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 S7E3 prediction: Stay allied for the Winter and Undead to come.
Bran - No show for E2.
Bran S7E3 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 Night 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 Bran finally get to Winterfell by Tara sled and tell Sansa that Jaime and Cersei were doing the dirty deed up in the tower, while Jon is Lyanna's son and not Ned's?
Jon - Jon has a dilemma to settle with a call from Danerys possibly being a trap, but the castle sits on a pile of dragon glass according to Sam, which can turn the tide of the war against the Others. Of course Jon has to walk into the Dragon's Den. And he has to take steadfast Davos. But before he goes, he backs up Baelish to give up on marrying his sister. Oh, if Jon only knew! Too bad Snow is in Littlefinger's debt for saving his bacon and Winterfell from the Boltons. And someone has to reign in his departure, so Sansa is "tag - you're it".
Jon S7E3 prediction: Jon has to get to Dragonstone in one piece and convince Daenerys that defeating the Others is the more important battle now than the one for the Crown. Will Jon bend the knee to Dany and pledge his loyalty to her in return for her commitment to mine the Dragon Glass under Storm's End and make thousands of obsidan weapons and fly them by Dragon courier to destroy the Night's King?
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
Sansa - Again she advises against Jon's better instinct in making a decision, but is rewarded as Stewardess of Winterfell. Now she needs to keep Petyr the wolf at bay.
Sansa S7E3 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 she try to seek justice finally against Petyr Baelish and have him executed with the help of Lord Yohan Royce over how she was sold off to the Boltons?
Sister - Brother rivalry: Sansa ahead
Davos - On the sidelines as always, there's little diplomacy he can do when Lady Bear Mormont is still around. But he gets the most obvious line of the episode award: "White Walkers can be killed with fire. What breathes fire?"
Davos S7E3 prediction: We still don't know if he has been appointed Jon's Hand of the King, but he's going on an expedition to Storm's End.
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.
Lord Yohan Royce - Royce still ever the vocal opponent, forbids Jon to walk into a trap set by Tyrion Lannister and Danerys Targaryen. No one in power ever listens to the voice of reason, Yohan; Sit down.
Lord Robin Arryn - No show for E2.
Riverrun
Lord Frey - A house in disarray. Who's in charge? Is Edmure Tully still a prisoner or does Arya free him? 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 S7E3 prediction: She will one day compare scars with Jon when she gets home. Will Arya miss Jon when she gets there because he went south? 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 E2.
Brienne S7E3 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 S7E3 prediction: Still learn how to be a wilderness squire and tag along.
The Fingers
Sandor Clegane - No show for E2.
Sandor Clegane S7E3 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 Yara's flagship in the midst of a foggy night, rams his ship head first into her broadsides and manages to end the Greyjoy rebellion. He gleefully goads Theon to save his sister, and watches his nephew run away.
Euron S7E3 prediction: With the destruction of the competing Ironborn fleet, Dorne is next, and King's Landing is safe from a naval embargo. He will deliver Yara, Ellaria and Tyene to Cersei and demand tribute with her hand in marriage. Not a bad haul of booty taken, eh? Will Yara and Ellaria receive the Queen's Justice? Does Euron have the dragon quell horn?
King's LandingJaime Lannister - Jaime pulled Randyll Tarly aside but was rebuffed about turning on his own countrymen, but he gets to be the head general for selling his soul. He made verbal play over Rickon (Eddard's son) and Dickon (Randyll's son) before he slips in the sales pitch to lighten the mood, but Randyll has to know he is being played in the short term, and won't live long enough to enjoy being Warden of the South after chopping his lord liege Olenna Tyrell's head off.
Jaime S7E3 prediction: Eventually, news of Frey's demise will reach the Queen and Jaime will be forced to march to the Twins to enforce marshal law and take command of the Frey army to keep that fiefdom loyal. Or he could march on Dragonstone once news of team Dany landing and take them before they reinforce the castle. Or he can march with Tarly and demand the capture of Highgarden and Olenna's head on a pike. Or he can just stay put with his incestuous sister and wait to be surrounded and besieged at the capitol. Maybe Jaime must learn that he needs to stop sleeping with his sister and let Euron take his place for the optics?
Cersei S7E3 prediction: With all her children dead, and no pretenders to the Iron Throne, she just has to deal with open rebellion.She has replaced her Lord Commander and Master of Arms (Jaime?), but needs a Master of Coin, Laws and Ships on the small council. 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. Little does she know Jaime spilled the beans to Edmure Tully. Then there is the matter of revenge of the death of her daughter Myrcella by the hands of Ellaria who is being brought by Euron as his prisoner. Will Cersei kill Tyene herself in front of Ellaria? The Iron Throne has struck first blood. Will Cersei return a gift such as Yara back to Euron so he can drop mutilated body parts on the door steps of Dragonstone? That will be Queen's Justice served cold.
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 - The Master of Whisperers brings Cersei to the Red Keep's catacombs to showcase the latest invention built by the weaponsmiths of the Crown called a ballista and has her fire the bolt into the skull of the largest known dragon ever. Of course, the dragon is prone, close range, and has no scales. If this ballista is not mounted on a swivel, Drogon is going to side swipe the turret points and neutralize them rather easily on the parapets of the walls. Maybe, just maybe, loyalists might heavily wound one dragon before Dany realizes to take the threat out and fast.
Ser Robert Strong / Gregor Clegane - No show for E2.
Qyburn S7E3 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 S7E3 prediction: Glower more.
Bronn S7E3 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. Or maybe Bronn will watch a bad Tyene die and sympathize with Dorne. A real shame, that.
Ellaria - Captured as part of Euron's major naval victory.
