Game Of Thrones Finale: 8 Biggest Unanswered Questions We Have From 'The Iron Throne'

2. What's West Of Westeros?

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A girl is Arya Stark, and she's going... to explore.

Back in Season 6, Arya asked Lady Crane what lies to the west of Westeros, and she repeats that here. Now, it's a mission statement, with Arya setting off to discover the unknown world like a Westerosi Christopher Columbus.

What will she find there? Beyond Oldtown - a few weeks' sailing away - are some small islands called Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaenys, which are the westernmost lands to have been discovered. The lands are supposedly lush, but they're uninhabited apart from wildlife. No one knows what goes beyond them, if anything.

In 56AC, Alys Westhill (aka Elissa Farman) set sail on an expedition west on her boat Sun Chaser, where she discovered and named the three islands. SHe continued journeying westward, but was never seen again. However, when Ser Corlys Velaryon sailed to Asshai, he saw a ship that he believed to be Sun Chaser. So does that mean by going west, you simply go east? Or will Arya discover some bold new world like the Americas?

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