Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.39.235.138-20161216032456/@comment-1031724-20170910055537

Sigh... I have a new theory. (all speculation)

In the penultimate episode, the Night King kills Daenerys and is in turn killed by Jon Snow somehow (with Bran's help?), ending the White Walkers forever. Either Tyrion or Jaime die in the battle, probably Jaime so Tyrion can last longer, and at least one dragon.

By now, Jon will know he is Aegon Targaryen, and true heir to the Iron Throne, so he then turns to face Cersei to take it and restore peace to the Seven Kingdoms once and for all. But, he will have suffered EXTREMELY heavy casualties against the White Walkers, where Cersei's army is intact due to standing by, and has the Iron Bank on her side, and in the final episode, massacres Jon's forces, though the Hound may overcome his fear of fire and kill the Mountain before being literally stabbed in the back. If there is one dragon left, Qyburn will see it killed with a new dragon-killing weapon. Euron probably kills Jon, and Cersei's other brother - I'm predicting Tyrion - is brought before her and she personally slits his throat, or else imprisons him for life like Ellaria.

Thus, of the three sides that will battle it out, I predict victory for Cersei, as much as I'd like to believe that Jon and Daenerys will win, I really can't see it happening. The only reason I think they'll beat the Night King is because you know they're setting up for a big fight with Cersei, which will only be with whichever side wins the White Walker battle, and I think they'd let our protagonists - or at least some of them - stay until the end.

That still leaves Arya though... she's a professional assassin, and a better fighter than Brienne (who beat the Hound), and if she's still alive at this point, she will be the last threat to the evil queen. Maybe either in the middle of the season she tries to kill the Mountain, finds she can't coz he's undead, and he kills her, or she participates in the fight with the White Walkers and is killed by Viserion, or else the series ends with her slitting Cersei's throat, along with Qyburn and Euron to be thorough (like with the Freys). Which would mean the end of Cersei, but our other protagonists are dead.