--- description: "Game of Thrones"' season five finale showed a lot of death, some seemingly justified title: See How Arya's Kill List Is Going on 'Game of Thrones' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How Arya's Kill List Is Going on _Game of Thrones_ by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) and [Heather Jones](/author/heather-jones/) Jun 15, 2015 2:08 PM CUT by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) and [Heather Jones](/author/heather-jones/) Jun 15, 2015 2:08 PM CUT She may not know the true [meaning of the gift of death](http://time.com/3920690/game-of-thrones-recap-mothers-mercy-season-5-episode-10/ "undefined"), but Arya Stark went for the jugular (an understatement) during the season five finale of _Game of Thrones_. The youngest Stark crossed another villain off her list: Ser Meryn Trant, who she blames for killing [Syrio Forel](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Syrio%5FForel "undefined"), the man hired by Ned Stark to train her with a sword. It’s not the first time viewers have seen her kill, but it was certainly the most shocking. She’s been seeking justice since the unfair beheading of her father in season one, and though it’s unclear where her story will go from here, her list has made considerable progress.  ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. HBO; De Agostini—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3920558/arya-stark-game-of-thrones-meryn-trant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3920558/arya-stark-game-of-thrones-meryn-trant/"},"headline":"See How Arya's Kill List Is Going on Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2015-06-15T14:08:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:50:39.239Z","description":"Warning: Spoilers for the season finale of Game of Thrones ahead","url":"https://time.com/3920558/arya-stark-game-of-thrones-meryn-trant/","keywords":["Television","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Heather Jones","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/heather-jones/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3920558/arya-stark-game-of-thrones-meryn-trant/","name":"See How Arya's Kill List Is Going on Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```