Game of Thrones is already closing in on its Season 7 finale, and the promo for next week's episode is doing a good job of setting up a popular fan theory coming to life.
Full spoilers for Game of Thrones' latest episode, "Beyond the Wall," continue below.
Jon Snow has his wight, Daenerys Targaryen is firmly anti-Night King, and almost everyone on Game of Thrones is heading south to King's Landing. Almost everyone, it seems, including Sandor Clegane. (Not Sansa, though. She's still at Winterfell.)
The promo for the Season 7 finale of Game of Thrones is setting up Daenerys Targaryen bringing all of her forces to King's Landing, plus the Magnificent Six Five who came back from their ranging mission north of the Wall. Grey Worm, the Dothraki and the rest of the Team Dany crew line up outside of King's Landing, and Jon Snow and crew arrive to try to court Cersei to not fight the wars inside Westeros. But we all know Cersei isn't so quick to accept logic.
Jaime and Cersei Lannister have now had two episodes to think about how they should respond to Daenerys Targaryen's arrival, and we know that Cersei will always "choose violence" when given the option. So why wouldn't she default on the go-to Westeros way and make her decision based on a trial by combat? That certainly looks like the type of showdown the promo is setting up.
On its own, this doesn't tell us much, but these scenes align with one mysterious scene from the trailers that we haven't gotten context for. A scene that looks a lot like the Hound (who notably isn't spotted in this promo, despite everyone from Jorah to Jon to Davos being present) wielding a weapon on a platform that looks a heck of a lot like the one viewed in this promo.
So why is this important? Because if Cersei demands a trial by combat, we know exactly who she will be summoning to fight for her: Zombie Mountain, aka Ser Robert Strong, aka Gregor Clegane, the brother of the Hound.
And people have been wanting these two to fight for years. Proof of the need for Cleganebowl, if you don't believe us:
The premise of the Cleganebowl theory is pretty simple: the Hound and the Mountain will fight each other in a brutal showdown. Given the ripe dramatic history they have together, it makes perfect sense that this would one day come to pass should both of these characters still be alive and in the same place, which they (mostly) will be.
Game of Thrones has been delivering plenty of fan-desired moments, from Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen finally meeting to the Night King resurrecting a zombie dragon. Heck, they've all-but confirmed Jon Snow is actually a certain equation come to life (*cough* R+L=J). So while they're at it, why not make Cleganebowl happen while we're in Season 7?
Still, there are plenty of popular fan theories still out there. That's why we asked the cast to grade them on an IGN scale of 1 to 10. Hear their favorites in the video below:
Do you want Cleganebowl to happen? Let us know in the comments below.
Terri Schwartz is Editorial Producer at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz.
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