How the Greyjoys Could Be Key to Saving Westeros in 'Game of Thrones' Final Season

Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones is one of those characters that you either love or hate, although the general consensus is not a positive one. While he hasn't proven himself to be much of a fighter or leader in the past seven seasons, that might be changing in Season 8.

At the end of Season 7, we saw Theon finally start to redeem himself when he convinced a few remaining ironborn to help him rescue his sister, Yara Greyjoy, from their uncle, Euron Greyjoy. It's the first time we saw Theon fight for anything in a very long time. In Season 8, he's already back with a vengeance; in the first episode, we saw him save his sister—a feat we expected to take him at least half the season. Now CBR is predicting that Theon's new take-charge attitude could mean the Greyjoys will have a bigger role in the coming episodes in the fight against the White Walkers.

The publication predicts that since Euron is busy with Cersei Lannister, Yara and Theon will easily steal back the Iron Army. Yara will reclaim the throne on the Iron Islands and Theon will likely go to the North to help Jon Snow and his army defeat the undead.

"As we saw in season 7, Yara favors Daenerys, so the queens could form a powerful alliance," CBR writes. "The Iron Islands is good real estate to have in the war against the dead." It's believed that the White Walkers cannot cross water, so Yara tells Theon that she will allow Daenerys Targaryen and her troops to retreat to the Islands if they need to. If Winterfell is no longer a safe space, the Greyjoys will have a plan.

Ever since Theon aided Sansa Stark in her escape from Ramsay Bolton, he's been desperately trying to make amends with everyone he has wronged throughout the show. We're curious to see how far he goes to achieve this before the series concludes.

This article also appears on Mental Floss.