Game Of Thrones: 18 Terrible Ideas That Were Great To Watch

1.The Red Wedding Other than Ned's execution, the Red Wedding is probably the most game-changing event of the entire series. Summarily removing the Starks and North from the War of the Five Kings, the Freys violate the rule of guest right and slaughter the Northern army while at the Twins for Edmure Tully's wedding to Roslin Frey. Through a conspiracy of Tywin Lannister, Roose Bolton, and Walder Frey, Robb pays for his mistake with his life, as well as the lives of his mother, wife, and unborn child. In one night, one more king and almost all of his forces are removed from the war. The Red Wedding is admittedly a huge victory for all three instigators. The Lannisters remove their most influential enemy as well as secure Sansa -Tyrion's wife -as the heir of Winterfell, her younger brothers having been fake-murdered by Theon Greyjoy. Roose Bolton gains lands, titles, and influence. Walder Frey gets his slightly disproportionate revenge. The three conspirators benefit immediately from the massacre. But that's okay. The repercussions will be waiting for them. One of the most significant wrongs of the Red Wedding (and that pretty much everyone in Westeros condemns) actually lies in the breaking of the rule of guest right by Walder Frey. The concept is introduced in Bran's story of "The Rat Cook," in which he reveals the widespread belief that the gods curse any person who violates the guest right and harms a person welcomed as a guest into their household. Uh-oh, Freys. Never underestimate the importance of bread and salt. On the non-Frey sides of the equation, Roose Bolton is a Northerner (and previous trusted advisor of Robb Stark) who turned on his fellows in order to bargain with Tywin Lannister and receive the title of Warden of the North. As for Tywin, the Northerners hated the Lannisters before the Red Wedding. From what we've seen, the people of the North are both intensely loyal (with a few exceptions) and not particularly prone to letting go of grudges. Imagine thousands of Aryas stewing on the wrongs of the South and Roose Bolton. Winter is coming. "The Northerners will never forget," says Tyrion Lannister, and he's right. And it will be awesome.