8 Wild Ideas To End Game Of Thrones Without Disappointing Everyone
5. The Queen Of Hearts Ending
Sickened by the slaughter but determined to drag something good out of it, Tyrion persuades Daenerys that she can make amends. She can be Queen for the people, just as she’s always wanted.
As her ancestor Aegon I did when he first landed on Westeros, she establishes a small court on the shore of Blackwater Bay, seeing petitioners from all over the seven kingdoms. With Tyrion as her Hand, wrongs are made right, and ancient injustices laid to rest.
Soon the young Queen is adored by her subjects and accepted by the remaining nobles of Westeros. Devolving greater powers to the council, Queen Daenerys I dedicates her life to bringing about political reform while brokering trade agreements with the eastern cities. Westeros prospers.
Jon cannot forget the sight of her burning the people of King’s Landing; the two cannot reconcile. However, he refuses to challenge her, and it is decided that his parentage will remain a secret. The Queen ‘legitimises’ him as Jon Stark, and he is named Lord of Winterfell and Warden Of The North; Samwell becomes his maester.
Sansa is gifted the Dreadfort and all of Bolton’s former lands, and together with Ser Brienne and the newly knighted Ser Podrick Payne, determines to eradicate the stench of Roose and Ramsay from the North.
Bronn, fearing for his life and believing that Tyrion will not stand for him, takes ship for Essos only to find himself aboard with Arya Stark: the two agree to travel together for a while...