10 Game Of Thrones Characters You Really Wanted To Survive

10. Hodor

No other death was as tragic as Hodor's: sure, Ned's came as a shock, Robb's felt unjust, and no one enjoyed seeing Maester Luwin killed by the Ironborn, but Hodor's death hit in a completely different way.

You could argue that almost every major death in the show took place because a character took part in the Game of Thrones, and as they say "when you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die." Hodor's was different. This was a character who blindly obeyed whatever task he was set, for no another reason than out of a humble sense of duty. He became entangled in Bran's deadly journey beyond the Wall through no device of his own. If there was one character who was truly innocent of any scheming or animosity it was Hodor.

So, when he bravely resigned himself to hold the door against the tides of undead - with little understanding about the conflict he'd become embedded in - fans were left stricken with grief. It was all the more tragic when it was revealed that the entire purpose for his existence had been to act as mere doorstop for zombies.