Game Of Thrones Season 7 Finale: Who Will Live, And Who Will Die?
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Game of Thrones has finally reached the finale of its penultimate season, and the lives of all the characters we love hang in the balance.
Who will live? Who will die? Who deserves it most, and who will we mourn on Twitter for hours--maybe even days--afterward?
Click through the gallery to find out what GameSpot's staffers think is in store for the characters in Game of Thrones' Season 7 finale.
Arya Stark
Does anyone actually think Arya is going to die this season? - Mike Rougeau
Chances of her face hanging on a wall somewhere: 1/10
Sansa Stark
Sansa Stark has come too far and learned too much for her death to make much sense in Game of Thrones' overall arc. That's not to say the cretins won't do it; Arya's been acting mighty threatening lately. Call this wishful thinking. - Mike Rougeau
Odds that Sansa will wish she'd spent less time knitting and more learning how to knife fight her sister: 2/10
Jon Snow
Jon Snow has been stabbed, frozen, slashed, and shot so many times on Game of Thrones, you'd think there would be some chinks in his plot armor by now. But he hasn't even found out about his parents, so I doubt he'll go down just yet. - Mike Rougeau
Chances he's run out of deus ex machinas: 1/10
Daenerys Targaryen
Dany might seem to be safe, but if a dragon can die, so can a Dragon Queen. - Mike Rougeau
The series has a knack for killing off fan favorite characters, and wouldn't it be heartbreaking if Dany's zombie dragon killed her off? Personally, I wouldn't be too heartbroken, considering they've made her a tad unlikable this season. - Mat Elfring
Chances of zombie Viserion biting the hand that used to feed it: 3/10
Brienne of Tarth
Brienne is headed toward King's Landing in Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 7. Historically, that journey hasn't ended well for beloved characters. - Mike Rougeau
Brienne is almost too pure, too innocent to survive in the world of Westeros. Her unwavering support for what's right has, somehow, kept her alive this long. But if she ends up making it to King's Landing on her own, she has little chance of surviving a meeting with Cersei. - Justin Haywald
If Brienne dies in front of Tormund he will go into a barbarian rage, which will be cool. - Buddy Hutton
Odds Brienne is too good for Westeros: 5/10
Bronn of the Blackwater
Bronn should never have lasted this long. Sure, allying with the Lannisters has, counter-intuitively, proved the right choice at this point, but this up-jumped sellsword was in over his head from the moment he first stood up for Tyrion. - Mike Rougeau
Bronn seems to escape death a bit too easily during the course of the series, so I'm predicting he gets caught in the crossfire at King's Landing. - Mat Elfring
If Cersei ever wants to hurt Jamie, Bronn will be first on her list. His death line is going to be hilarious though. - Buddy Hutton
Chances Bronn will never get that castle and lordship he wants so badly: 5/10
Gendry
It's accepted canon that Gendry spent the majority of his time off-screen prior to Game of Thrones Season 7 rowing. But all the upper body strength in the world won't save him if Cersei ever finds out the Baratheon bastard exists. - Mike Rougeau
If Gendry travels to King’s Landing with the rest of the crew, then he’s toast. One of the last people that Cersei will want to see is the bastard child of King Robert. No matter what the circumstances, if Gendry is in eyesight of the Queen, she’ll have The Mountain step on his head. - Greg Thomas
Odds that Gendry will find out what the soles of the Mountain's shoes taste like: 5/10
Davos Seaworth
If Cersei finds out one of Robert’s bastards has been living under her nose this entire time, she’ll want to kill him and everyone responsible for keeping him alive. - Tony Wilson
Chances Davos will soon be short more than four finger bones: 5/10
Sandor "The Hound" Clegane
The Mountain is already a zombie, and the Hound just got a lot of experience putting the hurt down on the undead. There's going to be a battle, and Sandor is finally going to deliver the justice on his brother that he's rightfully earned over the last few seasons. - Justin Haywald
Clegane Bowl is basically confirmed at this point (I am a true believer, always). I could see them both dying--or if they want to just twist the knife, Sandor effing loses. What a nightmare. - Mike Rougeau
Chances Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane finishes the fight he started as a boy: 6/10
Jorah Mormont
Jorah the Andal unlocked a new skill tree this season as he fought off the undead hordes using double dragonglass daggers. You don't just throw away that kind of badass if you're writing this thing. On the other hand, Mormont was exiled from Westeros and told never to return--which would give Cersei a very good excuse to lop his head off. - Mike Rougeau
Likelihood Dr. Samwell shouldn't have bothered with that operation: 4/10
Jaime Lannister
Jaime cheated death already this season. He's failed to fulfill his arc from the books so far, so the show might just give him a heroic end and call it a day. He could go out saving Brienne somehow; maybe Cersei orders Brienne's death, and he's forced to intervene. That would do it. - Mike Rougeau
Jaime is in danger of either dying to Cersei, or killing her because she is becoming the Mad Queen. He may die in the attempt, and be known as the King- and Queen-slayer. - Buddy Hutton
Chances that he'll never meet his newest gross incest baby: 7/10
Grey Worm and Missandei
Two star-crossed lovers who have both gotten short shrift in life. But they won't survive because they're just too good, too wholesome. This season has had so many people die who deserved it; we're also going to see some people die who you really, really wanted to survive. - Justin Haywald
