The North
Umber / Karstark alliance - Both sons of Umber and Karstark were sworn to fealty to Jon Snow, King of the North, much to the chagrin of Sansa.
Umber S7E4 prediction: Stay allied for the Winter and Undead to come.
Bran - The warg and Three Eyed Raven shows up at Winterfell with Meera Reed. He tells Sansa that he has seen all that has passed, but needs to practice more which just leaves her sister confused. He should have told her about their Dad at the Tower of Joy, how Jaime pushed him from the tower, anything but what he said about his mystical powers. He's too busy to become the Lord of Winterfell.
Bran S7E4 prediction: Will Bran's travel through the gate allow the Others to pass since the magic of the Children has been negated? Was Bran marked by the Nights King and that will break the magic so he becomes Bran the Breaker or Destroyer? Bran's mission is to tell Jon his father is Rhaegar? But we still don't know if Lyanna's marriage was performed by a septon and thereby legitimate. Will he tell Sansa that they need to hang Baelish for treason against their father? Will he tell Sansa Jaime tried to murder him by pushing him out the window while the Queen and her brother were hitting the hay? Will he reveal that Littlefinger stole Tyrion's Valyrian dagger used by the assassin? Will the lords of the North make Bran the true King of the North since Jon is a bastard and Sansa skips her birthright to the eldest legitimate Stark.
Jon - Jon is in the thick of things as he does not bend the knee to Daenerys, and is not a prisoner -- yet. Talking to Tyrion after the meeting seems to sway the little Hand to then bend Dany to make a compromise for dragon glass so it can be mined and forged for weapons against the Others. Even if Dany doesn't believe him, he now owes her one.
Jon S7E4 prediction: Jon has to get to the weapons and himself back to Winterfell in time before the Others break through. Hopefully he will go to the caves in Storm's End and find the dragon glass. Dany will appear to be desperate to get the North on her side, but he won't know that House Tyrell, House Martell / Sand and the Greyjoy rebellion have all been squashed. Hopefully, Jon doesn't fall for her imperious attitude and agrees to a mutual pact of non-aggression and aid if she wants to retreat to lick her wounds since Cersei will want both their heads and it's best they band together when that happens.
Jon's prophecy: Azor Ahai; the prince that was promised
Lightbringer: The sword that is created by Azor Ahai by plunging the blade through his beloved's heart, fusing her soul (Nissa Nissa) within the object
SPOLIER THEORY: Jon plunges Longclaw into Daenerys' heart as she commands him to and drains her soul to create Lightbringer in order to destroy the Nights King. Because Dany appears to be murdered, Jon exiles himself instead of being hanged or worse by her loyal followers.
Sansa - Sansa is the acting Stewardess of Winterfell, giving commands left and right for the preparations of the invasion. Petyr coos at her on the way she wields power, but she is saved from having to deal with him when Bran is found and they talk by the weirwood tree.
Sansa S7E4 prediction: Will Sansa be Queen #6? Will Sansa be planning marry Sweetrobin and tell him how his mother Lysa actually died by Petyr pushing her through the Moon Door, giving Lord Baelish his due reward? Will Sansa decide to marry Jon to legitimize and solidify the Stark's hold on the north when the truth comes out that they are not step-siblings? Will she just remain single and defiled and become the Wardeness of the North in name by a tribune of the northern lords in defiance of the Crown? Will Petyr take her prisoner for trial of the murder of Joffrey and deliver her head to Cersei? Will he take Sansa to Harrenhal to rebuild it and make her a lady of Riverrun once he finds out Walder Frey is dead? Will Petyr betray Cersei and use Sansa as a trojan horse to get into King's Landing when Daenarys' army lays siege to the south portion and then overthrow the Mad Queen?
Sister - Brother rivalry: Sansa ahead
Davos - No show for E3
Davos S7E4 prediction: Is he Jon's Hand of the King? Always on the sidelines for diplomacy.
