'Game of Thrones' author wants to kill you -- for charity

For $20,000, one male and one female character will be named after the donor in a future novel with the author promising the character will “certainly meet a grisly death.”

So, let me get this straight. For $10,000 per character, George R. R. Martin will put you into the next book.

That’s unprecedented. Who ever heard of someone spending that kind of dough to have their own personal fan character feature in their favorite work of fiction? It’s…

Hrm. Oh yeah. I guess there’s that one example. But come on, it’s Game of Thrones, and these characters are going to be killed off almost immediately. Surely the Homestuck fan trolls…

… they lasted one panel? Oh. Well, then.