E. Sellers

This man was not just a knight. He was THE knight. Ser Barristan Selmy - The Bold. -Killed Maelys the Monstrous, the last Blackfyre, in single combat. -Cut his way through the Golden Company at 23 -Saved King Aerys from Duskendale alone, when everyone else was too scared to go -Served 3 kings. Survived Robert's Rebellion, Greyjoy Rebellion, War of Five Kings. And how did Westeros repay him? Joffrey, a 13-year-old boy who never held a real sword, stood in the throne room and FIRED him for being old. Gave him a bag of gold like a retired servant. Janos Slynt laughed at him. Barristan didn't beg. He didn't kneel. He took off his Kingsguard cloak, threw his sword at Joffrey's feet, and said: "I am a knight. I shall die a knight." Then he walked out of King's Landing alone, with no army, no gold, no name. And he went across the Narrow Sea to find the RIGHTFUL queen. He knelt to Daenerys not because she was powerful, but because she was worthy. He died the way he said he would. Not in a bed. Not in retirement. In a dark alley in Meereen, surrounded by Sons of the Harpy, sword in hand, protecting Grey Worm when he had no reason to stay. No throne. No statue. No song. Just a knight, dying a knight. The last real Kingsguard.