Winter is Coming

“Winter is coming” they said, and guess what? Winter is finally here. Audiences have endured 60 episodes of heart breaking revelations, brutal executions, incest and dragons but it was all worth it because Winter has arrived. While George R.R Martin slowly writes away, what’s in store for Game of Thrones fans as the shows conclusion approaches?

Game of Thrones has done a very good job at blurring who the true enemy of the realm is.

The show has introduced some memorable villains like Cersei, Joffrey, Ramsay and of course little Olly… but a darkness has been brewing. Any avid Game of Thrones fan will know about the Long Night. 8000 years ago, darkness fell upon the world and an army of White Walkers and Wights slaughtered the living until Azor Ahai and his flaming sword, Lightbringer, pushed them back. It’s said that the White Walkers will return and indeed they haveunseen by the world as the seven kingdoms fight for an uncomfortable shiny chair. Forget the subplots. Forget about the throne. The real war is coming and none of that will matter. Audiences are ensured a spectacular battle on a scale that will make the Battle of the Bastards look like a mere squabble.

The show has been slowly building up to this war. An epic battle between the dead and the living. It’s impossible to say ‘when’ since the show has now taken over the books but it cannot be dragged out for much longer especially since the showrunners confirmed only 13 episodes remain. 13 episodes! Game of Thrones has the tendencies to surprise audiences meaning that this war could arrive early on but it cannot be denied that the war is the end game. Once it starts… the end is nigh, not just for our favourite characters who could be butchered at any moment but for the show itself.

With the war slowly boiling, everyone has had to deal with dramatic and shocking revelations. Season six has offered a lot of information that needs to be processed. Everything is unpredictable as we can’t look to the books for answers; we’re on our own and that makes fans vulnerable and scared. Who is next to go? What the hell is going to happen?

After five years, we finally know where Jon Snow came from but with the amount of plausible theories out there it’s very likely that we’re in for more shocking surprises. We could see the magical ice wall in the north collapse, Tyrion might be a Targaryen and we could even see Euron Greyjoy control a dragon with a magical horn. Some may sound ridiculous but when you play the game of thrones; anything can happen.

Season 7 seems like a lifetime away and already we have more than we can chew. Limitless possibilities, the threat of the Long Night and the fear of losing a beloved character. Fans can expect season 7 to be filled with bigger dragons, more twists and reveals and of course the start of the war. With no real indication of how it will end and what will happen, we can only hold onto the small hope that it will end happily. George R.R Martin laughs at our feeble attempt to hold onto that hope.