Sufferings of all the major Game of Thrones characters

Game of Thrones is the most important show ever made (not interested in any arguments) and as we inch closer to the release of the final season, we have curated the ‘travails’ of the major characters.

You can only enjoy this if you have watched the show. Scratch that; you won’t be here if you do not watch the show. So, enjoy.

Ned Stark:

Forced to leave home and be the Hand of the king
Attacked by Jamie and his men. Leg speared, men killed
Betrayed by Peter Baelish, and imprisoned after refusing Joffrey’s claim to the throne. His household killed off.
Beheaded after confessing to his ‘crimes’

Jon Snow:

Mistreated in his ‘fathers’ house
Sent to the Nightswatch
Bullied by Sir Alister
Beaten up by Craster
Abducted by the Wildlings
Got shot by Ygritte
Fought the Wildings at The Wall
Held Ygritte his lover as she died
Fought the battle of Hardhome
Killed by his men of the Nightswatch
Fought the battle of bastards after losing his brother
‘Imprisoned’ by Daenerys when he went South to Parley
Went beyond the wall again, almost died

Catelyn Tully Stark:

Almost died defending Bran (who was bedridden) from an assassin.
Lost her husband.
Carried the burden of not knowing the fate of her children
Witnessed the death of her son just before she was killed

Sansa:

Had her Direwolf killed in place of Nymera who bit Joffery
Watched her father beheaded
Forced to see her father’s head on a spike
Almost raped during the riot that happened when they went to send off Marcela Baratheon (Lannister)
Married to King Joffery beratheon, and then to Tyrion Lanister
Remained Joffery’s captive even after their marriage ended
Manipulated by Little Finger
Became a prisoner, rather than a wife to Ramsay Bolton
Raped by Ramsay Bolton
Watched her brother die

Theon Greyjoy:

Taken ‘hostage’ as a boy
Basically rejected by his father when he ‘returned’ home
Lost his soul while trying to prove he is Iron Born – by taking Winterfell
Taken hostage, tortured and humiliated by Ramsay Bolton
Mentally weakened as a result of the torment received from Ramsay Bolton
Became oblivious of his identity as a result of his mental problems
Finally returned home, but went into exile because his uncle Euron had returned

Arya:

Sent Nymera away when she bit Joffery, then ran away.
Was found by Lannister men and accused of lying. This resulted in the death of Lady and the farm boy, her friend
Watched her dancing master fight his last
Ran away and lived on the streets after her father was locked up
Watched her father get beheaded
Disguised as a boy on the journey back to the north
Held hostage by Lannister men, after their entourage was attacked by those in search of Gendry – Robert Baratheon’s bastard
Served as Tywin’s cup bearer
Kidnapped and held captive by Sandor Clegane
Arrived The Crossing just as his family was killed at the red wedding
Lived on the streets after she was rejected at the House of Black and White
Beaten and made to wash corpses at the house of Black and White
Made to go blind by Jaqen h’ghar
Stabbed repeatedly by the Waif, but escapes

Bran:

Pushed from the tower when he saw Jamie and Cersei
Was in a coma for weeks, woke up a cripple
Was almost killed by wildlings including Osha
Forced to yield Winterfell to Theon
Escaped Winterfell and began his journey to the wall
Basically went through hell and horror as he became the Third Eyed Raven
Bears the responsibility for breaking Hodor’s mind and his eventual death

Rickon:

Never fully received the love and care he deserved. He was still a baby when both parents had to leave.
Made the journey to the north as a toddler
Separated from his brother Bran
His direwolf Shaggydog is decapitated by Ramsay Bolton
Killed by an arrow

Jamie Lannister:

Taunted with kingslayer all his life for killing the mad king
Served as kings guard, humiliated by the king who made him stand guard whenever he was with other women
Imprisoned after losing a battle with Stark men.
Re-imprisoned after killing his cousin and escaping
He has his hand cut off by a sell-sword of Roose Bolton, named Locke
Loses all three of his children
Caught in between love and loyalty for Cersei and doing the right thing

Tyrion Lannister:

Born a dwarf
‘Killed’ his mother while being born
Hated by his father and elder sister
Survives a murder attempt on his life which gives him a scar across his face
Accused of killing King Joffery Beratheon
He is imprisoned in a tower cell of the Red Keep
Kills his mistress, Shae, whom he genuinely loved
Kidnapped by Jorah Mormont
Taken prisoner by the slavers

Brienne of Tarth:

Mother died when she was so young that she doesn’t remember her
All her siblings died in childhood
She is constantly mocked as a result of her physical appearance
Watched her king – Renly Baratheon get killed by a shadow in the likeness of Stannis. Had to run away because people thought she did it
Bound by her vow to Catelyn Stark to protect her daughters
Fought (and finally beat) The Hound

Cersei Lanister

At a young age she was told that she would become a queen, but she would be cast down by another and more beautiful queen
She was married to Robert Baratheon in a political marriage
Her husband did not love her, and mocked her by sleeping with other women
Her first son who she bore for Robert died shortly after his death
Her daughter Princess Myrcella was taken to Dorne to seal a truce by her brother Tyrion
Watched her son Joffrey die after being poisoned
Raped by Jamie right in front of her son’s corpse
Imprisoned by the High Sparrow
Made to do the walk of shame
Her daughter Myrcella died just as she was arriving King’s Landing
Wasn’t allowed to go to her daughter’s burial
Her last child committed suicide

Daenerys Targaryen

Her mother died soon after her birth
Went into exile with her older brother Viserys
Married off to Khal Drogo so he would give her brother an army
She gave birth to a stillborn and deformed child
Loses her husband
Trekked the desert looking for a place for herself, her dragons and the Dothraki Horde
Her travails in Qarth
Attacked by Sons of the Harpy
Taken prisoner by another Dothraki Horde
One of her dragons is killed by the Night King

Jorah Mormont

Married a woman he couldn’t afford to maintain
Caught, disgraced and stripped of his Lordship, Lands and Titles after he was caught selling poachers into slavery; an illegal act in Westeros
He fled to Essos to avoid being executed by his Liege Lord, Ned Stark
Fell in love with Daenerys who put him in the friendzone
Banished by Daenerys after he was revealed as a spy
Attacked by Stonemen and infected with greyscale
Captured by slavers, and made to fight gladiator style
Banished again by Daenerys
Told his greyscale condition had no cure and left to die at the Citadel