Who is dead in game of thrones

But his death gets half a point because now we don't get to see Yara kill him. Viserys was annoying, rude, sexist, and selfish. He treated his sister like an object to win him the Iron Throne, instead of, you know, like a person. As the head of House Targaryen, he would have led his family name into disaster, and probably for dead. By episode six, he had already overstayed his welcome. Dany was a little conflicted about her brother's death, and that's the only reason he gets half a point.

Locke was the man-at-arms for House Bolton, who you might recognize as the guy who cut off Jaime Lannister's hand. Oh, and he also threw Brienne into that pit with a bear.

Roose Bolton sent him on a mission to find the missing Stark boys, Bran and Rickon. Cause of death: Bran snapped his neck, while warging into Hodor. He was a jerk who didn't follow orders. Not sad. But he did bring Brienne and Jaime closer together, so he gets half a point for accidentally creating a beautiful friendship. The Night King was the creator and leader of the Army of the Dead.

He himself was created thousands of years ago, when the Children of the Forest plunged a dragonglass dagger into the heart of one of the First Men. They intended to use his power to defend themselves against the First Men, but he turned on them instead.

He wanted to destroy life in Westeros and wipe the continent of all living memory. Cause of death: Arya Stark stabbed him with a Valyrian steel dagger.

Sadness ranking: 1. He was literally the physical embodiment of death and the ultimate villain of all time, so we're not really allowed to be sad about his destruction.

But he does get one point because the show was teasing his takeover for eight whole seasons. The fact that he and his army were defeated in a single episode was a little anti-climactic. Polliver was a man-at-arms in service of House Lannister. He stole Needle from Arya in an attack on the Night's Watch recruits with Yoren, which earned him a spot on her kill list. Cause of death: Stabbed in the throat by Arya Stark, after she took Needle back from him. He was gross, but it was sort of sad to see Arya love killing him so much.

Rast was a ranger of the Night's Watch, who betrayed his oath and participated in the Mutiny of Craster's Keep. He was sent to the Wall as punishment for rape. Cause of death: Ripped to shreds by Ghost, Jon Snow's direwolf, while trying to flee the battle. Rast was always a bully to Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly. His death was kind of poetic, because he had been haunted by Ghost throughout the show. Randyll was the father of Samwell and Dickon Tarly. He was a cold man.

He honestly deserved his fiery death for how he treated Sam and for betraying Olenna. Cause of death: During Euron's attack, he strangled Nymeria. At the end of the battle, her body was seen hanging from the ship. The Sand Snakes were some of the weakest characters this show has ever seen, and should've died in the writers' room.

Cause of death: In his attack on Yara's fleet, Euron Greyjoy stabbed Obara with her own spear, then hung her body in front of the ship. Qyburn was a former maester who was expelled from the Citadel for conducting immoral experiments. He became Cersei's Hand of the Queen and, by the end of season eight, was her last remaining loyalist. Cause of death: While trying to help Cersei escape the Red Keep safely, Qyburn confronted the Mountain, who choked him and threw his head against a rock.

He wasn't a terrible person by Westerosi standards, but he was super creepy — and anyone who was still so closely associated with Cersei needed to die.

In fact, Qyburn's death was actually pretty satisfying. He tried to get in the way of Cleganebowl, and that's unforgivable. Xaro Xhoan Daxos was the merchant in Qarth who let Dany and her crew into the city, then proposed marriage in exchange for a free trip to Westeros. Dany almost accepted the proposal, but Jorah convinced her not to. He seemed nice and hospitable until he stole Dany's dragons. Harry Strickland was known as the formidable captain of the Golden Company , a group of mercenaries from Essos.

He and his men were hired by Cersei to protect King's Landing and set sail for Westeros at the end of season seven. He had potential to be an interesting character, but in reality, we hardly knew him and didn't care about him.

He started and lost the Greyjoy Rebellion, a failed attempt shortly after Robert's Rebellion to make the Iron Islands an independent kingdom. Cause of death: His brother, Euron Greyjoy, pushed him off a bridge in Pyke. He was stubborn and not a very clever or effective ruler. He also didn't care that his son Theon was getting tortured — not even after Ramsay Bolton mailed him his body parts.

He was gone before we really got to know him well enough to care. Olly was a farm boy from a village just south of the Wall. His village was attacked by Wildlings, and the village sent him to Castle Black to warn of their attack. Sadness ranking: 2.

