@Skooba It can happen. Death of a famous leader can put a demoralised army to rout. But they way they put it, I don't buy it. "Kill NK, they all die". Too frigging easy.
@Aegon that depends on how much the leader is important, and the role of other commanders
a good counter example would be battle of stanford bridge, Harald Hardrada die quite early, but the battle still continues, even if there is no point, as the war was based around Harald claim to the trone
and if the only goal is to wipe out humanity, other WW can do it without NK, either as a council, or with one general becoming the new leader
@Kepotx On the other hand we have Battle of Manzikert and Battle of Zab where even false rumours of the respective deaths of Romanos IV and Marwan II decided the fates of their Empires
btw, was I the only one disappointed in the plot around Last Hearth? They set it up as a "oh shit, we're stuck behind enemy lines with this screaching demon, now everything within a league knows we're here", and then next we see they arrive safely at Winterfell...
@Aegon and staying in 1066, battle of hasting, Guillaume did a great counter-attack, without helmet to show everyone he was still alive, giving moral bons to the troops
If anything, he'll make it different now to rub it in.
And to profit from all the disappointed fans rejoicing when the books "make it better".
That's the advantage of being able to basically try out your planned ending with such a huge audience while still having time to change the entire story over the course of 2 huge books.
Do you guys have an idea about what has or will happen with other kingdoms/great families/locations? I lost track of most of them since the show almost only focuses on Wall/North/KL
@NapoleonWilson I mean to be perfectly honest, anything would be better than what the show's become season 4 onwards. I loved the first 3 seasons despite the changes, and half of the 4th season as well kind of, but once the show crew were on their own, it became all absurd.