A definitive ranking of the 'Game of Thrones' characters, based on who would've made the best ruler of Westeros. Callie Ahlgrim. Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, Margaery Tyrell, and Tyrion Lannister were all viable contenders for the Iron Throne. Helen Sloan/HBO; Skye Gould/Business Insider. Warning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of HBO's "Game Seeds of madness. Though Aerys Targaryen (David Rintoul) is commonly referred to as the Mad King, he wasn’t always mad. Well before the war, Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) served as Aerys Instead of heeding Jon and Tyrion's advice and besieging the Lannisters without hurting the regular folk of King's Landing, Dany puts her last surviving dragon to work and burns the entire city to the ground with ruthless fervor. Come Game of Thrones' final season, Lady Olenna Tyrell has long since passed. Memorably played by Dame Diana Rigg In fact if there's a political lesson in Game of Thrones, it's that stability under a monarchy is very fragile. But the idea of a traditional, immutable office with defined powers (Hand of the King, Kingsguard, etc.) is pure fantasy. And after the Mad King Aerys, the drunk King Robert, the cruel King Joffrey, the timid and easily manipulated King Tommen, the power-hungry Queen Cersei, and whatever adjective best describes Later, Jason’s twin brother, Tyland, serves on the small council alongside the Hand of the King, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans). When Viserys I dies, Tyland is part of the council that planned to Jaime Lannister's right hand miraculously grew back in a promo shot. As 'Thrones' fans are well aware of Jaime got his right hand chopped off in season 3 and has worn a fake gold hand ever The Hand of the King, a title widely associated with Tyrion Lannister, is a position that came with so much responsibility yet very little credit in Game of Thrones. The king's hand was tasked with advising the king or queen they served, but the mistakes of the king were blamed on them as well. F40rPg.

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