Renly received a full blown supernatural death at the hands of Melisandre's baby smoke monster raising the "anything goes" factor on GoT. He was too soft-hearted to be playing at king, poor dear.
Lady paid the ultimate price for what her sister Nymeria did -- bit Joffrey on the arm to protect Arya (and because Joffrey is an ass). Ned had to put down Sansa's beloved direwolf proving proving our distaste for Joffrey was spot on. Nymeria now runs free.
And thus the Game of Thrones begins when Robert's loving wife Cersei secures his death by ensuring he over-drinks on a hunt and gets gored by a boar. It's also the beginning of Ned's downfall.
Yoren died defending Arya and Gendry from Lannister men as he was loaded full of arrows, took a lance to the chest and a sword to the back of his neck finally downed the fan favorite.
Arya learned how to use her beloved "Needle" that she received from Robb with help from dance master Syrio. The pesky Lannisters try to kill Arya and Syrio fends them off with a wooden training sword long enough for her to escape before dying off screen.
Lord Mormont, who we once thought would guide Jon Snow as he took command of the Night's Watch, was stabbed in the back by his own men after surviving a fight with White Walkers. If you're old, don't take a bunch of men where they don't want to go and to a guy who's gonna withhold food. Hungry men will kill you.
Be careful what you wish for! Khal Drogo had about enough of Viserys treating Daenerys like crap and demanding his Dothraki army complete with gold crown so he gave him one -- of the molten kind.
Drago seemed like a poor match for Dany at first, but they were perfectly suited and between them grew a great love. He seemed unstoppable, but was cut down by a flesh wound. Returned by Blood Magic as a changed being, Daenerys took her husband's life again so he wouldn't suffer.
Tis a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us.
