5 Fantasy Shows With Even Better Villains Than Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones took the world by storm for many reasons, but one of the show's greatest strengths was its villains. George R. R. Martin created genuinely despicable antagonists; Joffrey Baratheon orders Ned Stark's execution, forces Sansa to look at her father's severed head, and later murders Ros with a crossbow for his own amusement. Still, Ramsay Bolton somehow manages to be worse, psychologically destroying Theon and subjecting Sansa to another horrific marriage. Even characters who aren't straightforward villains commit atrocities when power is at stake.