Petyr Baelish - Lord Baelish needs to whittle down his opponents. Sansa and Jon are completely against him even though they owe him their lives. He surely is still attempting to play double agent for The Crown, feeding Cersei what is happening in the North. If Sansa ever talks to loyalists, she will reveal Petyr advised and aided her leaving King's Landing and then proposed for her marriage to Ramsay to unify the Warden of the North bloodlines. Why hasn't Sansa runs told Royce that Bolton men did not capture her from Baelish. Why hasn't she told Royce that Petyr threw Lysa out the Moon Door in cold blood, changing her testimony. If Royce ever talks to loyalists, then he will tell them Baelish smuggled Sansa out from King's Landing and then Bolton men captured her. Royce would not take kindly to Petyr's insinuations that he betrayed Sansa Stark to Bolton. In any of these scenarios, Petyr's goose is cooked and he has no way to squirm out of the web of deceit that he spun for all the players he's been playing. He has to ensure that Sansa or Jon or Royce never talk to anyone on the opposing side, otherwise his game is over. Petyr's days are numbered as his double crosses are going to catch up to him when Sansa, Jon or Cersei finds out. Petyr had a hand in their father's arrest. Sandor the "Hound" can attest to that. Royce can divulge that the Bolton's attacked Petyr and kidnapped Sansa, to which she will know he is lying to everyone. Then she can change her testimony about how Lady Lysa died when Petyr pushed her aunt out the Moon Door in cold blood and not in a struggle to save her life. Baelish was offered the Warden of the North by Cersei after mopping up Stannis and the Boltons for their betrayal of harboring Sansa. Now Petyr has to mop up the Starks, but it gets tricky as a hobbled Bran has reappeared.
Lord Yohan Royce - No show for E3.
Lord Robin Arryn - No show for E3.
Riverrun
Edmund Tully - No show for E3. Where is Edmund? Do the Lords of Riverrun take over the Twins?
Arya - She doesn't run into Melisandre or Jon, but good ol' Hot Pies. He watches her devour a meal and mead and tells her brother Jon is King of the North. Her plans for killing Cersei is put on hold and turns around to head north for home. On her way in the winter woods, she is assailed by a group of wolves led by her once cub Nymeria. Respectful of her old master, the wolf let's her go unmolested, and as a wild being is not beholding to any master anymore.
Arya S7E4 prediction: She will one day compare scars with Jon when she gets home. Do we foresee a reunion with Arya and Sandor and his traveling brothers? Will she run into Melisandre as the witch predicted?
Brienne / Podrick - No show in E3.
Brienne S7E4 prediction: She might float to some Quiet Isle and find a Hound traveling with a band of Brothers. Also, she is stuck in the twilight zone of boat riders of Gendry.
Podrick S7E4 prediction: Still learn how to be a wilderness squire and tag along, and eat some dirt from Brienne's training.
The Fingers
Sandor Clegane - No show for E3.
Sandor Clegane S7E4 prediction: Will his merry band of believers run into Sansa and Baelish in Winterfell and spill the dirt on Littlefinger in his dealings with Ned Stark's arrest? Will Sansa fall for Sandor or maybe he will offer some information and then be asked to chop Petyr from breast to navel to put him to ground for good before fighting the Others?
Iron Islands
Euron Greyjoy - Amazingly, Euron and his sailors find Grey Worm's fleet half way around Westeros at Casterly Rock after having a battle royale near Dorne with Yara and then landing in King's Landing for another audience. He delivers Ellaria and Tyrene to Cersei, but it still put on hold for the royal wedding, with Jaime glaring on after a dig on the Queens' bedroom's proclivities.
Euron S7E4 prediction: With the destruction of Daenarys' fleet nearly complete, Euron can relax and oust the Unsullied from Casterly Rock since they have no provisions to last. Maybe he will hold on the Lannister castle and Lannisport to keep Cersei in check for the impending marriage.
King's LandingJaime Lannister - Jaime nearly ripped Euron's head off while they verbally sparred about Euron's marriage to the Queen. Afterwards, he learns from his mistake of holding on symbols of power, and actually uses his power of the Lannister army to take Highgarden from House Tyrell with Bron and Lord Tarly. With victory imminent, he barges in on Olenna and has a nice chat over wine and crumpets and poison, where he learns it was her that killed his son Joffrey, not Tyrion. And a warning that he is following a Mad Queen who will bring him down in a shared tragic end.
Jaime S7E4 prediction: With the Vale in rebellion and the Twins in disarray, after delivering the booty and gold from Highgarden, it will be time for Jaime to lead the Lannister army to clean up Riverrun and capture the Eyrie from little Lord sweet Robin now that the majority of the armies are leaderless. Will the Lannister army be pincered between a retreating Unsullied and an enraged Dothraki force with Dany riding with her host of dragons? Will the Red Lion have ballistas at the ready? Maybe Jaime gets captured -- again, and this time manage to keep his hand.
Cersei S7E4 prediction: With all her children dead, and no pretenders to the Iron Throne, she just has to deal with the open rebellion of the North (with the Vale) and Daenarys. She only has Tyrion to deal with as the spoiler of news that the three children were conceived out of wedlock with Jaime and not Robert Baratheon. Will Jaime make it back to King's Landing to tell her about Joffrey's murderer? She will feel heady now that two enemies have been crushed and seems to be winning. Will she have the money to pay off Tycho and the Iron Bank of Braavos?
