What a game changer.
Life in Westeros has been changed forever after the season seven finale.
And before you continue any further, we have to warn you – this post contains spoilers.
Lots of them. Particularly for the last few minutes of the season seven finale of Game of Thrones.
After eight seasons, thousands of years, and what feels like a million and one assurances that nothing bad will ever happen to it…the Wall has come crumbling down.
And while fans may have been expecting it to happen at some point, nobody seemed to guess who would ultimately knock down the Wall.
The season seven finale saw the Night’s King come swooping in on the undead Viserion, meaning he was not only able to cross the Wall – but send part of it at Eastwatch-By-The-Sea crashing down.
Viserion and the Night's King destroys the wall #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/9QYHLUC4za
— GoT Things (@GoTthings_) August 28, 2017
Tormund and Beric, who were among the members of the Night’s Watch still at the Wall, gave the order to run – but it didn’t turn out to be enough.
The dragon topples the section of the Wall within seconds, thanks to his jet blue flame, and the army of the dead make their way across the barrier without any magical repercussions.
And the season ended on an ominous note, with the view of the White Walkers beginning their invasion of Westeros.
The men of the Nights Watch when the White Walkers walked up to that wall.. #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/3YT3StBXFY
— taylor. (@taystokes19) August 28, 2017
RIP Wall. You held it down till the end #GameofThrones #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/zZo4zMZhiw
— yee haw lani 🌵 (@laninicole_xo) August 28, 2017
The Night King was like Wall, what wall..? #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/JqXMuYMXdK
— Brandi🌺 (@MissBrandiG) August 28, 2017
Bran: Nothing will get through this wall.
Viserion: #GameOfThrones #ThronesYall pic.twitter.com/u7bKuqIq9a— Urias (@iLoveUrias) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/LWalshNHL/status/901995557505437696
But with just six episodes left, Game of Thrones fans fans will have a long while to wait until they can find out what this means for the Great War (and the rest of Westeros), as no new episodes are rumoured to be airing until 2019.
And while some people weren’t thrilled about the lengthy cliffhanger, others were especially not happy at the idea that Beric and Tormund may have died in the blast.
The pair, who were standing on top of the Wall when Viserion arrived, tried to scramble to safety before the ground fell out from under them.
But as the Wall began to collapse on top of some of the men of the Night’s Watch, viewers began to fear the worse for the pair.
https://twitter.com/thegillianannis/status/902067232750034945
But Tormond and Berric are ok? Right? #GameOfThrones #ThronesYall
— Agents of Geek Pod (@agentsofgeekpod) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/Josey_1776/status/901995593337376768
Don't tell me Beric and Tormond died off screen!! #GameOfThrones
— 🎄 Michael Johnson 🌸 (@michael4johns) August 28, 2017
me at the thought of Tormond being dead #GoTS7 #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/QgJHejGsJW
— TanyaDavisArt (@tanyadavisart) August 28, 2017
