The Game of Thrones Fantasy League – 6.05 – The Door

Game of Thrones – 6.05 – The Door

Unbelievably, we are at the halfway point of the season and the league. This is shaping up to be possibly my favourite year. Last week’s episode was a crowd pleaser and we should have seen it coming that this episode would be an immense downer. The final scene was perhaps the most poignant and moving in the show’s history. I watched the final moments in awed silence. This episode featured a large revelatory infodump wherein we learn the Children of the Forest brought about the existence of White Walkers, like Tony Stark mistakenly creating Ultron. There are no strings on them, that’s for sure. Speaking of Starks, I think a lot of players are regretting picking a direwolf for their team animal! There are now only two left, Ghost and Nymeria...this does not bode well for the Stark family!

This episode awarded overall 1995 points. That’s not a typo, one thousand nine hundred and ninety five points were awarded to characters this episode. The previous high was 935. The tables have turned this week! Some players trailing behind are now racing ahead and it goes to show that anything can happen in this season.

Here are the scores for the fifth episode of Season 6, after a brief explanation of some of the points rulings.

Possible points of contention:

Bran, Meera, Hodor, Leaf, Summer and the Three Eyed Raven come into contact with something like a billion wights this episode. So that their scores don’t go into ridiculous numbers, I’ve implemented a cap: if the character encounters three or more wights, you gain 45 points maximum.

A similar cap is in place for points gained for saying the episode title. If a character says the episode title four or more times in the episode, they gain a maximum of 40 points.

Bran has three separate visions and gains points for each.

Bran gets witnesses magic points for watching the Three Eyed Crow evaporate.

Bran encounters Ned Stark, Ned’s father, and I’m assuming uncle Benjen. He gets points for encountering all of them.

Concordantly, Benjen gets points for appearing in the episode and in a vision.

I believe the place where Littlefinger holds his meeting with Sansa and Brienne is the brothel where Gilly used to hang out in season 4. Therefore they all get points for visiting a brothel.

Hodor, while surely dead, did not die by the end of this episode. He will receive minus points for dying if we learn he is dead next episode.

Character Scores

Here is a full list of the characters and their awarded points. If one of your characters does not appear in the following lists, this is due to their absence from the episode, for which you shall be deducted five points per character:

Group A – Main Characters

Arya Stark – 0 points: appears (+5), gets injured (-5)

Bran Stark – 465 points: appears (+5), 3 X has vision (+40), 3 X encounters wight (+20), 4 X encounters white walker (+40), 3 X encounters lost relative (+30), witnesses magic (+30)

Cersei Lannister – -5 points: does not appear (-5)

Daenerys Targaryen – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Jaime Lannister – -5 points: does not appear (+5)

Sansa Stark – 55 points: appears (+5), first on screen (+15), first line (+10), visits a brothel (+15), rides horse (+10)

Tyrion Lannister – 13 points: appears (+5), drinks wine (+8)

Group B – Supporting Mains

Brienne of Tarth – 30 points: appears (+5), visits a brothel (+15), rides horse (+10)

Melisandre – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Petyr Baelish – 20 points: appears (+5), visits a brothel (+15)

Ser Davos Seaworth – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Ser Jorah Mormont – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Theon Greyjoy – 70 points: appears (+5), has haircut (+20), reunites with relative (+30), travels by boat (+15)

Varys – 5 points: appears (+5)

Group C – Rest of the Mains

Daario Naharis – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Jaqen H'ghar – 5 points: appears (+5)

Missandei – 5 points: appears (+5)

Tormund Giantsbane – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Group D – Side Characters

Grey Worm – 5 points: appears (+5)

Meera Reed – 345 points: appears (+5), 3 X encounters wight (+20), 4 X encounters white walker (+40), witnesses magic (+30), 2 X kills a wight (+15), kills white walker (+50), 4 X says episode title (+10)

Podrick Payne – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Group E – Side Characters to the Side Characters

Hodor – 165 points: appears (+5), appears in vision (+40), 3 X encounters wight (+20), encounters white walker (+40), 4 X says the episode title (+10), last on screen (+15), last line (+10), injured (-5)

Group F – Weirdos

Leaf – 310 points: appears (+5), appears in vision (+40), 3 X encounters wight (+20), 4 X encounters white walker (+40), witnesses magic (+30), 3 X kills a wight (+15), dies (-30)

The Night's King – 67 points: appears (+5), appears in vision (+40), rides horse (+10), leads an army into battle (+22), kills someone (-10)

Three Eyed Crow – 305 points: appears (+5), 2 X appears in vision (+40), witnesses magic (+30), 3 X encounters wight (+20), 4 X encounters white walker (+40), dies (-30)

Group G – Animals

Summer – 105 points: appears (+5), 3 X encounters wight (+20), encounters white walker (+40), 2 X kills a wight (+15), dies (-30)

Group H – Definitely Dead?

Benjen Stark – 45 points: appears (+5), appears in vision (+40)

Jon Snow – 15 points: appears (+5), rides horse (+10)

Group I – Where are these fuckers?

Yara Greyjoy – 50 points: appears (+5), reunites with relative (+30), travels by boat (+15)

The Leaderboard

Players can see their scores by consulting their initials in the table below. Congratulations to CH for not only gaining the most points this week, but fighting her way into first place! And she doesn’t even have Jon Snow on her team. Well done!

Halftime Assessment

At this halfway point, I would like to examine who our best performers are and what the ultimate team would be.

Bran Stark – 775 – his many visions of lost family members have gained him more points that any other character.

Melisandre – 200 – she is an often nude magician who changes appearance.

Tommen Baratheon – 95 – he has reunited with many lost family members.

Meera Reed – 335 – she’s a total badass who has killed wights and white walkers alike. NO ONE picked her for their team. You must be kicking yourselves now.

Hodor – 265 – I can’t just yet, too painful.

Three Eyed Crow – 490 – appearing in so many visions makes the points stack up.

Summer – 85 – OK, so if you’re around Bran, you’ve basically won.

Jon Snow – 267 – reuniting with relatives, and pretty much being at the beginning and end of every episode helps a lot.

Yara Greyjoy – 105 – The only character in her group to have appeared in more than one episode and not die. She’s reliable.

If a player had that team, they would currently be on 2617 points. This week’s leader has a total of 1502 points. Who knows where we’ll be next week? Maybe we’ll have some more reunions or dare I say it, dragons? You would hope, with an episode called Blood of my Blood. See you next week!