12 Game Of Thrones Spoilers You'll Know Before The Books

2. Who Survives The Game Of Thrones?

When George Martin's original outline for the books leaked recently, it was revealed that only five of the core characters would survive, which isn't at all surprising given his fondness for the dramatic power of death. That outline has changed significantly, and it's probably fair to imagine that more than five characters will avoid death, but since mortality remains an important currency, comfortably guessing who is no easy task. The Theory The show will likely arrive at that band of survivors before the books do (assuming they even save the same characters), and it would probably be foolish to expect Arya, Tyrion, Bran, Jon Snow and Dany not to make it. Everyone else is probably fair game.