The most badass moment of Game of Thrones

My personal favorite is the moment when Robb Stark kills the boy, and lets the man be born.

He’s working out the placements of the commanders and lords in his army, preparing to march south to free his father from the clutches of Cersei Lannister, and one of his bannermen protests almost immediately.

The bloody Wall will melt before an Umber marches behind a Glover! I will lead the van, or I will take my men and march them home.

The Greatjon’s ire is something no one wants to incur, least of all a boy too young for all the weight heaped upon his shoulders, and for a moment uncertainty flashes in Robb’s eyes.

Then he sets his shoulders, his eyes turning to steel as the line of his mouth hardens, and the boy becomes a king. His voice is a low, quiet growl.

You are welcome to do so, Lord Umber. And when I am done with the Lannisters, I will march back north, root you out of your keep, and hang you for an oathbreaker.

There’s a shocked silence, just for a moment, and then the Greatjon roars. Oathbreaker, is it? I’ll not be called Oathbreaker by a boy so green he pisses grass! He reaches for a blade and half of Robb’s men stand — Theon leaps to his feet — but it’s Grey Wind who lunges forward and mauls the Greatjon’s hand.

My lord father taught me it was death to bare steel against your liege lord. But doubtless the Greatjon only meant to cut my meat for me.

The Greatjon raises his mangled, bloodied hand, and starts to laugh. Your meat…is bloody tough!

Robb’s low chuckle drifts into the quiet, growing into full-throated laughter, and all the northern lords howl with amusement too - aside from poor little horrified Bran, who gapes around at all these men as if they’ve lost their minds entirely.

There have been a lot of badass moments in GoT, but Robb…Robb was undeniably cool.

King in the North, indeed.