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Is a death shocking because of its importance to the plot? Because it is particularly brutal? Because it reveals something about the character you didn’t previously know? The list below blends these criteria in an attempt to illustrate the different ways in which Game of Thrones handled the killing of its many characters, and how the actual loss of the character isn’t always the loudest takeaway. Ranking anything by shock value leaves several methods by which one might create such a ranking. Death -just and unjust- was going to define the world of Westeros. Then, the poor ranger who survives runs away, only to be executed for desertion at Winterfell. The brutality of Game of Throneswas apparent from the series’ inaugural scene, as rangers of the Night’s Watch were butchered at the hands of what we later find out are the White Walkers.

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