Game of Thrones’ favourite characters have seemingly saved Westeros from the dooming threat of the Night King (played by Vladimir Furdik).
He was finally slain by hero of the hour, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) in a shock twist no one saw coming.
Before the Night King was stabbed with Dragonglass, he came face-to-face with Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright), the man he was trying to kill.
However the Three-Eyed Raven was saved just in the nick of time - but was that the right move?
A new theory has emerged on Reddit suggesting the long and lingering staring contest between Bran and the Night King was actually indicative of something more.
AegonStarkgaryen wrote: “The Three Eyed-Raven is the real villain. Not Bran. Bran is dead, Bran died in that cave.
“The Three Eyed-Raven, now in the form of Bran, and having seen all the s**t people to do each other, and their destruction of the Children of the Forest’s habitat and Weirwoods, has been out to kill all of mankind to ‘cleanse’ the world.
“He has been wreaking havoc across time, trying to get men to end each other. He might have been the reason Aerys [Targaryen] became mad. He had no qualms with using Hodor to escape his death.”
The theory goes on to suggest the Night King and his Army of the Dead were trying to kill the Three Eyed-Raven in any form for years to stop the mass execution of humanity which seemed inevitable.
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