Even though Olly helped kill Jon, a kid dying is always sad, and Jon was clearly conflicted about it. Doreah was another handmaiden to Dany. She taught Dany how to please Khal Drogo in the bedroom aka, how to be sexy. In Qarth, she betrayed Dany and helped kidnap her dragons. We didn't even see her die.

And even if we had, it probably wouldn't have been that sad. Cause of death: Dany burned her alive on Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. We're not condoning burning people, but in the "Game of Thrones" world, she was totally asking for it. But the Dothraki did rampage her village, take her people for slaves, and rape all the women, so she was trying to get some deserved revenge, which moves her up a couple sympathy points.

Lancel was Cersei's cousin the son of Kevan Lannister, Tywin's brother and also her former lover. He was the squire who gave King Robert wine while hunting, which ended in his demise. He later chopped his blonde Lannister locks off and joined the Faith Militant, and ousted Cersei for her crimes against the Faith of the Seven.

Cause of death: Stabbed by one of Qyburn's little birds, then blown up by the wildfire in the tunnels underneath the Sept of Baelor. Even when he had hair, he was always kind of annoying, down with incest and down with using violence to enforce religious beliefs. Not cool, dude. Pycelle served as the Grand Maester for many kings including the Mad King, and also had a seat on the king's council. He remained loyal to House Lannister throughout the series and served as a spy for Cersei while Tyrion was Hand of the King.

Cause of death: Stabbed by Qyburn's little birds right before the wildfire erupted at the Sept of Baelor. He was really gross, but he was way less creepy than Maester Qyburn. Shae was the prostitute that Tyrion Lannister fell in love with. In a huge betrayal, she testified against Tyrion at his trial. Cause of death: Tyrion strangled her upon discovering that she was sleeping with his father, Tywin. She was annoying and she betrayed Tyrion when he thought she was the only person he could trust.

Then she lunged at him with a knife, and we'd rather have Tyrion alive. But she gets two sadness points because it was hard to watch Tyrion kill the woman he loved. When the War of the Five Kings went unfavorably for the Starks, he betrayed them and took part in the Red Wedding — stabbing and killing Robb Stark himself — and he was appointed the new Warden of the North. He arranged Ramsay's marriage to Sansa Stark, in an attempt to secure their rule of Winterfell.

Cause of death: Ramsay Bolton stabbed him after Roose threatened to name his unborn son as his successor. He was the only person who could keep Ramsay in line and looked down on his sadistic ways — but he also did a lot of terrible things, like betraying the Starks and giving Ramsay any power.

Lady Arryn — Lady Regent of the Vale and sister of Catelyn Stark, wife of former Hand of the King Jon Arryn, and ever so briefly, the wife of Littlefinger — was actually responsible for killing her own husband, not the Lannisters.

Jon Arryn's death pretty much spawned all of the events that made this entire series possible. Oh, and she also breastfed her grown son in front of everybody and it was really creepy. Cause of death: Littlefinger pushed her out of the Moon Door for threatening Sansa's life. It's sad to see anyone related to the Starks go — because boy, do they go quickly — especially when Arya was just about to reunite with Sansa in the Vale.

But to be fair, Lysa was kind of the Joffrey of the family. Time of death: Season three, episode three, "Walk of Punishment". Sadness ranking: 3. We didn't know the guy and he died offscreen, but it was sad to see Catelyn and Robb so sad.

Plus, his funeral provided one of the only true comedic scenes the show has ever had. In the third season — against Robb's orders — he murdered Kevan Lannister's sons, who were being held captive by the Stark army. Cause of death: Beheaded for treason on a dramatic rainy day by Robb Stark.

While he was a loyal ally to the Starks, he acted on impulse and murdered completely innocent children just because he hated the Lannisters. But Robb's decision to execute him possibly led to families in the North like the Boltons betraying him at the Red Wedding. The High Septon was just following the rules of his faith. Sure, the rules are questionable, but he did have more valid reasoning than, say, Ramsay Bolton.

What's more unfortunate? The entire reason the Faith Militant gained power at all is because of Cersei. Cause of death: Burned alive in Cersei's wildfire explosion at the Sept of Baelor. He had a tiresome storyline but wasn't a terrible guy compared to most of the bad guys in Westeros, so he gets a few points for that. He disappeared after a trip beyond the Wall on season one. He came back on season six, looking a bit like a wight but acting like a human, and saved Bran and Meera from some White Walkers.

