Join and as we explore and analyze the series FINALE! - The Ringer May 20, 2019Īt least two continents are blank canvases for Arya’s journeys, with only the eastern part of Essos having a fleshed-out history. #GameofThrones is officially over but #TalkTheThrones continues! Martin told Vulture in 2014 he intentionally made the rest of the map hazy to reflect the knowledge gap in Westeros. The land mass below Essos is a continent called Sothoryos, and the landmass kitty-corner to the bottom right of the map is called Ulthos. Look at Martin’s map-it reveals just how small a slice of the “known world” we’ve seen so far. On that journey, and in this spinoff, Arya might become the first person to realize that the world is a sphere (sit down, Kyrie Irving). Why doesn’t Bran just tell Arya what’s West of Westeros? Probably the same reason he wants a Master of Whisperers even though he knows everything. Martin, “No one has ever traveled past the Sunset Sea to learn what’s on the other side,” though one intrepid explorer may have gotten all the way to Essos.
That’s where I’m going.”Īccording to George R.R.
“What’s West of Westeros?,” Arya asks Jon, Sansa, and Bran toward the end of the finale.
Whether they get made seems less like a matter of “if” and more a matter of “when.” So let’s look at five stories that were laid out by the finale, that could easily bloom into full series after this episode. But even beyond that, the Thrones finale on Sunday night laid the groundwork for a number of other potential spinoffs. Martin wants to name it “The Long Night,” but his nomenclature authority is debatable these days). A prequel pilot about the Age of Heroes, set 10,000 years before the events of the show, has already been announced (George R.R. After the success of this show- Thrones was setting records by the week-soon there ought to be enough spinoff series to fill an entire catalog of programming and build multiple amusement parks. Game of Thrones is over, but our watch on the yet-to-be-expanded franchise is just beginning.