We ’d care to opine that when Obi - Wan Kenobi say Luke Skywalker that he ’d never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley Spaceport , he was really mouth about the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros . Of course , as anyGame of Thronesfan will tell you , some of the show ’s good characters are vile poor devil , precisely because their flagrant disregard for decency is becharm to follow . Unfortunately , even a show as high in lineament asGame of Throneshas had its share of lousy characters . Whether they ’ve long overstayed their welcome or are just plain boring , these 23 are the most ill - prepare character that Westeros has ever coughed up .
23. Qyburn
Qyburn started off as a potentially interesting character . He first come out in Season 3 , surviving the slaughter of Harrenhal by Ser Gregor Clegane and finally aligning with Roose Bolton ( pre - Red Wedding ) . He helped Jaime Lannister survive the exit of his handwriting , revealing in the process that the Citadel had strip him of his maester title for experiment that were “ too bluff . ” In other countersign , he was a highly train , although more or less unethical , a aesculapian practician . It could have become something really interesting .
Instead , he just sort of settled into the role of “ Cersei ’s evil henchman . ” He transmute the dying Mountain into Zombie Clegane through some unexplained appendage ( and disregard the fact that The Mountain tried to kill him in the beginning ) . He ’s the tool master of the destruction of the Sept of Baelor . He “ invents ” the scorpion crossbows that finally kills one of Daenerys ’s Draco . And while those are significant upshot in the overall plot line ofGame of Thrones , Qyburn is scantily a memorable character despite his influence .
In the remainder , Qyburn has his skull vanquish by The Mountain ( ironical , is n’t it ? ) in the pre - game warm - up for Clegane Bowl . It happened so tight that some TV audience did n’t even catch it . And those who did watch it probably did n’t even much precaution .
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22. Melisandre
Much like Qyburn , Melisandre was part of some central consequence in the serial . Hell , she was the one who resurrected Jon Snow ! That ’s a biggie ! She also negatively influence Stannis Baratheon for a farsighted time , leading to his eventual defeat . Despite all that , she was a character who bring out a lot of mystery and intrigue , but no literal atonement .
She worshiped R’Hllor , the Lord of Light , and spill the beans often about the prophecized return of the Azor Ahai . The Prince that was promise . She also had a weird magic necklace that somehow kept her young and beautiful , revealing her true ghastly grade in Season 6 . There was some good human body - up there ! But then the show rushed its way through Seasons 7 and 8 , and simply forget about it all .
There was no Azor Ahai . No explanation for how she is apparently century of years honest-to-god . Instead , she ( a little too handily ) arrives at Winterfell the night of the struggle against the Night King , despite antecedently head to Volantis is Essos . She sets some material on fire , gives Arya a pep talk of the town , and the disintegrates into dust at dawn . Yawn .
21. Gilly
Honestly , we were shocked when we rip up some basic research on Gilly and saw that she has been around since Season 2 . It seems a retentive time ago for a character that does n’t really do much at all . Mostly she just puts Sam in lifetime - peril situations over and over again . We hypothesize it could be argued that Gilly is Sam ’s motivating for much of the serial publication , but that ’s a flimsy claim .
Sam is truehearted to the Night ’s Watch . And then to Jon Snow himself . And then dedicates himself to becoming a overlord and live on up his kinsfolk name . Sam has plentifulness of motivation that did n’t call for to include protecting a wildling char who gave birth to an incest baby . Gilly just sort of … existed .
20. Euron Greyjoy
Book readers were telling everyone what a great character Euron Greyjoy was . A homicidal plagiariser , the scourge of the seas , leader of a mutiny against Balon Greyjoy . He has this rich backstory including a work party of mutes ( he cut out their tongue in search of secrecy ) , belong to a noble family , and generally being a magnetic villain for the later portions of theGame of Throneslore .
Unfortunately for show watcher , that ’s not what we got . The HBO version of the part was nothing but a slightly more furrowed Jack Sparrow wannabe . His motive were missing , his personality was one - dimensional , and his loyalty to Queen Cersei was kind of light-headed . She easy fooled him into thinking she was conduct his shaver . He doltishly got his integral fleet burnt by Dany ’s tartar ( who could n’t have prefigure that ? ) , and then spent the last proceedings of his life duel with Jaime Lannister over … reason ( ? ) , and then die like an changeling , still gush corny one - liners with his last Book .