Then on season seven, he sacrificed himself for his beloved nephew, Jon Snow. Cause of death: Sacrificed himself to an army of wights so that Jon Snow could escape. We didn't get to know him very well. He was a Stark, but he was only seen briefly on a few episodes. His appearance on "Beyond the Wall" felt a little desperate and too much of a coincidence. Will is actually the first character you ever see on "Game of Thrones," but you've probably forgotten about him already.

We barely knew him and barely remember him, but he delivered an important message and didn't deserve to die for it. Beric Dondarrion was the leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners. He was always very enthusiastic about fighting the army of the dead. He didn't really die, because Thoros of Myhr brought him back to life with his powers from the Lord of Light.

But he loses a part of himself every time he comes back, so that's kind of sad. Cause of death: Stabbed in the head with a spear by Obara the Sand Snake. He was a good guy and didn't do anything to deserve it, but we didn't know him for very long and his personality seemed a little dull. Hizdahr was the son of one of the Great Masters of Yunkai, whom Daenerys crucified. Daenerys, impressed with Hizdhar, sent him to Yunkai as an ambassador.

When he returned, he encouraged her to reopen the fighting pits to get Yunkai to follow her orders. Time of death: Season five, episode nine, "The Dance of Dragons". Although he always seemed suspicious, Hizdahr seemed genuinely invested in helping Dany transition more smoothly into her role as a leader — and into the abolishment of slavery in the cities of Slaver's Bay.

Cause of death: Stabbed in the back literally and figuratively by Tyene the Sand Snake. He was a badass warrior gone too soon.

He plays a much more prominent role in the books, so it was sad to see him go without much of a story line. The Three-Eyed Raven doesn't appear in person until the end of season four, but he guided Bran on his journey throughout the series.

He taught Bran more about warging, and showed Bran visions that gave us some very, very important information about a very, very important baby. Cause of death: Killed by wights during the White Walkers' attack on the heart tree. For most of his time on the show, we knew him as a bird. Littlefinger, the former Master of Coin, was the creepiest creep Westeros had ever seen. He manipulated every person he possibly could and kept trying to make out with Sansa in her most vulnerable moments.

Time of death: Season seven, episode seven, "The Dragon and the Wolf". Littlefinger totally deserved to die at the hands of Arya and Sansa, since he's basically the entire reason half of the Stark family is dead. He knowingly set into motion the events that started the war, killed his own wife, and betrayed Ned, Catelyn, and Sansa. He was fun to watch, so he'll be missed — but only a little bit.

Selyse was the wife of Stannis Baratheon and mother of Shireen. She was a loyal follower of the Lord of Light. Cause of death: Hanged herself after seeing her daughter sacrificed to the Lord of Light. She wasn't very nice to her daughter when she was alive. Cause of death: Jon Snow mercy-killed him with an arrow before Mance could burn alive at the order of Stannis Baratheon. He was responsible for the attack on Castle Black, which killed a ton of Jon's Night's Watch brothers.

What was more moving about his death was that Jon gave him a quick one, instead of allowing him to burn alive. Time of death: Season seven, episode three, "The Queen's Justice". Cause of death: Ellaria has to watch her daughter die and, in another twist, decompose slowly in a dungeon in the Red Keep. Ellaria wasn't the best character and was annoying at best.

Oberyn died in a trial by combat that he volunteered for! That's no reason to mutilate an innocent Lannister child! But Cersei's sick torture here is incredibly disturbing. Dickon betrayed the Tyrells and helped Jaime take Highgarden for Cersei, even though he was the son of a lord of The Reach. Balon was possibly the scraggliest of them all -- until he got murdered on a dark and stormy night by his brother.

Smitty was one of them. He fell. Cooper S4, E9 Cooper was another one. He died killing a giant. Donnel Hill S4, E9 Donnel also died killing a giant. But you probably should've listened to his warnings about the White Walkers before you took the guy's head off, Ned.

White Rat S5, E1 White Rat is killed while visiting a brothel, which makes little sense, considering he's an Unsullied. But it turns out he regularly pays a prostitute just to hold him and hum -- and she sells him out to the Sons of the Harpy like a monster.

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 way more distraught about the dragon part. Cool friendship. As if constantly fielding the scorn of royal morons wasn't enough, the Lannisters' wildfire trap in Blackwater Bay took out his beloved son Matthos -- and somehow, Stannis managed to be a huge dick about that, too.

