Stannis Baratheon - Last Battle

[@throbbingfellow1136]

Even with the character assassination of Stannis by the showrunners, they still couldn’t help but make him go out like an absolute boss. Facing down impossible odds like a goddamn man.

[@darkwolf4434]

Was it really that out of character? I mean Stannis if anyone would give up love to do his duty.

[@uberspessmann9604]

@@darkwolf4434 He was killed off by the director because he didn't like the character.

[@doctorjekyll6125]

Legends Never Die!!!

[@nicolas0402]

@@darkwolf4434 It was out of character to go beg money for the Iron Bank and bring his family to the battlefield. Also, in the books he learns he needs allies and manage to go from 1,500 soldiers to 6,000, most of them Northman wanting vengeance for the Red Wedding, but in the show they simply forget about it

[@huseyinozer8470]

@@darkwolf4434 book stannis would never kill his daughter

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Even though Stannis lost the battle and his life, he did have a small, far-reaching victory over the Boltons when Sansa escaped while Ramsay was fighting and as a result, reunited with Jon, united the North against them, and took back Winterfell.

[@darth856]

That makes me think back to when Stannis told Davos "We do not choice our destiny, but we must all do our duty, no? Big or small". In the end, Stannis made his contribution, even if it was not as grand as he had hoped. Aside from helping Sansa to escape, he also provided ships for Jon to rescue thousands of wildlings at Hardhome. And of course he brought Jon and Melisandre together so that she could revive Jon after he died.

[@Rottensparrow]

Are you telling me they massacred entire Stannis army but didn't manage to destroy Jon Snow's army of wildlings?

[@johnathangordon8935]

@@Rottensparrow they did destroy jon and the wildings

[@AF-hv4yy]

makes me think of littefinger saying "chaos is a ladder"

[@masterplokoon8803]

Kinda sad to see a great character from the books be reduced to such a pitifull role in the show, though the acting was excelent, the writing was horrible. D&D ruined him on purpose, because they couldn't understand someone as dutifull as Stannis.

[@haircafekevin]

The contrast between the two armies at the beginning is real telling. Stannis' army is cold, hungry, tired, and demoralized while the Bolton's army is rested, energetic, has hot food and spirits are high.

[@Barryschitpeas42069]

And horses

[@darkwolf4434]

Yeah, reminds me of my own country's history which is Sweden. Our king Charles XII had won the majority of battles while being outnumbered. Then the harshest winter within the ice age at that time hit. Then the russians used scorched earth tactics. So Charles decided to lay siege to the city of Poltava in todays Ukraine where unbeknown to him was where Peter the great had gathered the majority of his force where the deciding battle of the war happened. Sweden lost.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

Not much different than the US Revolutionary War and specifically the Battle of Trenton. The US troops had just faced multiple defeats and embarrassments, were cold and they needed a victory. They won that one.

[@iamthephil]

And the director.

[@microwave4928]

@@Bonzi_Buddy 🤦‍♂️

[@thewhistleking2]

I love the face he makes when he draws his sword and marches forward. It’s like he didn’t even see the army as a defeat, but more like an inconvenience. And he still just walked on. What an absolute legend!

[@duddy2003]

i took as he just accepted the fate

[@jamesl3877]

Yea I don’t think you’re that good at reading facial queues. He accepted his fate but he was going to go down fighting anyways. Plus he was severely outnumbered and outflanked with cavalry, if youve ever played a strategy game you know your infantry is done for

[@thewhistleking2]

@@jamesl3877 I understood that he was completely outnumbered. I just appreciated his kind of "oh well, fuck it" demeanor about it. My point still stands: Stannis is a legend (although very flawed)

[@theonofswords3764]

He was stubborn and misguided but he wasn’t a coward

[@dossiefuteboloficial]

Much is said about how much of a legend Stannins is, who burned his daughter to be a King. But little is said of the men who accompanied him, many abandoned their homes and faithfully followed their Lord, saw him do barbarities, and still they followed him, even outnumbered, on the ice, they continued to follow him. Stannins would gain the North if he won, maybe he would be King in the long run, these soldiers would gain very little, maybe nothing but the same position they originally held. Honorable men.