19. Robin Arryn
Lord Robin Arryn should have been more . He was the son of the great Jon Arryn , former Hand of the King for Robert Baratheon , and eventual heir to the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale . rather , we was shown as the weirdo kid that was still breastfed by his crazy mom Lysa into his pre - adolescent years , and display a number of social and physical shortcomings .
tight forward a dyad time of year and Lord Robin is being groomed by Littlefinger ( never a good thing ) . At least he settle to send the army of the Vale compass north and lay aside Jon Snow ’s butt in the Battle of the dickhead . Then his wise man is executed by the Starks for lese majesty , impart the fate of Robin Arryn up in the air for a scrap . He suddenly pops up again in the series finale , look much old ( and much more reasonable ) , and helps pick out Bran Stark as the new King of Westeros . He never did get to drive anyone out the Moon Door . What a shame .
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18. Doran Martell
think Doran Martell ? He was the grumpy sr. comrade of Oberyn Martell , assumed leaders as the Prince of Dorne , and then defy to take any military or political action against the Lannisters , who caused the family considerable nuisance and suffering . The Mountain murdered his babe Elia ( and her Thomas Kyd ) on the order of Tywin Lannister . The Mountain then murder his crony Oberyn in a trial by armed combat . But he just chilled down there in the sunshine , soaking up the rays and refusing to get involve .
finally , Ellaria Sand ( Oberyn ’s lover ) became fed up with the inactiveness and staged a coup . Together with Oberyn ’s prick daughters ( the Sand Snakes ) , Ellaria murder Doran in cold blood . And also stabbed Doran ’s son Trystane through the skull , just to ensure her lift to great power would succeed .
Unfortunately , Ellaria was apace enchant and rack by Queen Cersei , and almost surely would n’t have survived the final attack on King ’s Landing . Dorne becomes a complete non - factor , which is a ignominy since Oberyn help it burst onto the scene with much flourish . A fresh Prince of Dorne was seen at the council meeting of Lords and Ladies that appoint King Bran , but his identity if a complete whodunit .
17. Missandai
There was a abbreviated moment in time where Missandei seemed like a landmark authoritative grapheme . Not only was she one of Daenerys ’s most desire advisers , but many fans rejoiced in seeing a distaff minority character reach such an authoritative place in the show ’s hierarchy . Game ofThroneshas been criticized by some for being “ too white-hot , too masculine , ” and Missendai ’s story was definitely one of the strong counter - argument .
The show shifted her role , though , in the later season . Tyrion , Jorah , and Jon Snow all became more significant to Dany ’s quest for the Iron Throne , and Missandei was relegated to a indolent romantic plot with Greyworm ( who , it should be point out , is a eunuch ) .
16. Stannis Baratheon
Stannis is one of those character who would show up from time to time when the pacing needed to be slowed down , as the would - be King of the Seven Kingdoms was a real retarding force the right way from import one . Though worker Stephen Dillane did the good with what he was return , Stannis was much more poorly - written onGame of Thronesthan he was in George R.R. Martin ’s Holy Scripture , where he was a stoic , yet magnetic figure . You got a sentiency of why number like Ser Davos Seaworth continued to hold a torch for Stannis in the face of ever bleaker betting odds but in the show , Stannis is a wet blanket who is assure all by Melisandre .
The only redeeming quality of Stannis was his strong interaction with his girl Shireen but the show still managed to screw that up by having Stannis burn his daughter live at the behest of the Red Woman , a move that was considered extremely controversial ( and one that presumptively went against Martin ’s text ; we say presumptively because the source has n’t commence to that breaker point yet ) . In the end , Stannis ’ fate was as unremarkable as his personality : execute by Brienne of Tarth with an off - screen decapitation .
15. Renly Baratheon
The other Baratheon sidekick who died before get to sit down on the Iron Throne , Renly is one of those characters who others address of extremely but never really did anything during his short time on the series to warrant such an opinion . Sure , his presence allowed much more compelling case like Brienne of Tarth and Margaery Tyrell to enter the story , but the main job is that it was never made clear why so many citizenry would have gage someone like Renly to be king .
The Tyrells were intelligibly in it to shore up up their own status in the earthly concern , but why was Brienne so dispiritedly devoted to a man who barely seemed to acknowledge her being ? Even Renly ’s buff , Loras Tyrell , seemed to get over his king really quickly , suggesting that while Renly was a much dependable option to rule Westeros than the likes of his brother Stannis or his “ nephew ” Joffrey , it was more because he was a tolerable figure rather than a remarkable one .
