In honor of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, IGN is taking a look back at some of the iconic characters who’ve fallen along the way, and the lasting impact they had on the story. These heroes and villains may not have made it to the end of the road, but their lives weren’t in vain – they stand as a fitting reminder that when you play the game of thrones, you win, or you die.
Considering how duplicitous Maester Pycelle was on Game of Thrones, it’s impressive that he lasted as many seasons as he did. Pycelle had an unseen hand in many power moves in King’s Landing and sat on the Small Council for much of the series’ run.
Even with his manufactured persona as a diminutive, subservient, and oafish servant to the Crown, Pycelle’s smarts couldn’t keep up with the major players in the game of thrones. Below, star Julian Glover recalls his character’s many manipulations — and many encounters with the ladies of King’s Landing — in Part 10 of our retrospective series, “When I Died on Game of Thrones.”
Source: IGN.com One Game of Thrones Death Was a Mystery Even to the Cast