for the dire King Beyond the Wall to go , but at least Jon Snow helped him out with that pointer to the heart .
28.Robert Baratheon(S1 , E7)King Robert was kind of a slutty lush who kindle one truly horrific son . But he had a much better moral compass than his in - laws , and his sudden death signaled serious bother for the Starks . It also meant Joffrey ascended the throne , which was the real cataclysm here .
27.Olenna Tyrell(S7 , E3)Fan - favored schemer Olenna Tyrell could n’t keep scheming forever , but she for certain went out with a bang . After she drinks Jaime ’s proffered poisonous substance – a poison and way of last he picked specifically so she did n’t have to endure any pain – she unlade on him her involvement in Joffrey ’s horrific murder . " secern Cersei , " she says , smile at him . " I want her to hump it was me . "
26.Melisandre(S8 , E3)Having done what she returned to Westeros to do ( fire up some steel on fervour ? ? ? ? ? OK ) , Melisandre did what anyone would do after a hard Nox ’s work : walk off into the snowy waste , disgorge her apparel and transforming back into the old , old cleaning lady she ’d always been .
25.Eddison Tollett(S8 , E3)Dolorous Edd was truly one of the bright point during the show ’s segments at Castle Black , and the most fitting first death to complain off the bloodbath that was the Battle of Winterfell . He save Sam and is impaled for his trouble , and with that , the show made it exonerated it was gon na start killing off some faves this season .
24.Beric Dondarrion(S8 , E3)With the death of Thoros of Myr , Beric ’s day were numbered , and what better way to go out than by fight back to protect the girl who would salve Westeros from the undead with a freakin ' fire brand ?
23.Ygritte(S4 , E9)That kid Olly think he was doing a good matter by shooting an arrow in Ygritte ’s back , but all he did was get out Jon Snow ’s heart . AND OURS .
22.Tommen Baratheon(S6 , E10)Poor , sweet , simpering Tommen was never foresightful for Martin ’s world of topsy-turvydom , betrayal , and verdant detonation , but nonetheless Messrs. Benioff , Weiss , and Sapochnik handled his passing with such a dexterous soupcon , it does n’t weigh . The crushing quiet of his suicide – and thememe - worthy GIFsthat followed – produced probably the most memorable isolated death in " The Winds of Winter , " an episode with the highest independent - cast - fellow member kill count of the the whole series since " The Rains of Castamere . " One interrogative sentence nags at us : where is his trusty cat , Ser Pounce ?
21.Walder Frey(S6 , E10)Old Walder had to give way , and it had to anguish . IfGame of Thronesis a show about betrayal , it ’s also a show about consequences . For all his deconstructive tendencies in the early seasons of the serial , Martin ’s views on predetermined retribution have revealed themselves to be fairly standard five time of year after Ned Stark ’s head was first lop off . So Frey had to die . The things that did n’t have to happen are what make his death great , specifically : the frigid isotropy of Frey ’s slit pharynx and Catelyn Stark ’s , baking Frey ’s nestling into a Proto-Indo European , and most triumphantly Arya doing the human action herself .
20.Night King(S8 , E3)A leap , a apprehension , a stealthy knife driblet , and the biggest threat to Westeros that ever was was taken out in a shower of meth crystals . Arya proved herself to be the Heron the world merit when she iced the Night King , and in a matter of here and now the Army of the Dead vanished from the typeface of the earth forever .
19.Khal Drogo(S1 , E10)When the series started , Drogo was n’t an leisurely hombre to wish . But thanks to his family relationship with Daenerys and one the pits of a public presentation from Jason Momoa , everyone number around on the Khal . So , of course , that meant it was clip for him to die . First came infection , then black deception , and finally , the pillow - smothering . By the oddment , it was hard to disagree with Daenerys ' mercy - vote down decision . But damn if we do n’t miss this cat ’s rhodomontade .
18.Lord Ramsay Bolton(S6 , E9)Ramsay ’s last was an event we look to , imagined , and rootle for with varying tier of strength . Basically , he had to go . After seasons of watching the Bastard of Bolton slaying , assault , torture , flay , and humble dear type , it was poetic – and yes , touch as hell – to watch him get devour by his own dog , the savage he starved to terrorize others . But who do we detest on now ?
17.Theon Greyjoy(S8 , E3)Having finally redeemed himself in his phratry ’s eyes by saving his sister , Yara , Theon was quick for any challenge the human race could throw at him , even if it was a death trap . He died protecting Bran , the surrogate brother he ’d once pretend to murder .
16.Viserion(S7 , E6)Look , we roll in the hay this was come . Daenerys could n’t keep ALL of her dragons for the whole show , and if she was gon na lose one , we ’re happy that he at least turns into a badass zombi dragon that breathes lightning and blue firing and sends a huge chunk of the Wall crashing to the ground .
15.Jorah Mormont(S8 , E3)In fiat to become what Dany had to become ( a bloodthirsty despot bent on revenge ) , the piece who had been her moral compass for the entire show had to be taken out of the picture . Jorah died where and how he had always wanted to : push beside his queen .