Sister - Brother rivalry: Cersei
Cersei's prophecies:
Each of her children she will watch die before her
She will be killed by Volanqar (younger sibling) -
Arya has her on the hit list, and Nymeria killed Myrcella so why not go for the mother
Sandor could be alive since we did not actually see him stop breathing, and the Faith saved him
Dany might, but she might be too late to the party to help
Tommen does not appear to be the type to be a kinslayer
Loras is in no shape
Brienne has no reason
Qyburn - No show for E3.
Ser Robert Strong / Gregor Clegane - No show for E3.
Qyburn S7E4 prediction: Qyburn has a score to settle with revenge for almost being killed by Gregor Clegane's men (allied to Lannister) in Harrenhal, who then travels with Jaime Lannister and saves him from gangrene due to his severed hand. Funny that Qyburn experimented on Gregor and changed him into a unquestioning servant of Cersei. Qyburn has a huge grudge against Gregor and thereby all Lannisters so does he have a hidden safe-word to turn the Mountain on anyone at anytime of his choosing? Is he playing the long con, letting Cersei and Jaime believe he is a friend, when opportunity shows itself, he will turn-cast and put them in the ground? Until then, what does he have in store for the invaders? More wildfyre?
Frankenmountain S7E4 prediction: Glower more.
Bron S7E4 prediction: He will keep reminding Jaime he was promised a castle and a nice looking bride. Maybe Jaime will give him two castles... the Twins and Dragonstone - if he can win the battles to conquer them.
Ellaria - Brought to the dungeons of King's Landing by Euron and handed over to Cersei as a prisoner in perpetuity, chained and helpless to watch as her daughter Tyene dies from the same poison used to kill Myrcella.
Sand Snakes - Tyene makes her swan sand song as she dies slowly from poison as her mother watches on.
(Obara, Nymeria, and Tyene)
Ellaria S7E4 prediction: Ellaria is Queen #3. Will Dorne demand her release? Or will Doran's former concubine come out of exile and reclaim Dorne for herself?
Sand Snakes S7E4 prediction: Swim forever with the fishes, finally.
Daenerys Targaryen - The Dragon Queen decides to listen to Tyrion's council about Jon after her steely cold interview did not go as smooth as she hoped. She changes her tone with Jon and makes a deal to win his favor by giving into his request for obsidian. Even if she doesn't believe the Others are real, it still is a way to make an ally of the North in the long run.
Daenerys S7E4 prediction: She needs to move her armies into action before the Dothraki get bored and abandon the cause and allow Cersei to mobilize resistance. Dany is fed up with Tyrion's clever plans and needs to follow Olenna's advice and "be the dragon" and win the war and be merciless. She also needs to save the Unsullied from being pinched by Euron from the sea and Lannister's from Highgarden. Will she bring the fire and decimate both army and navy? Will she ride Drogon to save the day? Will she admit to Jon that Dorne and Highgarden are no longer in the game, and she desperately needs the King of the North?
Dany's prophecies:
Light three fires - one for life, death, and love
Ride three mounts - one to bed, one to dread, one to love
Three treasons - once for blood, once for gold, once for love
Melisandre - The priestess of Light runs into Varys and the two share a talk on the cliffs of Dragonstone. The Spider taunts her about hiding from Jon Snow, and she taunts back with soothsaying about Volantis and death.
Yara Greyjoy - Euron drags her in chains through the streets of Fleabottom and she is given back to her uncle by Cersei to do with as he wishes.
Theon S7E4 prediction: Will the sailors let him lead again? Will they go back empty handed and broken to Storm's End? Or will they fall back to being pirates and head to Essos and chance their fortunes since war is no longer a profitable business.
Yara S7E4 prediction: Sadly, she is now in thrall to Euron. What does he plan to do with her? Murdering her in cold blood doesn't seem his style.
Sister - Brother rivalry: Theon ahead, but only because he is free to swim.
Tyrion S7E4 prediction: Advise Dany and deal with the logistics of blockading King's Landing and Casterly Rock by navy, and using Dornish and Tyrell's armies to launch D-Day against Cersei with the Dothraki and Unsullied trampling the Reach by raiding and pillaging farms loyal to the throne.
