We’re two episodes into the final season of Game of Thrones, and even though things seem to be moving at breakneck speed (in the best way possible), we’re just getting into the real meat of the story. The dead are coming, and Winterfell’s army is preparing to tackle an army that grossly outnumbers them and fights with soulless abandon — but they have two dragons and a Three-Eyed Raven, so that’s got to count for something . . . right? Only if things go to plan, and they so rarely do on this series. As we close out episode two and look to the third, Winterfell is hinging on battling the frost baddie himself, the Night King, but what if he has other plans?
Back in February 2018, we discussed the idea that rather than meeting the Northerners head on, the Night King would lure them into battle with his White Walkers and wights, while he travels down to King’s Landing and handles Cersei and the Golden Company. Reddit user thetripleb posited the theory that after leaving Cersei when he realizes she was lying about sending an army to help in the North, Jaime would “convince at least a contingent” of the Lannister army to journey with him to the North. However, when the battle begins, the Night King and his new ice dragon aren’t there — they’ve flown south to destroy King’s Landing and add even more bodies to their already massive army.
Whew! It’s stressful, right? And even though we already know that Jaime arrives in Winterfell all by his lonesome, it still leaves a lot of room for the rest of the theory to come true. But the events of season eight’s first two episodes have changed more than a few things that must be taken into account when we consider the rest of the theory. Keep reading how, if this theory proves right, Winterfell can survive the Night King’s switcheroo.
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