Lommy S2, E3 For such a young girl, Arya has seen a lot of friends die. Lommy's death was especially rough, since the man who did the deed Polliver stole her sword for the task. The silver lining is Lommy inadvertently spared Gendry -- and inspired one of Arya's best acts of revenge. Ser Pounce S7, E??? After sweet Tommen's death by window suicide, Cersei couldn't bear to have any reminders of her son left in the castle -- or so the showrunners say when it comes to the fate of Ser Pounce.

Sure, he got a few funny lines during his brief time on the show, but he was mostly an irritating oaf, a clearly about-to-die obstacle in Dany's waltz towards world domination. Feel the burn, Moro! Axell Florent S4, E2 It's pretty messed up that Stannis burns his own brother-in-law just for having some issues with Melisandre's theology, but Stannis has a much more horrifying sacrifice coming later on.

Guymon S4, E3 Olly's dad seemed nice. Too bad the wildlings decided to eat him. Surprise: Jon Snow was not happy about this when he got back. You might even say Alliser was a Thorne in Jon's side -- actually, you wouldn't say that, 'cause you're not a monster. Alton Lannister S2, E7 Alton's blind hero-worship of his distant, more famous cousin Jaime is downright adorable.

Karsi S5, E8 Karsi fights admirably at Hardhome, but she has a hard time killing kids -- even the undead ones -- which means she falls to the White Walkers. And then comes back as a wight herself! Grenn S4, E9 It's hard to keep a steady group of friends in Westeros, where everyone is constantly throwing each other under the bus. A giant came and snatched Grenn away during the Battle of Castle Black, which was slightly less upsetting than the way Pypar went 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 especially shocking, putting an end to the show's least compelling plotline for the time being and letting you make that "dead as a Dorne nail" joke you've been sitting on for at least a season now. He shared a few words with our main characters and ventured back to Last Hearth to gather his men, where he was ambushed by wights and artfully incorporated in one of their creepy body part crop circles for the best jump scare of the show.

Pypar S4, E Ygritte shot him. You really should've introduced your buddies to your girlfriend, Jon. Ghita S5, E6 Terminally ill kids are always sad.

Ghita, whom Arya poisons out of pity, is no exception. Qhorin Halfhand S2, E10 This is the kind of death that makes you nervous more than anything else. Because, really, who's going to believe Jon Snow that a longtime Night's Watch ranger staged a duel with him and died on purpose, just so Jon could have a more convincing cover to spy on the wildlings?

Spoiler alert: almost no one. But once he served his purpose of playing Obi-Wan to Bran's Luke Skywalker, there wasn't much of a reason for him to stick around. Luckily, the White Walkers shuffled him off his mortal coil right before his shtick got old. There's really no other way to put it. As Arya Stark's tormentor, she had the difficult job of making laborious training scenes interesting. At least she got a cool death: snuffed out in the dark by Arya's old buddy Needle.

Dontos Hollard S4, E3 He helps Sansa escape amid the chaos of the Purple Wedding which only seems fair, since Sansa convinced Joffrey not to kill Dontos at a tournament in Season 2 , but as soon as she's delivered to Littlefinger's ship, Dontos gets shot.

This is why you never accept a work contract from Littlefinger. Hizdahr zo Loraq S5, E9 When Daenerys' betrothed is stabbed to death by the Sons of the Harpy, it proves once and for all that he was loyal to her. But it also means he's dead, which is a bummer. But good guys tend to have a short shelf life on this show. After smuggling Arya out of King's Landing and protecting Gendry from the Lannister soldiers who want him dead, Yoren is slaughtered by Amory Lorch in the middle of the night.

At least he went down swinging. Lady Crane S6, E8 A skilled actress, a gifted medic, and a talented maker of soups, Lady Crane was a renaissance woman born into brutal times. She was killed by the nameless Waif, sadly putting an end to her stage career. Hopefully she wins a posthumous GoT Tony Award. Benjen Stark S7, E6 Jon's beloved Uncle Benjen makes one last, heroic appearance to save Jon from the wights beyond the wall, holding the undead off just long enough for Jon to jump back on his horse and take off.

