Game Of Thrones Season 8 Breakdown: What The Ending REALLY Means

6. Drogon

The fact that it was Drogon who destroyed it also means a lot. In the moments after Dany's death, the dragon could have killed Jon, but he didn't because he placed no blame on Jon for what happened. The blame lay with the poisonous influence of the Iron Throne and what it represented. His retribution took aim at what really killed his mother.

Drogon's survival is actually also pretty surprising. He's a nuclear weapon and while the person with control of the red button is no more, the idea of a dragon simply existing in the wild is a little strange. Not least because there was a pretty compelling theory suggesting that the dragons were only reborn to restore balance in the world when the Night King rose to power. There could even have been cause to have a hint that the Dead weren't completely done with, given Drogon's survival, but it was the right thing to do to leave it at that.

And at least he wasn't just ignored completely. There's actually a wonderful hint when Bran leaves his Small Council at the end of episode to "find Drogon" that he is going to try and warg into the creature as a means to find where he is. It's a great low-ley pay-off to one of the most enduring theories of the show's entire run and for them to not show it on screen is a lovely final subversion.