Game of Thrones: The 50 Best Villains
There are a lot of bad eggs in Westeros. These fifty are the best of the worst.
40. Rorge & Biter
Who’s Your Baddie
Two bad eggs forcibly recruited into the Night’s Watch & Lannister army
Why They’re The Worst
- So bad they have to be kept in a cage
- Frequently threaten to assault Arya
- Pillaging innocent peasants
Last Seen
Murdered by Arya and the Hound in Season 4
39. Grand Maester Pycelle
Who’s Your Baddie
Grand Maester who has served plenty of kings, but especially loves the Lannisters
Why They’re The Worst
- Sycophant
- Complicit in the death of Jon Arryn
- Tried to euthanize King Robert Baratheon before Lord Eddard could speak with him
- Treacherous coward
- Frequently betrays his vow of celibacy
- Fakes a stammer when convenient
Last Seen
Murdered by Qyburn’s “little birds”
38. Kraznys mo Nakloz
Who’s Your Baddie
Wealthy slave-trader who grew rich training and trading the Unsullied
Why They’re The Worst
- Raises child soldiers
- Slices a nipple off to prove a point
- Frequently insults Daenerys in Valyrian, not knowing that she speaks Valyrian
Last Seen
Burned alive by Drogon
37. Locke
Who’s Your Baddie
Man-at-arms and Roose Bolton’s “best hunter”
Why They’re The Worst
- Attempts to rape Brienne
- Chops off Jamie’s sword hand
- Makes Jamie wear his hand around his neck and drink horse urine
- Makes Brienne fight a bear with a stick
- Attempted murder of Bran
Last Seen
Neck snapped by Hodor (warg’d by Bran)
36. Catspaw Assassin
Who’s Your Baddie
Assassin sent to kill Bran Stark
Why They’re The Worst
- Attempts to murder a child who is in a coma
- No qualms about also attempting to murder Catelyn Stark
Last Seen
Being mauled by Summer
35. Alliser Thorne
Who’s Your Baddie
Master-At-Arms and sass master at Castle Black.
Why They’re The Worst
- Torments Jon Snow
- Admits to having engaged in cannibalism
- Hates all wildlings
- Orchestrates the murder of Jon Snow
Last Seen
Hung by Jon Snow for treason
34. Oznak zo Pahl
Who’s Your Baddie
The Masters’ most flamboyant, foul-mouthed champion.
Why They’re The Worst
- Uses familial clout to get away with murder
- Insults Unsullied by urinating in their general direction
Last Seen
Being decapitated and urinated on by Daario Naharis
33. Sons of the Harpy
Who’s Your Baddie
Insurgency group who oppose Daenerys’ rule in Meereen.
Why They’re The Worst
- Fucking love slavery
- Cowards who wear masks
- Murder many civilians
- Destroy every ship in Meereen’s harbor
Last Seen
Quashed by Daenerys’ horde in Season 6
32. Randyll Tarly
Who’s Your Baddie
Lord of Horn Hill; father of Samwell; stick up butt.
Why They’re The Worst
- Calls Samwell’s interest in books “womanly”
- Told son he would kill him and make it look like an accident if he didn’t take the Black
- Considers wildlings to be sub-human
- Generally a xenophobic dirtbag
Last Seen
Executed by Drogon for refusing to bend the knee for Daenerys for being a foreigner
31. Pyat Pree
Who’s Your Baddie
Shifty warlock from Qarth
Why They’re The Worst
- Assists in the Qarth coup
- Steals the dragons
- Intends to keep Daenerys chained up in a house of smoke and mirrors for all eternity
Last Seen
Forgets not to stand in the line of fire of a dragon’s business end and gets roasted