Mycah S1, E2 Perhaps better known as "the butcher's boy," Mycah may be the first recorded victim of Joffrey's temper tantrums. It's never clarified exactly how he died -- just that the Hound did it, and that it was incredibly unnecessary. He asks Rickard if it's a rescue. Aw, Willem. Martyn Lannister S3, E5 Willem's brother, who is also killed by Karstarck and at one point, asks Talisa if Robb can turn into a direwolf.

Aw, Martyn. Barra Baratheon S2, E1 She was a baby -- a baby! Being married to a grump like Roose Bolton was probably no treat, but she seemed like she was making do with the hand life dealt her. Did she really deserve to get eaten alive by Ramsay's hungry dogs? With her baby?! Of course, not. So Theon tries to prove he's a tough guy by executing Rodrik in front of the crying young Stark children.

He fails miserably in that regard, taking multiple swings and a kick before he finally beheads Rodrik, which is Unless you're Bran and Rickon. Then it's traumatizing. Whoever did him in even cut his braid, just to be a jerk. Jory Cassel S1, E5 Jory was nice enough, but his death was mainly upsetting because it revealed just how vulnerable Ned was in King's Landing.

Also upsetting? The fact that Jaime stabbed him through the eye. He moved with so much grace -- even when he was knocking out a horse with one punch. Watching this gentle giant get stuffed full of arrows from Ramsay Bolton's army was pretty traumatizing, but at least Wun Wun went out like he lived: big. But getting hunted by him and his jealous girlfriend? That's cosmically unfair. Rest easy, Tansy. You were only in one episode, but you still have our pity. Olly S6, E3 Admit it: you wanted to see this little punk get killed after he shot Ygritte with his bow and arrow.

When he helped bring down his big bro Jon Snow, you knew Olly wasn't long for this world. He's one of the many spawn of his father's loins -- and Black Walder was cooler anyway.

But Lothar's one genuinely cool contribution to the fabric of the Game of Thrones universe was undoubtedly the finger he lent to his father's meat pie immediately before Arya Stark slit the elder Walder's throat.

Bravo, Lothar. Black Walder Rivers S6, E10 Honestly it could just as easily have been Black Walder Rivers's finger, but we'll give that one to Lothar, because Black Walder's retribution came after he committed a much more grievous crime: killing Arya's mother Catelyn Stark. Lothar killed Talisa, who Arya never had the chance to meet. Black Walder's meat pie is by default the more delicious of the two.

How this show failed you. Season 6 somehow made the trio of awesome Dornish warrior women incredibly boring, so we were almost relieved to see them go this early 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.

Nymeria Sand S7, E2 Sigh. See above. Tyene Sand S7, E3 sorta This is one of those deaths that sticks with you. Taking her revenge on Ellaria Sand, Cersei locks her and her daughter to opposite walls of a dungeon cell, kisses Tyene with lipstick made from "The Long Goodbye" poison the same poison and method Ellaria used on Cersei's beloved daughter Myrcella , and leaves Tyene to die a slow death while Ellaria watches.

Ellaria Sand S7, E???? His death, combined with the death of Lyanna, means we have seen the last of House Mormont. The Red Woman is one of the surprise heroes of the night, showing up to Winterfell right before the battle begins. Who thought the White Walker war would end midway into the final season of Game of Thrones , and who would have expected Arya to do the deed? Jon Snow 2. Daenerys Targaryen 3. Tyrion Lannister 4. Cersei Lannister 5. Jaime Lannister 6. Sansa Stark 7. Arya Stark 8. Bran Stark 9.

Samwell Tarly Theon Greyjoy The Hound The Lord of Light could only do so much for him in the end. The oft-resurrected Beric died for the seventh and final time fending off wights in pursuit of Arya and the Hound—which, as many fans have pointed out, was what allowed the battle to be won. See below. Theon got his shot at redemption and pulled it off, perishing in a noble attempt to protect Bran—er, the Three-Eyed Raven—from the Night King.

And Bran even told him he was a good man! The Red Woman returned just long enough to help the living prevail over the dead, then removed the magical necklace preserving her youthful appearance, and walked off into the snow to die a peaceful disintegration.

And then there was one. Poor Missandei. The ultimate Master of Whisperers finally whispered too loudly. Convinced Jon Snow would make a better ruler than Daenerys which, hey, look how things turned out , Varys tried to rope Tyrion into a plot against the Dragon Queen , and met a fiery end — foreshadowing the carnage to come later in the episode. Euron probably has no regrets. He killed a dragon, slept with the Queen, and got to die thinking he killed Jaime Lannister.