[@infragames_studio]

This last facial expression is from a man who sacrified and lost everything for nothing, and now accepting his fate, the fate he created himself, and he just understood it at the last minute. I always pictured that his last memories is the face of his daughter, when he "smile".

[@christianmw1020]

After the butchering of Stannis's character the backlash of season 8 gives me so much joy.

[@danbaskin]

Literally ruined all the plot line. His death left a thin way to choose the way the plot will surprise people. Its obvious Bolton wasnt a main character, but quite an interesting one. But it was obvious he will fall in the end. They still could have the great battle of the basterds only with Stanis along side with Jon. But yet they threw it to the trash while the book isnt going to do so.

[@rocthaice24]

People bitch about everything

[@BlackDiamond2718]

I see it as how fans would write the show. This show was meant to keep you guessing on who would win or die. Not to appease people who love characters to the end.

[@fanispalaiog6639]

​@@BlackDiamond2718it's not about this. Stannis was butchered in the TV show, that's whats getting under the skin of so many people

[@BlackDiamond2718]

talking about season 8@@fanispalaiog6639

[@LolLol-ob4qg]

Stannis met his end like a trooper. Respect

[@kaptenbear1395]

Stannis in the books vs Stannis in the show. The war is still going, boys. Stannis did not march his army into an open field to die.

[@penoyer79]

just awful. greatest military strategist won't be defeated so easy.

[@dellavonta187]

Exactly just bad writing how 5 thousand men take 10 thousand horses and no one heard

[@mu0FFpu0FF]

There's literally a forest behind him. Cavalry sucks in the woods. They could've tricked them and butcheded them

[@ignazstaudinger5361]

@@mu0FFpu0FFIn the books stannis will probably lure the freys on a frozen lake and will break the ice or something. I think he will win.

[@mu0FFpu0FF]

@@ignazstaudinger5361 like Alexander Nevsky at the battle on the ice against Teutonic knights

[@Steve-yn3cs]

3:40 That look on his face. The personification of Hopelessness.... The actor nailed this scene.

[@grantwilson4506]

3:44 I love how he pulls out the sword, my man!

[@greggo1131]

one of the best scenes in the entire show

[@nervelq9968]

real

[@Bartonret]

​@@greggo1131Yes.

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

@@greggo1131No cause the writing is disgustingly bad. I defeated your uncle Victarion and his Iron Fleet off Fair Isle, the first time your father crowned himself. I held Storm's End against the power of the Reach for a year, and took Dragonstone from the Targaryens. I smashed Mance Rayder at the Wall, though he had twenty times my numbers. Tell me, turncloak, what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?" Stannis could never be done by Ramsay .

[@Nollic15]

You gotta respect the men that followed stannis for so long, from the siege of storms end during roberts rebellion to crushing the Greyjoy fleet during Balons rebellion, to the battle of the blackwater, to defeating a massive wildling army trying to invade the seven kingdoms, you can see some cut and run during this scene but the core surrounding stannis that were loyal to the end must have been some of the best men in Westeros despite having no cavalry I feel like they gave the boltons a licking here, and may have paved the way for Jon to beat them later.

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

“I defeated your uncle Victarion and his Iron Fleet off Fair Isle, the first time your father crowned himself. I held Storm's End against the power of the Reach for a year, and took Dragonstone from the Targaryens. I smashed Mance Rayder at the Wall, though he had twenty times my numbers. Tell me, turncloak, what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?" Clearly poor writing here.

[@G.I_Jane]

this defeat was pretty terrible, nothing like stannis in the books, honestly just a dumb but guaranteed way to push ramsay as this new big bad guy

[@restitudororbis8235]

The last stand of the one true king with his loyal men RIP legends never forgotten

[@rossagnew1284]

That legend killed his brother to get his armies, burned alive a bunch of people, led all of his man to a massacre, burned his daughter to death, and drove his wife to suicide. This man didn’t go down as a legend, he went down as a fool who sacrificed everything for witch pussy.

