Game Of Thrones: 18 Most Outrageous Moments So Far

17. The Bucket O' Rats

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Torture is fairly commonplace in Westeros, but this scene really took it to another level back in season 2. Looking for information on the Brotherhood Without Banners, the Tickler employs his own rather diabolical method of getting information.

He puts rats into a bucket and straps it to the prisoner’s chest, and when he still doesn’t talk he heats the bucket up, causing the rats to try and escape. The only way they can do that, though, is by clawing their way out through the flesh of the prisoner.

This may not be one of those most important deaths on the show, but it’s certainly one of the most horrific. 

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