We are all fans of game of thrones. Even that guy at your office who can’t stop telling
people he doesn’t own a TV loves game of thrones.
What’s not to Love. It is everything us fantasy nerds
have been preaching about forever. Dragons, Romance, Zombies, Betrayal, Dragons, War and
don’t forget about the dragons. Hell there is even some naughty stuff for the cinemax
crowd. So with that being said it’s time we put one
of the most hotly debated water cooler discussions to
rest. So here are the 10 best game of thrones characters on the Tv show.
And while all of these characters are fighting
over the iron throne. If you hit that subscribe button
we are more than happy to bend the knee and be your bannermen.
Jon Snow - Yeah Yeah Yeah. Love him or hate the guy. He makes the list. How could he not
half the show revolves around the guy by the 7th season. If we had to break down why Jon
is such a great character it would come down
to these things. One he is a honorable as Ned Stark
without losing his head over maintaining that honor “Too Soon”? Jon has shown he is
an honorable man in a disgraceful world by treating
all people he encounters with respect whether they are a noble or are wildling Although
that second part took a little while and they had to find
common ground. Secondly he is the very definition of the everyman coming to prominence in
the seven kingdoms. He is a “Bastard” Well you know R+L and what not. But as of
the time of this video he is still a “Bastard” who
was lord commander of the nights watch. Repelled the
wilding army “before they were allies” went to harthome forged an alliance got killed
by his own dudes and came back to life then deafeated
ramsay bolton and became king in the north. The
guy is fricking hero. Plus when the dust settles there is really good chance he is the prince
that was promised and is the recarnation of azora
ahai. If you end up being the reincarnation of a
mythical hero you get to make the list. You just do. Despite the fact that he knows nothing
RIP egritte
Ser Davos - Speaking of another everyman character. How great is ser Davos. Yeah the onion
knight was a flunky for Stannis Baratheon for a while. But what was he supposed to do
he believed in the guy before he got all crazy
about the lord of light. To be fair though melisandre is
pretty convincing. But what makes ser Davos so great is that he always speaks his mind
to whomever he is with. No matter what they think
of him or what it could potentially cost him. Think about this. Westeros is kind of like
a medieval yes man factory with different groups of
commoners constantly towing the line that their lords and ladies put out for them. Ser
Davos has pretty much been like naw i’m gonna tell
you how I feel. Since the very first time we see him all
the way back in season 2 arguing with stannis and eventually saving the day at the battle
of blackwater. a battle in which he lost his
only son for those keeping score and want to keep the
theory that davos is azora ahaia live. He acted as a check and balance system against
melissandre for the majority of his employ by Stannis. He has survived multiple major
battles while only having 5 fingers. Fast forward
to now in season 7 and he is right hand man for Jonny
Snow on his wat to meet the mother of dragons and potentially work out the biggest truce
of all time. and you can bet your gold he is going
to be letting everyone know what he thinks about
what is moral and what is right. And besides all of that just his time with sherynne gets
him on the list.. Forget about it Davos is easily
number 9 Cersei Lannister - Now some of the best characters
on here we arent going to love because of their achievements or their valor. Some are
here because we hate their guts and that the things
that they are willing to do to stay in power are so vile we are compelled to watch their
schemes. Oh hello cersei. The queen mother is the be
all end of the character you love to hate. From the
start of the series there has been no character who has been so evil via self centered ideology
and last season pretty much cemented her as a badass who will do anything to remain in
power up to and including destroying religious and
historical landmarks via green flame bombs. But
there is a duality in Cersei. She has known her whole life she was going to be the queen
but she would lose everything she cared about getting
there. Knowing a prophecy like that would eat
you up inside. Now imagine letting that fester for 20+ years and you’ve got someone who
will lash out to protect the things she loves.
But even then she lost it all and all that is left is the
anger. So Basically if you mess with cersei you better be ready for your whole world to
come tumbling down because she will move heaven
and earth to destroy you and that my friends makes her one of the best on the show.
Euron GreyJoy - While newer to the show there hasn't been a character who has grabbed out
attention and kept in hostage quite like Euron Greyjoy. The iron islanders have been talked
about as these awesome pirates for the entire run of G O T and not once have we seen them
get all pirate-y. Until Euron that is. He sailed in on his badass galleon and plundered
our hearts. As well as paying the iron price to become
the new king of the iron islands. Has there been a
more charismatic villain in game of thrones? We don't recall anyone being as awesome while
being that vile. He has a sort of animal magnetism in his ruthless agression and his sea faring
bravado is a nice change of pace from the stuffed shirts in kings landing. From his
veiled jabs at jaime about how many hands he has. To ambushing
his niece and killing the sand snakes Euron is pretty great. On top of that he is
probably the most stylish swashbuckler in the whole 7
kingdoms. Euron brings a bravado to his evil that makes him very compelling and as an allie
of cersei it doesnt seem like they are as outnumbered
as they once were. Besides Who wouldn’t want that mutton chop mustache combo he has.
No one that’s who. Tyrion Lannister - Now this may ruffle some
feathers as the odds on concensus for many fans
is that the Tyrion of House Lannister is the GOAT of GOT. But while he drinks and knows
things he is far better as a peripheral character
than a central one. His time leading his rag tag band of
misfit hill people in season one, His time with shea, being forced to marry sansa. All
neat little diversions. Even when he was center stage
as the hand of the king he didnt make waves. Which may actually be more noteworthy in hindsight.
