Warning: Contains spoilers for Game of ThronesSeason 7, Episode 3.

If we don't actually see a character die in Game of Thrones, there's a fairly decent chance they'll come back, right?

Well, no. Not always.

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After Sunday night's episode saw Ellaria Sand and her daughter locked away in Cersei's dungeon with the latter about to embark on a slow, miserable death, some people were speculating that Cersei's decision to leave the former alive may have been a bad one.

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Apparently not, though. Indira Varma, who plays Ellaria in the show, has admitted as much; she told EWthat despite the fact her character's still alive in Episode 3, we're not going to be seeing the sand snake again.

"It’s all coming to a head and you have to get rid of less important characters that the audience hasn’t had the chance to invest in as much," said Varma.

"So I was expecting it. I wasn’t heartbroken. And I was like, 'As long as I die on screen…' and they [David Benioff and D.B. Weiss] were like 'Yeah!'

"But of course I don’tdie on screen. I stay alive, I’m just not going to reappear. I think it’s really clever."

That's the last we'll be seeing of these two.Credit: hbo

So long, Ellaria.

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