8 Biggest Game Of Thrones Book Swerves
5. Die Like A Mannis
Go on, do your duty. This is how to die like an absolute boss. Stannis Baratheon gained the respect of fans everywhere as he furiously terrorized the Lannisters but his death came as a shock to the readers as well as the viewers.
We were introduced to a cold, hard, unrelenting powerhouse in Stannis Baratheon. In the last season we got to see his more tender, or rather least intimidating side, just in time for him to burn his child alive. Because Game Of Thrones.
With his ties to the occult in flame haired danger-MILF Melisandre, he remained a firm and unsettling question mark as to his potential effect on the seven kingdoms. But there is one silver lining for us lovers of not on fire children. Brienne Of Tarth.
Brienne is basically the grim reaper of off-book ambiguous deaths, but boy does she bring the justice! She has also left the North wide open. Who, if anyone, can stand against the Boltons now?