[@dmoney8602]

Cringe as fuck

[@MegaMat666]

Many are deserted

[@SlickStitch]

I hate this scene. It's amazing how he forms up his men so quickly but they forced Stannis to be in a bad situation for no reason. They made him beg for money too which is not like his character at all >:(

[@umbertoangelillo6268]

The Iron Bank goes to Stannis in the books

[@ericzamora3449]

@@umbertoangelillo6268 really??? Wtf then

[@afonsosilvestre7626]

He never begged for money, Davos made up their minds about Stannis and he got the gold, and it was Davos idea to go to the Iron Bank

[@bobafett9348]

@@ericzamora3449 During the Northern campaign which as opposite to the show sees Stannis army grow in numbers from the original 1500 southern knights he saved wall with, to 6000 men as northern houses join him. Before he fights Boltons, Iron Bank comes to him and offers him 20,000 mercenaries as long as he makes the Lannisters pay. Meanwhile in the show Stannis begs for mere 5000 mercenaries and then gets abandoned. Oh he also burns his daughter which he left at the wall in the books to keep her safe. Thanks D&D

[@BushmasterH]

Yes but As adults it's our job to be able to understand the show isn't an exact replica of the books ffs 🙄

[@afonsosilvestre7626]

StannisTheMannis our one true King The prince that was promised “Go on do your duty” There were no better final words than these

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

He also admitted he murdered his brother using blood magik, which he was clearly ashamed of and wanted to atone for. At least he died with dignity.

[@sabrejj3038]

The only one to deserve the crown

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The King who cared.

[@josephburnside2135]

He literally burned his daughter alive lol

[@benitoswagolini3827]

@@josephburnside2135 skill issue

[@herkko1960]

@@josephburnside2135 she should just get good smh

[@philhelm1318]

@@josephburnside2135 Sacrifices must be made for the good of the realm.

[@felixphilippe7224]

Most impactful death of the entire series. My king.

[@dmoney8602]

Holy fuck cringe. I might unalive myself for you out of shame

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

What is Stannis may never die this is bullshit

[@leewinters8245]

He went out like a badass.

[@RobTheProspect]

I love the minor detail that from the aerial shot, you can see Stannis as a tiny dot, in the front of his army, with his most loyal soldiers rushing to his side, and at the back, half of his remaining army abandoning him and running for the trees.

[@heinzguderian136]

I miss so much. My grace... :(

[@aboxofbeans]

Stannis was the actual one true king. Like, facts-wise. By right, the Iron Throne was his. It was his all along. What a sad ending for a sad character.

[@darkwolf4434]

Absolutely he also didn't have a desire to sit on it. He did it because it was his duty and he did whatever he could to remove the injustice of the lannisters stealing the throne.

[@ant3352]

He was the second son. The right is only his if the king makes him his heir since he had a son . . . And Geoffrey had a younger brother. So, sadly for stanis, he never had a claim.

[@darkwolf4434]

@@ant3352 The problem is that Joffrey wasn't actually Robert's son. That's why Ned wrote rightful heir instead of Joffrey when Robert said his son would be his heir.

[@romanbennifir6020]

​@@ant3352your truly are an idiot and didn't watch the show

[@xxac3zn8zxx87]

​@@ant3352actually Joffery* and Tommen had no claim to the throne, by the ACTUAL right of the land he was the one with the true claim at this point(we didn't know Jon was a targ yet)

[@liammurphy7322]

There's one major problem with this battle most of this 'cavalry' would be mounted infantry, near useless in battle on horse, especially against veteran spear men, no matter how tired or hungry, who should already know through scouts and the fact that you can see Winterfell from 2km away that there is like 7 thousand horsemen forming, which would take like an hour or two.

[@ToBeFrank_.]

That's a really good point actually. I hadn't thought of that there's practically no heavy cavalry north of the neck by this point. Unfortunately the showrunners don't understand or care how these things work, as evidenced by their portrayals of the Dothraki.

[@KjichaDaNijerd]

you would be amazed to find out how many battles were lost in history because there were no scouts. It was always the same fault: Generals/Kings who underestimated their enemy. Look after Hannibal, he marched threw the roman empire using ambushes and traps like a genius. Another good example is the byzantine empire, their kings often lost cause they did not use enough scouts.