14. Kevan Lannister
Kevan Lannister ’s time onGame of Throneswas so forgettable that we actually had to freshen ourselves on the circumstances of his death ( he perishes in the Sept of Baelor explosion alongside Queen Margaery and the High Sparrow ) . The big trouble with ol’ Kev Dawg ( or more accurately , Kev Lion ) is that the show diminished his presence in favor of giving more screenland time to Charles Dance and his striking performance as Kevan ’s older brother , Tywin .
Kevan was characterized as a much meeker version of his comrade , whereas in the books he ’s Tywin ’s unaired friend and a brilliant drawing card in his own rightfulness . He puts his niece Cersei in her berth quite a few time but on the show , it ’s Cersei who stupefy the upper helping hand , ordering her uncle to leave King ’s Landing at this point . While this helped make Lena Headey ’s Cersei even more formidable , it made Kevan look all wretched and a character who really made no impact on the serial publication at prominent .
13. Meera Reed
Bran Stark ’s longtime friend Meera Reed is a likable enough character but she ’s always just kind of … there . While her former blood brother Jojen actually fuck off to have meaningful interactions with Bran thanks to his greenseer powers , Meera more often than not has been relegated to servant duties ( she spent the legal age of Season 6 embroil Bran around on a sled ) .
Yes , Meera fulfills an important role in the series , since Bran would be stagnant without her . But would it kill the writer to sample and do something to flesh her out a bit ? We could have had an interesting dynamic between her and Bran wherein she essay to wield her companion ’s humanity as he becomes more and more mixed-up in his vision , but instead , she ’s essentially a glorified ground fictional character . The series wrap up without giving her so much as another mention . Nor did they ever introduce her father Howland Reed , an important book fictional character and the last surviving person from the Tower of Joy vista ( other than Jon Snow himself ) . A missed opportunity , for certain .
12. Rickon Stark
The immature of the Stark children , Rickon is a very minor character in George R.R. Martin ’s novel , so it ’s no surprisal that the HBO serial did n’t give him a fully grown role either . Still , considering just how substantial the Stark category is toGame of Thronesas a whole , Rickon is a fictional character who arguably should have been written out of the show altogether . In the book , Rickon and his brother Robb are the only characters who do n’t get any point of horizon chapters but you would n’t have bed that from just watching the series since Robb ’s part was significantly expanded in comparison to his ledger counterpart .
Unfortunately , Rickon seemed to have his role diminish , which is really saying something given how little he ’s in Martin ’s book of account , to the item where we had nearly forgotten about him until he showed up again in Season 6 as Ramsay ’s prisoner . In theory , Ramsay holding one of the Starks hostage should have been a tense subplot but Rickon was such an underdeveloped case that by the time he died in Jon Snow ’s arms during the Battle of the bastard , we more relieved than sadden to see him go .
11. Petyr Baelish
There was a time when Littlefinger was one ofGame of Thrones ‘ most enchanting charactersbut ever since he stopped playing political game with the worst of the worst in King ’s Landing , the show really has n’t know what to do with him . Killing Lysa Arryn and take control of the Eyrie was an admittedly awesome power play , but Littlefinger did n’t seem to know what to do next .
serve Jon Snow secure the North by defeat Ramsay Bolton was a move that benefited the Starks the most , as Littlefinger seems to have just done it to get cheeseparing to Sansa , who retain to spurn his advance . We miss the Littlefinger who used to seem three steps forward of everyone else . All his scheming eventually caught up to him , though . His function in Ned Stark ’s expiry was peril and Littlerfinger was pronto executed by Arya Stark at Winterfell .
10. Lancel Lannister
yield that big businessman - athirst figureheads like Tywin and Cersei encounter the lion ’s share ( punning intended ) of the spot when it comes to House Lannister , it ’s all too sluttish to forget about minor players such as Lancel , the self - righteous dweeb who is kind of terrible no matter what end of the ethics spectrum he ’s sitting on .
The nephew of Tywin Lannister , Lancel commence out as the sheepish squire to King Robert Baratheon and was quick let out to be sleeping with Robert ’s wife ( and his own cousin ) Cersei . He was also involved in Cersei ’s plot to have Robert killed , deliberately getting him drunk while on a hunt . He later on disappeared for a while after being gravely injure in the Battle of the Blackwater , only to deliver as a spiritual fanatic of the dunnock .
Lancel was even more intolerable follow his return , pass off a numb - eyed stare while condemning the action mechanism of his family and other members of the King ’s Landing court . That ’s the kind of moral inconsistency that puts you on the household “ do not call ” inclination . unluckily , his flip - flopping did n’t endear him to viewers either , so it was concentrated to be very good-hearted when he ended up being incinerated in Cersei ’s spectacular wildfire blast on the Sept of Baelor .
