Game Of Thrones Season 8: 20 Biggest Unanswered Questions & Mysteries

18. Will Arya Complete Her List?

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Arya is running out of names. The vast majority of people on her kill list have long since fallen by the wayside, either at her hand or by another, but still a couple remain going into the final season: Cersei Lannister and The Mountain.

There's also the matter of Beric Dondarrion and Melisandre, but they were quietly dropped when she was in Braavos, and it seems unlikely Arya will actually kill either. They're now both on the right side, even if she understandably has a long-standing grudge, and there's not much time to address that. Likewise, we can take Ilyn Payne out of the equation too after Wilko Johnson's departure from the show due to illness.

Cersei and the Mountain, on the other hand, are both villains who'll need to be defeated for the heroes to win the day, and thus could both be crossed off the list. It's likely both will die, but will Arya be the one to do it? She may now have grown beyond her list, but it'd undoubtedly be a moment of sweet revenge to see her kill either of them.

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