8 Questions the Game of Thrones Finale Needs to Answer

Warning: Spoilers for all aired episodes of Game of Thrones ahead.

It's hard to believe there's only one Game of Thrones episode left, but here we are. After last week's episode, "The Bells," fully unleashed the Mad Queen in Daenerys Targaryen, we obviously have a ton of questions about how the current situation within the Seven Kingdoms will resolve itself. But beyond what will happen to Dany, there are still plenty of other questions that need to be addressed in the finale. Here are eight of them.

1. Where will Jon and Daenerys's relationship go from here?

We saw first-hand in the latest episode that Jon Snow was completely betrayed by Daenerys Targaryen. After an awkward scene between the lovers earlier on, the Mother of Dragons later went against her word and burned down King's Landing, murdering hundreds—if not thousands—of innocent people in the process. So where do Jon and Dany stand after the events of last episode? It's hard to imagine that Jon will still be comfortable bending the knee to Dany after her violent actions, but we'll have to get a definitive answer as to where the couple goes from here.

2. Who, if anyone, is the Prince That Was Promised?

The prophesized Prince That Was Promised, an idea Melisandre carried throughout the series, has been predicted by both fans and characters to be a handful of different people (many of whom have already been killed). Whether it's meant to be Jon, Daenerys, or even Arya Stark, The One Who Was Promised is destined to save the world from an "impending darkness." Now we just need to know: Who is it?

3. Will Arya fulfill the rest of her prophecy?

Season 8's Battle of Winterfell concluded with Arya killing the Night King, something we realized she was meant to do all along. Melisandre returned and repeated the same prophecy to Arya that she offered up in the third season: "Brown eyes, blue eyes, green eyes. Eyes you'll shut forever," leaving her with just one more person to kill after blue-eyed leader of the army of the dead.

As Cersei Lannister has green eyes, fans had been theorizing that Arya would be the one to kill her. However, with the wicked queen ultimately meeting her demise in a much less satisfying way, there's still someone out there with green eyes for Arya to defeat. Will it be Daenerys, who has blue-green eyes? We need to find out if the prophecy will fully come true.

4. What happened to Yara Greyjoy?

Yara Greyjoy seemed to be essential to Daenerys's fight for the Iron Throne, and Theon Greyjoy explained earlier on in the season that his sister went to take back the Iron Islands in Dany's name. While Daenerys's Mad Queen antics proved she probably didn't need to recruit Yara and her troops, we'd still like to see a proper goodbye for the ironborn. Now that her uncle, Euron Greyjoy, is dead, Yara might not have any reason to return. But we'd still like to see her in the final episode.

5. Will anyone from previous seasons return?

For more than a year, there has been a lot of fan speculation about which characters from previous seasons we might see again before the series ends. Many have suspected that Daario Naharis, Daenerys's former lover—who we last saw in season 6—would return to fight for his queen, while others have predicted the return of Jaqen H'ghar. Nearly all of the remaining characters have people from their past whose reemergence could create a major plot twist. Now we just need to see if it happens.

6. Why was Jon Snow brought back from the dead?

The reason why Melisandre believed Jon was the Prince That Was Promised was because she was able to bring him back from the dead through the Lord of Light in season 6. Apart from any religion, however, it seemed obvious that Jon was brought back for a reason. With just one episode left, we need to know what that reason was, because it couldn't have just been luck.

7. What was the point of the Night King?

A common complaint about season 8 is regarding the Night King, and how little he amounted to after years of buildup. The undead leader and his army were supposed to be the greatest threat in Westerosi history—a threat so dangerous that the plan to defeat him brought the most unlikely of characters together to fight alongside each other. But ever since Arya killed him in "The Long Night," he hasn't been spoken of again—nor has Bran Stark's connection with him. We'd like to get some type of closure on that plot line, or at least hear a mention of the Night King.

8. Who will sit on the Iron Throne?

Of course, the biggest question of all is: Who, if anyone, will sit on the Iron Throne? With Daenerys's poor choices in "The Bells" likely pushing her down the line of viable candidates, Jon Snow seems to be the only logical choice—especially considering that he is the rightful heir. But we all know how much he doesn't want it. In the end, will Jon decide to put his feelings aside for the greater good of the Seven Kingdoms, or will someone else rise up and take the Iron Throne from him? Soon enough, we'll (hopefully) know all.