of all deaths game of Thrones Pantheon – beheadings, stabbings, poisonings, drownings, suffocations, skinnings, suicides, burns, beatings, explosions and zombie attacks – none compare to King Viserys’ wife Emma Arryn in the series premiere The severe trauma and painful childbirth were nothing more traumatic. hod. This is the most authentic of all works game of Thrones Death, a haunting account of the cruelty of childbirth. Emma’s delivery becomes complicated and it soon becomes apparent that both her life and that of her unborn child are in serious danger. King Viserys desperately needs a male heir to secure the Targaryen succession, and when he is told that the only way to save the child is through a dangerous and primitive caesarean section, he is faced with a painful decision that will almost certainly result in Emma’s death. Torn between his love for his wife and his duty as king, Viserys decided to go ahead with the operation. Needless to say, you won’t be getting over the grim sights and sounds of it all anytime soon.
Described with vivid detail and intense emotion, Emma is forcibly held down while the Maester makes the incision without anesthesia. She dies in agony, begging for her life, cruelly aware of the fate chosen for her. That the baby didn’t survive was hardly the point (although it sparked civil war within House Targaryen). Both get and hod If nothing else, it’s an ode to the horrors humans inflict on each other. But this is nothing compared to the cruelty inherent in simple life.