Every important 'Game of Thrones' death, ranked from least tragic to most tragic

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of HBO's “Game of Thrones.”Over the course of eight seasons, “Game of Thrones” has featured hundreds of deaths, from battlefield extras to major characters.We ranked 118 notable deaths from the series from the least sad to the most sad.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. It's violent, vicious, and not for the faint of heart.Over the past seven and a half seasons, a lot of people on “Game of Thrones” have died. It's a game of survival, and you're lucky if you've made it this far.Some of these characters came back from the dead. We barely knew some of them, and we knew a lot of them so well that we shed a tear or two (or 200) when we watched them die.And others？ We couldn't wait for them to die, and when they did, we were cheering.On a scale of 1 to 10 (with some exceptions), we ranked 118 notable deaths (and semi-deaths) from the least sad to the most sad — basically, the deaths of characters who had names, had more than a few lines, and/or had some kind of impact on a major plot point or a major character.Note: Direwolves are exempt from this list.