14.Tywin Lannister(S4 , E10)Getting crossbowed on the can is a moderately icky ( grim ) mode to go , but it ’s hard to get too broken up over a man who orchestrated the Red Wedding and tormented his only nerveless son . adult ups for get off Joffrey to bed that one sentence , though .
13.Robb Stark(S3 , E9)Robb did sort of lend this on himself , but it was for love ! Just adjudicate to watch his agonizing Australian crawl over to Talisa ’s lifeless dead body . You ca n’t , because it ’s too much .
12.Cersei Lannister(S8 , E5)Cersei ’s prophecy did come unfeigned after all – at least , part of it . Another queen , youthful and more beautiful , did indeed cast her down and took all she hold pricey . Cersei died with Jaime as Daenerys burn King ’s Landing , demolish the city they once called home . That ’s what happen when you behead someone ’s best friend .
11.Jaime Lannister(S8 , E5)We were rooting for you ! ! We were all rooting for you ! ! But you had to go back and give your sis one last smooch , you loony . Jaime snuck into King ’s landing place to sneak Cersei out , but ended up stay with her as the Red Keep came barge in down . Some people just ca n’t give up their addictions .
10.Viserys Targaryen(S1 , E6)Viserys was a sniveling brat who proudly include he ’d let 40,000 valet rape his baby for a shot at the commode . But his ( cruel ) destruction came so early in the series , we never got to find out if he ’d pay off himself and turn into Khaleesi Daenerys ' only slave .
9.Littlefinger(S7 , E7)Well , it ’s about dang prison term . Petyr Baelish had long overstayed his chilly welcome in the halls of Westeros , and the Stark sisters had had enough of his attempt to move around their family against each other . " How do you do these charges … Lord Baelish ? " will go down in history as one of the best parts of the show , as will Arya slitting Petyr ’s throat with the very dagger he tried to have Bran Stark killed with .
8.Joffrey Baratheon(S4 , E2)Sure , we immediately blast Montell Jordan ’s " This Is How We Do It " when this twerp choked down toxicant at his own wedding – but we have to admit we lack hat on the minuscule bastard .
7.Hodor(S6 , E5)With three simple parole – " Hold the door " – Bran ’s monosyllabic human Segway vaulted toward the top of this list with ease . Hodor ’s death lacks the military ramifications of Robb ’s , the unwieldy political ripples of Ned ’s , or the visceral impact of Oberyn ’s , but it was the most hokey moment on a show that ’s more known for its savagery and cynicism than give you the warm - fuzzies .
6.The Iron Throne(S8 , E6)Game of Thrones ' most sinister character , which inspired million of masses to shed others ' blood in the name of magnate and loyalty , was in conclusion destroyed for good in a blaze of Draco ardour , as Drogon took his anger and torture out on the one matter that do everyone so much pain .
5.Shireen Baratheon(S5 , E9)Shireen never had an easy life . Afflicted with greyscale and openly hat by her awing mother , she was still a remarkably sweet daughter . Just look at how she taught Davos to read ! Stannis seems to love his girl , but still goes along with Melisandre ’s design to sacrifice her to the Lord of Light for destiny in battle . Sending Shireen to the bet is undoubtedly the fell thing the show ’s ever done to a fry , and her screams from the funeral pyre were fabulously distressful .
4.Daenerys Targaryen(S8 , E6)From the beginning of the final time of year – and perchance even from midway through Season 7 – we knew that Daenerys taking the Iron Throne was n’t gon na be as sure a thing as it should have been . As presently as she survive nuclear all over King ’s landing place and gave that speech about freeing the cosmos from its chains HER mode , her rule was doomed , since she was fence in by multitude with a clear moral compass than hers became . Jon stabbed her in the Throne Room as he pledged her his unwavering allegiance , and Drogon flew her lifeless body away from Westeros forever .
3.Catelyn Stark(S3 , E9)How much pain can one mom endure ? Her hubby is drained , her Logos Bran ca n’t walk , and her daughters are only maybe safe when the Freys squeeze Catelyn to watch over the execution of her firstborn Word and her girl - in - law of nature . By the sentence another Frey comes to snuff out sobbing Catelyn , it ’s almost a ease – one that ’s delayed until literally the last second of the show .
2.Eddard Stark(S1 , E9)Many fans of the show have never say a unmarried page of theA Song of Ice and Fireseries . And for those people , Ned ’s execution was the first clear admonition : do n’t get comfortable . This franchise can and will come for even the most loveable , truehearted papa – especially if their horror-struck daughter are on hand to witness . While Ned ’s dying remains a gut - lick to this day , maybe it should n’t have been so shocking . die is kind ofSean Bean ’s thing .
1.Oberyn Martell(S4 , E8)We should ’ve known this Inigo Montoya motherfucker was doomed from the mo he stroll into the King ’s landing place brothels . He had intimate magnetism , charm for days , and a deep , abiding hate for the Lannisters . That ’s essentially a death judgment of conviction in Westeros , but George R.R. Martin could n’t just polish off him with an easy execution . Oh no . This one had to injure , so he let us all think the Red Viper had avenge his sister and saved Tyrion right before the Mountain toss off his head like an absurdly flaming balloon . RIP , Oberyn , you loose - eff badass . We ’re still keepinga watch for youat our bedside .
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