10 TV Characters They Wanted You To Forget

10. Ser Barristan Selmy - Game Of Thrones

Game of Thrones boasts a cast of characters unlike any other TV show. From the north to the south of Westeros, beyond the Wall, and across the Narrow Sea, there were almost countless developed characters with stories that viewers genuinely cared about. In this sense, it was relatively easy for one character to get lost in the intertwining stories.

When Joffrey Baratheon took the Iron Throne as his own, one of the first things he did was relieve Ser Barristan Selmy of his duties as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, essentially sending him into exile.

Barristan the Bold was a swordsman and warrior of legendary prowess, and in doing this Joffrey both deprived himself of a strong and reliable ally, and allowed his enemy to gain one. This however, didn't become apparent until Selmy returned to the show sporting a full beard across the Narrow Sea in season three.

A mysterious hooded figure was revealed to be Selmy when he saved Daenerys from an assassination attempt, before pledging his sword to his new Queen. By this point, no one was expecting Barristan the Bold to ever turn up again, as even book readers were forced to second guess themselves as the show went on.