17 ‘Game of Thrones’ Characters’ Journeys, in Haiku Form

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Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)

From wife of Khal Drogo
To the Mother of Dragons
Dracarys, indeed!

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Jon Snow (Kit Harington)

Jon is no bastard
He’s Targaryen and Stark
And King in the North!

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Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey)

Sure, her children are all dead
But she’s on the Iron Throne
With baby on board

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Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage)

Who you calling ‘imp’?
As Dany’s chief strategist
He drinks and knows things

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Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)

He’s Cersei’s brother
And dad to four of her kids
Uh-huh, that’s incest

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Arya Stark (Maisie Williams)

A girl had no name
Then returned to Winterfell
A trained assassin

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Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner)

Justice for Sansa!
She helped beat Ramsay Bolton

And got no credit

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Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright)

This paraplegic
Became a Three-Eyed Raven
With no emotions

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Melisandre (Carice Van Houten)

The Red Witch knows all
At least, Meli thought she did
Before Shireen’s death

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Samwell Tarly (John Bradley)

He’s Jon Snow’s best friend
Who trained to be a maester
And realized Jon’s truth

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Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen)

This Ironborn found
Being castrated pays off
When kneed in the groin

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Grey Worm (Jacob Anderson)

Speaking of eunuchs
Grey still made Missandei’s day
(Or, rather, her night!)

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Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie)

She wants to be knight
And to protect the Stark kids
And to dodge Tormund

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Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen)

With honor redeemed
And with skin clear of greyscale
He lives to fight on

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Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju)

This Free Folk fighter
Was last seen guarding Eastwatch
Is he dragon food?

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Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish (Aidan Gillen)

Arya and Sansa
Realized this dude was a snake
So long, jugular!

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Ned Stark (Sean Bean)

The Stark patriarch
Met his end in Season 1
Sean Bean always dies!

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