Hey guys, Pete here. today we're gonna talk about predictions for character
deaths in Game of Thrones season eight I said
ten of them because it's a nice even number that works out well as far as
time that means that it is in everyone I think will die in the upcoming season
but limiting the list to ten gives me a chance to explain my thinking this is
pure speculation based on what we've seen in the series so far so you don't
have to worry about spoilers or anything like that
I'll probably end up being wrong about a lot of these but at this point in time
based on what we've seen what we know all these seem like pretty good bets to
me you guys can tell me if you agree or who you think I'm wrong about in the
comments before we jump into the list a quick update if you watch my last video
I listed off the episode runtimes that were published last week since that
video came out HBO has made an update and it's an important one they
originally listed episode 3 as being only 60 minutes long which seemed way
too short to me turns out after the update it is now listed at 82 minutes
which means it will be the longest episode of the entire series this
doesn't change what I was thinking about in that video or what I was talking
about but it does sound good as far as the overall timeline of the season and I
think it's an improvement now let's jump into some predictions. number 1: Greyworm
the very first time I watched the season 8 trailer installed the pre-battle
kiss I instantly thought that there was no way our favorite unsullied
would live to the end of the season grey one's a good character he's been loyal
he's a great warrior and I think he's gonna die on the field
as a warrior the love story that they built up over the last couple seasons
seems like it gives his death a push in the direction of making a real impact
when it happens and I think that it will happen sometime during the Battle of
Winterfell I have to imagine he's gonna go down swinging like he's gonna put up
a good fight and I think it's likely that he will do something heroic before
things go wrong and he leaves the series for good. number two is Jorah
since we started out talking about the trailer let's cross Jorah off the list he
was another one that I was like well you see Jorah there he just doesn't look
like he's gonna make it I feel like he will have to go there really isn't much
for him to do it point in the story anymore Daenerys has
Jon and Tyrion - advisor so on some level he's fulfilled his role like grey
worm he is also a loyal and good warrior and he has value but there's gonna be a
high death toll when the White Walkers attack and I was thinking that some of
the secondary characters like HOD tormund or bran you could essentially
flip a coin for these guys maybe they'll die maybe they won't it's
you know it's they're they're popular characters it'll be impactful if they do
die but Jorah is a bit more essential like he's on a level just above those
guys in my mind and like I said he kind of doesn't fit anywhere after the battle
so I think he's going down number three is Qyburn cover it's an
interesting character you know he works his way up it was an impressive climb to
become the hand of the Queen he had been kicked out of the Citadel for with the
work that he was doing so he pretty much started from nowhere but I don't expect
he will still be alive by the end of the season I don't know exactly when or how
he will die but if for nothing else he stayed with Cersei after she decided to
go back on her promise to send the Lannister troops north this will make
him incompatible with whoever takes over next or whatever happens next
and his frankensteining skills really don't fit into many scenarios going
forward either I didn't even give the mountain a position on this because he's
definitely going to die like that's just not even a question really but a guy
with the ability to make something like the reanimated Mountain can't be running
around in Westeros after everything is sudden done either so for that reason I
think Qyburn is through number four berrak if we're talking about reanimated
people I think it's really safe to say that beric done there and will die I
think he's gonna play an important role in the war for the dawn after all they
kept him around for something all this time but he'll likely die on the field
you know he believes that the Lord of Light was bringing him back for a
purpose and Thoris isn't around any longer to
bring him back there is an outside chance that he might die while
delivering a kiss of life like he did the books but not sure that show has
really set this up so our favorite flaming sword wielding fire white will
finally die for real before the remaining people head south number 5 is
urine urine doesn't have a chance of surviving season 8 in my opinion
personally I'd be fine with Theon completing his Redemption art by taking
him out and saving Yara but even if that doesn't happen there's no way he can get
to the right side of things like he just can't be on the right side from where
he's at right now every scenario I can imagine where he stays relevant for even
a couple episodes ending him dying in one way or another he has a role to play
but it ends with him dead I say good riddance as well since I feel like the
show version is a real letdown compared to the character in the books I think
they missed an opportunity to really create a good character but you know
they didn't feel like they had the time to flush that out and yeah you're on is
cannon fodder I don't know what he'll go down but he will go down number 6 is
Melisandre the red woman told us she was going to die in Westeros and I believe
her what's more important though is that she believes it herself and that means
it will happen like most of the people on this list I can't really see her
playing a role in what comes after the Battle of Winterfell and the main thing
we know about her is that she is dedicated to trying to save the world
from the great other I think as far as the show is concerned her dying during
this conflict makes the most sense hopefully they have something really
cool planned for her and her end will be fitting george RR martin has said that
she's one of the most misunderstood characters in the books in his opinion
and i think there's a lot more to her story there but he or she's just going
to play some sort of role it's what she's been set up for we'll have to wait
and see what happens but I think it's I think there's a lot of potential of it
being cool I just don't think there's any potential of her actually living
past that it happens number seven is Varys
Melisandre also told Maris that he would die in Westeros but in contrast to her
that's not why I feel like he's going to die of course she does see things in the
flames she generally gets wrong what that is and there's pretty good reason
for that I think but as far as various it's more of like his time like the time
when he was relevant to the story has passed
I think Varys has to die for the same reason that Baelish had to die because
you know those particular skills aren't really going to be important in the
