Game Of Thrones: Ranking EVERY Major Death Worst To Best

27. Mance Raydar

Game Of Thrones Ned Stark
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Death: Executed by Stannis Baratheon for refusing to bend the knee. He was to be burnt at the stake, but Jon Snow mercy-killed him with an arrow to the heart shortly after the pyre was lit.

Mance Rayder was an under-used character, especially since he was played by the hugely talented Ciaran Hinds, but still, he bowed out in great fashion and this death was the best part of the season five premiere.

The scene in which Jon tried but failed to convince Mance to bend the knee to Stannis Baratheon was a typically strong dialogue scene from the first seven seasons of the show and Jon's mercy killing of Mance was a nice touch too.

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