The final scene in Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5 featuring Arya Stark and a white horse has given way to many fan theories Game of Thrones season 8 is inching towards its end - pretty much. In the next episode, the World will know who eventually sits on the Iron Throne. We’ve literally waited for the finale since forever - and now in just a matter of one week, the 9 year long mystery will come to an end. Who will sit on the Iron Throne? Well, certainly not Cersei for sure because *spoiler alert* the former Queen meets her end. Yes, Jaime and Cersei die together in the most beautiful way, because together in the womb and together in the tomb. Everything on Thrones is escalating rather quickly and clearly Dany has peaked her “Mad Queen” avatar. The “Breaker of Chains” (don’t know if that still holds true after watching episode 5 reached her insanity and burnt all of King's Landing. Seems like not everyone was happy with what she did (not the Internet and GOT fans, for sure). However, amidst the chaos was that one scene which brought in calmness to the entire episode. That very scene also gave birth to a lot of theories with fans wondering what it really signifies. We saw Arya surviving the madness which Dany created. As soon as she wakes up, she sees a pale horse with a beautiful mane drenched in blood standing in front of her. They share a light moment and we see Arya sitting on it and riding off somewhere. One of the most hyped and anticipated theory is that Arya is Death. According to Christian religious imagery, the scene was a leaf out of the Bible signifying death and the four horsemen of Apocalypse. While many believe that it has references with the Bible, we also have a crew that believes that the horse is indeed a Stark member. There’s a theory revolving around which states that Bran warged into the horse to save his sister. While many stated that Ned Stark’s horse was also white, so it could mean a possible comeback of the nobel man. Given how season 8 is shaping, one major possibility is that horse is a horse and there is nothing more to it. Given that the show is just one episode away from its completion we don’t think that the makers will delve in deep into making the series more complex things. What do you think does the horse scene signify? Do you think Arya will be the one to kill Dany? Comment below and let us know. Credits :POLYGON Read More<doc-sep>Warning: Spoilers ahead. Here's the thing. Game of Thrones fans know the drill now. We were expecting Cleganebowl (RIP, the Hound Sandor). We even expected Daenerys to go full Targaryen and do something point-of-no-return heinous (though perhaps not as bad as torching a city full of innocent people after the surrender bell had rung). We weren't surprised that Jaime Lannister wanted to return to the arms of his beloved sisterwife Cersei, nor that they died together. Not that there were no surprises. Many were hoping for an Arya–Cersei standoff, and it would have been great if our (and Tyrion's, and Jon's, and Varys') worst suspicions about Dany hadn't come true. Indeed, episode 5 of season 8—the second-to-last, ever—was full of action (including several gory battle scenes). But amongst all of this, expected and unexpected, came something right at the end that nobody saw. It was...a horse. When Arya, bloodied and dirtied by the fall of the Red Keep, emerged from the rubble, she saw a beautiful white horse standing in the midst of it all. It had some blood on its leg, so it clearly wasn't just an apparition (though it's possible Arya's imagination will be bloody for the rest of her life). So...what was it? And, more importantly, where had it been hiding? A lot of people could have been saved, Mr. Horse. That's just selfish! Twitter had no idea who the horse was. Did it symbolize peace? Was it the new contender for the throne? Should Arya ride it to the Old Town Road? Probably. Here are the best tweets and memes about the mysterious Game of Thrones horse. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Okay a pale horse is extremely on the nose — b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Arya needs to take that horse to the Old Kings Road — Chisom🇳🇬 (@ChizNuke) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. who left this horse on this old town road pic.twitter.com/E74WI1zfjU — clio (@cliomiso) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. If I'm working on Thrones, the minute Arya set sight on that horse, we blasting Old Town Road. — Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. arya: (touches horse) me, whispering: alexa play old town road — p. claire dodson (@Claire_ifying) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. who was that horse — sonia (@soniasaraiya) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. what conditioner does that horse use #GoT — matt ford (@JMatthiasFord) May 13, 2019 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Estelle Tang Senior Editor Estelle Tang is the former senior editor of ELLE.com. