George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire books are dense, which means not every character made the cut in Game of Thrones. The Game of Thrones ending was famously controversial, especially among book readers who felt betrayed by the numerous plotlines that were dropped leading up to Season 8. Readers constantly disparage the show's depiction of Dorne and mourn the mishandling of characters like Euron Greyjoy and Varys, but at least they made it on to the series in the first place. Several integral characters were never brought onto the screen, limiting the potential narrative flow for the series.

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