‘Game Of Thrones’: 5 Predictions For ‘Battle Of The Bastards’ And ‘The Winds Of Winter’

3. “Burn them all”

In “No One” Tommen, under the influence of the High Sparrow, outlaws trial-by-combat, seemingly condemning his mother Cersei who had been counting on her monstrous bodyguard FrankenMountain as her fail-safe. However, her only other ally, the mad scientist-turned-spymaster Qyburn, brings news that a “rumor” she told him to investigate turned out to be “much more.”

Speculation is that the rumor Qyburn refers to is a search for hidden caches of wildfire left over from the Mad King’s reign. Cersei has long had a fascination with it; she’s oft-talked about burning cities to the ground for various indignities. Plus her brother/lover Jaime the Kingslayer would have surely told her the reason he slayed the king. Add to it the wildfire in Bran’s visions and you have enough foreshadowing to make a case.

This firepower would give Cersei the power for another Red Wedding-esque event wherein she would likely target the Sept of Baelor where the High Sparrow resides and Loras Tyrell is held prisoner. The incitement for this mass murder will probably be Tommen’s death, by some unknown means. I’d also speculate that her uncle Kevan, cousin Lancel and Grand Maester Pycelle will go down in flames (the first and third are dead in the novels). While I hope she is spared, I also can’t discount Margaery from the possible death toll here. That’s seven possible character deaths right here alone. It’s gonna be a couple bloody Sundays.