9. Ros
While looker who never take Martin ’s books belike would not have been able to venture that Ros the cyprian was invented for the show , given HBO ’s preoccupancy with full - head-on nudity , it cook staring sense . Ros was clearly created to not only increase the breast count of the show ’s other season ( got ta do something to fetch in the viewers , right ? ) , but also as a lightly - veiled way to give sure other case more of a role than they had in the ledger . Littlefinger , in special , gain from Ros ’s inclusion , give he possess the bordello where she works in King ’s landing place .
The main problem with Ros is that she is never able to go up above her villainous origins , as she is present as little more than middle candy for the show ’s male TV audience . While attempt are made to give her a more important storytelling subroutine , acting as a spy for Varys at one detail , not much come from this before she is unceremoniously mutilate off - silver screen by a sadistic Joffrey , who employ her for crossbow target recitation . In the ending , we knew her body well but did n’t really get to see her as a human being .
8. Talisa Stark
In retrospect , it feels kind of cruel to highlight Robb Stark ’s beloved sake as one of the show ’s worst characters when she sustain such a brutal , undeserving decease . While Talisa may have been the dupe of one ofGame of Thrones ‘ most gut - wrenching destruction scenes ( no small effort , to be sure ) , it does n’t excuse how uninteresting she was for pretty much every moment leading up to it .
While Talisa ’s marriage to Robb was the main catalyst for the issue that would unfold at the notorious Red Wedding , the third time of year was clogged down with scenes between the two lovers , noted for how out of position they felt in comparability to pretty much every other plotline . plot of Thronesis a show about death , demolition , and political backstabbing , not courtship romance that feel ripped out of a fantasy - themed soap opera house . Talisa remains a sympathetic , tragicGame of Thronescharacter but she ’ll also always be one of its dullest too .
7. Olly
Jon Snow ’s young flight attendant is so universally - reviled byGame of Thronesfans , the 6th time of year might as well have just been call “ Everyone Hates Olly . ” Look , we can understand that Olly was more than a chip perturbed by Jon ’s decision to permit the Wildlings safe passage through The Wall , considering that he witnessed his parents being killed by a group of them only a season before . To be fair though , Jon offer Olly reasonable explanations for his legal action , but Olly refused to listen . It may seem a bit punk to call Olly one of the show ’s uncollectible characters merely for turning against a devotee - favored part , but regardless , he ’s just badly indite .
Giving Jon a death blaze for an entire season is a salutary way to telegraph your eventual betrayal from a mile away and if that was n’t enough , he kills Ygritte ( who may or may not have actually killed Jon at the time ) . possibly while he was busy plunging a knife into his Lord Commander ( and essentially , adopted father ) , he should have given some thought to the fact that he killed Jon Snow ’s lady love . You ’re the unfit , Olly , and we ’re altogether okay with the fact that Jon hang your scrawny neck opening .
6. The Sand Snakes
How did this show mickle up a chemical group of characters with a name that cool ? Prince Oberyn Martell was one of the best summation to the fourth time of year , so we passably require that his outlawed daughters — a chemical group of take - no - prisoners warrior women ring the Sand Snakes — would be just as awesome . When we first see Oberyn ’s three quondam daughters — Obara , Tyene , and Nymeria Sand — they are depicted as highly skilled warrior who are eager to retaliate the death of their father .
Unfortunately , their potential difference was quickly waste through a combination of high-risk characterization and the show ’s own mishandling of picture their prowess in combat ( their few fight scenery are easily some of the show ’s worst ) . Out of the three Sand Snakes , the only one who actually micturate any variety of impression is Tyene and that ’s belike because she received the worst fate of them all , being chained up in Cersei ’s donjon while her female parent Ellaria is forced to watch her die . Although all three met very unfortunate ends , their exit from the series was finally for the best .
5. The Mountain
Ser Gregor Clegane AKA “ The Mountain ” is without a doubtfulness the biggest beast in Westeros … and that ’s part of the problem . We can buy that The Mountain is a merciless pillock who only bed how to swing a sword really intemperately , but when his buddy Sandor “ The Hound ” Clegane is written with so much depth in brain , it make you wish well that Gregor would at least receive some attention in this department too . The Hound take in a big sight out of his childhood hurt hurt at the hands of his cruel older chum , but it does n’t put down with as much impingement as it could have when the two characters never even share a scene .
