Game of Thrones: The 50 Best Villains
There are a lot of bad eggs in Westeros. These fifty are the best of the worst.
10. The Others/White Walkers
Who’s Your Baddie
Old-as-heck magical ice generals
Why They’re The Worst
- Raise the Army of the Dead
- A big, bad threat to all of Westeros
- Love baby sacrifices
Last Seen
Strolling into Westeros
9. Melisandre
Who’s Your Baddie
Red priestess and counselor to would-be-kings
Why They’re The Worst
- Justifies potentially good ends with morally bankrupt means
- Burns a heck of a lot of people (the purest death!)
- Births the Shadow that kills Renly
- Burns Princess Shireen at the stake (unforgivable)
Last Seen
Penitent, telling Varys that it is her destiny to die in Westeros
8. Gregor Clegane
Who’s Your Baddie
Terrifyingly tall knight of House Clegane
Why They’re The Worst
- Too big
- Decapitates horse after losing a tournament
- Does a number on the Riverlands
- Squished Oberyn Martell’s skull like an overripe peach
- Currently serving as Cersei’s zombie thug
Last Seen
At the ready to bifurcate Jamie for abandoning Cersei to fight the Dead
7. Lysa Arryn
Who’s Your Baddie
Lady Regent of the Vale; overprotective, jealous, temperamental to a fault. Maybe the only person in Westeros who completely trusts Littlefinger.
Why They’re The Worst
- Helped kick off this whole mess by poisoning her husband Jon Arryn and blaming the Lannisters
- Child abuse
- Takes a neutral isolationist stance despite her familial ties to House Stark
Last Seen
Being pushed out the Moon Door by Petyr Baelish
6. Ramsay Bolton
Who’s Your Baddie
Bolton bastard and sadist par excellence. Hates boredom. Loves dogs.
Why They’re The Worst
- Relieves Theon of his penis (and his sanity)
- Hunts people
- Repeatedly betrays the Ironborn
- Abuses every woman he meets
- Kills Osha and Rickon
- Stabs his own dad
- Feeds a lot of people to dogs
Last Seen
Fed to his own dogs
5. Night King
Who’s Your Baddie
The big bad White Walker. A backfired weapon created by the Children of the Forest to combat the First Men.
Why They’re The Worst
- Supreme Leader of the Army of the Dead
- Indoctrinates babies to his ranks
- Kills Max von Sydow (unforgivable)
- Kills Viserion (also unforgivable)
Last Seen
Flying over the Wall en-route to Westeros
4. Aerys II Targaryen
Who’s Your Baddie
The last member of House Targaryen to rule from the Iron Throne
Why They’re The Worst
- A raving tyrant; called the Mad King for a reason
- Big on murder and burning people alive
- Planned to blow up King’s Landing when defeated
Last Seen
Slain by Jamie
3. Joffrey Baratheon
Who’s Your Baddie
Everyone’s favorite itchy trigger finger’d boy king
Why They’re The Worst
- Fantasy Caligula
- Face-that-wants-to-be-punched (sorry Jack Gleeson)
- Shoots sex workers with a crossbow
- Has Lady and the Butcher’s boy murdered because he’s a spoiled baby
- Fun date idea: take your girl to look at the impaled head of her father (who you had killed)
- “Don’t hit her face, I like her pretty”
Last Seen
Horribly poisoned at his own wedding
2. Petyr Baelish
Who’s Your Baddie
Master of Coin and professional schemer; two-faced slippery scene-chewer and purveyor of fine brothels.
Why They’re The Worst
- Kicks off the War of the Five Kings by manipulating Lysa Arryn
- Sets off a chain of events resulting in the Red Wedding by lying about the ownership of the Valerian dagger
- Betrays Ned
- Voice gets goofier when having a good time being evil
- Repeatedly lies to Catelyn about Sansa and Arya being safe
- Makes Sansa wed Ramsay
- “I’ve only loved one woman. Only one. My entire life. Your sister!”
Last Seen
Getting supremely dunked on at a surprise trial and having his throat slit by Arya
1. Cersei Lannister
Who’s Your Baddie
The current occupant of the Iron Throne and Queen of the Seven Kingdoms; ultimate wine mom.
Why They’re The Worst
- Ordering the deaths of the Baratheon bastards
- Grand theft incest
- Making Ellaria watch her poisoned daughter slowly rot
- Blowing up half of King’s Landing
- Re-arming the Faith Militant
- Poisoning her husband
- Prepared to poison innocent women if Stannis won the Battle of Blackwater Bay
- Flipping Shae
Last Seen
Threatening to kill Jamie, willing to risk the fate of the world just to keep her seat of power
