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" And so another season comes to a close. Now to pick up the pieces... 14. House Tully  Remember them? They were a major player once, and now they&amp;#039;re only mentioned in the past tense, which is a sad thing, since Edmure&amp;#039;s still imprisoned at the Twins and the Blackfish is still kicking around somewhere. They didn&amp;#039;t even appear this season! 13. Mance Rayder and The Wildlings  And now their war is ended! Tormund is locked up in a tower with nothing left but defeat, Mance and his army were routed by Stannis in five minutes, and the least patient king in all the realm doesn&amp;#039;t take kindly to extra mouths to feed. 12. House Greyjoy   Their heir is still a tortured, brainwashed serving boy to House Bolton, they&amp;#039;ve still been booted from the North, and they really have no moves left at all to keep playing the Game of Thrones. 11. Arya and the Hound   Another classic comedy roadtrip bites the dust, as Arya abandons the Hound to death and the Westeros storyline for greener pastures. 10. Dorne  It seems Oberyn&amp;#039;s retinue abandoned King&amp;#039;s Landing the minute his body was cold, which is probably a wise move. However, it seems like the Red Viper got the last laugh after all, since Gregor is comatose and left to the not-so-tender care of ex-Maester Qyburn. And with the death of Tywin, the Dornish may not be as bad off as it first seemed. 9. House Lannister       Tywin Lannister, the man obsessed with preserving the family legacy, is dead. That&amp;#039;s going to leave a massive power vacuum in King&amp;#039;s Landing, and one that their enemies are probably going to be more than happy to rush into. But with Cersei reaffirming her love for Jaime, maybe she won&amp;#039;t go down without a fight now that Tywin isn&amp;#039;t around to hold her back. 8. Brienne and Pod  They lost their lead on Arya and have no idea where else to look. This trip just got aimless, and right when they were so close to completion. 7. Bran and the Fellowship   They lost Jojen in the wake of an attack by some stab-happy Skeletons, but they&amp;#039;ve also met one of the last members of an ancient magical race, as well as earned a sanctuary against future attacks by the icy undead. With the three-eyed raven promising to teach Bran to fly, things are finally looking up for them, a little. 6. Daenerys Targaryen       Dany has been on a steady decline ever since she set up tent (or pyramid) in Meereen. First she sent Jorah away, now she&amp;#039;s locked up or lost her dragons. Considering they were her nuclear option, this leaves her much worse off in terms of military strategy, going forward. And they were just getting big enough to ride, too! 5. House Bolton  House Bolton now rules the largest of the Seven Kingdoms completely. Or so they think. Now that Stannis has made landfall up north, who knows what might come blowing out of the cold soon? 4. Tyrell  With Tywin dead and Cersei distracted, this is an amazing opportunity for the Roses to make moves toward Tommen. 3. The Night&amp;#039;s Watch    Saved by the black stag! Just when the Night&amp;#039;s Watch was well and truly beaten, their salvation arrived. Now they just need a chance to regroup a little, maybe send out some recruiters, and they&amp;#039;ll be back in fighting shape in no time. 2. Stannis Baratheon  The first of his name proved again just why he&amp;#039;s the best man for the job, arriving in the nick of time to stop Mance Rayder from murdering off the only thing that&amp;#039;s going to defend against the coming snowpocalypse. 1. Littlefinger and Sansa   They haven&amp;#039;t shown up in two episodes, but the creepy pairing in the Eyrie still come out strong as the &amp;quot;winners&amp;quot; of this season, landing the Eyrie, the Vale, and the means to go even further as time goes on.  MORE GAME OF THRONES   \u2022 All the Power Rankings!  \u2022 How the Bloodiest Show on TV Rejects Revenge Every Time  \u2022 The Brutal Truth About Cersei and Tyrion  \u2022 The Game of Reputation Management  \u2022 The Lesson on Power  \u2022 A Closer Look at That Rape Scene... \u2022 ...And How the Show Ignored It  \u2022 Where the Series Stole Its Plot Points   \u2022 SURVEY: What Do Book Fans Think? \u2022 The Problem With Watching It on Sunday   \u2022 Omar Little and the Hound Share a Bond  \u2022 A Frank Talk with Cersei  \u2022 How Margaery Spoiled the Season... \u2022 But She Is the Prettiest Tyrell, So We Forgive Her  \u2022 And Our Cover Man: Tyrion "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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