King Viserys, House of the Dragon
Nice guys don’t do particularly well in Westeros. By virtue of being the king, Viserys (fantastically played by Paddy Considine) managed to keep his head on his shoulders and more or less kept the peace as well, even if his flesh was literally rotting off by the end. But by naming his daughter Rhaenyra his heir, then having a son, and muttering something easily misconstrued on his deathbed, he’s doomed the Seven Kingdoms to a brutal civil war of succession that’ll kick off in earnest when House of the Dragon returns in 2024.
