Game Of Thrones
House of the Dragonclosed out its exhilarating first season with the heartrending death of Lucerys Velaryon and his dragon Arrax , setting the stage for the Targaryen civil war , the Dance of the Dragons . The sequel follows in the stiff footstep ofGame of Throneswith a refined take on violence and death . Game of Thronesmade a name for itself with how graphic and alert certain deaths were and still are years later .
Some characters got noble death like Jorah Mormont and Hodor , while others like the Blackfish or Shaggydog happen off - screenland . Viewers were pull up stakes utterly boggle by the most lurid and unexpected deaths – Ned Stark takes that pate – but they were also satisfied greatly by other dying like those of Stannis Baratheon and Littlefinger . When it come to the most gruesome and brutal onscreen deaths , there are too many to pick from , but whether from fervency , brand , fang , or stone , these are the most horrific to witness .
10Qyburn
Season 8, Episode 5: “The Bells”
While many on these lists are macabre in how trigger-happy and languid they are , in the casing of Qyburn , his demise earns its smirch here by its stark and sudden quickness . He is kill by the renovate Mountain with a individual push , cracking open his skull as he falls down the stairs in front of Cersei .
This harken back to when the Mountain does the same to a provincial who had sexually beset the Queen on her traumatizing walk of expiation . His skull was dead squash by the demonically brawny horse . It was a fitting end for Qyburn – a mad scientist kill by his foundation .
9Rodrik Cassel
Season 2, Episode 6: “The Old Gods And The New”
Although not the most memorable of the cluster , Rodrik Cassel ’s death was brutal and quite thematically of import . It is what set Theon on his long and horrific downfall . Cassel was the Master - at - Arms of Winterfell , Ned and Catelyn ’s most staunch and firm advisor , and a mentor to Theon during his metre in the North . He was decollate to indicate Theon and the Ironborn ’s ascendancy over Winterfell .
However , whether due to a dulled blade or an incompetent wielder , Theon does not strike off Cassel ’s head in one fell slide . Instead , he must cut up at it horrifically . Interestingly , the gore of the setting was kept just off - camera , keep the focus on Theon at the moment and that makes it land all the more effectively .
8Shae
Season 4, Episode 10: “The Children”
Shae ’s end is a very particular one among the relief as it does not come during battle or from dragonfire . Rather it is perhaps the most intimate death shown onGame of Thrones – Tyrion discover her treachery chokes her to death . There is no blood sop up , yet it is still grievous and horrific to view , even more so than Tyrion ’s subsequent murder of his father .
Overall , this is what gain the season four finaleone of Tyrion ’s very good instalment . The only demise that could gibe Shae ’s demise in tone and subtle viciousness is Daenerys ’ but that still came fleetly with a knife . Here it is long , gruelling , and more impactful .
7Viserys Targaryen
Season 1, Episode 6: “A Golden Crown”
One of the best things inHouse of the Dragonis the deeply compelling characterization ofKing Viserys I Targaryen and the fact that he dream like Daenerys and Aegon . While it catalyze war , his last is peaceful – something that ca n’t be say for his descendent , Viserys who gets his own particular golden crown .
This one is both horrific yet riveting as he was understandably a role design to be reviled in favor of his sister and her journey . Nevertheless , his screams of horror as Khal Drogo pours the molten atomic number 79 on his capitulum are obsess . In the end , he was n’t the dragon he had long claimed to be .
6Ramsay Bolton
Season 6, Episode 9: “Battle Of The Bastards”
Another big death that many were eagerly anticipating from the moment of the character ’s introduction was Ramsay Bolton ’s . He had developed into one of the good villains inGame of Thrones , emulate helter-skelter evil vigor . As such , when the Battle of the Bastards conclude fans were excited to see him get taken off the game control panel , but they probably did n’t foresee how it would happen or who would be behind it .
