Got $20,000? Then You, Too, Can Die in the Game of Thrones Books

The horrifying deaths on Game of Thrones have provoked a lot of feelings in fans of the medieval fantasy series: anger, sadness, grief… jealousy?

If you’ve ever stared at the severed heads and mutilated bodies of the Westerosi dead and thought “hey, I wish that were me,” then you’re in luck! In order to raise funds for two charities, The Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary and the Food Depot of Santa Fe, Song of Ice and Fire series author George R. R. Martin has come up with a rather creative crowdfunding prize: Two lucky Game of Thrones fans with $20,000 will actually get a character in a future Game of Thrones novel named after them—a character that will, naturally, die a horrible death. As the description for the “Martyr” pledge level explains:

There is one male character and one female character available. You can choose your character’s station in the world (lordling, knight, peasant, whore, lady, maester, septon, anything) and you will certainly meet a grisly death!

We would expect nothing less. Other rewards include having breakfast with Martin (“Hand at the Table,” $15,000), Martin’s well-worn hat (“Crown,” $7,500) and a pair of tickets to the Season 5 premiere (“King,” $7,500).

The benefit hopes to raise $200,000, and anyone who makes a donation will be entered to win another tremendous prize:

You and a friend will be flown out (from wherever you are in the world) to meet me in Santa Fe, where we’ll share a helicopter ride to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. In addition to touring the Sanctuary together, we’ll also have plenty of time to discuss the show, A Song of Ice and Fire, direwolves—and if there’s anything you have ever wanted to ask me, here’s your chance!

If you’ve ever wanted to speak to the man himself about the hidden meaning of the prophecies of Quaithe or the true identity of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, now’s your chance! (Just don’t ask him when the next book is coming out. We all know how that ends.)