article_snippet.sent: No family escapes the slaughter with Tywin's grandson, the young King Joffrey killed by poisoned wine at his son Tyrion wedding.
article_snippet.sent: And his son Tyrion son-in-law King Robert Baratheon dies after being mauled by a wild boar.
article_snippet.sent: A key death that helps set Daenerys on Daenerys path to female warlord, liberator and fearsome 'Mother of Dragons', is that of Daenerys manipulative brother Viserys, who is killed by having molten gold poured over his head.
article_snippet.sent: Khal Drogo, played by Jason Momoa, becomes ill from an infected wound
article_snippet.sent: and then the black magic his wife Daenerys employs to save his reduces his to a vegetative state
article_snippet.sent: Daenerys's husband, the tribal leader Khal Drogo, then dies after a wise woman uses black magic to reduce his to a vegetative state - and his wife smothers his and burns his body.