Warning: This post contains spoilers from the Season 5 finale of Game of Thrones.
The Season 5 finale of Game of Thrones brought its share of shocking moments and raised big questions about the future of some of our favorite characters.
One big point of contention this season has been the show's overlapping plotlines with its source material. As this season swiftly moved along, many of its plots met or surpassed the plots in the novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire.
This offers viewers a glimpse of where those stories are headed in George R. R. Martin's unreleased sixth and seventh volumes. Other plotlines have diverged drastically from the novels. Characters are in different locations — even different continents — and in various stages of peril.
Below, we compiled 15 major characters who are treading new ground at the end of Season 5 -- either moving past the books or heading in strange new directions.
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