A major character in the beloved HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones is indeed dead.

If you'd like the identity of this particular individual to remain a mystery, proceed no further, as key plot details from Season 5 lie ahead.Full Game of Thrones spoilers through the Season 5 finale.

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Forget it though. One more nail in Stannis's coffin. From Game of Thrones: The Noble Houses of Westeros pic.twitter.com/6jLChXNZQZ — Sue the Fury (@Thrones_Fury) October 22, 2015

Stannis Baratheon, brother of Renly and King Robert, was indeed killed by Brienne of Tarth. The character's death has been confirmed in the upcoming guide book, Game of Thrones: The Noble Houses of Westeros, which releases this December.Watchers on the Wall's Sue Miller provided photographic evidence in a post on Twitter (via Nerdist ):HBO has confirmed this multiple times, including by releasing "Beautiful Death" art for Stannis after that episode, but there were some doubters out there. To those people, sorry, The Mannis is really gone.For more on Game of Thrones, check out our review of Season 5 . Then be sure to read up on everything we know about Season 6 , including the identity of this returning favorite

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