Game Of Thrones Season 6: Ranking Every Death From Worst To Best

17. Brynden 'Blackfish' Tully

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Cause Of Death: Unknown (killed off-screen)

Yay: the Blackfish is back. One of the show's gruffest and grumpiest good guys returned, and he took back Riverrun at the same time. Although he's not a big enough character to truly say his presence had been massively missed, the return was nonetheless a welcome one, and he certainly brings something different to the series.

Nay: the Blackfish is dead. It turns out that he was brought back mostly just so he could die, as he refused to go help Sansa while his men sided with Edmure and agreed to surrender the castle. Which didn't make much sense, given they'd loyally fought for the Blackfish before then, and Edmure was clearly shown as the weak one. Oh well, at least it meant we got to see him go down fighting and given a heroic death.

Oh no, he was killed off-screen, with just a throwaway line about it. Unless he is still alive, then this one feels like wasted potential and a bit pointless.

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