10 Things We Want To See Happen In The Jon Snow Spin-Off

Even if Jon Snow never seeks out the Iron Throne — or whatever big chair Bran Stark is sitting on following the events of the finale – his series needs to keep some measure of the "Game of Thrones" lifeblood pumping. While, yes, that lifeblood contained high amounts of dragons, battles, and vague threats of a coming Winter, its greatest component by volume was the game itself — the backstabbing, bickering, bartering, and betrayal — that made the quest for a metal chair so riveting.

Despite the inherent allure of more Snow, Giantsbane, Ghost, and Wildlings, those aren't the characters that made "Game of Thrones" a game. For the most part, they were simple champions for good or soldiers embroiled in larger schemes. Without the machinations of Cersei Lannister, Littlefinger, Tyrion, Lord Varys, Daenerys, and a dozen other puppet masters, the soldiers, armies, and monsters of the known world are just blunt objects smashing into each other without purpose.

The Snow series needs to forge its own path to be sure, but completely abandoning what made its source series such a smash hit would be a mistake. However peaceful the North might be after the defeat of the Night King and Bran's appointment as king, there are always more Machiavellian players to be found.