So, we looked back and compiled some of our favorite fights from across the show’s run.

Ned Stark’s (Sean Bean) fractured recollection of the last battle of Robert’s Rebellion inGeorge R.R.

Martin’s first book gave readers just the right amount of information to be maddeningly tantalized.

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On one side stood Ned and six of his closest friends.

On the other, three of the most renowned knights of the Kingsguard.

Ned was executed before he could tell us more, but the show filled in the gaps.

But when did legend and renown ever count for much in Westeros?

And now it begins…

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This battle included both.

Together, they melted anyone who dared oppose them.

After all, who deserved this fate more than the Lannisters?

The experience stayed with him, and clearly influenced his radical actions in the final season.

It was clearly a strategic choice.

DirectorMiguel Sapochnikand the other filmmakers chose to visualize this contrast.

Everyone gave their all at the Battle of Winterfell; cast, crew, and characters alike.

is Jon Snow’s “Avengers…assemble.”

At Hardhome, he set a high bar for himself.

The Night King, it may surprise some readers to remember, was wholly a creation of the show.

Alas, that’s not how things work in Westeros.

Fans of the Red Viper can take solace in a few things, however.

And then there was Ramsay.

Because…of course, he did.