Top 10 book changes from the 'Game of Thrones' season 5 premiere

4. Mance's dignified death

Speaking of that scene, the manner in which Mance dies is also different in the book. In the show, he goes out in a pretty dignified manner, having some defiant last words to Stannis before willingly going to his death rather than bending the knee. In the book, Mance's death is far more bleak. He screams and begs for mercy as he burns, yelling about witchcraft before the archers finally put him out of his misery. There's a clear reason for this, but it's not totally clear if the show will still be going there or not, so we'll have to wait and see how much the showrunners have changed here.

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