[@AerysIIFirstofhisname]

@@KjichaDaNijerd “I defeated your uncle Victarion and his Iron Fleet off Fair Isle, the first time your father crowned himself. I held Storm's End against the power of the Reach for a year, and took Dragonstone from the Targaryens. I smashed Mance Rayder at the Wall, though he had twenty times my numbers. Tell me, turncloak, what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?" Somehow I don’t think our one true king is one to forget about scouts.

[@mr.doddlydodo3332]

the lord of light musical motif makes the whole scene

[@llllk-fz6xw]

If they had just waited a few weeks they could have gone with Jon Snow and had double the men RIP stannis 😓

[@llllk-fz6xw]

@@rv2167 No But it was a futile attack and they all new it

[@narufan987]

@@llllk-fz6xw yeah but winter was never ever a factor in the show after this. Stannis and his men got fucked by a blizzard, but no other plotline got affected by anything similar

[@100EmotionalDamage]

@@narufan987 Bad fucking writing!

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Stannis could have also had his army bolstered by some freefolk, mountain clansmen, the Flint’s, Umber’s, Glover’s, Manderly’s, Dustin’s, and other northern houses. Too bad the writers removed all that…. that which was in the book they claimed to be adapting :/

[@k-studio8112]

Exactly he became impatient. His men would have additional impact during the Battle of the Bastards. The north, wildling, the baratheon, and the vale

[@harryfurphy1491]

Despite all his flaws, failures and mistakes, Stannis Baratheon was not a coward. He knew this was the end of his story and faced his demise it without fear. That i can respect in a character like this.

[@ЖудаМ]

Doing siege in Mount and Blade with only a couple soldiers be like

[@weedhoundinfinite3238]

then they take all your denars and butter.

[@San-lx1gx]

If only Stannis had 100 Batannian fian champions and some good high ground, that would be a gg wp

[@FauxReal.]

This was literally my Aserai army marching to sturgia, tried to take their capital with no horses, no siege equipment, and got absolutely ripped apart

[@calebmatthews1993]

Stannis will always be the mannis

[@maximumpotential3796]

Stannis didn't tremble before a large army, he accepted death and drew his sword. His men also got inspired and followed him. He leads from the front no matter the cause.

[@shivpalpatine1660]

Stannis and his army is alive, which includes: 3,500 northmen (Glovers, Mormonts and mountain clans 1,400 southron knights and men-at-arms 400 Umber green boys in the vanguard Total: about 5,300 men 456 Karstark men, disloyal, it is unknown whether or not they will fight for Stannis after Arnolf Karstark's treachery is discovered Roose Bolton had send : 2000 Frey men, including 500 knights 300 Manderly men, apparently 100/200 knights/men-at-arms Total: about 2300 men. Stannis army is sitting beside a frozen lake with a sort of watch tower. He is waiting and eager to lure Roose Boltons Vanguard to charge at his army who are mostly Footmen. During the charge the Manderly's will backstab the frey's and aid Stannis. It will be Stannis First Victory to WInterfell

[@Artenis430]

This is from the book right?

[@shivpalpatine1660]

@@Artenis430 yes it is, someone leaked this spoiler on a particular site ( i don't remember the name sorry).

[@JumpingFlapjack]

A brave man, he die like a true Warrior.

[@Clos_Goldstienburg-III]

When the scots fought against England. A very similar event happened. When the large number of English Calvary charged, the scots would prop up spikes in a upward angle to impale the horses. Causing an English regroup, however they still win I think. Stannis never really got to show off his true military leadership skills in the show.

[@restitudororbis8235]

I think this battle I saw it in the movie outlaw king

[@holyshades6462]

@@restitudororbis8235 Or Braveheart

[@shrekzebee4435]

wait a sec its just the battle of bannockburn

[@Mr.Whiskers690]

Stannis was way cooler in the books although he is pretty cool in the show to.

