Game Of Thrones Season 6 Finale: 10 Ups And 2 Downs From 'The Winds Of Winter'

7. Lyanna Mormont

Game of Thrones Lyanna Mormont
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The whole King in the North scene was great, but Lyanna Mormont deserves her own stand-out entry for her own stand-out performance.

Yet again, it's fallen to the 10-year-old leader of House Mormont to be the voice of reason and the voice of action, and once again the 10-year-old leader of House Mormont completely steals the scene.

This is obviously about Jon, and Sansa and Littlefinger too I guess, but Lyanna's speech is one of the most memorable parts, as she rallies behind Jon, and shames the other Northern Lords into doing the same. Big, powerful men, all weakened by a little girl, who may be the strongest person in all of the North.

I don't know what the future holds now for the North or House Mormont, but there's no doubting that Lyanna has ensured she's going to be a fairly regularly presence on the show going forwards. heck, maybe Jon should reject the title, and all the Northerners can raise Lyanna to Queen in the North instead.

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