9 Characters Who Will Definitely Survive Game Of Thrones

2. Daenerys Targaryen

When the books and the TV show finally wrap up, Daenerys will - like Arya - have gone through a dramatic transformation, all because of the twisted machinations of the game of thrones. At the minute she's playing her own game, looking from the top down rather than looking for a way up, which adds a delightfully different aspect to the show, and it's inevitable that she - as pretty much the embodiment of moral goodness - will survive and flourish. Why She'll Survive You have to feel that Martin actually wants the Mother Of Dragons to end up on the Iron Throne. He's already written in a significant power shift with the alignment of Tyrion at her side, and from the moment her eggs hatched, few could have thought of any climactic battle sequence that didn't involve her dragons raining righteous hell-fire on King's Landing and her standing triumphantly in the ashes. That might be too blatant a final image of course: the game of thrones cannot be won my might alone, and Daenerys' political naivety might well be a problem, but it's hard to see any resolution in the long-term that doesn't end with her on the Iron Throne.