[@ytv31]

The scots have always been a proud and strong people, my utmost respect to them 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@doctorjekyll6125]

The OG of GOT, Stannis Baratheon. He kept it Real. RIP

[@hafeeez87]

Gotta respect the bravery of Stannis knowing full well defeat was the likely outcome

[@keifer7813]

I'll never forget the chills I got when I first watched this and heard the music as he unsheathes his sword and walks toward the enemy

[@comradedoushkin6602]

He looks more pissed then worried

[@magnusthered4973]

And he still would of survived if briene would quit bitching about renly

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

My king.

[@penoyer79]

he looked done.

[@Thracian117]

Going off.the numbers from the show... The Bolton's sent 8000 men to mot calen, and after this battle they only have 5000 at winter fell...and the majority are infantry.for the battle of the bastards...implying that stannis the Mannis, whilst out numberd and surrounded...took out about 3000 Bolton's.....damn.

[@MiraMosty]

Well...the bravest And truest king, And his beautifull death.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

He took out 50 himself

[@leeashley1902]

The Boltons in the show were said to have 5000 men. It was 200 they sent to retake the moat.

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

you can see right when he accepts his fate

[@BaldwinVoice]

Absolutely criminal what they did to Stannis and his character

[@Kate-ie7vx]

D&D really did Stannis dirty

[@unfortunatelygnarly]

Graceful in victory and in certain defeat. Willing to sacrifice anything, except maybe that Red Woman. A character I respected.

[@yveseminence9136]

Stannis was a badass boss and he has one of the strongest armies on GOT. it is just they lost on the battle with the lannister that is why he outnumber with his army. The dedication of this man is been exceeded to the point that he can offered up his only child's life in exchange for a chance at power.

[@carlosalegria4776]

I just want him back so much lads

[@roboslicer]

Stannis was a warrior through and through.

[@AliHassan-np2jr]

What a scene when he pulled his sword.

[@michaeldoody5507]

Stannis under rated character, went forward no matter what!!!!😉

[@vsjsvsakxj3223]

the king 👑💔

[@rayray6490]

Ned died for Stannis’s claim, and Stannis died for Ned’s home.

[@penoyer79]

they both put their eggs in the wrong basket.

[@King_Stannis_Baratheon]

*King Stannis

[@krzysztofjaworski6420]

Achilles : Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight?

[@CommonSwense]

I was so looking forward to his campaign south to Kings Landing.

[@mystery5719]

The only time Stannis smile before he draw his sword

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

He laughs when Davos is saved from execution by the fire god he likes to mock.

[@lswbrickmaster]

I wish he had a full a army, healthy and battle ready. But his troops armor looked nice

[@NordicJarl27]

Can we talk about how loyal some of his men were? Even though they knew they were up against impossible odds. They still stood with stannis. They were loyal to him to the end.

[@hamed3423]

Saddest moment in game of thrones. I hated the targs. Robert was the only charismatic king and his true heir was stannis. Stannis deserved to be king.

[@dhivakarbalajee1901]

U do realize that these are fictional characters right ?

[@eicikle1809]

@@dhivakarbalajee1901 And he is simply stating his opinion on these fictional characters, so, your point being?

[@madsam9403]

@@dhivakarbalajee1901 so ?

[@laabitres]

The showrunners did Stannis, Daenery, Jon Snow, The Tyrell's so dirty

[@CrustaceanQueen]

Stannis made some really bad decisions, and he paid for them. This scene was a great last stand for him though. He knew it would end in his defeat, but he still drew his sword and matched as the first one into battle. What a badass

[@vonmehlau9284]

The boltons spawned these cavalrymen out of nowhere

[@darkwolf4434]

@@vonmehlau9284 It wasn't just the Boltons, it was the Karstarks and Umbers and they greatly outnumbered Stannis who had just marched his men at winter and having half of his already outnumbered force leaving.

[@scottymcfly6963]

We all love the Mannis, but i have to give props to his men. Abandoned their lands and holdings in the south after a crushing defeat to fight wildlings, then ironborn, then cunty northerners and potentially (later on) reanimated corpses once the REAL war began- all on the word of a fire-demon worshiping witch and ironclad loyalty to the last Baratheon. Fucking legendary, these stormlanders.

