--- title: Game of Thrones: Dickon Tarly Shares Ending Theories description: Dickon Tarly may have been burned alive in Game of Thrones, but the actor who played him still has theories about how the show will end. canonical: https://time.com/4953144/game-of-thrones-dickon-tarly-ending-theory/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-22T15:49:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:33:18.834Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Dickon Tarly Endorses 2 Major Game of Thrones Ending Theories og:description: Do you agree, Thrones fans? og:url: https://time.com/4953144/game-of-thrones-dickon-tarly-ending-theory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa2265de677bcb88/6988d9578fd2ee0078358609/screen-shot-2017-08-11-at-10-25-06-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Gam-of-Thrones-The-Spoils-of-War-Dickon-Tarly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dickon Tarly Endorses 2 Major Game of Thrones Ending Theories twitter:description: Do you agree, Thrones fans? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa2265de677bcb88/6988d9578fd2ee0078358609/screen-shot-2017-08-11-at-10-25-06-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dickon Tarly Just Endorsed Two Major _Game of Thrones_ Ending Theories > Sponsored content. 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[Dickon Tarly](http://time.com/4889288/game-of-thrones-dickon-tarly-bronn/) may have been burned alive by [Daenerys Targaryen’s](http://time.com/4947787/game-of-thrones-emilia-clarke-daenerys-tagaryen-blonde/) dragon following the [Loot Train Battle](http://time.com/4889264/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-dead-survive-dragon/) in _Game of Thrones_‘ seventh season, but that isn’t stopping the actor who played him, Tom Hooper, from speculating about how the show will end. In an interview with [Be](https://au.be.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/a/37186308/tom-hopper-gots-dickon-tarlys-wicked-ending-theory/), Hooper revealed that he supports the idea that _A Song of Ice and Fire_ will turn out to be a history of Westeros written by Dickon’s older brother Sam. “I like the Sam fan theory,” he said. “It’s that Samwell Tarly is narrating the whole thing, like it’s his story.” John Bradley — who plays Sam — also offered his thoughts on this prediction post-season six. “One theory is that what we’re seeing now and how we’re experiencing _Game of Thrones_ is Sam telling the story of _Game of Thrones_. If you take the logic of the story now, the story of Westeros and the story of the battle for the Iron Throne, it would be a book in \[the Citadel\] library,” [he told ](http://time.com/4396352/game-of-thrones-samwell-tarly-theory/)[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://time.com/4396352/game-of-thrones-samwell-tarly-theory/)last year. “It shows an incredible kind of long game, in terms of giving people drips of information and being brave enough to puzzle people for a while.” **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** Hooper went on to weigh in on how he believes the ongoing drama between the Lannister siblings will finally come to a head.”I think Jamie is probably going to end up killing Cersei,” he explained. Thanks to the [future foretold for Cersei](http://time.com/4854028/game-of-thrones-season-7-questions-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen/) by Maggy the Frog during a flashback in George R.R. Martin’s books, some _Thrones_ fans have long suspected that Jaime will be the one to take out his twin sister. “And when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar \[High Valyrian for ‘little brother’\] shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you,” the witch told a young Cersei. 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