Sansa stops Joffrey by suggesting he turn Dontos into a fool.ĥ.
When Joffrey gives the order, the guards act way too quickly, as if it’s something they’ve done before. When Ser Dontos shows up to Joffrey’s nameday tourney drunk, Joffrey decides to have him executed - ordering his men to pour wine down the knight’s throat until he dies. “After I raise my armies and kill your traitor brother, I’ll give you his head as well.” Sansa’s response? “Or maybe he’ll give me yours.” Joffrey makes Ser Meryn strike her for that, and Sansa contemplates pushing Joffrey to his death, until The Hound steps in to stop her. For starters, he makes Sansa look at her recently late father’s head on a pike.
Joffrey is obsessed with getting Sansa up close and personal with the heads of her dead family members. Making Sansa look at Eddard’s head on a pike Had he been allowed to take the black, as Cersei wished, the Wall would be better equipped to defend the Seven Kingdoms from the dual threat of the Wildlings and the White Walkers.ģ. Ned was just one man, but his death was the catalyst for a great war that has cost tens of thousands of lives. The boy’s death is disturbing, but come on – viewers really can’t stand it when a direwolf dies. Mycah is later murdered by The Hound, and Nymeria’s sister, Lady, is executed in her place. When Arya defends poor Mycah, Joffrey takes a few swings at her before her direwolf, Nymeria, comes to the rescue. The then-prince catches Arya playing with her friend the butcher’s boy and quickly draws his sword on him.