10 Most Tearjerking Game Of Thrones Moments
7. Ned Kills The Direwolf Cub
This moment should have served as a clear warning to viewers Game Of Thrones wasn’t going to play nice, because if they could kill a cute little Direwolf cub than what hope did the lead characters have?
Lady had to be killed in place of her sister Nymeria, who savaged Joffrey following a fight with Arya. Of course, Cersei demands vengeance for his son's humiliation, and since Nymeria runs away she demands Lady is put down instead, despite protests from the Starks. Ned takes it on himself to do the deed, and reluctantly kneels down to pet the doomed pup before killing her off-screen.
Even without seeing it happen the poor creature’s squeal of pain will send shivers through any animal lovers watching, and it’s made doubly wrenching by the fact that she was innocent of the attack.