Game Of Thrones: 20 Most Shocking Moments

17. Golden Crown

If we're going for inventive deaths, Viserys' takes the gold. Literally. Viserys was one of the first characters we truly learned to hate, and his time on the show seems like an eternity ago, yet his Golden Crown legacy lives on. He just couldn't help himself. Viserys' delusions of grandeur, complete lack of respect and class, as well as his total disregard for Daenerys culminated in a grim death. Khal Drogo's uber-quick melting coins bubbled into a molten goo, before the pot was poured over the Targaryen's head. Viserys received the golden crown he craved, even though it completely fried his head in the process. It was brutal, it was unique, it was shocking.