Everything you need to remember before the 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 finale
All the details, theories, and battles from the first six episodes
All the details, theories, and battles from the first six episodes
Blink and you might have missed it. Yep, that was six-sevenths of an entire season of Game of Thrones flying by in a condensed seven episodes, a blur of questionable travel times, dead dragons, and incestuous flirting. The writers crammed a lot of important plot points around the bloody battles, and if you weren't careful, it was pretty easy to miss some stuff. To prepare you for the Season Seven Finale, here's a guide to everything you need to remember before the ultimate showdown between team Cersei and team Daenerys/Jon.
There's dragonglass in the hills!
If you'll recall, this whole thing started with Samwell Tarly literally cleaning excrement and doing some light reading in the Citadel library. There, : Dragonglass. He sends a note to Jon Snow via the stunningly reliable Westeros Raven Service that they need to mine down in Dragonstone. This sends Jon on a very quick trip down South for the much anticipated meeting with Daenerys Targaryen, who has just landed at her home.
The meeting and knee bending.
In order to get his beloved dragonglass, Jon Snow heads south to finally meet Daenerys. It's an awkward meeting, as these things go. She wants him to bend the knee. He refuses, but ultimately they agree to work together to fight Cersei, and Daenerys gives Jon permission to mine the dragonglass.
Grey Worm and Missandei finally got together.
The two had been dancing around each other for seasons, and finally before he left for Casterly Rock.
The Prince/Princess That Was Promised.
The whole summary of this prophecy . We learn in Season Six that the Prince That Was Promised could also be the Princess That Was Promised, meaning either Jon Snow or Daenerys Targaryen might be Azor Ahai.
About Jon's parents.
Only Bran knows who Jon's parents are. Otherwise, that Prince Rhaegar Targaryen annulled his marriage to Elia Martell and re-married Lyanna Stark before giving birth to Jon, who was then given to Ned Stark as a bastard to raise on his own. This means that Dany is his aunt. Literally every fan knows this information, but no one on the show does.
The battles!
There were four main battles this season, and they are as follows:
1. The battle at sea in which Euron Greyjoy raids the Daenerys-controlled Ironfleet, kidnapping Ellaria Sand and Yara Greyjoy on Cersei's behalf. Theon flees.
2. The Unsullied soldiers take Casterly Rock, only to find that the Lannisters had abandoned it to take Highgarden, where Jaime Lannister kills Olenna Tyrell and learns she killed Joffrey.
3. Seeking revenge, Daenerys mounts up on Drogon and brings the Dothraki to attack the Lannisters as they're bring all their loot back home. Dany seriously messes them up and Jaime nearly dies—but he doesn't, right at the last second.
4. Jon Snow and his band of fools fight off a horde of White Walkers north of The Wall and are saved by Daenerys.
Which brings us to...
The worst plan in Westeros history.
Jon, now teamed up with Dany, gets the brilliant plan to go north to kidnap a wight from the White Walker army to show Cersei, because she's such a reasonable person and all. So Jon goes north with Davos and Gendry and picks up The Hound, Tormund, and Thoros and Beric of the Brotherhood Without Banners to infiltrate the Army of the Dead. But they immediately mess it up, as you'd imagine. They're surrounded—but they send an extremely fast raven to Daenerys, who shows up to save them. Thoros and some other characters die in the process.
Guess who's back again.
. And he's on Jon Snow's side.
Bran is kind of a jerk now.
He reunited with Arya and Sansa at Winterfell, but unfortunately he's going through that awkward teenage Three-Eyed Raven phase, which means he can see the future, present, and past—but is also rude to everyone.
The sisters are in a bit of a tiff.
In Winterfell, Littlefinger has planted and between the reunited Stark sisters. The knife is the Valyrian one that was used in the attempt to assassinate Bran. The letter is the one Sansa wrote while being held hostage by Cersei in Season One. Even though it was a very reasonable circumstance, Arya is upset with Sansa, whom she threatened in Episode Six.
Wonderful Westeros teleportation.
these people travel instantaneously around Westeros.
A tale of two brothers.
Tyrion and Jaime reunite to broker a meeting between Cersei and Daenerys/Jon. It is nice. They reminisce about their father, whom Tyrion murdered.
Let's totally believe Cersei on this one.
She , but she's likely lying to get him on her side. Also, she's planning on betraying Daenerys at their meeting. Also, also, she makes the unfortunate decision to repay her debts to the bank, which .
People For the Ethical Treatment of Dragons.
Oh yeah, a dragon died! As a result of Jon's bad plan, the Night King hucks an ice spear at Viseron during their battle north of The Wall. If that wasn't bad enough, the Night King then turns the dead dragon into a zombie ice dragon. This is .
Because this show needs more incest.
Jon and Dany are probably . They've been flirting this whole time, and it's definitely happening.
RIP these lovely folks:
Everyone in House Frey.
Nymeria Sand, Obara Sand, Tyene Sand.
Olenna Tyrell.
Randyll and Rickon (Dickon!) Tarly.
Thoros of Myr.
Benjen Stark (probably).
Viserion the dragon.
Where we're at now.
Jon has agreed to bend the knee to Daenerys. The two of them are traveling south () to meet with Cersei to sort all this out. It's probably not gonna go well.