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Originally Posted by Swanman
They are taking the Starks and giving them all kinds of potentially important roles in the final two books.
Catelyn - Now a zombified badass, who knows where that will go
Arya - kickass assassin and hopefully reunites with Nymeria
Sansa - looks to become queen of the vale and possibly the entire north
Bran - could become the most central character in the entire book
Jon - who knows, but it will be big
Rickon - In Skagos right now so we can bet he will be a wild one when they find him
You also have the direwolves Summer, Shaggydog and Ghost still around.
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Or GRRM is just going to kill them all off in the prelude chapter to the next book and say, "Actually, the Boltons win!"
I've just become less and less convinced of GRRM's ability to bring this thing to a satisfactory conclusion. He just keeps spinning off new bullshit complications and plots that just stall things even more.
It's also why I think the HBO series will fizzle out before it reaches a conclusion. Audiences and critics are going to get impatient with it after this season. They're already impatient with this season. The Red Wedding, Joffrey's death, Tywin's death... those will tide people over for another season... but getting through the long slog of the next two books while maintaining a satisfied audience will be really difficult.