Can't anyone be happy? - Mike Rougeau
Chances Romeo and Juliet over here will be glad they finally consummated it, at least once: 3/10
Qyburn
Qyburn, you evil necromancer, you. Cersei has a better chance of surviving the upcoming battle than the true mastermind behind so much death and destruction from King's Landing. - Justin Haywald
Who wants to bet Cersei will throw Qyburn to the wolves (and dragons) the first chance she gets? - Mike Rougeau
Odds Qyburn will have to re-animate himself next: 5/10
Cersei Lannister
There's a small chance she'll be killed by Jaime. That also might be final season stuff. They've set her up too well to go out now, I think. - Mike Rougeau
Cersei has gotten in the way of the show's true conflict, the coming good vs. evil battle between the North's shambling zombie horde and the South's dragon-riding warm-bloods. And she's just gotten a little too evil this season. Cersei's over-reaching and lack of humanity will be her undoing in the season finale. - Justin Haywald
Also this season they are dressing her like the evil queen in Snow White. - Buddy Hutton
Likelihood the evil queen will bite the apple: 5/10
Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish
After spending too much time reading Reddit theories, I think Sansa and Arya are going to kill Littlefinger with his own dagger, thanks to intel Bran has been low key collecting at Winterfell. Arya will then wear his face. I consider this pretty likely; otherwise what purpose has that entire storyline served? - Mike Rougeau
I really want Littlefinger to die, and if I want it enough, it will happen, just like it happened to Joffrey. Bran sees a future with Littlefinger, and it's awful, so he informs Arya, and she destroys him, and I cheer. - Mat Elfring
Chances Littlefinger rues the day he stabbed Ned Stark in the back: 9/10
Theon Greyjoy
Over the course of all of Game of Thrones, Theon Greyjoy has transitioned from a spoiled, overconfident brat to a tortured shell of a person. Earlier in Season 7, he literally jumped ship when he had the chance to redeem himself and attempt to save his sister. He hasn't had much to do since then, but if his arc is going to have any closure, he'll have to go out in a blaze of schadenfreude by the end. - Mike Rougeau
Odds Theon will not rise again harder and stronger:8/10
Yara Greyjoy
Yara Greyjoy, who I refuse to call anything but Asha because that's her name in the books damn it, has been neither seen nor heard since being captured by her uncle and delivered to Cersei earlier this season. That makes me think if they were going to kill her, they'd have done it then. Maybe Theon will get another chance to save her, and actually come through this time. - Mike Rougeau
Odds that YaraAsha will soon be making out with sexy Dornish women in the Drowned God's watery halls: 2/10
Tormund Giantsbane
If Tormund is headed to King's Landing with the crew, I could see him challenging Jaime or doing something stupid to try and save Brienne. Why else are all these characters converging there? Tormund's been way too cute for his own good this season, which makes me think he's not much longer for Westeros. - Mike Rougeau
Chances Tormund won't get to make awesome giant babies with Brienne: 7/10
Tyrion Lannister
Could there be a more unexpected, or more unwelcome, death than that of Tyrion Lannister? Compassionate and loyal, Tyrion has endured so much, not throughout just the events of the series, but his entire life. And that's why they show might just throw in a Ned Stark-level, gut-wrenching death scene for one of the few characters who doesn't deserve to die. - Justin Haywald
As gut-wrenching as this would be, it's not likely. Then again, I definitely would have said that about Robb Stark before I read book 3. - Mike Rougeau
Chances Tyrion's gallows humor will finally become appropriate: 3/10
Varys
I think killing Varys would be something a vindictive Cersei might get up to, but other than that no one wants this dude dead. Possibly a Littlefinger/Varys battle of the spies, but it's a bit too late for that. - Buddy Hutton
Does Varys even do anything anymore? Melisandre hinted at his death in an earlier episode this season, and he's pretty much outlived his purpose as a character. I, for one, consider it likely. - Mike Rougeau
Odds the Spider becomes food for flies: 6/10
Beric Dondarrion
His means of revival is gone, so the next death is for real. Considering he was already dismissed forever ago, Cersei could so casually just have him executed for “rebelling.” - Tony Wilson
He carelessly let his healer die and has taken a lot of dps this season already. He also seems to weirdly want it. - Mike Rougeau
Odds Beric is out of continues: 9/10
Bran Stark
Bran's return to Winterfell wasn't the happy Stark reunion fans had hoped for, mainly because he's weird now. Apparently the overload of information from becoming the Three-Eyed Raven is responsible, and that's also made it unlikely he's going to die now, since all that build-up has to serve some greater purpose. - Mike Rougeau
Chances Bran will tell Jon who his parents are then die in some contrived way: Actually, when you put it that way, like 7/10
Lyanna Mormont
Lyanna Mormont is a one-off joke from the books that the show writers took too far. People for some reason adore her, even though she's a cartoon character who makes no sense in the context of the rest of Game of Thrones. She's unlikely to die this season, as much as I'd prefer it to her continued goofy existence. - Mike Rougeau
Chances I'll get my wish even though literally everyone else who watches Game of Thrones adores her: 0/10