Joffrey could execute Ned because bloodthirsty and opportunistic individuals such as Payne and Slynt obeyed his command without question and nobody had the power to stop them. Ultimately it all comes down to Varys' quote about power in ACOK. 2. Wigwasp_ALKENO. Ser Meryn Trant was a knight of the kingsguard, most importantly under King Joffrey, and aside from being an all around horrible guy, he (probably) killed Arya's combat instructor Syrio Forel. King Robert decides that both Arya and Joffrey should be disciplined, but Queen Cersei insists that Sansa's direwolf Lady should be killed, in place for Nymeria who has vanished. As Lord Eddard Stark returns after he has put down the direwolf, he comes across Sandor Clegane , who has returned with a search party, carrying the body of Mycah in a Game of Thrones deaths ranked: From King Joffrey's murder to the brutal 'Red Wedding' 16 April 2019, 10:30 | Updated: 3 May 2019, 09:49. Game of Thrones deaths - from Joffrey to Hodor. Game of Thrones spoilers: King Joffrey's killer revealed. Unsurprisingly, this article contains spoilers - so don't click and moan after if you didn't want to know. The King is dead: Joff was offed 1. Getting the butcher’s boy killed Season one, episode two. The then-prince catches Arya playing with her friend the butcher’s boy and quickly draws his sword on him. Bad Boss: He's rude, abrasive and thinks nothing of ordering people killed for minor slights.; Bad People Abuse Animals: Tommen relates that Joffrey periodically threatened to kill and skin his pet cat, then mix the cat's remains up into Tommen's food. He killed Prince Rhaegar and took the crown, while your father was hiding under Casterly Rock." The boy gave his grandfather a defiant look. "A strong king acts boldly, he doesn't just talk." ASOS - Tyrion VI. So based on all this we can conclude: Joffrey knows the rumors. Joffrey actually believed that he was Robert's son. good chance joffrey might still have died, but a bit later. if tywin and tyrion could have convinced joffrey to give sansa back to the starks, unlikely as that might be, they would have pushed strongly for him marrying margery, as the only girl of his age, of high enough rank to suit lannister ego. she wouldn't have had the foreknowledge of the Catelyn Stark appears in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and she is played by Michelle Fairley in the " Game of Thrones " TV series. After her husband Ned Stark was killed at the request of King Joffrey, Catelyn aids her son Robb in his quest to become King of the Seven Kingdoms. She was murdered, along with her son Robb, by the men of dl5ZHA.