To Kill a King
- Nov 21, 2025
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Opening late in A Storm of Swords, The Kill a King relates to treachery
24 AGOT Daenerys III: Lose faith in his strength. When Daenerys realizes Viserys would never be followed by a Dothraki army, she acknowledges he's a fool to think he could take Westeros. She bids Jorah take Viserys's horse so he has no choice but to follow.
30 AGOT Sansa II: Tell him he's prohibited from fighting in the melee.
34 AGOT Eddard VIII: Send an assassin for him before he's born.
48 AGOT Eddard XIII: Drug the wine he takes hunting.
64 AGOT Catelyn X: Meet him on a battlefield.
65 AGOT Daenerys VIII: Convince him to let you tend his wounds.
68 AGOT Sansa VI: Shove him while he's distracted by his gloating.
69 AGOT Daenerys IX: Put a pillow over his face.
A Clash of Kings
80 ACOK 7 Jon I: Watch him rust as kingm changing into a shadow of the man he was when happy as a soldier.
101 ACOK 28 Daenerys II: Wait for someone or something else to kill him.
104 ACOK 31 Arya VII: Give his name to a Faceless Man.
105 ACOK 32 Catelyn III: Face him in battle.
107 ACOK 34 Catelyn IV: Sorcery.
114 ACOK 41 Daenerys III: Make him rule. The Pureborn are like a Great Council or a senate. Each is entitled to much respect and comes from an ancient house. They are great men, but sit as though asleep, world weary and bored 575
115 ACOK 42 Tyrion IX: Pull him off his horse while he's parading past.
A Storm of Swords
141 ACOK 68 Tyrion XV: Sneak up behind him.
154 ASOS 11 Davos II: Drain his life force as you bid him look into the fire.
155 ASOS 12 Jaime II: Cut his throat.
158 ASOS 15 Catelyn II: Offer him your daughter.
159 ASOS 16 Jon II: Starve his people, take his lands and, little by little, he'll be king of nothing as the king of giants is.
169 ASOS 26 Davos III: Surrender on his behalf.
189 ASOS 46 Catelyn V: Push him off a bridge.
212 ASOS 69 Sansa VI: Convince someone it's their idea to kill him.
A Feast for Crows
235 AFFC 10 Brienne II: Capture him bodily.
A Dance with Dragons
282 ADWD 11 Jon III: Burn him alive for all to see.
304 ADWD 33 Reek III: Get him to attack you, especially with your man at his side.
308 ADWD 37 Daenerys VI: Marry him and be recognized as the true ruler.
339 ADWD 68 The Kingbreaker: After a trial.
341 ADWD 70 Jon XIII: Spread a rumor he's dead.
342 ADWD 71 The Queen's Hand: Claim he's dead.
The Winds of Winter
Theon: Fund him.