Who’s Left on Arya Stark’s Kill List From ‘Game of Thrones’ and Why?

Nobody kicks ass and takes names like Arya Stark. Season by season, she's been slowly ticking off each and every one from her infamous kill list—proving that, next to the Night King and Viserion (sob, still not over it), she might be the most deadly character in Game of Thrones. And as we last left off during the season 7 finale, hell hath no fury like an Arya Stark scorned. Westeros' favorite assassin is showing no signs of easing up on her quest for revenge.

After leaving fans in suspense the entire season, we finally saw an end to the Arya x Sansa feud, which—as one major fan theory predicted—ended up being all for show. How come? So the Stark women could corner Littlefinger and bring him swift justice in the form of a dagger to straight to his neck (much the way he held that very same weapon to Ned Stark's neck in season one, and the way Lady Catelyn was murdered at the Red Wedding).

That said, Arya Stark's kill list has changed a lot through the seasons. She starts to leave some names off as people die or prove their empathy to her—the Hound being the most obvious one. Even Maisie Williams herself has been joking about it on Twitter, writing that "Liam Payne" is on the list. (Clearly it was a riff on Ilyn Payne, but then again, Ed Sheeran made a cameo on season 7, so you never know who might actually end up on the show.)

With season eight set to premiere this Sunday, April 14, let's go back through who's left on Arya Stark's kill list and why they're there. If she's going to get through them all, the show's final episodes are going to be busy…and bloody. But we all figured that anyway, right?

Names that are definitely still on her kill list

Cersei Lannister
Why she's on the list: For her role in Ned Stark's death.
Status: Evil as ever. Here's hoping Arya gets her before the Night King does.

The Mountain
Why he's on the list: For torturing people at Harrenhal.
Status: Dead, then raised from death by Qyburn. Now he's a half-alive personal killing machine for Queen Cersei—and his brother the Hound had some choice words for him in the season 7 finale. Perhaps this moment had more foreshadowing than it let on.

Ilyn Payne
Why he's on the list: He's the one who actually beheaded Ned Stark since Joffrey didn't swing the sword himself. Kinda sucks for him since he was just following orders, but Arya's kill list grants no leniency.
Status: Alive. We think? We haven't actually seen him since season 2.

Names that have fallen off her kill list…at least temporarily

The Hound
Why he was on the list: He killed the butcher's boy.
Status: She had the chance to kill him but instead left him to die after he was wounded in battle with Brienne of Tarth. (Fans are divided on whether she let him go as mercy since he eventually grew to show her kindness—or whether she wanted him to die a slow death.) But as we know, he came back from the brink of death and is now part of Team Daenerys. Will he once again move to the top of Arya's list if/when she sees him again? It's uncertain. But it could be a huge growth moment for Arya if she no longer sees crimes against her friends and family in black-and-white.

Melisandre
Why she was on the list: She kidnapped Gendry while they were with the Brotherhood Without Banners.
Status: Old as hell but still alive, thanks to the Lord of Light—and her magical necklace.

Beric Dondarrion
Why he was on the list: He sold Gendry to Melisandre.
Status: He's died and been resurrected at least six times, but following the Red Priest's death, he's now on his last life. And stuff at Eastwatch isn't looking good…

Names that have been crossed off her list

Walder Frey
Why he was on the list: He killed Arya's mom, her brother, Robb, and Robb's direwolf at the Red Wedding.
How he was offed: Arya baked his sons in a pie, fed it to him while wearing one of their faces, and slit his throat. Savage.

Joffrey
Why he was on the list: Oh, beside the fact that he was the literal worst? He's the one who sentenced her father to death.
How he was offed: As she revealed to Jaime in her dying moments, the privilege of this kill—by poison at Joffrey's own wedding—belongs to Lady Olenna.

Tywin Lannister
Why he was on the list: He was the mastermind behind the Red Wedding.
How he was offed: By his son Tyrion, with a crossbow, while Dad was on the toilet (the best game of Clue we ever heard).

Thoros of Myr
Why he was on the list: He too took part in selling Gendry to Melisandre.
How he was offed: A wight grizzy bear got to him north of the wall, and he froze to death.

Meryn Trant
Why he was on the list: He killed Syrio Forel, Arya's water dance teacher.
How he was offed: Arya stole a face from the Hall of Faces and stabbed him repeatedly in a Braavosi brothel.

Polliver
Why he was on the list: He killed Lommy (one of Arya's friends from the group going to the Night's Watch), he stole Needle, and he tortured people at Harrenhal.
How he was offed: By fluke, Arya and the Hound ran into him at an inn—and Arya seized her chance for revenge.

Rorge
Why he was on the list: Wait, Rorge who? Yeah, it's been awhile since we saw this dude. He was one of the criminals taken from Harrenhal—and he threatened to rape Arya.
How he was offed: Arya got him! She stabbed Needle right through his heart after he tried attacking her and the Hound while they were on the run.

And now the wait until Sunday. We know that technically winter is here, but can it still come a little sooner?