The ceiling is broken open.
Fans assumed the white particles falling into the room was snow and that winter had come to the south.
In Sunday’s episode, Dany is finally taking King’s Landing and buildings are indeed being destroyed.
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on ‘Game of Thrones’.HBO
But it’s not snowing.
It’s raining ash from her dragon’s destruction.
We will lay waste to armies andburn cities to the ground!"
The Mass Crucifixion: On the road to Meereen in season 4, Dany finds 163 slave children crucified.
She decides to crucify 163 masters in retaliation without regard for their individual guilt or innocence.
Ser Barristan advises her to be more merciful.
Revenge for Ser Barristan.
Also in season 4, after Ser Barristan was killed by the terror group Sons of the Harpy.
In response, Dany brings three masters to her dragonpit.
All swear they have nothing to do with the rogue group.
She burns one of them alive to send a message to the others.
Was the man guilty?
We don’t know and Dany didn’t seem to mind not knowing.
This is her first instinct: “I will crucify the masters.
I will set their fleets afire.
I will kill every last one of their soldiers and return their cities to the dirt.
That’s my plan.”
Tyrion talks her out of it.
Of course, the show has also presented Dany’s actions as heroic even when they’re brutal.
Dany’s benevolent choices tend to be made when she is feeling calm and secure, however.
Many more thoughts about “The Bells” inour deep-dive recap.
