Dany's murder at the hands of Jon Snow wasn't sad, nor was it entirely unexpected. After Daenerys went full "Mad Queen" and firebombed King's Landing, slaughtering a city's worth of innocent people with dragonfire, it became very clear that she needed to die. Time of death: Season eight, episode six, "The Iron Throne"Ĭause of death: Stabbed in the stomach by her lover, Jon Snow, who was encouraged by Tyrion Lannister to end her tyrannical reign. She also became increasingly obsessed with her "destiny" to sit on the Iron Throne. She was also abused by her brother, who eventually sold her to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo.Īfter the untimely death of her husband, Dany hatched three baby dragons and began to gain immense power - known as the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, and the Breaker of Chains. She was raised in Essos, where a web of co-conspirators protected her from King Robert, who saw any living Targaryen as a threat to his reign. Even one episode without her feels off.ĭaenerys was smuggled out of Westeros as a baby. We had to award her extra points for being one of the best fictional villains in history. Plus, without Cersei, the show wouldn't have become the cultural phenomenon it is today. Fans expected her to go down swinging, defiant and smirking, so her actual death scene wasn't as powerful as it could've been. So her death didn't make us sad, exactly - but it was sort of a bummer that her final scene had her crying and crushed by some rocks. Cersei was horrible and hateful and she deserved to die. Time of death: Season eight, episode five, "The Bells"Ĭause of death: Crushed as the ceiling collapsed in the tunnels beneath King's Landing. But after her husband and all three children died - largely thanks to her own scheming - she took the Iron Throne.Ĭersei was the show's most devious, loathed villain throughout all eight seasons: She orchestrated the death of her own husband, ignored his dying wish and took the throne for her bastard son, murdered her own family and wiped out House Tyrell by blowing up the Sept of Baelor, and manipulated everyone around her. Plus, she still murdered Shireen.Ĭersei Lannister was introduced as the poised but powerless Queen of Westeros, wife of King Robert Baratheon. But she did say she had been ready to die for years, which lessens the tragedy of it all - and she literally told Davos that she would die by the end of the night, so we can't say we didn't see it coming. She was instrumental in winning the Battle of Winterfell, so she'll likely be remembered fondly, against all odds. Melisandre sure seemed like a villain for most of her time on the show, but she proved her noble intentions in her final hour, which earned her some sympathy points here. Time of death: Season eight, episode three, "The Long Night"Ĭause of death: After she helped bring about the destruction of the Night King, she took off her necklace - which was a tool to help preserve her youth - and faded into a corpse as she walked out into the snow. She used magic to make herself look young, but was actually hundreds of years old. She later resurrected Jon Snow and tried to help Daenerys, all in the name of prophecy and visions in the fire. She served Stannis Baratheon for many years, believing him to be the "prince that was promised" to save Westeros from the Long Night. Melisandre, also known as the Red Woman, was a loyal follower of the Lord of Light. Melisandre made a lot of mistakes in her quest to serve the Lord of Light. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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