Game Of Thrones: Seven events that WILL happen in season seven
Season Six of GoT was the most eventful yet and has set things up for the final two seasons. So what can we expect in Season Seven? Here’s seven bold predictions from the Seven Lands
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Season six of Game Of Thrones was one of the most eventful in the show’s history and gave viewers the clearest glimpse yet of where the show may be heading. With that in mind here are our seven big predictions for season seven.
1. THE WALL WILL COME DOWN
We’ve been waiting for the army of the dead to reach the wall for just about as long as the show has been going. Seriously, the Night King’s army is slower than a Christmas party boat cruise that’s run out of alcohol. Then again the military force is made up of zombie corpses which are not typically known for their natural athleticism. But as we saw at Hardhome in season five, they sure can move when they put their undead minds to it.
But what happens when they finally reach the wall? How will they get through?
We were given a hint towards the end of season six when Bran is marked by the Night King during a vision.
The icy brand breaks the magic spells protecting the Three-eyed Raven’s cave, allowing the armies of the dead to enter and leading to the tragic demise of everyone’s favourite giant simpleton, Hodor.
Actor Isaac Hampstead Wright, who plays the young Stark, summed up how we were all feeling after the episode when he tweeted, “nice one, Bran”.
But the hints didn’t end there. Later when Benjen Stark rides to his nephew and Meera’s rescue he tells them, due to his new undead status, he cannot follow them through the wall as there is strong magic woven into its foundations.
When the marked Bran passes through the wall he will also undo its protective magic and in true dramatic GoT fashion it will come crashing down allowing the Night King’s army to march south. Nice one, Bran.
2. THE KING SLAYER WILL BECOME THE QUEEN SLAYER
When Jaime Lannister arrived back in Kings Landing to see the destruction wrought in the capital by his sister Cersei in the final episode of season six, there was a good reason why he suddenly looked like his pet puppy had just been run over by a drunken Westerosy chariot driver.
He was hit with the realisation that in his absence Cersei had gone completely off the reservation, using wildfire to avoid her religiously-rigged trial and in the process had blown up the Sept of Baelor and a sizeable portion of the city.
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If you recall Jaime killed “the Mad King” Aerys II Targaryen for just thinking about using the highly flammable green goop on the local populace. Jaime even got a sweet new nickname — Kingslayer — which, from memory was also a hugely popular heavy metal hair band from the early ‘80s.
The difference this time is Cersei has actually gone and done it. In the process she’s killed the High Sparrow, Queen Margaery, a raft of lords and ladies, countless innocent civilians and her own son King Tommen — although not directly.
In season seven, Jaime will once again be forced to assassinate a mad, power hungry ruler, but this time it will be his own sister.
3. SAM WILL DISCOVER SOMETHING HUGE AT THE CITADEL
He’s the dorky, funny fat man we all love but his cruel father loathes. And it’s time for Sam to step up and justify why his character is actually in the show.
Season seven will be his time.
He will discover something in the citadel’s library that every other learned Maester has missed and it will change everything for the upcoming battle with the armies of the dead.
He’s already stumbled on the rather useful fact that White Walkers can be killed using dragon glass. Hmmm, does anyone know where we can find some dragons on short notice? And let’s not forget he’s carrying his dear old dad’s sword made of Valyrian steel — also rather effective against the icy bad guys.
He just needs to win the battle with the citadel bureaucracy first. The incredibly unhelpful and grumpy guy at the Citadel’s front desk when Sam first arrives would have reminded everyone over the age of 40 of the bad old days trying to renew their rego at the RTA. No, wait, that’s unfair … the citadel guy was way more helpful.
4. BRAN WILL REVEAL JON’S TRUE PARENTAGE
They say bad news comes in threes and a source of a lot of the recent bad news on the show has been Bran Stark. So far he has foolishly allowed himself to be marked by the Night King resulting in the deaths of the Three-eyed Raven, everyone’s favourite loveable big oaf, Hodor and a whole bunch of those half cute, half freaky children of the forest.
And as discussed above, he is about to unwittingly bring down the wall. But Bran will do something else in season seven that will stuff everything up right royally. He will reveal to everyone that Jon is not Ned Stark’s bastard son but in fact the bastard son of Ned’s sister Lyanna and “the Mad King” Aerys II Targaryen. It’s classic Bran, right when all the Northern houses have finally rallied around Jon declaring him the King In the North, in he wargs to ruin everything. How loyal do you think the northern lords will be when they hear that bombshell?
And let’s not forget Sansa. As the rightful heir to Winterfell, she is already showing signs of discontent at Jon’s elevation to royalty. Surely even she will not sit back and let the North be ruled by the Mad King’s bastard — and especially if Littlefinger has anything to say about it.
5. THE CLEGANE BROS WILL FACE OFF
There have been a lot of rumours circling about the possibility the giant Clegane brothers, Sandor and Gregor, will meet up again in season seven and have the fight to end all fights. The excitement surrounding the possibility these two massive units will face off in combat has reached such fever pitch it’s even been dubbed “Clegane Bowl”.
Ever since The Hound had his face shoved in the fire as a child by his big brother The Mountain, hideously disfiguring him, he’s been itching for some payback — or at least we have.
And what better motivation to take big bro down than after he’s just received a Frankenstein-style overhaul thanks to the mysterious former Maester Qyburn.
Let’s hope The Hound doesn’t run into Arya Stark first because when she discovers he is still alive he’ll be right back on her kill list.
Clegane Bowl! Clegane Bowl! Clegane Bowl!
6. DAENERYS AND HER DRAGONS WILL FINALLY REACH WESTEROS
It’s been a wild ride with Daenerys. We’ve watched her grow from a timid and downtrodden younger sister to Viserys to a powerful Queen with a massive and loyal army behind her. We’ve loved all the crazy Dothraki stuff, the going round freeing slaves, the walking through fire, the loving the dragons, then falling out of love with the dragons, then loving the dragons again. It’s been great. But now it’s time for Daenerys to finally stick it to Westeros and reclaim the Iron Throne her father once held.
But if she wants it, it will have to be over Cersei’s dead body. As discussed above Jaime will no doubt help Daenerys on that front, but before he does we are in for one ding-dong battle of the Queens. As an interesting aside Daenery’s new Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister, will find himself fighting against his own family for the first time, but it’s unlikely he will lose too much sleep over Cersei’s death.
7. GoT WILL FINALLY STOP KILLING STARKS
There’s a joke going round on the interweb that every time someone asks GoT author George R.R. Martin when book seven is coming out he kills another Stark. And judging by his bloodlust for this unfortunate family he must get asked that a lot.
But come on, George, enough is enough, just finish the book and leave this poor family alone.
Let the remaining members have that beautiful reunion at Winterfell we all wish for, and please just let them live, George … LET THEM LIVE!!!
And it looks likely he finally will. Sansa, Jon, Arya and Bran have all become increasingly important characters as the show heads towards the business end. The Starks will finally be reunited at Winterfell in season seven — alive and well. But they are all very different people now and there’s no guarantee they will all still get along or live happily ever after.
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Jorah Mormont will finally find a cure for that unfortunate skin condition he’s been dealing with and take back his place at Daenery’s side.
Everyone’s favourite GoT granny Lady Olenna Tyrell, who has aligned House Tyrell with Daenery’s forces, will get her revenge on Cersei for killing her son, granddaughter and grandson in the Sept of Baelor explosion.
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