by Lola Heys
We’re sure you’ll all know by now that Jon Snow is getting his own spinoff series, titled SNOW, set after the events of GAME OF THRONES, once he has rejoined the Night’s Watch and headed back north of the Wall. But why just him? (Besides the fact that Kit Harington was the one to pitch the show in the first place, of course!) George R R Martin’s rich world of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE is full of fascinating characters, and while they didn’t all live to see the end of the main story, there are surely plenty who we’d love to see a bit more of. So without further ado, here are five more GAME OF THRONES characters who deserve their own series…
Yara Greyjoy
The last living Greyjoy by the end of the series, Yara never truly stopped being loyal to Daenerys even after her death, which places her at odds with most of the other remaining characters. Now the rightful ruler of the Ironborn, Yara would be an interesting figure to follow for a story of her own, not least because she hails from an area of Westeros we admittedly know little about beyond their traditions of reaving, roving, raiding, and raping. Even then, with her loyalty to her deceased queen in mind, Yara would be like to go about changing these traditions of the Iron Islands. The story of her leadership could be an interesting one to explore.
King Bran the Broken
As far as spin-offs go, this would probably be the closest to a direct continuation of Game of Thrones. Now that he’s king, Bran faces fixing the mess that has been left of Westeros in the wake of the War of the Five Kings and the Great War. Also, because of his new position as, well y’know, king, a show focusing on him would do well to encapsulate the continuing stories of fan-favourites who stuck around with him in King’s Landing (anyone else interested to see how Bronn’s top-priority plans to rebuild the city’s brothels are coming along?). Anyone involved in the Game of Thrones fandom will know that Bran’s appointment as the new King of the Six Kingdoms was controversial, but maybe with his own show then he’ll have the chance to show that he truly is worthy of the crown.
Arya Stark
With no names left to cross off of her ‘kill list’, Arya Stark ended the series setting sail to find what lies “west of Westeros”. And that was that. That was that… I mean, come on HBO, did you not think at all that now everybody wants to know what else is out there? This would be a great series to delve deeper into Arya’s character now that she doesn’t have revenge as her driving force, and also to explore hitherto unknown parts of the fascinating world that George R R Martin has crafted so superbly over the past few decades.
Robert Baratheon
“But he’s dead, mate!” I know, but hear us out on this. Robert’s rebellion is a topic that comes up a lot in Game of Thrones, having occurred sixteen years prior to the main story and being the reason why Robert Baratheon was king in the first place. But outside of the brief flashbacks in Season 7 as we find out more about Jon Snow’s past, we see precious little of the events that took place during the rebellion and it would be a shame not to go deeper into an event that still has so much to unpack. A prequel certainly seems in order here, methinks…
Salladhor Saan
Who? That’s exactly the problem. Appearing only three times in the show, Salladhor Saan is the Lysene pirate and friend of Davos Seaworth who the knight originally approached for help with taking King’s Landing. After a second meeting in Braavos in Season 4, Saan disappeared from the show completely. This is such a shame because he was a brilliantly charismatic character who fans would definitely want to spend more time with. He’s a sellsail, a pirating mercenary operating in the Narrow Sea between the Free Cities and Westeros, and I could see a show with him at its centre being an intriguing, swashbuckling, Our Flag Means Death sort of situation.
GAME OF THRONES can currently to streamed in the UK via NowTV
