Game Of Thrones Season 6: 8 Things You Might've Missed In 'Battle Of The Bastards'

6. Death Of The Giants

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The saddest death in Battle of the Bastards was not that of Rickon Stark, but Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun, aka Wun Wun.

The giant fought alongside Jon here, and played a literally huge part in helping them keep the Bolton forces at bay before the Knights of the Vale arrived, and then succeeded in breaking down the gates of Winterfell.

What makes his death even worse, however, is that he is the last of his kind. In the books there are believed to be a few other giants left, but on the show Wun Wun is rather likely to have been the only one. We've already seen other giants die on the show - Dongo and Mag the Mighty - and with Wun Wun's demise, the odds are that we aren't going to see another one again.

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