It’s the middle of July and scorching hot, but you don’t need air conditioning or even a fan to cool you down because winter is coming.
That’s right, Game of Thrones makes its much anticipated return this Sunday on HBO for the first episode of the second last season of the series. The show, based on the creation of fantasy author George R.R. Martin, is well past events in the books which means no one really knows what’s going to happen next.
Oddsmakers have been kind enough to provide GoT fanatics the opportunity to wager on what's to come in the show. We’re here to give our best picks for what’ll happen in next in series.
Cersei Lannister says when you play the game of thrones you either win or die, but these are just educated predictions people, so don’t hire the Faceless Men to assassinate us if we don’t hit on all these.
Who will Arya Stark kill first from her list in Season 7?
Thoros of Myr +250
Beric Dondarrion +275
Melisandre +300
Ilyn Payne +325
Cersei Lannister +400
Gregor The Mountain Clegane +600
Sandor The Hound Clegane +1000
Pick: Thoros of Myr +250
Reasoning: Last we saw of Arya she was feeding Walder Frey his sons in a nice pot pie before slicing his throat.
In the Season 7 trailers, she’s shown in the woods – probably the best spot to find the Brotherhood Without Banners dynamic duo: Thoros of Myr and Beric Dondarrion. They’re both on Arya’s kill list because they gave her bosom buddy, Gendry, to the Red Lady for cash considerations.
It’d make sense to get rid of these two characters because they’re not relative to the rest of the story. They were used as a plot point to show us people can be brought back to life in this fantasy world.
Smart money is on Thoros being the first to die and Beric to follow seeing as Thoros is the guy who always brings his BFF Beric back to life.
Who will be the next character to die?
Cersei Lannister +400
Jaime Lannister +400
Jorah Mormont +450
Lady Melisandre +500
Euron Greyjoy +500
Any White Walker +600
Beric Dondarion +700
Brienne of Tarth +700
Thoros of Myr +700
Lord Varys +800
Qyburn +800
Olenna Tyrell +800
Any Sand Snake +800
Daario Naharis +800
Tormund Giantsbane +800
Davos Seaworth +800
Gregor Clegane +900
Sandor Clegane +900
Benjen Stark +1,000
Yara Greyjoy +1,000
Petyr Baelish +1,000
Theon Greyjoy +1,000
Robin Arryn +1,000
Samwell Tarly +1,000
Sansa Stark +1,200
Tyrion Lannister +1,600
Jon Snow +2000
Daenerys Targaryen +2,000
Bran Stark +2,000
Character Played by Jim Broadbent +2,000
Pick: Any Sand Snake +800
Reasoning: Outside of the Red Viper, the characters from Dorne have been the worst part of the show. The Sand Snakes, viewers will know, are the bastard daughters of Oberyn Martell, who killed Cersei and Jaime’s daughter, Myrcella, at the end of Season 5.
Now that Cersei’s done wiping the floor with the High Sparrow, she’ll set her sights on the Sand Snakes and Oberyn’s former lover Ellaria Sand. There’s a price to be paid for messing with Cersei’s kiddos.
Season 7 specials (bet to happen)
Any Stark to Die? -250
Dragons to Fight White Walkers in Season 7 -200
Wildfire to be Used in Combat during Season 7? -150
Cersei Lannister to Die in Season 7 -120
Gendry to Forge Valyrian Steel in Season 7? +150
White Walkers to Rule at End of Season 7 +300
Pick: Cersei Lannister to die in Season 7 -120
Reasoning: The trailers for Season 7 show Daenerys Targaryen’s forces squaring off against the Lannister army. Dany wants that throne and Cersei stands in the way.
There are a lot of theories out there too that Jaime could turn on his sister maybe by strangling her to death because of the prophecy of the Woods Witch.
Either way, the Cersei’s time on the throne will be brief.
Who will sit on the Iron Throne at the end of series finale?
Daenerys Targaryen +190
Jon Snow +280
Arya Stark +1000
Bran Stark +1200
Petyr Baelish +1,600
Tyrion Lannister +1,600
Lord Varys +1,600
Sansa Stark +2,000
Cersei Lannister +5,000
Night's King +6,000
Gendry +7,500
Any Sand Snake (Obara/Tyene/Ellaria/Nymeria ) +10,000
Jaime Lannister +20,000
Euron Greyjoy +25,000
Character Played by Jim Broadbent +25,000
Gilly +30,000
Samwell Tarly +30,000
Benjen Stark +50,000
Ser Bronn of the Blackwater +50,000
Robin Arryn +50,000
Jaqen H'ghar +50,000
Yara Greyjoy +100,000
Olenna Tyrell +100,000
Beric Dondarrion +100,000
Brienne of Tarth +100,000
Daario Naharis +100,000
Davos Seaworth +100,000
Sandor Clegane +100,000
Tormund Giantsbane +100,000
Theon Greyjoy +100,000
Jorah Mormont +100,000
Gregor 'The Mountain' Clegane +100,000
Melisandre +100,000
Pick: Jon Snow +280
Reasoning: The wording of this wager is at the end of the series, so we’re talking about how the show will end at the conclusion of Season 8. Dany’s the favorite and she wants that throne and will tell anyone and everyone it’s hers by right.
But is Game of Thrones her story or Jon’s?
Jon’s killed a white walker, he’s been brought back from the dead and, as the show revealed to us at the end of Season 6, he is the legitimate heir of Prince Rhaegar Targeryn.
He knows the real battle is with the White Walkers and not the Lannisters in Kings Landing. He was voted Lord Commander only after Sam nominated him and was appointed King of the North after winning the Battle of the Bastards.
We think after defeating the Knight King’s army of the dead, Jon Snow will be given the Iron Throne.
Which GOT Season 7 prop bets are you making in anticipation of Sunday's debut? Share them in the comment section below. Enjoy the show!
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