The shrewd schemer, the master manipulator, the calculating conspirator who aspired to climb the ladder all the way to the Iron Throne instead found himself on his knees, begging for his life. His own plot to turn Sansa and Arya against each other backfired spectacularly, as the two sisters (with an assist from Bran) ganged up on him instead. Sansa dealt the sentence, while Arya executed the order. Chaos is a ladder — and it goes all the way down into the grave. —Kelly Woo

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