[@whynot5568]

I hope i can one day look death in the face like that and still have the guts to draw my weapon and say so be it.

[@penoyer79]

Stannis gonna win this battle in the book. on the brink of defeat his military prowess is gonna kick in and he's gonna hold them back. just wait

[@ycplum7062]

I like how they had half the army moving forward with Stannis and the other half running away,

[@tywinlannister6118]

Back when the weather mated...

[@rbclc]

Thanks to Stannis and his men sacrifice that there were less Bolton affiliated North Cavalrymen present at The Battle of Bastards.

[@philhelm1318]

My guess is that Stannis might win at Winterfell and that Shireen is burned to resurrect Jon Snow (we don't know by who or the circumstances, just that "It happened"). The showrunners didn't want Stannis to take Winterfell since then he'd be the only character in the show to ever do anything (defeat Renly, attempt to take King's Landing, defeat Mance, defeat Bolton, etc.). They also didn't want Jon's resurrection to be tainted by a child sacrifice.

[@toxicxhazard]

Holy shit that would be metal, I hope it happens

[@penoyer79]

Aegon gonna beat Dany to the punch overthrowing cersi and taking the iron throne and she'll be looked at as a foreign invader when she finally hits westeros.

[@vitsobotka6268]

The absolute mannis Knew the odds, still went in like a boss

[@MrTeiohx]

Bronn, Stannis, and Tyrion (early seasons) are the best three characters

[@iskanderyou8835]

The one true king of the seven kingdoms 💔

[@penoyer79]

Aegon might have something to say about that.

[@shady200S]

The only Baratheon I like

[@latter-daysaintbatman2679]

It's funny how the beginning paragraphs of the latest blog of M&B II Bannerlord somehow made me think back to this very scene....

[@davidreisinger9272]

At 4:00 you can see some men fleeing (not like you're gonna outrun cavalry) and the men who chose to stand with Stannis this far unto the end.

[@pierrickpierrick7009]

RIP THE ONE ON ONLY KING OF WESTEROS !

[@Vanic00]

I'd like to think that the histories of Westero would record this as Stannis(House Baratheon) attempting to rescue Sansa (House Stark). A tragic but heroic attempt by the Stag, to save the Direwolf.

[@G.I_Jane]

Ramsay was not even a major character in the books but the showrunners for some reason felt so compelled to kill stannis off in the dumbest way possible while lifting up ramsay to be a new big bad

[@draVlurbleankke]

Look at Stannis. Then watch our politics. we need Stannis now. we do not need fucking politician

[@BranW-xl6fu]

One of my favorite scenes

[@alidonmez6739]

BARATHEONSS LAST STAAAAND!!

[@MrDonaldTrump24]

Stannis army excist out of the most loyal man.

[@grantwilson4506]

The One True King lives

[@StasisBringer]

if there is one thing that i love about stannis. is that he is more honorable then his brothers...robert is a dick, renly is a coward, but stannis never runs from a fight

[@palmerlp]

I like that the overhead view shows plenty of Stannis’s men just running the fuck away.

[@shrekzebee4435]

Me and the bois storming area 51

[@mw5549]

Just a thought - a good one - what if Stannis' mercenaries that abandoned him (his cavalry) joined the Boltons instead for this battle. That would explain their large cavalry count

[@palmerlp]

As a student of central Asian steppe warfare my biggest question is how Ramsey kept all those horses fed.

[@LYNXHQ]

If Stannis attacked winterfell instead of going to Castle Black he would have won. Also the north would almost certainly help him since Ned Stark believed he was the true king after Robbert Died!

[@darkwolf4434]

Stannis would still have been outnumbered and would have to march in the cold.

[@LYNXHQ]

@@darkwolf4434 he would have took winterfell before the storm and had 2.5 time more men and horses

[@darkwolf4434]

@@LYNXHQ Actually yeah, you're right. I completely misunderstood your comment to a very large extent.

[@callumwright5972]

I never got where did the Boltons get that much cavalry from?

[@nawabirshad5976]

A thousand dragons to the person who can name the soundtrack

[@charismaticcharacter6529]

They did Stannis wrong. He should have won the battle.

