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These Are the 3 Questions About the ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale That Matter

Despite the show’s happy ending, the future of Westeros is still dark and full of terrors

Rob Bricken
OneZero
Published in
7 min readMay 24, 2019

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WWhether you loved or hated the Game of Thrones finale, there’s no argument that it was a surprisingly happy ending for a place where, to paraphrase Ramsay Bolton, you shouldn’t expect happy endings. From the army of the dead to the dragon queen, all the major threats to the realm have been vanquished. The monarch is now a quasi-elected position, and no one evil is in charge of anything.

But there are still three major issues the series failed to address, which means things aren’t looking nearly as good for the Seven Kingdoms as the finale would have us believe. These are the questions that are haunting me — and they should be haunting you, too.

What was up with the Red God?

There are a few religions in the Game of Thrones universe, although only one should really exist. That’s because R’hllor, aka the Lord of Light, aka the Red God, the power worshipped by the priestess Melisandre and various peoples of the east, seems to be the only 100% actual deity of in the Game of Thrones. We know this because he literally gives his…

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Rob Bricken
OneZero

The former editor of io9.com, Rob Bricken has been a professional nerd since 2001. He also often cries at children's cartoons.