Death is an inescapable fact of life in reality, but on the continent of Westeros – the setting for much of Game of Thrones – it somehow seemed even more inescapable.
Between 2011 and 2019, fans of the HBO fantasy/drama series were put through the wringer on an almost weekly basis, given that there were almost no episodes without death.
Further, when the God of Death wanted to claim yet another victim, it was just as common for someone likable to get whisked out of the show in an instant, unlike other shows which may tend to favor killing off people who had it coming.
Whether it was during large-scale battle scenes or within shocking events like the infamous Red Wedding towards the end of the show’s third season, Game of Thrones wasn’t shy about showing people dying gruesome deaths.
Some might further argue that the biggest and most upsetting death…
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