Now that we've all been thoroughly gut punched by the awesome Game of Thrones season six finale, we have to face the facts: we're stuck waiting a whole year for more. While this season left us with a lot of answers — including the truth about Jon Snow's parents — there are still a helluva lot of questions left to answer. Based on where each character left off in season six, we've got quite a few theories about how the show's seventh seasonal installment will play out.
Read on for our predictions (and hopes) for next season. There will be prophecies fulfilled, house alliances broken, and kill lists to complete . . . but, most importantly, Winter will be coming in full force. Is it 2017 yet? 1.Arya and Nymeria will reunite.
Now that Arya is in the Riverlands paying a visit to the Freys, she's
sure to run into her long-lost direwolf, Nymeria, whom she parts ways
with in the same area during season one. Nymeria and Ghost are the only Stark direwolves left, so she has to make a comeback . . . right?
Since Maisie Williams's cryptic Instagram post about Melisandre
doesn't come true in the season six finale, her character is bound to
meet up with the Red Priestess next season. After all, Melisandre is
heading south while Arya is (presumably) heading north to Winterfell —
it's the perfect setup for them to "meet again."
3Littlefinger will mess up Jon and Sansa's cushy new life at Winterfell.
As Sansa tells Jon Snow during the finale, "Only a fool would trust
Littlefinger." And Petyr Baelish already seems poised to ruin Jon and
Sansa's happiness at retaking Winterfell, either by convincing Sansa to
betray her cousin or by finding his own way to usurp Jon's newfound
power — perhaps by making good on his one-time promise to Cersei
Lannister that he would take Winterfell for her.
While Bran has already discovered the real story of Jon's history,
the Targaryen himself is still in the dark. However, Jon is likely to
discover the truth during a visit down to Winterfell's crypts or when he inevitably reunites with Bran.
5Bran will cross the Wall, messing up the realm's magic protections.
When Bran is touched by the Night's King during one of his visions,
it allows the White Walkers and their horde of undead wights to trespass
on ground that was formerly magically protected. Now, as he plans to
head south of the Wall, it's likely that he'll ruin the protective enchantments that were built into the massive structure, allowing the Night King's armies to breach the Wall.
6Which means Jon will have to fight the White Walkers.
Winter is here, which means that Jon, the Wildlings, and his sworn
swords will be the first to meet the frozen undead on the battlefield
when they breach the Wall. At least his Valyrian steel sword works
against White Walkers, right?
The tiny, fiery Lady of House Mormont
lays the verbal smackdown on a room full of grown men in the season six
finale, forcing them to see the error of their ways and pledge support
to Jon Snow. Game of Thrones fans can't get enough of
young Lyanna, and as one of Jon's first and fiercest supporters, we
think she'll have a larger role in the coming season.
Based on how quickly the plot pacing is moving (and the fact that there are only 13 episodes left of the entire series), Dany
will likely arrive in Westeros in early season seven — after a lifetime
of waiting, the lost Targaryen heiress will finally make it home.
9Jorah will have his greyscale healed by the new Red Priestess.
The new Red Priestess who confers with Tyrion and Varys in season six, Kinvara, is poised to take on the role of Moqorro from the Game of Thrones
book series. Moqorro heals a character's doomed arm in the books, which
means that Kinvara may very well bump into Jorah and fix his own
afflicted extremity.
10Tyrion will come face to face with his siblings — in battle.
The last time we see Tyrion in season six, he's heading toward the
Seven Kingdoms in Daenerys's fleet and wearing his new Hand of the Queen
pin proudly. However, with his sister now sitting on the Iron Throne
and his brother (presumably) supporting her, that means that Tyrion will
have to face off against his family to fight for the kingdom. Talk
about an awkward family reunion!
11Jaime will be faced with a tough decision about Cersei.
When Jaime arrives home to King's Landing to find Cersei sitting on
the Iron Throne, he looks perplexed at his discovery. Not only does he
not have an explanation for Tommen's death, but he also knows that
Cersei burned hundreds of her own citizens alive at the Sept of Baelor.
Given Jaime's history with murdering mad monarchs, it might be up to him to stop Cersei from becoming an even worse ruler than the Mad King before her.
12Cersei will let Qyburn experiment on the Shame septa.
Cersei has nursed a serious hatred for Septa Unella, who tortured her
during that awful imprisonment at the Sept of Baelor. Now that Unella
is in Cersei's clutches with no Faith Militant to come and save her,
Cersei plans to have a bit of fun for — fun that includes torturing the
septa for a very, very long time. We all know that Cersei's
former-Maester sidekick, Qyburn, loves performing gruesome medical
experiments, so we're sure she'll throw him a bone (or a nun) in season
seven.
13Sam will learn something important during his studies at the Citadel.
When Sam arrives at the Citadel, he dons a look of awe when he
explores the massive library. He's there to learn, and his number one
goal is to find a way to defeat the White Walkers before they wipe out
the entirety of Westeros — a task which, we're positive, he will succeed
at. Let's just hope he can send a raven to Jon in time for the showdown
between him and the Night's King!
Jon and Sansa have already discussed the struggles that will come
with ruling the North, including (but not limited to) people who want to
kill them, manipulators who would seek to force them apart
(Littlefinger), and an oncoming horde of wintery zombies. The pair of
cousins (who believe themselves to be siblings) barely knew one another
before they teamed up to retake their home, so it's understandable that
this list of stresses could add strain to their new relationship.
15Cersei will seek revenge on the Starks for retaking Winterfell.
Now-queen Cersei already blames Sansa for her beloved son Joffrey's
death, so when she discovers that Sansa has retaken the Stark family
home and proclaimed Jon "King in the North," she won't take kindly to
it. She'll definitely have a violent response, either via Littlefinger
as a proxy or by sending her own armies to fight the northern bannermen.
16Arya will meet up with her remaining family at Winterfell.
It won't take long for word to travel about Jon and Sansa retaking
Winterfell, which means that Arya will hear the good news and head home —
but how will the Stark siblings (and cousin) even begin to explain what
they've been up to? In our heads, it goes a little something like this:
17And she'll inevitably come face to face with the Hound.
Arya may have left Sandor Clegane for dead, but he's still alive and
roaming the Riverlands — the same location where she's been hanging out,
serving up revenge to the Freys. It seems likely that Arya will bump
into her old frenemy during her travels, but whether she'll be wearing
her own face is another question entirely.
Now that Jon has been confirmed as a Targaryen, he is the natural fit to ride one of Dany's three dragons — and according to a popular theory dubbed The Three Heads of the Dragon, the third rider will be Tyrion Lannister.
He's already got a bond with Rhaegal and Viserion after unchaining them
from their dungeon in Meereen, so it wouldn't be too far-fetched for
the Imp to ride one of them into battle during season seven!
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