Tyrion parentage theory: It is rumored that the late King Aerys II Targaryen bedded Tywin's wife Joanna Lannister after the 10th anniversary Tournament. Since all of the Queen's births were miscarraiges or stillborns, with the last being premature, it is plausible that Aerys' tainted seed could have caused Joanna's death in childbirth to a disfigured boy, even though sister-Queen Rhaella survived many birthings. Aerys taunted Joanna at the tourney, and in the past desired her to be his wife as he mocked Tywin that it is no longer the host's right to take the bride first before her husband has a chance to bed. Tywin had alluded that Tyrion might not be his child by blood, but he upheld that he was a Lannister. This would tie in with RT+LS=J, and Daenerys, and Tyrion to be the three dragon-riders and all related in the same Targaryen bloodline.
Varys - Varys meets with the Red Priestess and talk about the mysterious future, and where they will meet their ultimate demise.
Varys S7E4 prediction: He needs to re-establish his control over the little birds from Qyburn and get some good intelligence that proves his worth to Dany.
Grey Worm - Grey Worm leads the charge to take Casterly Rock through a hidden sewer entrance and open the gates. The victory comes too easy, and then he notices his fleet being destroyed by the Kraken fleet. With no provisions in the castle, he needs to retreat, but where?
Missandei - No show for E3.
The Reach: Highgarden
Olenna Tyrell - Olenna gets her revenge as she is put to death by Jaime by revealing that she poisoned King Joffrey, and insulting his allegiance to a very demented sister.
Lady Olenna S7E4 prediction: Minor Queen #4 has been removed from the Game for good.
The Reach: Oldtown
Samwell & Gilly & baby Sam - Sam pretends to be the dutiful servant, but Maester Tarwyn cannot be fooled and brings him to task about attempting to heal Sir Jorah. We don't see how Sam is getting on with Gilly and the baby. Sam is admonished by the maester, luckily he wasn't kicked out of the order for insubordination, and is given the task to rewrite books that are rotting away.
Samwell E7E4 prediction: Lord Tarly (or brother Dickon) will be after Sam and want to hang him for stealing the sword since it has not been legally bestowed to Sam. Sam will have to get seriously trained in swordplay if he plans on using Heartbane, and seek protection from another lord from his father's deadly wrath or his father and retainers who will be chasing Sam and Gilly down. If Sam can talk the maesters to allow Gilly to stay under protection she might not be taken hostage by the Tarly's in retaliation. Perhaps Sam wants the sword so the maesters can study on why it can destroy the Others, as well as dragonglass. Possibly the Citadel will offer protection for Sam and not allow the Tarlys to arrest him. However, Gilly and the baby are easy targets and might be given up by spies. Can the maesters discover how to remake Valyrian steel? Will Sam make his way to Storm's End when invited by Daenerys to instruct them how to make weapons and take them north to swing the tide of battle when the Others find a way past the Wall?
Jorah - So the bear knight is given a clean bill of health and Master Tarwyn and is told to leave the Citadel.
Jorah S7E4 prediction: News that dragons are in Dragonstone will led Jorah back to Dany. Expect him to be teary eyed at the reunion, but Dany won't be so moved.
Meereen
Daario - No show in E3.
Armies of Westeros
House Targaryen
Daenerys
Unsullied
Elite - 8,000
Regular -
Support -
Dothraki
Elite - 15,000 (horselords)
Regular - 15,000
Support -
Stormcrows/Second Sons (Daario)
Regular - 500
Support - 100
Navy - 0
Westerlands
House Lannister (Lannisport) ***
Tywin (murdered by Tyrion)
Devan Lannister - Lord of the West & Casterly Rock (capitol)
Kevan Lannister (deceased?)
