Just as the great wheel of leadership spins on Game of Thrones, HBO’s critically acclaimed fantasy series was seemingly destined to fall. A series could not fly so close to the sun without getting burned, and the infamous finale of the show proved that. Everyone had qualms about one storyline or another during the Game of Thrones finale, but the most painful disappointment belonged to Jaime Lannister. Portrayed effortlessly by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau for eight seasons, Jaime was the one that fans loved to hate. The twin brother of Queen Cersei (Lena Headey), who ended the first episode of the series by pushing a child out of a tower window, the knight of the Kingsguard was arrogant, entitled, and a little too fond of incest. This encouraged fans to rally against him, but the following seasons showed the character in storylines that housed some of the best character development on television. Regrettably, the best Game of Thrones character was not given the ending he deserved when the series concluded. Jaime Lannister easily could have been a one-note villain in the same way his sister is portrayed in the series, but Nikolaj Coster-Waldau successfully translated the character from book to screen in a powerful tour de force. At the start, Cersei’s twin would have done anything for House Lannister and even went so far as to get caught to remain faithful to his family. This changes as Jaime meets Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) and the two travel to King’s Landing together. Your answers point to the great house whose words, values, and way of surviving in Westeros match your own. Bend the knee — or don't. That's very much up to you. Winter is Coming — and you have always known it. You prepare not out of fear but out of duty, because the people who depend on you deserve someone who takes the long view. You understand the game — its rules, its exceptions, and exactly when the rules become the exception. You play it without illusions and without apology. You carry a sense of destiny that is difficult to explain and impossible to ignore — the feeling that you are not simply participating in the world but meant to reshape it. You are a force — direct, powerful, and difficult to ignore when you enter a room or a conflict. You do not negotiate with challenges. You meet them. You understand that power does not always announce itself — that sometimes it arrives with flowers, good wine, and a smile that doesn't quite reach the eyes. Brienne learns the truth behind his greatest shame and that the character always had the potential for goodness. He just had the bad luck of being born to Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), who had stamped out any potential for empathy. In turn, Jaime learns to think outside himself and becomes one of the most complex characters in the series. Season 3 marks Jaime’s greatest turn, and for the rest of the series, he never looks back.