'Game of Throne' Offers Unsettling Prophecies

'Game of Throne' Offers Unsettling Prophecies

[Warning: This story contains spoilers for the third episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season, "The Queen's Justice."]

Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) are on the same screen (if not on the same page), but it's not all sunshine and rainbows on Dragonstone.

Before the King in the North and the Mother of Dragons' fateful meeting, two other players had an important conversation about destiny: Varys (Conleth Hill) and Melisandre (Carice van Houten), the latter of whom announced her plans to leave Westeros behind for Volantis. Varys, never one to be shy in his disdain for magic, offered Melisandre some free advice: "I don't think you should return to Westeros. I'm not sure you would be safe here." In return, Melisandre offered a chilling promise of her own.

"I will return, dear Spider, one last time," she said. "I have to die in this strange country — just like you."

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