Game Of Thrones Season 8: 13 Predictions & Theories For The Battle Of Winterfell

6. Rhaegal Is Killed (Or Incapacitated)

Game of Thrones Jon Rhaegal
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It may seem an unusually cruel thing to suggest, given that Danaerys has already lost one dragon fairly recently, but it looks quite likely that she's going to see another of her children slain. Or at the very least badly injured and taken out of the fight.

The trailer for the Battle Of Winterfell has shown shots of Jon in the Godswood, badly injured and very much on foot. Combined with the shots of him before that point standing on the land high above Winterfell watching for the Night King's approach (with Rhaegal and Drogon in hiding) and you've got a fairly clear picture that something bad happens in between.

Rhaegal has to get him down to Winterfell, but then the fact that he's no longer riding him in the Godswood is particularly ominous. If he's out of the picture, it's not because he's chilling in the background, let's just say.

[Simon]

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