‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7 Spoilers: Will Jon Snow’s War Against The White Walkers Dominate S7?


Warning: The following post contains spoilers pertaining to Game of Thrones Season 7.

In light of recent Game of Thrones Season 7 spoilers, the latest installment in the fantasy series appears to be moving toward a White Walker-centric finale.

For six seasons, Game of Thrones has steadily teased the threat of the White Walkers. Now it appears that threat will become the central focus of the series’ final seasons.

In Season 5, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and company faced off with the White Walkers in one of the most climactic battles of the series. That episode was “Hardhome” and in the memorable denouement, Jon succeeded in slaying a mighty White Walker warrior.

Jon’s heroics not only earned him the eternal loyalty of the Wildlings, it also propelled a long fraught angle of Game of Thrones to the forefront of reality.

After loads of discussions as to the ominous threat they posed; viewers finally got to see it for themselves when the action fell on a White Walker versus human battle.

According to the alleged Game of Thrones Season 7 plot leak, which was originally authored by Reddit user ‘awayforthelads,’ and later recompiled by ‘maureencreates,’ the White Walkers will shift from the series’ peripheral villains to its central antagonists.

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What spoilers point to the White Walker threat as the central focus of Season 7?

This week, Watchers on the Wall confirmed one of the plots from the alleged Season 7 leak. As Inquisitr relayed, Jon will bring a wight before Westeros as proof of their existence and the threat they pose to humanity. Apparently many in Westeros are skeptical of Jon’s claim, so he will prove it to them by bringing the threat right before their eyes.

Jon would have to go capture this wight first and that could take a few episodes. Season 7 is only seven episodes long, which means the White Walkers will have to be a predominant focus of the season.

We also know that Jon is going to meet Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) for the first time. Many believe the purpose of his trip is to gain her support against the White Walkers.

While some might have originally thought that Game of Thrones would stick with its tendency to do the unexpected and have the White Walkers destroyed early on, Game of Thrones appears not to be taking that track.

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How will Game of Thrones fare focusing on villains that are zombie-like forces of nature?

It shares a lot of similarities to learning that the final two seasons will revolve around a great blizzard. With the death of Ramsay Bolton, the series’ ultimate personification of evil, Game of Thrones is in a curious position going into Season 7. For the first time in its history, Game of Thrones is heading into a new season without a straightforward villain.

While Game of Thrones still has Cersei (Lena Headey) and Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen), they are considered by many fans not to be out-and-out villains.

Neither are the White Walkers. Like zombies, they have no clear concept of love or hate. To say they are acting out of malice would be a projection.

Will the White Walkers bring everyone together?

Whether fans will accept the White Walkers as the series’ ultimate villains is up in the air. Game of Thrones‘ warring characters putting aside their differences to fight them is apparently the storyline’s ultimate goal.

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What about the blood feuds?

Season 6 was one of the best received seasons in Game of Thrones history, which was due in large part to blood feuds and old grudges finally coming to a head. After watching the Starks get beat down, year after year, two of its most prominent members joined forces and freed their familial abode from the despicable Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon).

While Jon and Sansa procured Winterfell, they have yet to reap revenge on those who played major roles in their father’s execution: Cersei Lannister and Lord Peter “Littlefinger” Baelish. Many fans thought their path to vengeance would be where Season 7 led the Starks.

Now that remains unclear. Will all be forgiven and forgotten as they join forces with their enemies to fight the greatest threat of all?

After finding such great success focusing on the human component of its story, Game of Thrones is taking what many might consider a huge gamble.

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Has the point of all of these seasons been to prepare Jon Snow to take on the White Walkers?

The threat of the White Walkers not only involves who Jon is, but who he might become. Remember Azor Ahai or the “Prince That Was Promised” prophecy? According to Melisandre (Carice van Houten), Jon is the reincarnation of the mythical warrior, who first defeated the White Walkers during the original “long night.”

A Tale of Two Mantras

For years, we have heard two mantras: the first and perhaps most famous being “winter is coming.” While the other referred to the “long night to come.” In the Season 6 finale, Sansa (Sophie Turner) told Jon that winter had come. Will the “long night” arrive in Season 7?

What is the “long night?”

It refers to a period of time that occurred a long time ago, in which the entire known world was covered in darkness. It transpired during a long winter. With winter having come at the end of Season 6, viewers should not be surprised to see the “long night” follow.

There are still a lot of missing pieces to the puzzle. For better or worse, fans have months to stew about what they might lead too. We will all learn more when Game of Thrones Season 7 premieres next summer on HBO.

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