Game Of Thrones Season 5: 9 Book Changes And What They Mean For The Show

4. Sansa Marrying Ramsay

In the show: Petyr Baelish takes Sansa from the Vale back home to Winterfell, as he has made a betrothal for her to Ramsay Bolton. Sansa is against the plan (because after Joffrey, you probably don't want to be with someone even more evil and psychotic), but Littlefinger convinces her of its merit, as a way to return to her home and regain the rightful place in the North of House Stark. In the books: As mentioned, it is Arya who is set to marry Ramsay, or at least that's what the Boltons are saying - it is in reality Sansa's friend Jeyne Poole. Sansa never actually leaves the Vale in the books, is still pretending to be Alayne Stone, and is instead betrothed to the Arryn heir (after Prince Robert) Harold Hardnyg, with the masterplan to eventually restore her to her rightful place at Winterfell. What it means: The plot of Sansa returning to rule Winterfell and the North remains, albeit by means of a different marriage - if she is unlucky enough to have to go through with it. There's still the chance she could escape with Theon, but Sansa's story in the show has diverged so much from the books that it is one of the great unknowns. This is probably for the best, because under Littlefinger's tutelage she is learning the points of playing the Game, but isn't really given much to do in the books. Of course, if it does start going wrong for her, then she has someone close by keeping an eye on things...