Support for their once-great house was scattered in the wake of the War of the Five Kings, which ended disastrously for the North and resulted in many lost lives, but Lady Mormont answered the call in a way that instantly endeared her to all. We first met her just a few short weeks ago, when the newly reunited Jon and Sansa were in coalition-building mode as they sought to reclaim their ancestral home of Winterfell. In what couldn’t have been more than 15 minutes of screentime across three episodes, Bella Ramsey’s take on the diminutive Lady emerged as a fan favorite. Young rulers aren’t uncommon in Westeros, but the sadistic King Joffrey and his younger brother Tommen (R.I.P., and way to make “King’s Landing” take on literal meaning) didn’t inspire a fraction of the confidence that this 10-year-old girl did. Whatever our real-world quibbles, however, “Game of Thrones” gave us all a leader to believe in this season: Lady Lyanna Mormont of Bear Island. (Spoilers ahead for last night’s “ Game of Thrones” finale.) As the current election cycle and Brexit seem so keen to remind us, these are especially contentious political times.
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