Sand Snakes - Finally cut down by Euron and his men to end all our suffering of watching them badly acted out, except for Tyene who was taken prisoner along with her mother.
(Obara, Nymeria, and Tyene)
Ellaria S7E3 prediction: Ellaria is Queen #3. Now the Martell line is completely ended. She will be kept hostage by Cersei, but her countrymen will still take arms against the Iron Throne due to the long standing feuding with House Lannister. Or will Doran's former concubine come out of exile and reclaim Dorne for herself? Will she hear Cersei give the order for the execution of her daughter Tyene and for it to be carried out by the Mountain in front of her eyes by savagely squeeze her brains to mush like he did to Oberyn?
Sand Snakes S7E3 prediction: Swim forever with the fishes.
Daenerys Targaryen - The Dragon Queen decides to use the velvet glove to win over the hearts of her former countrymen in a civil war. Tyrion advises her to call on Jon Snow for an alliance since he is a good man. Ellaria and Olenna scoff at her idealism. She finally has her showdown with Varys the Spider and calls him out, but he tells his loyalty is not blind, so make sure you earn it or else her head will be forfeit. She lets the spymaster live and a part of her council for his boldness and telling the brutal truth of his own involvement.
Daenerys S7E3 prediction: She needs to move her armies into action before the Dothraki get bored and abandon the cause and allow Cersei to mobilize resistance. She is going to finally meet the know-nothing Jon Snow. Will she exact a Queen's Justice on anyone?
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
Olenna Tyrell - Meeting in Storm's End with Daenerys and Ellaria Sand. She is Queen #4. She scoffs at Dany's naivete and tells her to be the Dragon and stop taking orders from men.
Yara Greyjoy - While getting cozy with Ellaria Sand, the bells go wild and she finds out Uncle Euron somehow found her ship in the cover of fog and night and assaults her. After a struggle, Yara is taken captive by Euron, which was his planned gift to Cersei.
Theon S7E3 prediction: He somehow will make it back to shore without being taken prisoner by all the enemy ships swirling around. Would the victors just ignore all the salvage and overboard sailors and let them drown or would they double-check and finish them off? Maybe Gendry rows in and takes him to dry off at Storm's End.
Yara S7E3 prediction: Sadly, she will be brought as a prisoner to King's Landing as a down payment for Euron's dowry to marry Queen Cersei.
Sister - Brother rivalry: Theon ahead, but only because he is free to swim.
Tyrion S7E3 prediction: Advise Dany and deal with the logistics of blockading King's Landing and then invading Casterly Rock by navy transporting the Unsullied, and using Dornish and Tyrell's armies to launch D-Day against Cersei with the Dothraki trampling the Reach by raiding and pillaging farms loyal to the throne. Will Jon and Tyrion reunite and talk abit? Will Tyrion ask about how Sansa is doing, and let him know that Littlefinger sold Sansa to Ramsey Bolton who then defiled her? But which ally of Cersei's will the dwarf back-channel with? Will he reach out to his own brother? Will he reach out to Devan Lannister to convince him to turncoat against the Crown? What does he have up his short sleeve? Is he smitten with Dany? Will he cower in fear when truly faced against Jamie and Cersei and flip sides hoping they won't kill him for murdering their father? Tyrion would be a fool to beg for mercy from Cersei as he already once slipped from the hangman's noose with Jaime's aid. Maybe he is trying to get word to Jaime to leave Cersei's side and save himself a world of pain.
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 is challenged by Dany and passes the test and keeps his head. He did not slink off to Dorne after all.
Varys S7E3 prediction: He needs to re-establish his control over the little birds from Qyburn.
Grey Worm - Protecting his Queen and getting his groove on with Missandei.
Missandei - She asks Grey Worm to let it all hang out and consummate their friendship, orally.
Gery Worm S7E3 prediction: Luckily his portion of the fleet did not get waylaid by the Salty Sailors, leading his Unsullied to siege Casterly Rock. Tyrion would have trained all the commanders of the tunnels and sewers of his ancestral home, giving them detailed maps. Will Cersei have realized this maneuver and set a trap? Will the battle bring Jaime home to roost and fight mano a mano with the Worm?
The Reach: Oldtown
Samwell & Gilly & baby Sam - Sam is challenging his mentor tactfully, and pretends to be the dutiful servant. We don't see how Sam is getting on with Gilly and the baby. Sam is following his mentor around, collecting books and suturing cadavers, and suggests a more poetic title to the histories Tarwyn wants to write about the period after King Robert Baratheon was slain. Would the title "Game of Thrones" be more poetic, Sam?
Samwell E7E3 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 Danerys 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? Will Sam get caught for going against orders in attempting to cure Sir Jorah Mormont's greyscale affliction?
Jorah - So the bear knight was in Hightower, However Maester Tarwyn guesses his affliction will turn him insane in less than six months, and he has one night to contemplate suicide or being shipped off to Valyria to live out his twenty year life sentence of greyscale. Since Sam Tarly was fond of his father, Jeor, he takes it upon himself to go against the Maester's order and attempts to cure Jorah in a all night cut affair.
Jorah S7E3 prediction: Heal up and pray he is cured, but look like one ugly dude. Maybe the Maester's ship him off anyway, and kick Samwell out of the Citadel for insubordination to boot.
Meereen
Daario - No show in E2.
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
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 - Lord Paramount of the Reach / Mander & the South
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 /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 - Warden of the North
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
Hoster Tully (deceased by illness)
Edmune Tully (heir)
Regular - 20,000 / 45,000
Navy -
House Frey (The Twins) - Lord Walder Frey
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
Regular - 20,000 / 40,000
Navy -
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