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Game Of Thrones: Stannis Baratheon’s sacrifice was shocking and cruel, but what does it mean?

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Game of Thrones, season 5, episode 9, The Dance of Dragons, Stannis Baratheon
Who is rooting for Stannis now? (Picture: HBO)

SPOILER ALERT: Contains major spoilers from Game Of Thrones season 5, episode 9 and (presumably) The Winds of Winter

From unexpected deaths to a brutal rape scene, it’s no understatement to say this season of Game Of Thrones has delivered some shocks.

But this week delivered one of the most horrific scenes of the entire series to date, with a desperate Stannis Baratheon offering his young daughter as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light.

Wife Selyse, often little more than a cardboard cut-out religious fanatic, tried and failed to intervene.

Initially she looked to be convincing Stannis that he was doing the right thing, but it was soon… Read the full story


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