Game Of Thrones: 20 Most Shocking Moments Ever

19. Rhaegal’s Sudden Death

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While it’d already been established that dragons could be killed the previous season - in a slightly more telegraphed moment - that still didn’t lessen the sheer shock factor of Rhaegal being wiped out by Euron Greyjoy and his scorpion bolts.

Dany kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet, and so too did we. The first bolt is a visceral jolt of a moment, coming out of absolutely nowhere to hit Rhaegal, and followed by two more in quick succession to send the dragon crashing into the sea.

Argue about the logic (or lack thereof) on this one, but in terms of pure shock factor, it certainly delivers.

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