The strongest story arcs. The best one-liners. The most shocking demises. Whether they win or die, whether they're hero or villain or (like most people on this show) somewhere in between, each character on Game of Thrones can employ an entire arsenal of factors to win the game that matters most: the battle for being crowned the series' best character. As David Benioff and D. B. Weiss' smash-hit fantasy saga returns to HBO for its fourth season this weekend, we've ranked its 40 most memorable characters from worst to best. In a cast so sprawling that some kings didn't even make the cut (also: sorry, Hodor, we still love you! who is the one true king or queen? By Sean T. Collins Helen Sloan/ HBO Ranking the lowest of the low at the bottom of the list? Maybe that's cheating — you know, kinda like inviting people to a wedding and then murdering them at the reception. After all, plenty of Game of Thrones villains are damn good players, and are recognized as such. But gods damn it, Walder Frey was the architect of the Red Wedding — and someone has to pay. Helen Sloan/ HBO The show's one major-character misstep, the Stark matriarch spent most of her screentime ineffectually fretting for her family. She possesses a backbone of steel in George R. R. Martin's books that somehow got melted down in the adaptation — at least until her bone-chilling final scene. ( Hey, I guess Walder Frey's good for something after all!) Helen Sloan/ HBO Like an experiment in creating a character with no redeeming qualities whatsoever — including, for the bulk of his screentime thus far, a name — Roose Bolton's psychopathic son is sick enough to make Joffrey Baratheon look like Eddard Stark. It's tough to imagine him making it to the top — but he's certainly over the top. Helen Sloan/ HBO A noblewoman from the far-off slave city of Volantis, Talisa defied her family and society by successfully running.
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