10 Most Shocking Moments In Game Of Thrones Season Finales

9. Penis Present (Season Three)

“In the box you’ll find Theon’s favourite toy. He cried as I took it away from him.”

Ramsay Bolton - then Snow - was a sadistic torturer, but it is difficult not to find some elegance in his letter writing. His warning to Jon and Sansa in season six was equal parts vulgar and poetic, but his scribing highlight was in season three’s finale, as his raven to the Greyjoys also carried an unwelcome present.

Balon read aloud Ramsay’s letter while Yara slowly unwrapped the severed penis of her brother, a trophy of Ramsay’s torment of Theon at the Dreadfort.

That Balon was merely concerned with his line of succession defied the natural feeling of nausea experienced by all other men watching that scene play out.

It was Ramsay’s most savage act to date and provided a taste of the devilry that was to come.