Game Of Thrones: 11 Most Unforgivable Cuts From The Books

10. "Jaime Lannister Sends His Regards"

In A Storm of Swords, Jaime Lannister joins the ranks of characters with point-of-view chapters. While he remains one of the less sympathetic narrators, his role as pawn rather than player is never more clear than in his interactions with Roose Bolton. Unaware of the upcoming Red Wedding, Jaime flippantly asks Bolton to give Robb Stark his regards and goes on his merry way back to King's Landing. At least Roose Bolton keeps his promise. "Jaime Lannister sends his regards," Bolton says to Robb, then thrusts a sword through his heart in front of the hysterical Catelyn. It's an iconic moment for readers, and many were anxious that it might be omitted from the show altogether. It was and it wasn't. The final moments of the Red Wedding are remarkably canonical on screen, and Roose Bolton does get in a parting shot before murdering his king. "The Lannisters send their regards," he says. Much like the condensed version of Mirri Maz Duur's speech, the switch from "Jaime Lannister" to "The Lannisters" may seem negligible. After all, Jaime's Season 3 redemption arc might have be tarnished by any connection to the Red Wedding. However, Roose Bolton's specific phrasing in A Storm of Swords has a lasting effect on the survivors of the massacre at the Twins...and a certain not-so-survivor. When Catelyn Stark is resurrected as Lady Stoneheart, little of who she had been remains. What she does recall are the last minutes of her life. Her belief that Jaime had a heavy hand in the Red Wedding overwhelms all reason, and Brienne's affiliation with the reformed Kingslayer in A Feast For Crows is enough to condemn her.