The Important Details You Need To Remember For The “Game Of Thrones” Finale

The Game of Thrones Season 7 finale is almost here, and the teaser promises a truly epic convergence of characters. Read below.

For nearly its whole run, the characters of Game of Thrones have been on their own journeys, crossing over here and there, but for the most part largely separate. In the last two seasons, as we near the conclusion of the story, the characters have been meeting and reuniting, with their stories overlapping more and more. The Season 7 finale looks to be the peak of this trend, with the largest gathering of main characters we've seen since Season 1, as Jon and his allies meet with Cersei in King's Landing to try and convince her to put a pause on the war for the Iron Throne so they can defeat the Night King together. Because there is sure to be A LOT going on in the scene, here's a refresher on how all the characters know each other, and what their feelings towards each other might be...

For nearly its whole run, the characters of Game of Thrones have been on their own journeys, crossing over here and there, but for the most part largely separate. In the last two seasons, as we near the conclusion of the story, the characters have been meeting and reuniting, with their stories overlapping more and more. The Season 7 finale looks to be the peak of this trend, with the largest gathering of main characters we’ve seen since Season 1, as Jon and his allies meet with Cersei in King’s Landing to try and convince her to put a pause on the war for the Iron Throne so they can defeat the Night King together. Because there is sure to be A LOT going on in the scene, here’s a refresher on how all the characters know each other, and what their feelings towards each other might be… 

First up: Jon Snow. This is the first time he’s ever been in the south (since his birth), let alone King’s Landing.

And he is serving such Ned Stark vibes, it's killing me.
And he is serving such Ned Stark vibes, it’s killing me. 

He’s coming face to face with Cersei and Jaime Lannister, who he has met before – waaay back at the start of Season 1.

He only shared a very brief moment of screentime with Cersei, as he was in the second row, behind his family, when the queen arrived at Winterfell with King Robert and greeted the Starks. This was because of his bastard status – Cersei would have barely noticed him. How far he has come!

He has good reason to hate her, knowing the part she has played in the deaths of his family members.
He has good reason to hate her, knowing the part she has played in the deaths of his family members. 

Jaime, meanwhile, had one memorable scene with Jon, in which he mocked him for joining the Night’s Watch.

 
He remarks on the fact Jon has never swung a sword at an actual person, and then says, rather sarcastically, “Let me thank you ahead of time for guarding us all from the perils beyond the Wall. Wildlings and White Walkers and whatnot.”Now, Jon, who has probably swung his sword at more people (living and undead) than anyone in this whole series, will meet Jaime again with proof of the perils beyond the Wall.
 

As a side note – with Pod and Brienne in King’s Landing, this will be Jon’s first time seeing anyone from Winterfell since he departed in Episode 2 of this season. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s any discussion over the drastic changes that have taken place both at home and around Jon in the short period of time since then.

 

Then there’s Tyrion, who will be returning to King’s Landing ~officially~ (i.e. not smuggled) for the first time since he escaped in Season 4, after murdering his father and Shae.

Then, he was on the run from the executioner. Now, he's Hand of the Queen to his family's enemy.
Then, he was on the run from the executioner. Now, he’s Hand of the Queen to his family’s enemy.

 

He’ll be seeing his sister for the first time since she gloated over his death sentence after Oberyn lost his trial by combat to the Mountain.

 
Since then, Cersei has learned that Tyrion didn’t kill Joffrey – but, of course, he DID kill their father. She also blames him for Myrcella being sent to Dorne, and therefore her death. So, you know, there’s no love lost between them. But the scenes the two shared in early seasons were always absolutely crackling with tension and brilliant dialogue, so here’s hoping we get some good interactions when they meet again.

 

Tyrion will also be reuniting with his faithful former squire Pod for the first time since leaving Westeros.

Remember, Pod saved Tyrion’s life at the Battle of Blackwater Bay. When Tyrion was arrested for Joffrey’s murder, he ordered Pod out of King’s Landing in order to protect him from whoever had framed him, and the two shared an emotional goodbye. Tyrion asked for Jaime’s help in finding a safe place for Pod, which is how Pod ended up with Brienne.

 

It’ll be satisfying to see Pod and Tyrion together again – even more so if they also meet up with Bronn, which it looks like they will judging by the backs of those heads in the trailer.

Pod saw Bronn at Riverrun last season, of course, while Tyrion briefly appeared in a scene with Bronn when he reunited with Jaime in Episode 5. But we were robbed of a proper reunion then, so an interaction with the three of them would make up for it.

This is the first time Pod and Brienne have been in King’s Landing since Jaime sent them off in search of the Stark girls in Season 4.

And now, both girls are safely back at Winterfell and under Brienne’s protection.

 

The last time Brienne and Jaime actually saw each other, it was at Riverrun, and had the flavour of a final farewell.

So the prospect of them meeting up once again is exciting. Sansa explicitly mentioned Jaime to Brienne in Episode 6 and referred to the honourable way he had treated her, so it seems likely we’ll get a good scene between the two. Jaime’s relationship with Brienne is implicitly tied to his honour, and his journey towards getting it back. While he is still firmly by Cersei’s side at this stage, Brienne has now achieved the quest he sent her on and found BOTH Stark girls alive, so perhaps seeing her again after all that will give him a jolt he needs back in the right direction.Then again, Cersei is pregnant now so… sigh.

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