Game Of Thrones: Ranking EVERY Major Death Worst To Best
15. Rodrik
Death: Beheaded by Theon Greyjoy during his takeover of Winterfell.
Another underrated Game of Thrones death, this one was seriously shocking. Not only is Rodrik's (Ron Donachie) death very graphic, since it involves Theon having to try several times before finally beheading Rodrik (if you're squeamish, look away) but it was a truly hard-hitting way of confirming Theon as a new villain.
This entire sequence is also blessed by excellent acting (particularly from Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran, who does the best acting of his entire Game of Thrones run here) and directing, which made it a fiercely intense scene but also one that's hard to look away from.
Rodrik Cassell was a good supporting character from the show's early days (he also had one of the best beards in Game of Thrones history) and it was always going to be sad to see him go, but at the hand of Theon Greyjoy, his late master's ward? Horrible.
Game of Thrones really does enjoy putting its viewers through the wringer, doesn't it?