He did n’t get the steel or an pointer to the heart , but rather , he was fed to his own hungry dogs by Sansa . There was a minute when the wiener was sniffing his typeface , sample the lineage pooling down his face , and most bear it to cut by to his dying screams . However , before that , they show the first horrific morsel to make it land even harder . This was true comeuppance for Ramsay who had fed his half - brother and step - female parent , Walda , to the dogs , and it firmly build Sansa as a true player in this Game of Thrones .
5Meryn Trant
Season 5, Episode 10: “Mother’s Mercy”
Of of course , one of Arya ’s many victims has to get some representation here . Meryn Trant was supposed to be a knight , a stately member of the Kingsguard . However , he was a cruel and sadistic man with a revolting sexual appetite , and Arya , thankfully , delivered his just rewards . From dig his eyes and torturing him to the final slice of her knife in his throat , Trant ’s last is easily one of the goriest inGame of Thrones .
In fact , it is the most externally violent of Arya ’s victim show on - screen – she did execution and then bake two of Walder Frey ’s kids into pith pie later , but that was n’t in reality shown .
4The Tickler’s Victims
Season 2, Episode 4: “Garden Of Bones”
While some met their end todragons , direwolves , or other cool mystical tool of this worldly concern , the Tickler ’s victims truly put up a horrific fate . He would ram rats to exhaust through living bodies , torture his victims to extract any information he could use . There is nothing really like it inGame of ThronesorHeart of the Dragon .
Gendry would ’ve been one of those victims if not for the seasonable arriver of Tywin Lannister , and the tickler file was subsequently pour down by Jaqen H’ghar at the behest of Arya – although in the leger she is the one to murder him .
3Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark, Talisa Stark, & Grey Wind
Season 3, Episode 9: “The Rains Of Castamere”
House of the Dragoncertainly has its own lurid death , like Luke ’s in the finale , but nothing will ever compare to the Red Wedding inGame of Thrones . It is still probably the most legendary and placeable moment from the series , beat up out Ned ’s beheading , the destruction of the Great Sept , or even the finale . This was the moment the showrunners were hop to get to , and it is what firmly solidifiedGame of Thrones’legacy in the television landscape .
Each end in the Red Wedding is brutal and horrific from the multiple arrows that strike Robb or Roose Bolton slicing Catelyn ’s cervix . However , it is Talisa ’s death that really aim the cake . She is significant and Frey ’s son stabs her repeatedly in the belly , killing her and her unborn child . This will probably stand the test of time as the defining moment for the entireGame of Thronesfranchise .
2Shireen Baratheon
Season 5, Episode 9: “The Dance Of Dragons”
It might be surprising to see something outrank the Red Wedding , but the case can be made for other death to be even more disturbingly roughshod . Shireen Baratheon ’s is one of those . Her death by sacrificial fire is fearsome for so many reasons , but most of all for the fact that it was done on her father ’s orders with her female parent ’s initial consent .
Shireen was the most devoid and kindest character inGame of Thrones – the most inherently good somebody in this dark public – and she did n’t merit to be killed like this . That ’s what makes her decease place upright out from her family members or others like Varys and the citizen of King ’s Landing who fail by fire too .
1Oberyn Martell
Season 4, Episode 8: “The Mountain And The Viper”
Season four had a lot to live up to follow the Red Wedding in time of year three , and it was able to keep up the momentum with the epic deaths of Joffrey , Twin , and Oberyn Martell . The former two were justified and riveting , but the latter still stands as the most violent and ghastly death inGame of Thrones . In retrospect , he was build up like Ned Stark as a character who unaware buff were likely expecting to be around for the retentive draw – the Mountain had other ideas .
While he bring forth his licks in , and it looked like he was going to win thanks to his poison - tiptoe lance , it was over when the Mountain grabbed hold of him . To the horrific thigh-slapper of Oberyn Martell himself , the character attending the trial by combat , and the audiences watching in real life , his head was crushed by the behemoth . The sound , the blood , the practical effects , and the stakes in the narration all earn Oberyn his statute title here .
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