Season 1 of Game of Thrones may seem like a distant memory, but lets get real: The North always remembers.

If theres one character whos truly unforgettable, its Eddard Ned Stark, played by the actor who dies in everything , Sean Bean . Ned was billed as the lead of the HBO series, but (spoiler alert!) was killed off in Episode 9, Baelor, proving early on that GoT wasnt against executing its stars or any other cast member for that matter.

Still, despite getting his head chopped off, Ned has remained the heart of the HBO show, posthumously guiding the Stark children throughout their own journeys to the Iron Throne.

When asked about Neds impact years after his untimely/tragic/why-God-why departure, Bean told HuffPost, He was such a fantastic character to play. He was one of the very few good men with principles and morals and values in the whole thing, because everybodys backstabbing and poisonous people.