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Quoting specifically from trope description \\\"If their death is key to the story (such as a political assassination), then it ceases to be a \\\"sacrificial\\\" character and becomes plot relevant.\\\"

Renly would still qualify because he\\\'s built up as a major player in season 2 and his abrupt death serves to show the power of Stannis\\\' faction, introduced in the same season.
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Quoting specifically from trope description \\\"If their death is key to the story (such as a political assassination), then it ceases to be a \\\"sacrificial\\\" character and becomes plot relevant.\\\"

Renly would still qualify because he\\\'s built up as a major player in season 2 and his abrupt death serves to show the power of Stannis\\\' faction.
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Quoting specifically from trope description \\\"If their death is key to the story (such as a political assassination), then it ceases to be a \\\"sacrificial\\\" character and becomes plot relevant.\\\"

Renly would still qualify because he\\\'s built up as a major player in season 2 and his fate serves to show the power of Stannis\\\' faction.
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[[spoiler:Robb, Catelyn, Talisa, and most of Robb\'s bannermen in Season 3.]] From SacrificialLion. After 3 seasons, The story has progressed very far to consider these major characters an example anymore, unlike Ned and Robert whose demise established early on an AnyoneCanDie setting. The ruthlesness of the ultimate responsible had been already made clear too, I\'d add.
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[[spoiler:Robb, Catelyn, Talisa, and most of Robb\\\'s bannermen in Season 3.]] From SacrificialLion. After 3 seasons, The story has progressed very far to consider these major characters an example anymore, unlike Ned and Robert whose demise established early on an AnyoneCanDie setting. The ruthlesness of the ultimate responsible had been already made clear too, I\\\'d add. You win or you die.
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[[spoiler:Robb, Catelyn, Talisa, and most of Robb\'s bannermen in Season 3.]] From SacrificialLion. After 3 seasons, The story has progressed very far to consider these major characters an example anymore, unlike Ned and Robert whose demise established early on an AnyoneCanDie setting. The ruthlesness of the responsible had been already made clear too, I\'d add.
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[[spoiler:Robb, Catelyn, Talisa, and most of Robb\\\'s bannermen in Season 3.]] From SacrificialLion. After 3 seasons, The story has progressed very far to consider these major characters an example anymore, unlike Ned and Robert whose demise established early on an AnyoneCanDie setting. The ruthlesness of the ultimate responsible had been already made clear too, I\\\'d add.
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Quoting specifically from trope description \\\"If their death is key to the story (such as a political assassination), then it ceases to be a \\\"sacrificial\\\" character and becomes plot relevant.\\\"
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