Issue One Mcpherson, Kansas - Thursday, December 5, 2019 Price $1.25 all of this Arya and the Hound rode for Kings land- ing to finish some unfinished business they both had there. Upon arrival they both sneaked into the city The Story of and tried to find their ways to their objectives Ayra only had one person left on her kill list and she was determined to finish It while the hound only wanted TheBy Brad Tastove Assassinfighting style. She was able to kill his brother. Ayra went straight to the Red keep Arya played a big role in to spin and move in these and tried to find Circe but found the hound their this season and we fol- walls and cramp spaces instead who talk her out of killing Circe and into liv- lowed her story closer than to her advantage but was ing to fight another day when we all knew that Circe we have in a few seasons. eventually overwhelmed had already died due to the keep dungeon collapsing She made her way to Win- by the sheer number of in on itself. Arya’s trip out of the city was extremely terfell and met up with the enemies in her path. She difficult because she had to fight her way out. Which rest of her surviving family was saved by her friends lead to her getting concussed and beat up. Thanks to which is only 4 members. the Hound and Beric, the a white horse she made it out alive. At the end of the She found some of her latter of whom died so they season she told her siblings that she was going west friends and spoke with could escape. While all this of Westeros to find out what is over there. And that them before the Long night was happening the Night ends her story. which lead her to sleep king marched straight into with Gendry and eventu- the clearing of the God- ally refuse his marriage swood Tree and confronted proposal. At this point the Bran and his bodyguards. battle was upon us and the Once the dead had cleared Dothraki lead the charge the guards the night king only to be annihilated. approach Bran and was As the living Dothraki going to take his life when retreated to the castle the Arya came from out of army of the dead lead their nowhere and tried to stab charge against the Unsul- the Night King midair. This lied and tore through their didn’t work and the King ranks until everyone had grabbed here for out of to retreat into the castle the jump and held her by walls and the trench was the neck but didn’t expect lit on fire so provide so her to drop the Knife into time to form a defensive her other hand in order to line against the army. This stab him. when he did so didn’t last long however did all of the army of the even the armies were all dead, which saved Jons life fighting in the walls which because he was pinned by Arya stabbing the Night King played strong into Arya’s the Undead Viserion. After the Starbucks company you actually find out that the name starbuck was settled on as a name when the founders ran The Real across a little mining town called Starbo. When that came up Starbucks co-founder immediately thought of the novel Mobydick. This ties into GOT in many ways, one being Meaning Behind the that we can link the current story to some of these clues. After winning the battle of Winterfell Daenerys Targaryen Starbucks Cup is turning her gaze towards Kings Landing and the Iron By Joseph Isaacson Throne. I would argue that this is something that has bee During season 8 episode 4 of Game of Thrones titled, “Last her top goal since the beginning of the series, quite literally of the Starks,” a Starbucks cup made its appearance. I know since season one. you’re probably thinking it is a mistake for sure. I assure you You can even argue that this chair is considered though, this had actually happened, but the problem is the her “white whale.” After holding so many different thrones fans of GOT are hounding the creators Dan and Dave. They throughout the entire world and various titles. She has lost are claiming that it is just another example of bad writing many friends along the way in pursuit of this chair. Includ- and stupid mistakes that have been plaguing the last season ing her family, husband and her first mate in episode 4 of of GOT. Sure, you could argue that this was just a coffee cup GOT, which I would consider to be Missandei. This was that one of the crew members left on set and they forgot foreshadowing to Missandei’s eventual death at the end of to pick it up. Well, I’m here to tell you that there’s actually episode 4. Looking even further beyond, we can see how a much deeper meaning to this coffee cup then you could the company name itself manifests itself to the relevance of possibly even imagine. This cup greatly foreshadows events the plot. If you take the word “Starbucks” and remove the in future episodes and discusses a little bit of the current letters “b”, “u” and “c”, you are left with the word “starks.” situation going on. For obvious reasons this word is important to this story. The This coffee cup appeared during a very tumultuous other letters are also very intentional and have been utilized situation between Jon snow and Daenerys Targaryen, trying by Dan and Dave in the writing purposes. Before you see is to figure out how to navigate their new relationship now that what you would get putting it all together. the war against the dead is over and they both know that I think you can relate that by inferring to Daenerys Jon is the true heir the Iron Throne. Within the history of Targaryen once seeing Jon as a Stark and she is now not welcomed by the Starks and has created a difficult situa- tion. She had once seen Jon as a stark, but now is forced to see him as a Targaryen. So, it is no coincidence that the Starbucks cup was put into the scene when Daenerys was realizing that Jon Snow could be the rightful heir among the people in addition to actual blood. Take a look at the current Starbucks logo. It looks to appear as a women with a crown on her head. You could argue that this woman could be Daenerys Targaryen. Starbuck potential influence in the show is great just because of Daenerys whole character how her entire goal is to wear the crown. At this point I don’t know how it can be any clearer for all of you out there that just want to trash the series. If you didn’t notice it, I think you just haven’t been paying attention this entire time. This is my Starbucks theory. Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen giving a toast. back by this, but he also knows that his relationship with his family is a bit rocky to say the least, but this does lead him to tell Jon that he is the rightful king A Song of Ice Because he is not actually a Stark bastard but a Tar- garyen which makes his claim to the iron throne better than Daenerys’ claim, Which leads to many problems and Fire... and between the two later in the season. Varys tries to get Jon to take over as king rather than Daenerys because he saw the destructive path she was going down, but when she found out he got executed by dragon fire. Blood This eventually led to Daenerys being unable to see By Brad Tastove how much of a destructive force she was being rather In this season there was a lot of good things that hap- than a helping force that she started the show as. This pen. From the death of the White walkers to the siege was only made worse by the execution of one of her of Kings Landing. At the very start of the season we trusted advisors, Missandei, which led to her burning get to see Daenerys talk to same to tell him that his most of Kings landing and sent the Unsullied on a parents are dead and by her hand. Sam is a bit taken murder spree. A map of Westeros.