Hey dingus, if you’re reading this story then you’re already excited about Avengers: Infinity War, how it’s coming out next month, and how it’s a veritable cornucopia of every superhero you’ve ever wanted to see. You’ll also probably be aware that at least one of our favourite characters is expected to die.

Kevin Feige, the mastermind behind the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe, hinted in a cover story for Vanity Fair that a shake-up was coming in which many of the major players in the MCU will make way for the new kids on the block.

“There will be two distinct periods — everything before Avengers 4 and everything after. I know it will not be in ways people are expecting”.

Feige later told Entertainment Weekly that even when it comes specifically to Infinity War, the third in the franchise, it’s likely that some of “the big ones” could die.

So, just who might those “big ones” be? We’ve determined which of your faves are going to cark it in Infinity War and ranked them here from most to least likely to die.

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Definitely Going To Die: Vision

Alright, there’s a very good reason that synthetic weirdo Vision is at the top of this list — he’s got one of the Infinity Stones stuck in his head, and it probably is what gave him like, a brain. So there’s a very good chance “I want all the jewels” Thanos will come after him first, and rip the stone out of his head.

I’m no robot doctor, but we can only assume that such a procedure would be fatal for him.

Also, Vision has only really been around for one movie, so it’s not like people are massively invested in him. My theory is that he’ll die first.

This is backed up by what we see in the trailers — there’s a scene of what we can only describe as forcible stone extraction from Vision’s head. RIP.

Clearly Going To Die: Hawkeye

Poor Clint Barton. His place in the Avengers could probably be taken by any Olympic level archery gold medallist, but god bless him for trying. As the weakest and most superfluous of all the superheroes, it makes a bunch of sense that he’d be vulnerable to… everything.

Plus, since the end of Age of Ultron he’s been trying to live a quiet life on a farm with his wife and children, which we all know is basically a death sentence.

But, even more damning is that Marvel seems to have forgotten to invite Jeremy Renner to come along for any of the promo. We don’t see Hawkeye in either of the two official trailers, or on the official poster.

Furthermore, we don’t even see Jeremy Renner’s name on the poster.

Looks like Hawkeye has a clear case of the deaths.

Seriously, what did Jeremy Renner do? pic.twitter.com/YjeRNKRESc

— Daniel Benneworth-Gray (@gray) March 16, 2018

Maybe Going To Die: Iron Man

This is a HUGE theory, but depressingly it all rings rather true. We won’t go too far into real world contracts and the like, because that’s boring, but remember that Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man was the Avenger that kicked off this whole shebang ten years ago.

He’s been flying around in his metal suit for seven movies now, so it’s probably time for him to move on. Plus, the symbolism of the first of the original wave of Avengers making way for the new breed is… beautiful.

New Infinity War Suit-Up Gif from marvelstudios

Also, RDJ probably gets more money than the rest of the Avengers combined, so Marvel is probably happy to say goodbye.

But it also makes sense in terms of his storyline — frankly, things are a bit sad for Tony Stark. His relationship is on the rocks, he’s super guilty from creating Ultron, the nastiest robot, AND he just got roundly thrashed by Captain America and half of his friends in Civil War. It seems exactly like the kind of hero who would sacrifice himself dramatically to save the day.

Hurry Up And Die: Loki

Loki has been a villain in a whole bunch of movies, and to be honest it’s getting slightly weird that he’s still hanging around. But more importantly, we know that he’s currently in possession of The Tesseract, his favourite magic doo-dad, which also has the Space Stone in it.

At the end of Thor: Ragnarok, Loki was seen staring longingly at the cube in Asgard’s vaults, and then the trailer for Infinity War confirms that he gets it in his sneaky little hands. Plus, it looks like he’s later offering it to someone, who we can probably assume will be Thanos.

You gotta remember that Loki led Thanos’s alien hordes to Earth in the first Avengers film, so the two have worked together before. But, it’s unlikely that Thanos will forgive him for losing the first time around and so will probably kill the God of Mischief.

Who Knows: Captain America

Look, Captain America makes a HUGE amount of symbolic sense. Not only is he the beating heart of the Avengers, he’s the FIRST Avenger. And much like Tony Stark, he’s been hanging around for ages, has done a bunch of movies, and been through a lot of stuff.

Plus, Chris Evans has been rumoured to want out of his contract for ages now.

“Chris Evans will be done playing Captain America after avengers 4” pic.twitter.com/tfWQR9cPqr

— ari (@onIybarnes) March 22, 2018

I can’t imagine a non-chris evans captain america

— froy (@froynextdoor) March 24, 2018

Just imagine the SHOCK of Captain America dying BEFORE Avengers 4? It might be the only thing that would draw together the rather fractured forces of the Avengers. Plus, Bucky might step in and take up his mantle. I think it would be a huge surprise, but it could happen.

Bonus Jerks

Gamorrah, Nebula and Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy are all likely to die too, because they have various ties and beefs with Thanos, and because frankly there’s too many of them in the film and someone has to die. I don’t particularly care.

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Avengers: Infinity War will be in cinemas April 25th 2018.

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Patrick Lenton is an author and staff writer at Junkee. He tweets @patricklenton.