Every Game of Thrones death, ranked in order of how upset they made us 

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All men must die. The Faceless Men keep banging on about it, so it must be true. But which death is the most upsetting? Here\'s the definitive ranking of the major deaths (not

: Never has anyone in the history of the world deserved to be eaten by his own dogs more. He made Joffrey look like a nice guy

: poisoned at the Purple Wedding by Olenna Tyrell and Littlefinger


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: Exiled head of House Targaryen and brother to Daenerys Targaryen


: Khal Drogo poured molten gold on his head at Daenerys\' command
 — ouch

: Knight and head of House Clegane, loyal to House Lannister


: Poisoned by the spear of Oberyn Martell in a trial by combat

: Technically he\'s now been brought back to life, but we\'re not sure how "back to life" he actually is, so he\'s staying on this list

: He tried to kill Jon Snow — even though this turned out to be unsuccessful

: Former commander of the City Watch in King\'s Landing, exiled to Night\'s Watch by Tyrion Lannister


: Probably the most high-stakes game of "call my bluff" ever

: Blinded and stabbed before having his throat slit by Arya Stark

: A Wildling who lived with his daughter-wives beyond the Wall


: Burned alive by Drogon after he tried to trade the Unsullied for the dragon and insulted Daenerys

: Servant of House Bolton and Ramsay Snow\'s lover


: Lord of Dragonstone, brother of Robert and Renly Baratheon, claimant to the Iron Throne

: Ordering your own daughter to be burned at the stake doesn\'t win you many friends

: Lady Regent of the Vale, sister to Catelyn Stark, briefly the wife of Littlefinger


: Brother of the Night\'s Watch, leader of the mutiny at Craster\'s Keep


: Impaled by Jon Snow during raid on Craster\'s Keep

: Ripped apart by Jon Snow\'s direwolf, Ghost, during raid on Craster\'s Keep

: Head of House Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock. Father of Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister


: Burned alive on a funeral pyre by Daenerys Targaryen

: Locked with Xaro Xhoan Daxos inside a Valyrian stone vault by Jorah Mormont at the order of Daenerys

: Locked with Doreah inside a Valyrian stone vault by Jorah Mormont at the order of Daenerys

: Scion of the House Loraq, former slave trader, husband of Daenerys


: Had this not happened, he probably would have tried to double-cross Daenerys at some point

: Killed by Ser Amory Lorch, loyal to House Lannister, in a fight

: Member of House Clegane, brother of the Mountain, former bodyguard of Joffrey Baratheon, kidnapped Arya Stark


: Critically wounded by Brienne of Tarth, left to die by Arya Stark

: Though we did find out this season that he was saved by a nomadic tribe

SURE, THEY WERE OK BUT WE DIDN\'T REALLY KNOW THEM

: Lord of Riverrun, Father of Edmure Tully, Catelyn Stark, and Lysa Arryn


: Murdered during Xaro Xhoan Daxos\'s theft of the dragons at Qarth


: Master of Laws, Claimant to the Iron Throne, brother of Robert and Stannis Baratheon


: Killed by a shadow with Stannis Baratheon\'s face that was birthed by Melisandre

: Killed by Grenn and five other members of the Night\'s Watch in the Battle of Castle Black

: We know he was a traitor, but he was also a very young traitor

: Killed and decapitated by a rival khalasar while scouting the Red Waste

: Child of the forest (even though she\'s actually very old)

: Sacrificed herself to save Bran and Meera from a band of White Walkers

: She invented White Walkers, but she also represented a highly persecuted indigenous group and gave her life for Bran

: Killed fighting the giant Mag the Mighty in the Battle of Castle Black

: Any friend of Jon Snow\'s is a friend of ours — see also Pyp, below

: Shot through neck by Ygritte\'s arrow in Battle of Castle Black

: Shot with a mercy arrow by Jon Snow before he was burned alive


: Stabbed to death by Night\'s Watchman Rast during a mutiny

: Killed by Jon Snow (at Qhorin\'s own behest) in order to trick the Wildlings into thinking Jon has left the Night\'s Watch

: Hunted down by Ramsay Snow and eaten by his dogs

: Chieftain of the Dothraki people and husband of Daenerys Targaryen


: Smothered by Daenerys Targaryen in a mercy killing after a spell by Mirri Maz Duur leaves him in a catatonic state

: Member of the Free Folk who becomes a servant of the Starks and (latterly) a protector of Rickon

: Master sword fighter and Arya Stark\'s instructor in combat


: Presumably killed by Ser Meryn in a sword fight (he only had a wooden training sword)

: Osha ended his suffering after he was stabbed with a spear by an ironborn raider

: Stabbed in stomach while pregnant by Lothar Frey at the Red Wedding

: Warg, brother of Meera Reed, travelling companion of Bran Stark


: Mercy killed by Meera after being stabbed multiple times by a wight; burned by a fireball thrown by "The Children"

: We know he was old and he\'d had a really good innings, but we also feel like there was a lot of extra stuff he could have told us ... particularly about the whole Jon Snow and Dany theory

: Daughter of Cersei and Jaime Lannister, sister to King Tommen Baratheon

: Poisoned with a kiss by Ellaria Sand with the help of the Sand Snakes

: Mortally wounded by a wild boar after drinking wine 
given to him by Lancel Lannister at Cersei Lannister\'s command

Mainly because him dying left the Lannisters in power

: Burned alive as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light by Melisandre at the order of Stannis Baratheon


: Killed by her own horrible father. Patchface\'s only friend ... pass the tissues please

: Soldier in Mance Rayder\'s army and Jon Snow\'s lover


: Shot with an arrow by Olly in the Battle of Castle Black

: Rickon didn\'t get as much air time as the other Starks, but we like all Starks by default and he was just way too young to die

: Holding the door for Bran and Meera *sobs for three hours*

:We can\'t really talk about this yet, it\'s too soon

: Beheaded by Ser Ilyn Payne at the order of Joffrey Baratheon


: The first big shock death of the series; we\'re still not quite over it

: King of the North, son of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn of Winterfell


: Shot by Frey crossbowman and then stabbed through the heart by Roose Bolton at the Red Wedding


:Wife of Eddard Stark, Mother of Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon


: Throat slit by Black Walder Rivers at the Red Wedding


: Commander of the Night\'s Watch, bastard son of Eddard Stark

: We know, we know. But technically this was a still a "death"

superfans: this list is based on the series rather than the original books. We appreciate there are some discrepancies)

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