You've read all the books, right? Response to OP: [spoiler]Jon Snow is dead, in my opinion. Unless he gets Donadarrion/fire resurrected by Melisandre at the wall, I don't think he's coming back. Yet another part that made me rage quit the book, although Jon was wrong for wanting to march the Watch on Ramsey in Winterfell. But, Martin has done this before with cliffhangers. We all thought Bran was dead after he fell, Arya dead after Sandor hit her with his axe, and Theon dead after receiving a blow in the back at Winterfell and disappearing for a large part of book 3, and you not even knowing Reek is Theon for awhile in that chapter. So, it is very conceivable that Jon will get the fire kiss. Of course Martin hates Starks.... And, you're completely leaving out Aegon Targaryen, who has just landed at Griffins Roost with 10000 men and could very well rally many houses under a flag vehemently opposed to the Lannisters and Tyrells sitting on the throne. What's Sunspear going to do? I could see him winning the throne before Danerys gets her ass in gear. [/spoiler] How I think it'll end? [spoiler]I have no -blam!-ing clue. Maybe Danerys gets a bunch of Dothraki like at the end of Book 5 when she meets one of the Khals again. Like I said before, you can't discount Aegon. And I think Stannis is going to freeze to death before he ever gets to Winterfell. He has like 12 men left and 40 dead horses. With our luck, it'll end with something like Littlefinger sitting on the throne because he sits up in the Vale long enough to watch everyone kill each other. I honestly don't see how he's going to wrap this story up in 2 books and before the TV show catches him. [/spoiler] Tl;dr: -blam!- you George Martin. Finish the Winds of Winter so you can kill more of our favorite characters.