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12th September 2018
06:43pm BST

As you may remember, at the time of his death, Ser Meryn was sent off to Braavos as a bodyguard for Mace Tyrell, who was meant to be negotiating a deal with the Iron Bank of Braavos regarding the Crown's debt.
At the time, Arya had been training as a Faceless Man at the House of Black and White and after noticing his arrival, she follows him into a brothel.
Rather than confront him straight away, Arya watches on as he rejects a number of prostitutes for being "too old." Ultimately, he settles on a group of young girls - no more than 12-years-old in appearance- and proceeds to beat them.
Unbeknownst to him, Arya has assumed the identity of this girl that he's currently beating.
What unfolded was one of the most gruesome scenes in the show's history as Arya jumps on Ser Meryn's back and stabs him in both of his eyes, as well as his chest, before slitting his throat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4O9IWLoABU
In an interview with Her.ie journalist Keeley Ryan at Throne Legends in Dublin, Ian Beattie (Ser Meryn) said: "To this day, it is the most expensive single death ever filmed in Game of Thrones 1) because it took 12 hours; 2) because of the special effects; 3) because of the CGI; 4) because of the amount of blood and the technical issues involved in it. It was a very long, sticky day."
With regards to his final scene, Beattie said that he saw the whole experience as "a gift."
"I was phoned by David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] at the start of Season 5 to say 'This is it, mate, this is your lot. Valar morghulis.' They told me that everyone was going to get to see a really nasty side to Ser Meryn, [but] they didn't tell me what it was - and when I saw it, I was like 'Oh my goodness, no!' And then they also said I would get a pretty good death. Pretty good didn't begin to cover that death. That was the Sonny Corleone of deaths. As far as I was concerned, it was them telling me: 'listen, good five years - well done. Here's a little gift for you."
With Game of Thrones entering its final season, we wonder if this incredibly gruesome record is still going to stand as the credits roll in the final episode?
Somehow, we think not.
Valar morghulis.
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