But from the time he landed across the narrow sea there is something missing from
Tyrion. Come on admit it Tyrion has been on the
down swing for a while now he is basically an add-on to dannys story and until he goes
face to face with his siblings he will continue to
middle around and not do ton. But based on past merits.
Tyrion is an easy 6th place on this list. Brienne of Tarth - Brienne is awesome. The
end nothing else. Alright fine. Brienne is everything that knights are supposed to be.
Honor-bound and excellent with a sword. She does
all of this in spite of 2 of her nobles being killed. By nefarious means of course. But
that’s what is compelling about brienne. She has every
right to falter and quit but she never does. She is
determined to a fault and it will probably be the death of her eventually. Her love of
Jaime is endearing if unreciprocated. The training
of poddrick has given her character a much needed
comedic boost as well a maternal/mentor angle. Which we swear if you kill off pod guys were
going to lose it. And she fought a freaking bear. Now it was more like she was trying
to stay away from a bear. But you go and fight a full
grown bear with nothing but a dress and a wooden
sword. On top of all of that She just crushed the hound in the most knock down drag out
brawl you have ever seen on Game of Thrones. It
was like the fight in John Carpenter movie they live.
But instead of wrestlers and amazing character actors its was a burn victim and a lady knight.
Just a pure classic. Which should come as no surprise who our 4th is.
The Hound - Sandor Clegane is a cantankerous jerk. He is just such a fantastic a character.
You could just have a whole show about his travels. But even as just a part of this show
he steals pretty much every scene he is in. With
his crass and brutal nature he cuts quite a figure.
His time “mentoring” arya while she was his hostage was a close to a buddy movie as
the series is ever going to get and his run in with bronn
before the battle of blackwater still has us fiending
for a fight between the two of them. The thing about the Hound that is truly compelling is
how sad a character he is. Going all the way back
to his youth and hearing him tell the tale of how he
got the infamous burns on his face is heartbreaking. Then to see the angst on his face when he
tells sansa that the worst part is that their father protected his brother instead of helping
him is just so sad. As we said before he has a run
in with Brienne of Tarth and many thought him to be
dead. But the hound is one tought mother. After the defeat he hung up his sword and
settled down to work out his demond by helping build
a new sept for an encampment. But nothing good can last for the hound and he was drug
back into the world of killing. Now as a tentative agent of the the lord of light there has to
be a showdown between him and his brother in sight.
Seriously give us Cleganebowl. You guys teased it last season then pulled the rug out from
underneath us. Not cool HBO not cool. Ser Bronn of The Black Water - Ser Bronn is
the man. We first meet him in season 1 as what
amounts to little more than a background extra as a common sellsword. What makes him rank
so high is how great an opportunist he is. From the moment he stepped up to be Tyrion’s
champion at the ayrie he has climbed the rungs of the nobility ladder. He went from sellsword
to knight, to noblemen to leader of the city
guard to an even higher noble house. He would say that
he did this by killing the right people. We would say he did all of this with cunning
which is what’s great about him. He is a change of
pace in how he uses his cunning. Every single intelligent character wants some form of power
not bronn. He just wants to be rich and have sex. He wants no part of the great game unless
it makes richer and doesn't put him in too much
danger. Last we saw him he was in the employ of Jaime failing miserably to sneak into dorne.
But like always Bronn went through some hardships but came out richer on the other side. And
remember what is the point in fighting with honor if it means you’re going to lose.
Oberyn Martel - The Red Viper of Dorne. Such an interesting character and only with us
for a short time. He is a complete lunatic consumed
by revenge for his sister and her children. He is
of singular mind and owned the screen every moment he was on screen. The scene where he
agrees to be Tyrion’s Champion in the trial by combat is so fantastic. It is only overshadowed
by the glory that is everyone thinking the mountain
was going to wipe the floor with him in combat. Only to show everyone that he was a far superior
combatant and that in some fights speed and tactics will beat power. Now you are probably
wondering yeah that’s all well and good but that
shouldn’t put him at 2 and you’re right. What puts him at 2 on the list is how shakespearean
his story arc is. He spends his entire time on
the show investigating how the lannisters and gregor
clegane murdered his sister. Gets the fight with mountain. Crushes him in single combat.
But he can not just kill the mountain and have his
victory. No he needs to hear the mountain confess as
he dies which is his undoing. The mountain uses this hubris to his advantage and punches
out oberyns teeth then crushes his head like a
grape. The shift from glory to sadness with Oberyn is
sight to behold. Arya Stark - No one has had a better series
arc than arya. Maybe Rick from Rick and Morty but
that involves scheuan sauce and doesn't count. But I digress. Arya goes from what could only
be called an annoying little sister character to unrelenting death machine in 5 years. Her
journey is incredible. The moment she sees her dad
beheaded he whole persona changes. Then she goes through some serious stuff on the way
to her time in essos. She is enslaved at Harrenhow. She has a run in with the brotherhood without
bannerss. Goes on a cross continent buddy trip
with the hound. Escapes to a port city and goes to essos. Trains with the faceless and
becomes an assassin. Abuses her training goes blind.
Kills the waif ascends to faceless and throws it
away because she is not no one. She is ARYA freaking STARK. We thought her season 6 finale
of killing walder frey after reverse scott tennermanning him. made her a seriously amazing
character. But then she opened season 7 by killing all of the frey’s by poison and
scratching a few more names off her list of people who
have wronged the starks. Why is she the greatest? Because she is going to get all of the names
on her list crossed off before this is all said and
done. And thats the list. Who did we miss. Who do
you think is the GOAT of GOT. let us know in the
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