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BY SHONA DUSTAN TV Media T he biggest show on television will soon come to an end, and fans everywhere are hunkering down for six weeks of "Game of Thrones" mania. It's been more than a year and a half since a new episode of this fantasy series aired, which means there's been am- ple time for fans to come up with all sorts of theories about how the show will end. Thankfully, the wait is over, and we can trade our tinfoil hat theories for the real deal when the eighth and final sea- son of "Game of Thrones" kicks off Sunday, April 14, on HBO. There has been rampant speculation about what this season will entail, but there are few things we know for sure. We do know that Season 8 is comprised of six install- ments, and that each one is filled to the brim with Wester- osi action — it may be a short season, but some of the new episodes are almost an hour and a half long. We also know that the final season features the greatest, most consequential battles and plot twists of the entire series. Now that Jon Snow (Kit Harington, "Gunpow- der") and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke, "Solo: A Star Wars Story," 2018) are united (in more ways than one), they will move against the terrify- ing army of the dead, and most fans speculate that there will be a great battle at Win- terfell near the beginning of the season. This battle was first hinted at back in Season 3, when Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane, "John Adams") looked into the flames and saw "a great battle in the snow," and again in Season 6, when Melissandre (Carice van Houten, "Valkyrie," 2008), confused by Jon's apparent demise, said she "saw him in the flames fighting at Winter- fell." The theory seems to have been confirmed in HBO's Season 8 trailer, which shows Arya Stark (Maisie Williams, "Doctor Who") run- ning for her life through the crypts of Winterfell. Some of these names may be unfamiliar to you if you've never seen "Game of Thrones," but even non- watchers are likely still famil- iar with the show's premise: in Westeros, a fictional world that resembles our Middle Ages, various families and fac- tions ruthlessly fight one an- other for power. Meanwhile, a sinister threat looms in the CR O SS W O R D S S UDO KU W O R D SE A RC H T V & M O V I ES A/Filler 5 x 3 Last stand IT'S EASY! Just go to nwaonline.com, click on "Photos" in the top menu bar and use the search to fi nd the photo you want. Then just click "Purchase" for sizing options. You can also have the image put on a co ee mug, mouse pad, key tag, holiday ornament and more! Check it out! Do you know someone featured in a photo in our newspaper or on our website? DID YOU KNOW those images are available for purchase?