Game Of Thrones Ending: 12 Disturbing Implications You Probably Missed

9. There's Just No Way Yara Greyjoy Won't Rebel

The Ending

Having gone back to the Iron Isles to reclaim them in Dany's name, Yara Greyjoy returns to King's Landing for Tyrion's trial and demands justice for her slain Queen. She's then immediately talked down, pretty much, because her complaint is inconvenient or something, but the important thing is that she's the Queen of the Iron Born when things end and one of Bran's key allies.

But Wait...

Peace will not last.

The whole reason Yara and Theon agree to help Dany is on the provision that she will support Yara's rightful claim to the throne of their homeland, but Dany isn't around any more and the Iron Born aren't known for their loyalty and duty. They pay the "iron price" - killing rather than paying their debts - and are bred into a culture of raping and pillaging the Seven Kingdoms - the idea that they'd toe the line with Bran is silly.

And then there's the fact that Sansa takes independence for the North by her own insistence, which all-but confirms a sign of weakness in Bran's leadership already. After all, the Iron Born were only ever loyal to the Seven Kingdoms through a threat of force against them. When you remove the legitimacy of the threat, you remove the need to stay in line. And the Greyjoys have previous, so you'd have to expect that they'd kick off the minute they saw the opportunity.