Game Of Thrones Season 7: 7 Winners And 6 Losers

6. The Night King - Winner

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For 65 episodes, the army of the dead were stuck behind the Wall. Sure, they had some success, such as the chilling encounter at Hardhome (though even that saw a White Walker die) and receiving babies from Craster, but there was still a 300 mile long, 700-foot high block of ice in their path.

Then, in the 66th episode, the Night King got himself a dragon.

In the 67th, he used it to bring the Wall down.

That is a hell of a turnaround, and a ridiculously huge win for the King and his army. He's now marching into Westeros with an endlessly replaceable army, including giants and who knows what else (ice spiders as big as hounds, mayhaps), has the aforementioned undead dragon, and we don't yet know the full extent of his already incredible power. If any King or Queen is on top right now, it's this guy.

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