Westeros of the future first has been a key player and it would be like really
impactful death I think you know he's helped things get to where they are in a
lot of ways but my hope is that whatever comes next won't have a place for him
like I just don't see him fitting I really have no idea what a good ending
would be for him hopefully he can do something really good for the realm
before he dies because I think that is really a motivation of his not just
something that he says number eight is Jaime
I don't think Jaime Lannister is a controversial choice to put on this list
in fact I think most fans expect him to die in one way or another what's
interesting to me about Jaime is when and how he'll die there's a lot of
speculation about this there's always been a lot of speculation about this I
guess and you know some people think he will be the Ballon Carr Cersei fears and
then he'll die right after he kills her others think that he'll die in brianne's
arms some people even think that he'll die in brianne's arms arya will end up
with his face and then she'll fulfill the valonqar prophecy while wearing it
down in King's Landing I'm not really sure I do feel sure that he'll died of
him killing Cersei has certainly been foreshadowed and I think it's a good end
to his story but at the same time he'll definitely be fighting side by side with
Brienne against the White Walkers so that's a possibility I'm not a fanboy
I'm not really on board with his Redemption
and I you know I've talked about this in several videos but I know it's a popular
one people are rooting for him and they want to see him redeemed so let's just
hope that he gets a nice fitting ending at the end of the day number nine is
Cersei Jaime's sister I suppose this is pretty obvious but she
is currently the queen of the Seven Kingdoms and you know I actually love
Cersei it's one of those love to hate kind of just love her even though she's
terrible kind of thing so this will be pretty hard for me to watch she's one of
the few characters actually like better on the show than in the book and I
really love watching Lena Headey play her she's objectively one of the worst
characters in the story though and there's definitely no place for her in
the future of Westeros for all the same reasons that I just mentioned about
these other characters because of her position as Queen there are so many
possible ways that she could be killed off and the show never mentioned the
word valonqar when she visited Maggy the Frog so you know there's that I still
kind of want it to go that way but I don't think that it's set in stone I
also don't personally care if aria is the executioner but I imagine that would
be a fan favorite way for her to come to an end for her reign to come to an end
if anyone ever doubted that she might remain on top like she somehow might win
at the end I think that scene with the sands with ilaria and tyene and the
dungeons you know that pretty much put a seal on her fate you know there you
don't come back from that one she's on her way out it's just a matter of when
and I just don't see another way out for her and number 10 is Daenerys this is
the only one that's a bit controversial and that I struggle with I'm really not
a hundred percent but I do believe that the mother of dragons will die before
the series comes to an end basically I don't think both Daenerys and John will
live based on the ways I've imagined the story ending over the years I just think
it's slightly more likely that John is the one who survives obviously Daenerys
is a sympathetic and we root for her and it would be
great if she could survive I don't really like in the show how they kind of
made this false thing about her being a possible mad queen it doesn't really
hold up for me but at the same time I just think one of them has to die I
don't think they both can live in the video I made last week about the things
that sort of have to happen for the show to be good I said that life has to go on
in Westeros you know there has to be something that happens after this
doesn't end with the battle right so I don't think it would be impossible for
Daenerys to be a good ruler I also don't think it makes a lot of sense for a
ruler to come in based on the claim of the bloodline like how she has gotten to
where she's at she's not responsible for that that's
the thing that happened but having a Targaryen with dragons retake the throne
it's just the same kind of story I'm not a John fan like I mean I like the
character just like I like all the characters I'm not rooting for Jon like
I don't have an interest in him becoming like king or anything like that and I'm
certainly not anti Daenerys but I do think that Westeros will be changed by
the time the story ends if I have to pick one or the other I think John is
the more likely candidate to do what's right for the sake of it being right
like regardless of having a better claim or any of that he is still a bastard
with no claim to anything at heart that's who he sees himself as and we've
seen him do things for the for the right reasons even though he's made a lot of
mistakes and Daenerys has done that as well they do mirror each other in that
way but there's just something that is making me think that John's story
portrays him as someone who's slightly at an advantage for being the guy you
want to be holding the keys to drive the car to wherever it is Westeros is going
at the end and of course you know having dragons now doesn't mean that she'll
still have those at the end of the story they could definitely die there's a
chance that all magic will die if you really look at it that by itself isn't
the reason why I that it's more likely that Daenerys is
the one who dies I think it for me personally it would have more impact I
think that's more sad I mean John's already died and come back like he's
essentially a fire white so him dying again isn't really gonna have that big
of an impact and like I said with the Dragons I mean obviously you know John
is going to be a dragon rider as well that's just a matter of time I don't
think there's really any chance that that's not going to happen but you know
like I said I do think the knight King and the White Walkers are gonna have to
be defeated and there's gonna be a large cost for that humanity's gonna have to
pay a price a lot of the people on this list they're gonna die as a part of that
but the war against the White Walkers aren't that's just not the end you know
I mean this isn't a battle that is decisive as far as what the story has
been about somehow there has to be some balance to shift away from the way
things were there are a lot of possibilities for how that goes down and
I'll be making more videos about those possibilities in the weeks leading up to
the end of the series so I hope you'll join me for those what do you think who
do you think's gonna die in season eight do you think that any of these people on
this list are absolutely safe and they will not die let me know in the comments
I think it's close on everyone really I mean anyone could die anybody could live
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