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Two of Cersei’s children briefly held power before their untimely, disturbing demises. Don’t Go Westeros, Young ManĬlaimants included several members of the Lannister family. The game in Game of Thrones was as brutal a contest as you can imagine. And it seemed as though everyone with a castle or a fleet of ships wanted in on the action. How many, exactly? As Queen Cersei Lannister once said, “I’ve lost count.” Battles and wars and occasional spats of peace were followed by more wars. Lots of people wanted to sit on the Iron Throne during the show’s run. Rather, let’s simply acknowledge that the fight for the Iron Throne was as chaotic a scramble for power as we’ve ever seen on TV. Given that this Game will now be replaying on streaming platforms and eventually DVD and, who knows, perhaps in Martin’s final books once they come about, let’s not give away any plot points here. Martin is still laboring away on volume six of his Song of Fire and Ice series, the HBO series finished with someone putting a massive tome titled A Song of Fire and Ice in front of Westeros’ new Hand (sort of the realm’s version of Secretary of State). HBO’s tumultuous eight-season run of Game of Thrones is now officially, and somewhat literally, in the books.

Turns out, sitting on the Iron Throne of Westeros isn’t so much good as it is a good way to end up dead. It’s good to be the king … or is it queen?