So this is going to be a massively spoiler-heavy post, so those of you who haven’t read A Dance With Dragons yet or are fans of the TV series Game of Thrones and don’t want some major things to be revealed should stop. Reading. Now.

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer