Game Of Thrones Ending: Predicting What The Books Will (& Won't) Change

1. Jon Goes Back To/Beyond The Wall

Of all the endings in the Game of Thrones finale, Jon heading back to - and then beyond - the Wall felt like the most perfect of the bunch. While he may be a Targaryen by birth, he's very much of the North, and the lands beyond the Wall were not only where he really found himself and became a man, but the place where he most truly belonged.

It'll probably be a similar story in the books, with some slight adjustments here and there. Of course, as The Winds of Winter kicks off, Jon Snow is dead and will have to be brought back to life, although he'll presumably be spending some time wandering around in the body of Ghost first. Come back he will, though, because this is his story, and despite some variations on his story - if/when Stannis beats Ramsay, for example, then there'll be no Battle of the Bastards - it should end up in a roughly similar place: Jon leads the fight against the Others, ends up killing Daenerys, and then goes back to the Wall.

One important difference is that Jon will likely have some more agency in that choice, whereby he refuses his claim to the Iron Throne and actively chooses to go back to the Wall, much like Maester Aemon before him. It's unclear what will be left of the Wall either - if the Horn of Joramun works as believed, then it could all be coming down - and whether there'll be a Night's Watch or not. But Jon heading back beyond the Wall (or just 'beyond') and being with the Free Folk, makes sense. The wildling Val, who wasn't in the show, is a good candidate to be Jon's last love, and him going back there to be with her and Ghost is a fitting endpoint, and nicely echoes the Frodo vibes Jon's ending had in the show and Martin himself will likely be striving for.

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