My wife also mentioned the whole thing about how we aren't in Mereen anymore. I am so glad to be DONE with the "Dany in Iraq" storyline. Ugh. What a drag that was, because it just didn't feel like any of it mattered.
I think it mattered because we see how she (Dany) is learning and growing as a ruler. She's made some big mistakes, but she always learns from them.
I wonder what priceless gift Euron will find for Cersei? What one thing does she desire more than anything else?
My money is on the capture of Tyrion.
Great start to the season BTW. I loved how it pretty much picked up right where it left off. I watched all of season 6 again over the last couple days and it blended perfectly into the new season.
I suppose. Still felt like it dragged on too long.
I lean towards Tyrion, too, although I find that disappointing.
Playing off of the "Maggy the Frog" prophecy, here's my theory:
Cersei is given a prophecy, which we see at the start of Season 5 or 6 or so, where Maggy says that she will marry the king and become queen. He will have 10 children, and she will have 3. Gold will be their crowns, and gold will be their shrouds. "And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you."
"Valonqar" in High Valyrian means "little brother." Cersei has always interpreted this to mean that Tyrion will kill her, which is (people believe) a big part of why she hates him so much. But the thing to remember is that Jaime is actually a few minutes younger than Cersei. So, my theory is that Cersei will capture Tyrion, torture him, and will be about to kill him when Jaime will intercede and choke the life from her. Another regicide for him.
The alternative is that the "Valonqar" is someone female. Someone heading to King's Landing even now.
That could be Dany (which I think is unlikely), or it could be Arya. If it's Arya, you could end up getting a "twofer" if she kills Jaime and takes his face just to get close enough to kill Cersei (the giveaway would probably be that she'd lose the golden hand to do the choking). Arya is, after all, the younger of the two Stark girls who went missing after Ned's execution.
Another contender for the Valonquar title is (admittedly this is a stretch)... Ghost.
It was Cersei who directly instigated the events that led to the deaths of four of the dire wolves. Cersei demanded Lady's life be taken for Nymeria biting Joffrey. The Red Wedding saw an end to Grey Wind. Summer and Shaggydog were killed after fleeing Winterfell in advance of the betrayal by Theon.
Given that he was the runt of the litter, he's technically the "little brother."
It's a fun theory but the quote from Maggy the Frog says: "... And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you."
Ghost doesn't have hands.
I think Euron's gift may be taking the Reach or possibly Dorne
The Reach includes Highgarden and Old Town (I think in ADWD the Iron Borne are raiding Old Town)
Jamie mentioned to Cersei that they need the Reach in order to be able to supply their army and I am sure Euron can deduce the same thing
On the other hand taking Dorne would also remove that threat as well as getting justice for Myrcella and could prove an easier target
I don't think it will be Tyrion's head. It wouldn't make much sense
If he is going to bother taking on Dany's forces just to get to her hand Tyrion, he might as well try outright eliminating Dany instead. That would be the much better gift
The other option of course is the dragon binding horn which could make taking out Dany possible
One other possibility, although kind of far-fetched, is giving her Gendry, the last of Robert Baratheon's legitimate heirs, Maybe Gendry rowed into Euron's fleet and Euron found out who he was?
Looking at the episode descriptions in the guide, part of episode 3's description is"...Cersei returns a gift..." if that is Euron's gift, and it is Gendry, she might not have thought it such a useful gift
The more I think about it, I think it will be Ellaria Sand. She's the one directly responsible for Myrcella's death and there were 2 glimpses of Ellaria in the preview for next week's show. Once at Dragonstone and one with Yara. Its possible she set sails with Yara since they seem to be so cozy with each other and thats when Euron captures them.