‘Game of Thrones’ Deaths: Every Major One So Far

You left off the two deaths that happened at the hands of Tyrion Lannister -- those of his father (whose begrudging admiration he had finally sort of won) and his former lover -- only the second woman he had ever loved in his life. These are striking not because of the characters who died but of the character who did the killing and what brought him to that. The killings were perhaps inevitable, perhaps justified because of the depth of the betrayal that led to them, but for all that those killings took a toll on him. For awhile he was utterly loss and seemed to believe in nothing at all for awhile, until he hooked up with Daenerys. Plus I think Arya's killing of Walder Fray show that she had slipped into a realm of darkness, governed by nothing but her own lust for revenge, with nothing left of the delightful girl she once was.

GRRMartin said that the reason that he killed off Ned Stark was that he wanted to show the audience that no character, no matter how sympathetic, was safe. In retrospect, Ned was spectacularly incompetent at playing the Game of Thrones.
What TV series kills off the lead character in the first season?
Even back in the very first episode, Bran gets thrown out of a window and almost dies. He is an innocent ch9ld but bad things happen to good people al lot in this show.
Given all that, they outdid themselves in the very last episode when Cersei blew up dozens of people, and had her own son kill himself,
Despite all this history I bet we will still be surprised when further characters we like or hate die. It has to happen, and I would not bet money on who it will be, good or evil.

Maybe Jaime, but I sure don't know.

Shireen's death was the worst and absolutely unnecessary. There was no need to burn a child at the stake.

I hate-watch this show, so I don't remember a lot of the characters. You should have included photos of everyone listed so I could see who was who.

The High Sparrow's death was deliciously executed, although that deliciousness was tempered by the death Queen Margaery, who was a great study in self-preservation and manipulation, yet actual kindness as well.

What? No section for poor Robb Stark? He was the central character for two seasons, and we watched his growth from boy to man to king to the potential of philosopher king with a relish that bordered on pride—the pride of seeing a human being aspiring to nobility succeed in the world. He carried within his narrative arc the great thematic question: Can a good man win in an evil time? And when we all found out that the answer was a resounding NO it was the single most brutal thing we had ever seen on television—because it was entirely unexpected and utterly remorseless. The Red Wedding was one of the most powerful moments in the history of television.

And for this Robb Stark doesn’t even get his own section?

Poor Rob Stark. He is losing still.

And maybe that says something about our time.

Aren't you forgetting the biggest death of all: Jon Snow!

What about Arya's delicious (!) killing of Walder Frey? Definitely belongs on the list. And let's not forget all the poor unfortunate direwolves. : (

I am extremely disappointed that Wun Wun is not on this list. Not only was he very likely the last of his kind (particularly resonant in the midst of our current mass extinction event) but demonstrated a degree of humble loyalty that was nonpareil. He could've had hella braggadocio bc he was enormous but he basically played it low key the whole time.

RIP Wun Wun.

It would be tough for me not to put Hodor at #1. To the extent the show has any "good" guys, Hodor was probably the best, or at least the purest, and it felt like he should have been able to stay above the fray to some extent. The fact that his mental disabilities were caused by the same event that killed him makes it all the more tragic. I still cry like a baby thinking about it.

Castrated? Wasn't it a penectomy?

How is Roose Bolton's death more delicious that Joffrey's? And why, praytell, was his suffering needless? That scene was such a long time coming that I rewound it and watched it two more times. No regrets.

The reaction by fans to the sudden '' writing off '' of this character or that is quite fascinating. ( Personally I love shows\stories that will be utterly unpredictable in this way )

The really interesting part is the way the people of today extrapolate their lives into that era of Queens, Kings and the like. They fantasize about a time where honor, code and charisma ruled.

The forget that they had no rights, were most likely poor ( a serf ) and that indeed, there could be a bloody end ( to them or anyone else ) at any time.

Bring on the last season !

"But choking in the arms of his mother turned the little monster back into a little boy, and his suffering was needlessly prolonged."

Please. I thought the death was way too good for him, and it should have lasted for days.

I think Joffrey's death was more 'delicious' than Roose's considering Joffrey was a more chaotic evil person than Roose