Valar Morghulis: Who’s most likely to die in “Beyond the Wall”?
By Corey Smith
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You had, like, three scenes in season 1. Why did you pick a fight with the Kingslayer? These are the characters we think most likely to die in Season 7. We hope they all have their affairs in order.
1. The Mountain: 100%. Someday, someone will knock the Mountain off the top of our list. It might not be this week, though. For now, he’s already technically dead, so here he sits.
2. Thoros of Myr: 80%. Basically everyone who is heading north of the Wall makes our top ten, but Thoros and Beric rank higher due to their being more expendable than most. They have no plotline outside of this mission, so they have the lightest plot armor.
3. Beric Dondarrion: 79%. Beric ranks just below Thoros on account of him being a little more interesting, but should Thoros perish, Beric won’t be far behind. And without Thoros, Beric won’t be coming back from this death.
4. The Hound: 75%. The Hound is a ferocious fighter, one few can match. But the preview for “Beyond the Wall” shows our heroes running. The Hound doesn’t run so well since his fight with Brienne.
4. Tormund Giantsbane: 70%. We don’t want to see Tormund die, but trying to capture a wight sounds dangerous. And foolish.
6. Jorah Mormont: 68%. Jorah returned to Dany’s side just in time to join the most dangerous mission of his life. Could his age cause him to fall behind at a crucial moment?
7. Gendry: 67%. Bringing Gendry back only to kill him shortly after seems cruel, but it wouldn’t be the first time Game of Thrones has done it. (RIP the Blackfish.)
8. Jon Snow: 50%. Jon dying once more might seem outlandish, but anything can happen beyond the Wall. Happily, there is a red priest around who specializes in resurrection.
9. Grey Worm: 48%. We still don’t know Grey Worm’s fate, but we left him in a very tight spot at Casterly rock.
10. Littlefinger: 45%. Littlefinger is making his play to spread chaos in Winterfell, but with Arya and Bran back in town, he might have finally made a misstep.
11. Benjen Stark: 40%. Benjen was last seen north of the Wall, which is where we head this week. That could prove deadly for the already-dead Benjen.