Daenerys Targaryen (played by Emilia Clarke) was slain by Jon Snow (Kit Harington) after he became fearful about what she could do after seeing her burn down King’s Landing.
Knowing thousands of other innocents could die at her hand, he made the fateful decision to end her life on the HBO series.
He plunged a dagger into her heart as the pair shared a final kiss on Game of Thrones.
However, could it be that Jon was instructed to kill his Queen and that he didn’t do it completely of his own accord?
One fan has theorised that there is evidence in the source material that hints at Daenerys’ inevitable fate.
And Melisandre (Carice van Houten) is drawn into the theory as the Red Priestess had a vision of Jon that could suggest she knew he would be the one to finish Daenerys.
Redditor Endcity23 wrote: “Now we know Mel alludes to Jon as a ‘half seen shadow’ and while Dany thinks about her future lover, she sees his face as a ‘shifting shadow’.”
The fan went on to point out a part of the text as they wrote: ”’The flames crackled softly, and in their crackling, Melisandre heard the whispered name Jon Snow. His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain.
“Sometimes Dany would close her eyes and dream of him, but it was never Jorah Mormont she dreamed of; her lover was always younger and more comely, though his face remained a shifting shadow’.”
They go on to note: “In other instances in the books where ‘Shifting shadows’ are used, it always reeks of blood and betrayal. Twice referring to the cold, hard Kings of winter and Once to the Iron throne.”
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The viewer went on to list other uses of the words in the George R.R. Martin books before adding: “Foreshadowing Jon being ruthless about justice/ his decision to kill Daenerys and their final confrontation in the throne room.”
Could this mean that Melisandre told Jon he had to kill Daenerys after all she’d seen within the fire?
Of course, she famously resurrected Jon from the dead back in season six and later claimed she believed him to be the Prince that was Promised.
Was it all because she knew his greater purpose was to murder the Queen of Dragons?
Melisandre died following the Battle of Winterfell before Daenerys’ death as she turned to dust, knowing her destiny was fulfilled after she influenced Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) to end the Night King.
Another of her prophecies was fulfilled in the final season, as she had previously told Varys (Conleth Hill) that he would die in Westeros.
He was burnt alive by Drogon on Daenerys’ orders after he was found to be conspiring against her.
Varys knew that Jon had a stronger claim to the Iron Throne and wanted him to be the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms as he feared what Daenerys was capable of.
He was ultimately turned in by his long-time friend Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) who reported his treason to the Queen.
However, as viewers know, it ultimately transpired that Varys was right in his judgements of Daenerys.
