# If you were a Game of Thrones character, how long would GRRM let you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862 "2015-04-30T01:54:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/1 "2015-04-30T01:54:30Z")
A new quiz: [http://distractify.com/abby-s-marino/all-men-must-die/](http://distractify.com/abby-s-marino/all-men-must-die/) My result: You would last A Lifetime in Game of Thrones! Many are born into this world, but few have the character to become a leader. Whether it is your honor, your strength, or your knowledge of the world, you have found a means to inspire the hearts of men to follow you until death. You are glory incarnate, the fire that keeps the darkness at bay. Your enemies denied your truth and they suffered for their folly, earning you a long and unchallenged reign. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/2 "2015-04-30T02:13:53Z")
A couple of months (apparently I’m Nedd Stark): You would last only A Couple of Months in Game of Thrones. The brutality of Westeros and Essos is palpable. Only the strong can survive and you certainly have proven yourself capable of defending yourself; however, the land is rife with hedge knights, sellswords, men-at-arms, and combat trained lords. All of whom want to take you by the hair and slice or neck so deep that white of bone is visible for all to see. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/3 "2015-04-30T02:27:03Z")
Some of these questions seem a bit one-sided… “which would you rather have, Valyrian or castle-forged steel?” Why would anyone pick the latter? Or: “Who would you fight in a duel - Jaime, Jorah, Renly or Barristan?” Obvious choice is Renly… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/4 "2015-04-30T02:27:39Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Some of these questions seem a bit one-sided… “which would you rather have, Valyrian or castle-forged steel?” Why would anyone pick the latter? Or: “Who would you fight in a duel - Jaime, Jorah, Renly or Barristan?” Obvious choice is Renly… I gave both of those answers, too. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/5 "2015-04-30T02:31:16Z")
I got a picture of Daenerys and a baby dragon on her shoulder from right after the hatching. Wondering if it’s the same result for everyone who got **Elendil’s** result. On edit - I picked Jaime to duel and the Valyrian steel. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/6 "2015-04-30T02:37:56Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I got a picture of Daenerys and a baby dragon on her shoulder from right after the hatching. Wondering if it’s the same result for everyone who got **Elendil’s** result. > > On edit - I picked Jaime to duel and the Valyrian steel. Got that picture/result as well. However, I picked Renly to duel, so clearly that particular choice is not outcome-determinative. Hardest question, IMO, was who you’d pick in a battle of wits. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/7 "2015-04-30T03:06:13Z")
I picked Valyrien and Renly and got Nedd. I think it may have been me introducing myself to people. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/8 "2015-04-30T08:10:52Z")
Lifetime - I got Dany ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/9 "2015-04-30T09:03:44Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Got that picture/result as well. However, I picked Renly to duel, so clearly that particular choice is not outcome-determinative. > > Hardest question, IMO, was who you’d pick in a battle of wits. Indeed! I hesitated longer than I should have over a meaningless online quiz and went with Tyrion in the end, but honestly, I’m thinking Petyr Baelish might have been the one to bet on. He’s subtle and has been working to spread his influence and manipulate situations for decades during which Tyrion was whoring and drinking it up. In any case, I turn out to be glory incarnate, so I have that going for me. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/10 "2015-04-30T13:34:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I picked Valyrien and Renly and got Nedd. I think it may have been me introducing myself to people. I chose those 3 and got Daenerys. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/11 "2015-04-30T13:47:06Z")
I got the lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/12 "2015-04-30T14:00:52Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > I chose those 3 and got Daenerys. Maybe it doesn’t matter who you pick and, just like the book and show, whether you live or die is random. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/13 "2015-04-30T14:03:28Z")
I’d be a desecrated grave marker some character passes in a forest. For exactly the same reasons I was a starship commander in another novel. Well, for opposite reasons, really. That writer liked me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/14 "2015-04-30T14:09:49Z")
I got Lifetime but I am not proud of my answers at all. Mountain/Little Finger/Pray you never meet me on the road. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/15 "2015-04-30T15:16:14Z")
All my friends seem to have done that one, but I haven’t. I just assume I’d be some background character who randomly gets ganked by some creature out of the blue with no explanation or followup. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/16 "2015-04-30T15:42:59Z")
I’ve taken it twice, changing almost all of my answers, yet both times I got Daenerys. I guess I would indeed last a lifetime, no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/17 "2015-04-30T16:40:45Z")
I got a few months to live. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/18 "2015-04-30T16:49:15Z")
I didn’t take the poll because I’d have to be Tyrion or I won’t play. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/19 "2015-04-30T16:52:28Z")
It’d be interesting to see if different people got the same result if they agreed to give all the same answers. For example, I’m going to take the test, and I will pick the first/top/leftmost option every time. Wait for it… Okay, complication: I noticed that the order of the choices was shuffled in at least a few cases from the first time. So which matters, the position or the actual answer? Here’s what the leftmost choices were (the ones I picked) this time: sword Tywin Eerie Right hand Castle forged Slit throats Slay dragons Targaryon Barriston Selmy Magister Illyrio Dragon That set got me “a lifetime.” Which is quite a bit better than the “a day” my honestly chosen answers scored before. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862/20 "2015-04-30T17:20:00Z")
Apparently I would only last a couple of months. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-game-of-thrones-character-how-long-would-grrm-let-you-live/718862.md?page=2)