The 12 most touching moments in Game Of Thrones (With Pictures)

11. When Maester Aemon Died

Poor old Maester Aemon was never quite in the thick of the Game of Thrones plot line, but he was a very comforting side character nonetheless. He was the classic old man who’s seen it all, having been among royalty in Kingslanding and being a brother of the Night’s Watch.

We didn’t think much of Maester Aemon early into the series, as he seemed to be nothing but the typical wise old man. It’s only when we found out that he was Aegon Targaryan’s brother and the Mad King Aeris Targaryan’s uncle that Maester Aemon truly opened up to us as a character.

We learned that he had the legitimate right to the throne which he passed on, thinking he was not right to rule a kingdom. Little did he know that the next heir to the throne would be the maddest of all kings, so poor Aemon carried that guilt with him until he died. His last words to the memory of his brother, “Egg, I dreamed I was old,” kill us slowly every time.