[@mjdev1369]

After taking the character of Stannis Baratheon and literally tossing it into a blender until it became something utterly alien from the character in the past few seasons and especially the books, dumb and dumber still managed to get Stannis the Goddamn Mannis to go out like a boss. Also did the show runners forget that Stannis just spent a good while resting at Castle Black. Are you telling me his entire army lost every shred of morale by the time they reached Winterfell, especially with them marching towards a battle to the death that will change the tide of the war in their favor if they win and result in the total destruction of their army if they lose?

[@blazingsword643]

3:15 absolutely no fear or panic.

[@mr.c1913]

Can't wait till the Winds of Winter confirms that they killed off Stannis here just so they could give his ADWD arc to Jon Snow and Qween Sansa.

[@umbertoangelillo6268]

@@futurei0oo Some Umbers supports Stannis too

[@aegis7368]

Stannis is planning on drowning the entire Frey army at the Crofter's Village. Mormonts, half the Umbers, even the Manderlys are supporting Stannis.

[@darth856]

Support from the northern houses to Stannis relies on Davos being able to find Rickon, though. The north will always follow a Stark. Btw, I wonder what GRRM will do with Jon in WoW (I am almost positive he will be resurrected). Possibly he will come across Lady Stoneheart?

[@ToBeFrank_.]

Unfortunately we're still waiting lol. Probably never going to see it done.

[@rickisnaitang3986]

U can see some men of stannis tryna run away

[@cctoycc8114]

I loved his character the only true king

[@Kalli-v6q]

They definitely should of shown way more to this fight

[@AndresCadungog]

glad this didn't happen in the books

[@alonsomartinez7443]

The scene alone makes no sense, one of the best strategist of the seven kingdoms leading his starving army to open field… cmon…

[@darkwolf4434]

@@alonsomartinez7443 It was his only chance, Winterfell was the only place he could go to.

[@thenotorious844]

@@darkwolf4434 maybe the director only chance to kill him LOL because many fans rooting for stannis than Jon snow and Daenerys combined

[@darkwolf4434]

@@thenotorious844 Yep, they had to get rid of him somehow.

[@azexnewmai3607]

The only solace i get here is that Stannis and his force fucked up atleast half of Ramsey's force as we can see the force available for Ramsey at battle of the basterds was at least half of what it is here in this battle

[@ИльяСтупников]

How did Stannis manage to get to the woods while his been surrounded by all sides and was leading the vanguard? I mean his army would've been slaughtred in a few minutes. No chance for survival

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

It shows he went down fighting and we clearly see he is a skilled fighter (he takes down 2 soldiers right before he is killed).

[@TheRekordsUniverse]

Brodie should’ve got another shot at acting in something similar. What a great Stannis

[@tonytone611]

Is it ever explained that some how House Bolton has like 7k calvary all the sudden? Thats more horses then Rob had and he had the entire North behind him

[@Muzzle1300]

I think it’s mentioned by Roose Bolton that Ramsey’s decision to call for a charge was foolish as they could have not wasted men and stayed in the castle to defend against a siege, meaning Stannis like in Blackwater made a significant impact on Ramsey’s forces also showing the lack of long term planning Ramsey has as he just throws the full blunt of his men without thinking of better strategies

[@Guile1117]

regardless on how his ending will be when the winds of winter ever comes out, I don't think Stannis in the books or TV show would have attempted this with such numbers, like Rob he was a good strategist, he would have took kings landing, but didn't think the Lannisters and Tyrells would unite, and defeating the wildlings despite being outnumbered there, using a pincer move, I get it the show just wanted him gone for whatever reason, I liked Stannis too, the show ruined him near the end like others

[@bossmast3rboom929]

0:52 Sansa opened that door... with a corkscrew?! Bullshit-o-meter is going off the charts

[@callamastia]

i still maintain it should've been either jon or stannis to defeat the night king at the end ✋😔

[@penoyer79]

one thing is for sure - they book is going to be way way different and so much more nuanced than this farce.

[@jaredjahmon6602]

Me in mount and blade facing an army with only 200 men........