Game Of Thrones: 10 Last Minute Predictions For Season 8

8. The Starks Burn Winterfell Down

Game Of Thrones Winterfell Fire
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The Battle of Winterfell is going to bring the dead to the Starks' door. And what better way of killing them en masse than a s**tload of fire?

The glimpses of the battle we saw in the Season 8 trailer featured a lot of fiery backgrounds, and that may well prove to be the key to, well, not defeating the army of the dead completely, but at least giving the heroes enough time to make a getaway and destroying a fair few of the Night King's soldiers.

Indeed, if there's to be a major casualty of this battle, then it's most likely Winterfell itself, with the Starks and co burning it down with the wights inside. It'd be a move to show how desperate and dire events are, and be fitting as the show approaches its end, given that's where it all began. All the Starks are coming back together in Season 8, something that should be a reason for joy, so it'd lend a 'nice' tragedy to that as well.

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