Game of Thrones fans watched one of the most violent episodes of the HBO epic series last week as Daenerys Targaryen (played by Emilia Clarke) burnt Kings Landing to the ground.
The Bells saw Daenerys complete her transformation into the Mad Queen when she refused to accept the city’s surrender and instead set fire to it.
Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) has stood by his queen despite a warning from Varys (Conleth Hill) in the last episode who feared that she would become a tyrant like her father the Mad King.
However, in new pictures released by HBO it looks like Tyrion has a lot to worry about, after ignoring Danerys’ orders and setting his brother Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) free.
When the hand of the Queen discovered that Jon Snow’s (Kit Harrington) true heritage is Targaryen, he confided in Varys, which ultimately got him killed.
The youngest Lannister exposed Varys’ betrayal to Daenerys and watched as he was burnt alive by her last remaining dragon.
Despite his brutal death, Varys got the last laugh as before he died, he told Tyion he “hoped he was wrong,” and viewers now know he was right all along.
Tyrion has been determined to keep the deaths of innocent people at a minimum and it was one of the reasons why he was drawn to Daenarys in the first place.
He freed Jaime and urged him to flee with Cersei Lannister (Lena
