WINTER'S END
As season eight approaches, Will Salmon predicts the final moves in the game of thrones...
THE WALL HAS FALLEN, THE white walkers are about to overrun westeros – and they have an undead dragon of their own. then there’s the little matter of Cersei’s plot to finish Daenerys off once and for all… there’s a lot to get through in the last season of Game Of Thrones, especially considering that it’s a mere six episodes long. while we certainly expect some characters and plot threads to fall by the wayside – we wouldn’t be holding out hope for any more of Hot Pie’s adventures in the publican trade – there are enough pieces in place now for us to predict the way that some of the major plots will play out...
Winter is here
as the white walkers surge into westeros, killing everything in their wake, we reckon the final battle will take place in the starks’ ancestral seat – it was the start of the show and it needs to play a major part in its end. we know that the key to defeating the white walkers is to kill the night’s King – take him out and his army of wights will be destroyed. this will be no easy task – expect various secondary characters to be offed here – but eventually Jon’s forces will succeed. that won’t be the climax of the series, however...
War of the Queens
Instead, that will be the resumed conflict between Dany and Cersei. as we know from season seven, Cersei plans to set the Golden Company loose on her weakened enemies and we could see some major fatalities here on both sides. In the long run, however, there can be only one winner – and that will be Daenerys. she has already sparked revolution and she will be the (more-or-less) ruler westeros needs. It won’t be Dany who kills Cersei, mind…