Regular - 30,000 / 50,000
Navy - 50 / 60 ships
King's Landing (Crownlands)
Elite - 200 (Royal Kingsguard)
Regular - 2,000 / 15,000 (5000 at Riverrun)
Navy - 50 ships
House Banefort (Banefort)
House Brax (Hornvale)
House Broom
House Clegane (Clegane's Keep)
House Crakehall (Crakehall)
House Farman (Faircastle)
House Lefford (Golden Tooth)
House Lydden (Deep Den)
House Kenning (Kayce)
House Marbrand (Ashemark)
House Payne (e.g. Ilyn, Podrick)
House Piper (Pinkmaiden)
House Prester (Feastfires)
House Reyne (destroyed)
House Sarsfield (Sarsfield)
House Serrett (Silverhill)
House Swyft (Cornfield)
House Tarbeck (Tarbeck Hall)
House Westerling
The Reach
House Tyrell (Highgarden) ***
Lord Mace Tyrell - (deceased)
Lord Paramount of the Reach / Mander & the South
Lady Olenna Tyrell - (deceased)
Army - (20,000) / 80,000 - 100,000
Navy -
House Ashford
House Caswell
House Crane
House Florent (Brightwater Keep)
House Fossoway
House Gardener
House Hightower (Hightower)
House Merryweather (Oldtown)
House Mullendore
House Oakheart
House Redwyne (Arbor)
House Rowan
House Tarly (Horn Hill)
House Vyrwel
Iron Islands
House Greyjoy (ex-Ironborn)
Yara (imprisoned)
Theon
Army - 90
Navy - 30 ships
House Greyjoy (Pyke) ***
Balon (murdered)
Euron - Lord of the Iron Islands
Army - 5,000 / 20,000
Navy - 66 / 500 ships
The North
House Bolton (Dreadfort) ***
Roose (murdered by Ramsay)
Ramsay Bolton - ex Warden of the North (deceased / war)
Army - (3,500 / 33,000) (45K w/ Winterfell @ prime)
Navy -
House Stark (ex-Winterfell / ex-Castle Black)
Eddard (executed by Joffrey)
Robb (murdered by Roose)
Sansa / Jon
Regular - 2,000 (Wildlings)
Support -
Navy - 0
House Karstark (Karhold)
Harrion Karstark (deceased / war)
Rickard Karstark (executed by Robb)
Harald Karstark
Regular - 2,000
Support -
House Umber (Last Hearth)
Jon "Greatjon" Umber (deceased / war)
Jon "Smalljon" Umber
Regular - 3,000
Support -
House Manderly (White Harbor)
Lord Wyman Manderly
Regular - 3,000
Support -
House Mormont (Bear Island)
Jeor Mormont (murdered by Rast)
Maege Mormont
Regular - 1,000 (62 pledged)
Navy -
House Hornwood (Hornwood)
Regular - 2,000 (200 pledged)
House Ashford (inside joke)
House Cerwyn (Cerwyn) - Jonelle Cerwyn
House Cassel - Lady Beth Cassel
Jory Cassel (dec. @ RW)
House Caulfield (inside joke)
House Dustin (Barrowton) - Lady Barbrey Dustin
House Flint (Breakstone Hill) - Bloodline Abandoned
House Glover (Deepwood Motte) - sacked twice in a year, hardly any troops
House Mazin (inside joke - 143 pledged)
House Mollen
House Poole
House Reed (Greywater Watch)
House Ryswell
House Smallwood (inside joke)
House Tallhart
House Wibberley (inside joke)
The Vale
House Arryn (Eyrie) ***
Jon Arryn (murdered by Lysa and Petyr)
Robin Arryn - Warden of the East
Regular - 20,000 / 45,000 (standing / draft)
Navy -
House Baelish (The Fingers) (Harrenhal - abandoned)
Petyr Baelish - Lord Paramount of the Trident (Vale & Riverlands)
House Belmore
House Coldwater (Coldwater Burn)
House Corbray
House Egen
House Grafton
House Hersy
House Hunter
House Melcolm
House Redfort
House Royce (Runestone) - Lord Yohn Royce
House Templeton
House Waynwood
Riverlands
House Tully (Riverrun) ***
Brynden Tully (deceased)
Hoster Tully (deceased by illness)
Edmune Tully (heir)
Regular - 20,000 / 45,000
Navy -
House Frey (The Twins) - Lord Walder Frey (deceased)
House Blackwood (allied with Tully)
House Bracken
House Darry
House Lothston
House Mallister (allied with Tully)
House Mooton
House Mudd
House Piper
House Ryger
House Strong
House Vance
House Whent (deposed) - Lady Shella Whent
Stormlands
House BaratheonRenly (murdered by Melisandre)
Regular - 0 (backed by House Tyrell)
Storm's End (aka Dragonstone) *** - Abandoned
Stannis (defeated by Ramsay / murdered by Brienne)
Elite - 450
Regular - 3,000 (lost at Winterfell)
- 27,000 (lost at King's Landing)
Braavos - 20,000 (lost at Winterfell)
Navy - 160 (lost at Blackwater Bay)
House Buckler (Bronzegate)
House Caron
House Connington (Griffin's Roost) - Ronnet (Jon Connington exiled)
House Dondarrion (Blackhaven)
House Errol (Haystack Hall)
House Estermont
House Fell (Felwood)
House Penrose
House Selmy (Barristen Selmy - deceased)
House Staedmon
House Swann
House Tarth (Evenfall Hall) - Endrew Tarth - Brienne - Sapphire Island
House Wylde
Dorne
House Martell - Bloodline Ended
Doran (murdered by Ellaria)
Sand Snakes - Ellaria Sand (imprisoned)
Regular - 20,000 / 40,000
Navy - Unknown