The Throne of Swords 8 × 04, the experience points of the episode

After such a clash, the one between the living and the King of the Night, a transition episode was expected. An episode where our protagonists take stock of the situation, prepare to march towards King's Landing and, in general, they catch their breath for the ending of the story.

Instead, this fourth episode does not bother to slow down but, on the contrary, gets back into gear to prepare the scenario for the last two episodes which, even at the very thought, could turn out to be heart-pounding. Yes, we liked this episode, because apart from the eternal invisible ships of Euron Greyjoy (a trick that the writers can't leave behind) is an episode that smells of the past, of that Game of Thrones that had fascinated us with its dialogues and its construction of a coherent and cohesive story.

But, coming to us, we assign the experience points of this crackling episode. As always, a lot of spoiler if you haven't seen the episode. I would like to say what are you doing here, if you have not seen the episode? That Strangers lead you to damnation.

Jon Snow 

700 experience points

Il Cocco del Master begins with a banal but functional funeral speech, and for the course of the episode he has to juggle the old family, the new one, his wife (who hates him, then loves him and then hates him tururu), harassing friends, co-workers and the dog. Something that is difficult to do in real life, let alone in a medieval context where you die from a crooked look at the wrong person. During the session he is acclaimed by everyone, the people around him already see him as a King. Of course, a caress to Specter could also give it. The new Eddard Stark.

Daenerys Targaryen 

700 experience points

The unbearable female Alexander the Great of Westeros in this session takes on an unprecedented and profound characterization, due to the traumatic events that surround it, demonstrating that critical events have always been the best engine to make a character evolve (take note, Master ). In this session she is called to react to the loss of her beloved - with a Jon Snow who is in fact drifting further and further away from her - of a dragon and her trusted friend and advisor. "Dracarys" said by Missandei means that, probably, Dany will become a Mad Queen like all her relatives. We can not wait.

Sansa Stark 

700 experience points

The other unbearable par excellence of the series this time proves to have understood the rules of the game of the throne. In addition to spreading the great secret that Jon had asked him to keep in 0.2 seconds, he is blatantly making plans to put her in that place in Daenerys. During the dialogue with the Hound I was ready to hear her say “I've become a phoenix now”, and via product placement for the next X-Men film.

Gendry… Baratheon 

600 experience points

The blacksmith son of Robert Baratheon experiences a session of ups and downs. On the one hand he receives an incredible reward from the Master: noble title, legitimation of the Baratheon dynasty and castle. On the other hand, he takes a gigantic two of spades (which is therefore also a six or eight of spades, if desired) from Arya Stark who doesn't feel like being a noblewoman. Seduced and abandoned.

Arya Stark

600 experience points

After the incredible previous session, Westeros' Iron Fist rightfully takes a break. Despite this, however, he continues to plot with Sansa, and puts a sòla on poor Gendry while he was already there, then prepares for a journey to King's Landing where, we suppose, he will end the life of someone important by unleashing a new martial art. .

Jaime Lannister

800 experience points

By far, increasingly blatant, the best character in the series, Jaime Lannister churns out another masterful session. First he launches into a very nice moment with the rest of the cumpa, then he ends the romance with Brienne in a very natural and heartfelt way, and finally he proves to be a great man (with all the capital G and U of the case), when he leaves Brienne. He knows he's the only person in the world who can make Cersei think, as well as the only one who can get close enough to stick a sword in his chest. In both cases, the danger is such that Jaime realizes that her end is near, and so he pushes Brienne to hate him so as not to make her suffer too much in case the tragic fate falls upon him. True knight.

Tyrion Lannister 

750 experience points

Tyrion continues his interesting and profound journey that leads him to a very different characterization from what we remembered him. Submissive, almost frightened by the situation, as well as by the verbal confrontation with Varys that, in the past, he would probably have annihilated with two sentences. We are very curious to see where he will go. Remarkable is the way he gets rid of Bronn in a hurry by making a promise that he clearly won't keep. Too bad for the final Diplomacy test against Cersei, an excellent roleplay accompanied by a bad roll of the dice.

Brienne of Tarth 

700 exp pointserience

The knight, as Boldrini would like, finally manages to get the heart (and something else too) of her beloved Jaime. However, as mentioned above for the knight, the ending of her story is not at all sweet as we hoped. In all this beautiful interpretation both before, during the jovial moment, and after during the romantic tragedy.

Copper 

750 experience points

The Weaver Spider returns to the glories of the first seasons and reminds everyone what its ultimate goal is: the status quo. After receiving Jon's confession of Secret® he does what one would expect of Varys, which is to plot behind Daenerys' back. He really enjoyed his session, albeit with a short time on stage. He is blatantly ready to do something shocking that we will see in the next few episodes.

Bran stark

400 experience points

Who is the Night King really? Why was he looking for Bran? Did it really end like this with the White Walkers, with an Iron Fist from Arya? We expect a lot of answers, instead it talks about the history of wheelchairs. Barring spectacular reversals, Bran has now become just a living commercial of the Game of Thrones prequel spin-offs coming to HBO. Markettaro.

Tormund and the other friendzoned

600 experience points

Tormund, Specter, Sam and Gilly are all friendzoned in one way or another by Jaime and / or the Master's Coconut. This is likely to be the last time we'll see them in session, so we're giving them representative experience points. A bit like those players who say "look, now I'm a bit busy with work and other hindrances, for now don't count me in the session, I make myself heard", and then they resent ten years later because they invite you to the wedding .

Donate

500 experience points

You know when, as a Master, you need to fill in the last twenty minutes of a session because you were improvising and the band has come to a point where you didn't expect, and so you need a skit to fill in? So that's exactly what Bronn does in this session of the Throne. The useless NPC.

Euron Greyjoy

1000 experience points

Euron Greyjoy is the classic simple, two-dimensional character, characterized in a banal way, but who does not know how he always manages to be the center of attention. Against Rhaegal he first rolls an off-scale Stealth for his fleet of warships, then makes a series of hit rolls where he never goes below 18 with d20, and eventually even places a critic against the dragon (yes, we do. we know it's a wyvern actually, but the audience at home isn't). Finally, he manages to push his relationship with NPC villain Cersei even higher thanks to his quest to kidnap Missandei. Simple but effective.

The guy who forgot his glass of Starbucks

5000 experience points and come directly behind the screen to burn

The issue of the Starbucks glass left on the table in the dinner scene at Winterfell made almost more news than the episode itself. Despite the gossips it is not a product placement, but really an oversight. It is likely that this person no longer has a job, but heroes don't always wear cloaks, and whoever has made money I don't know how much news for such a frivolous matter is a hero.

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