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Spoiler alert! The following contains details from “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 5, "The Bells." There may only be one episode of "Game of Thrones" left, but that won't stop fans of the HBO fantasy series from coming up with one last theory about how it all will end. Fans of "Thrones," and the "Song of Ice and Fire" books it's based on, have long relished in dissecting scenes and dialogue, looking for clues about the endgame. Sometimes they've been very right (Jon is indeed Rhaegar and Lyanna's son) and sometimes they've been very wrong (no, Bran was not the Night King). After Sunday's penultimate episode, it didn't seem like there was much left to predict (there wasn't much left of King's Landing, either), but the final scene has raised the eyebrows of anyone who is up on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Arya was in King's Landing this episode to take revenge on Cersei, but after Dany starts destroying the city, the Hound convinces Arya to forget about vengeance and save herself instead, and she runs. After inexplicably surviving debris falling on her and fiery attacks from Drogon, Arya is left on the ash-filled streets of King's Landing among the dead bodies of people she tried to save, and she sees a white horse, who has also survived and found her. She rides the horse out of the city, seemingly with the intent to avenge those who died there. More:'Game of Thrones' recap: The series just burned itself to the ground On a show like "Thrones," a horse is not just a horse. The steed might be an allusion to the Book of Revelations in the Bible: "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on it was Death." The ending of the episode seems to imply that Arya is now Death, and she's coming for Dany. As we handily were reminded earlier this season, Arya has a long history with death. In Season 1 she got her mantra from Syrio Forel: "What do we say to the god of death? Not today." Arya almost died a few times after fleeing King's Landing at the end of Season 1, and killed freely even before she became an assassin. In Episode 3 of this season, she killed the embodiment of death, the Night King. Trying to escape King's Landing, she is confronted by pointless, graphic and devastating death. She couldn't say "not today." She only could desperately try to survive. And now she's appears to be bringing death to the woman who caused all that pain. More:Those shocking deaths from 'Game of Thrones' King's Landing battle, ranked The theory that Arya will kill Dany in next week's finale is further supported by Melisandre's prophecy about Arya from Season 3. Melisandre saw a future where Arya killed people with brown eyes, blue eyes and green eyes, and Arya has already killed the first two: Walder Frey, the architect of the Red Wedding, had brown eyes; The Night King had blue eyes. And Dany has green eyes. As likely as this theory seems, the episode also set up the possibility that Jon, who was as horrified by his lover/aunt's actions in the battle as anyone else, will kill Dany to save the Seven Kingdoms from her tyrannical rule. Or, perhaps in one more celebration of nihilism, Dany will survive to terrorize Westeros for years. Or something even more senseless and out of character will happen, just like it did in "The Bells." The thing about "Thrones" at this late hour is that it's barreling ahead toward a pre-determined ending and throwing out plot, character and logic to try to get there quickly. So as much that beautiful pale horse seemed like a symbol of impending death, it could also just be one more far too convenient plot device left hanging around the episode.<doc-sep>
Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones Season 8. Nothing like a little symbolism on Game of Thrones to bring some much-needed hope to a bleak episode. Arya narrowly escaped Daenerys' siege of King's Landing in "The Bells", and had a surprising last-minute helper. But what does the horse mean on Game of Thrones? Arya's ride came out of nowhere. When Arya finally rose from the rubble of King's Landing, ash falling around her, a white horse appeared. She hopped on, and high tailed it out of the city. Does it mean anything? Time to dig deep into Horse Girl Internet™ to find out. It's possible that this was just a pretty, cinematic shot to end the episode. Sometimes the cinematography is just so good that you start to look for hidden meaning in everything when it comes to this show. However, white horses pop up in mythology a lot, so it's worth a gander. They can mean wisdom, death, or the end of the world. Arya, as someone who both worships and eschews the God of Death, may hav become a horseman of the apocalypse in her own way. Has Arya become Death, personified? There's also, of course, some very Shadowfax-y vibes in this Lord of the Rings inspired series. It's not the first time that a white horse has been on the show, either. Remember that flashback to Ned and Lyanna Stark's childhood (yes, the one where that thing happened to Hodor) that Bran witnessed? She was riding a white horse then, too, and Arya has been said to resemble her Aunt Lyanna quite a bit. Then again, Daenerys rode a white horse too back in Season 1. Yes, there are theories already that Bran warged into that horse to save his sister. While that would be really, really cool, it's not the best use of his abilities. Plus, Arya would have noticed the eyes. Helen Sloan/HBO If the white horse is a symbol for anything, however, it's hope — both for the realm and for Arya herself. The reason Arya was down on the ground in King's Landing is because the Hound advised her not to devote her life to revenge. Instead, she actually tried to save people rather than killing them. Now, whether or not she plans to hightail it on that horse out of there or try and assassinate a different green-eyed Queen... that we don't know yet. The horse was just concerned with getting her out of King's Landing. We don't know where they're going next. Arya also, incidentally, rode into the city on a black horse — and trained to become a faceless person in the House of Black and White. It may be asking too much of Game of Thrones this late in the, well, game... but can Arya please deploy a faceless disguise one last time while also heeding the Hound's advice? He begged her not to get revenge. Beric advised her to live. The white horse may mean that Arya is Death... but it also may be leading her out of darkness and into light. The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones may have been a total downer, but there's still hope.