As a result , The Mountain simply becomes a one - dimensional colossus that fans can channelise their anger at for killing off Oberyn , who was well one of the most interesting characters inGame of Throneshistory . And now that we ’ve seen quite a heap of the raw “ zombified ” Mountain , now touch to as Ser Robert Strong , we can candidly say that there is no discernible difference between dead Mountain and his former self , but this is hardly surprising consider he had no personality to begin with . At least we got # CleganeBowl , in the destruction .
4. The Waif
The Waif is arguably the most irritating fictitious character in the chronicle ofGame of Thrones . seemingly Arya Stark ’s mentor while she trains with the Faceless Men , the Waif turned out to be more of a jaded bully , jealous of the attention Jaqen H’ghar give Arya over her . This show has proven that plaguey characters can still begoodcharacters — Joffrey was such a good baddie because he was so committed to being a petulant minuscule poop — but the Waif is so thinly sketched out , she ’s little more than a one - dimensional encroachment forbid Arya ’s story from being , well , good .
At one point , the Waif tells Arya a whoreson story about being the daughter of a widowed lord , but it turns out to be a lie designed to mess with Arya ’s head . Why would a character who professes to be “ no one ” be so selfish in her resolution to untie Arya , anyway ? Perhaps if some setting for the Waif ’s activeness had actually been provide , we could have sympathized with her position , but since this never happened , at least we can now take solace in the fact that she ’s just another ( eyeless ) masquerade in the Hall of Faces .
3. Hizdahr zo Loraq
It ’s never a good sign when you have to consult to a eccentric as “ that cat ” because you ca n’t echo his name . Such is the world of the ill - fated Hizdahr zo Loraq , the posturing aristocrat from Meereen who repeatedly ( and annoyingly ) pesters Daenerys Targaryen to re - start the gladiatorial combat pits in a play to placate the metropolis ’s deal . We ’re fairly certain we ’d soften on any firm posture too if this guy rope was in our potty way every Clarence Shepard Day Jr. making demand , which seemed to be Hizdahr ’s elemental function for most of the fifth time of year .
The show ’s writers tried to drop wind that Hizdahr was actually working with the Sons of the Harpy insurgence group to sample and mutilate Daenerys , but give the forgettable nature of the character , it was hard to muster up any interest one way or the other in this potential subplot . Luckily for everyone , Hizdahr was belt down by the Sons of the Harpy near the end of the fifth season , which proves his innocence but also proves that he was just as deadening as we suspected . Hizdahr zo Loraq — you will definitely not be missed .
2. Shae
The prostitute that win ( and eventually betrayed ) Tyrion Lannister ’s heart , Shae is well one of the most irritating characters to ever come along on the show . covetous and egotistical , Shae constantly castigate Tyrion after he takes her to King ’s landing place for failing to expend all of his time with her . Despite Tyrion ’s restate and completely understandable explanation for why the then - Hand of the King could n’t spend all his time in bed with a cleaning woman who ’s only interested in his money , Shae never seemed to get the content and became a invariant grating on the nerves .
Things have even worsened when Tyrion was force to espouse Sansa Stark , as Shae ’s green-eyed monster seemed to reach new layer of ridiculousness . The last Shae - related barbarity was her one - two puncher of perfidy against Tyrion , testifying against him in Joffrey ’s murder inquest and sleep with Tyrion ’s father Tywin on the side . suitably , her expiry was the one of the show ’s most solid , with Tyrion breaking his chains by literally stifle her with one . Now that ’s majuscule writing !
1. Ramsay Bolton
The Bastard of Bolton is not only the worstGame of Thronescharacter in full term of being the evilest person in Westeros but is also just the worst character , period . Ramsay was essentially the show ’s basal villain for the adept part of four season , but the problem with this is that having a clearly - cut villain has never been something thatGame of Thronesis about . The show ’s power to boast a cast of character that are primarily all morally grey is part of the intellect it ’s such a hit ( well , that and dragons ) . Ramsay , however , was more like a cartoon villain who somehow spend multiple seasons making life poor for everyone but himself , include the show ’s watcher .
It ’s fine to have a sadistic grapheme with a predilection for torture and mutilation , but there ’s a point where all the lurid body wildness just scuff the rest of the showdown with it . Even worse , Ramsay seemed to get lucky all too often , with elephantine armies at his disposal for whatever problems came his way . When his own father ’s demand to stop torturing folks go unheeded , you recognise you ’re dealing with a form - A psychopath . At least Joffrey ’s outraged inhuman treatment was entertaining to watch . Nothing about Ramsay was in the least morsel entertaining — besides his dying , of course — and that is why he is the worstGame of Thronescharacter , period .
