Game of Thrones –
6.01 – The Red Woman
After an agonising wait, season six has finally begun and
with its commencement, the Game of Thrones Fantasy League is under weigh! 240
points were awarded in this episode, one of the lowest scores for a premiere in the show’s history. The character scores are below, but first here
are my reasons for some results which might require explanation. Be warned,
this post contains spoilers for episode one.
Possible points of
contention:
Cersei gains points for encountering Jamie and Myrcella
under the heading of "previously lost blood relative", and vice versa. Once you
have been held captive, as Jaime was in Dorne and Cersei was with the faith
militant, you now count as a “lost” blood relative. Myrcella also counts as a
lost relative to Cersei, as Cersei believed her life to be under threat upon
receiving her necklace in Season 5, arguably ignorant of Myrcella’s state of
wellbeing. You can receive encountering points even after you die.
Melisandre gains points for getting a haircut, as her hair thins out after her transformation.
Trystane, Nymeria and Obara all gain points for travelling
by boat. Due to the architecture of Trystane’s room and the establishing shot
of the boat just before the scene begins, we can infer that it takes place on a
boat.
Prince Doran gains points for walking around a garden
plotting, as he hobbles around the Water Gardens slagging off Oberyn. Ellaria
and Tyene don’t gain points for this as they don’t join in with him.
Ghost and Ser Davos both get points for having the first
line of the premiere. Ghost is the first character to make a noise through
their mouth this episode, and Davos is the first character in the game to speak
a line of dialogue. Therefore both gain points.
Ghost affectionately nudges Jon Snow with his mouth. This
counts as kissing points for both Ghost and Jon. Why, how else do you kiss?
Tyrion parts with money when he hands his coin to Varys.
Varys in turn incurs a loss as he hands the money to the Meereenese beggar
woman.
Character Scores
Here is a full list of the characters and their awarded
points. If one of your characters does not appear in the following lists, this
is due to their absence from the episode, for which you shall be deducted five
points per character:
Group A – Main Characters
Arya Stark –
0 points: appears (+5), injured (-5)
Bran Stark –
-5 points: doesn’t appear in episode
(-5)
Cersei
Lannister – 65 points: appears (+5),
2 X encounters previously lost blood relative (30)
Daenerys
Targaryen – 5 points: appears
Jaime
Lannister – 65 points: appears (+5),
travels by boat (+15), visits King’s Landing (+15), encounters previously lost
blood relative (+30)
Sansa Stark
– 5 points: appears (+5)
Tyrion
Lannister – -5 points: appears (+5),
parts with money (-10)
Group B – Supporting Main Characters
Brienne of
Tarth – -10 points: appears (+5),
rides horse (+15), 2 X kills someone (-10), injured (-5)
Margaery
Tyrell – 5 points: appears (+5)
Melisandre –
100 points: appears (+5), gets naked
(+15), hair changes colour (+15), haircut (+20), last onscreen (+15), magic (+30)
Ramsay
Bolton – 5 points: appears (+5)
Ser Davos
Seaworth – 45 points: first line of
premiere (+20), appears (+5), says the episode title (+10), last line (+10)
Ser Jorah
Mormont – 15 points: appears (+5), rides
a horse (+10)
Theon
Greyjoy – -5 points: appears (+5),
kills someone (-10)
Varys – -5 points: appears (+5), parts with
money (-10)
Group C – Rest of the Main Characters
Daario
Naharis – 15 points: appears (+5), rides
a horse (+10)
Ellaria Sand
– -5 points: appears (+5), kills
someone (-10)
High Sparrow
– 5 points: appears (+5)
Roose Bolton
– 5 points: appears (+5)
Group D – Side Characters
Obara Sand –
10 points: appears (+5), kills
someone (-10), travels by boat (+15)
Podrick
Payne – 5 points: appears (+5),
rides horse (+10), kills someone (-10)
Prince Doran
Martell – -10 points: appears (+5), walks
around a garden plotting (+15), dies (-30)
Tyene Sand –
-15 points: appears (+5), 2 X kills
someone (-10)
Group E – Side characters to the Side Characters
Areo Hotah –
-25 points: appears (+5), dies (-30)
Nymeria Sand
– 20 points: appears (+5), travels
by boat (+15)
Ser Alliser
Thorne – 15 points: appears (+5), says
the episode title (+10)
Trystane
Martell – 0 points: appears (+5), travels
by boat (+15), unsheafs sword (+10), dies (-30),
Group F – Weirdos
No one from this group appeared in this episode!
Group G – Animals
Ghost – 40 points: first line of premiere (+20),
appears (+5), kiss (+15)
Group H – Definitely Dead?
Jon Snow – 50 points: first on screen of premiere
(+30), appears (+5), gets kissed (+15)
Myrcella
Baratheon – 65 points: appears (+5),
travels by boat (+15), visits King’s Landing (+15), encounters previously lost
blood relative (+30)
Group I – Where are these fuckers?
Fuck knows.
The Leaderboard
Players can see their scores by consulting their initials in
the table below. Congratulations to MS!
Join me next week, for "6.02 - Home"...where I suspect quite a few characters may get points for saying the episode title. Valar Morghulis!
