Daenerys vs. Cersei: who has the resources to win the last match of the thrones?

Spoilers coming for Game of thrones, season 8, episode 3, "The long night".

As we enter the second half of the last season of Game of thrones, our heroes faced one of two major wars that occurred during the series. The great war against the undead ended, there are more major survivors than expected, but the number of heroes has been greatly reduced by the incredible assault of monsters. Daenerys will now probably head south on King's Landing to claim the iron throne, but his forces (and his claim to Westeros' power) have been seriously weakened in recent episodes. In the epic fight against Cersei who is still coming, who has numbers on their side?

Fortunately, some Redditors have been paying a lot of attention over the last few seasons, and have reviewed what we know about the size of Daenerys and Cersei's army. Before the Battle of Winterfell, Daenerys had about 10,000 inhabitants of the North, 10,000 of Vale, less than 8,000 Unsullied and less than 100,000 Dothraki (a figure cited by Jorah in Season 6). We saw what was apparently all that the Dothraki had extinguished by the apostles, and we know that the Unsullied and Jon forces also suffered heavy losses. The episode of the battle, "The Long Night," was shot in such a dark and confusing way that it is difficult to count with the last count of survivors, but we know at least that these people have survived: Jaime, Brienne, Daenerys and his two living dragons. , Arya, Gendry, The Hound, Jon Snow and his werewolf, Podrick, Samwell Tarly, Tyrion, Tormund, Sansa, Gray Worm and what's left of the Unsullied, Missandei, Varys and probably all the Dothraki who managed to survive at the first wave of weights. We have barely seen other Northerners left in the fight, but Daenerys can probably pick up a few thousand for his army.

The real key to the second battle will be the two dragons and the fighting prowess of Arya, Jon Snow, Brienne and all of Dany's remaining army in Essos. We have not seen Bronn yet, although he has been sent on an assassination mission to finish off Tyrion and Jaime. But if they survive, they could also complicate Cersei's plans, since they know her well.

On Cersei's side, there are 20,000 men in the Golden Company (at a high cost to the Crown), a small Lannister army that probably has less than 10,000 soldiers, and about 30,000 Euron's Ironborn. She also probably has more ships than Daenerys, knowing that Euron has built 900, as was revealed at the beginning of season 7. Before the Battle of Winterfell, Cersei's army would have been submerged by the massive number of Dothraki soldiers – but she now has the advantage figures. It seems that his decision to be sneaky and selfish in not sending his army to the North to repel the undead has served him well. It's a little disappointing: Jon had already explained that White Walker's threat was a serious danger for Daenerys, but now it seems that she was right when she said that Cersei was the real enemy.

Besides the numbers, Cersei could also have more forest fires, in addition to the stores where she used to blow up the month of September from Baelor during season 6. And there are also necromancy experiences from Qyburn, who brought The Mountain back from the dead. We will probably also have the long-awaited wait for Cleganebowl, where the Clegane brothers face off – The Hound panicked after being panicked after being too close to the fire, because of the trauma that the mountain is causing him to face. inflicted in his childhood, but he apparently survived the battle. And the mountain will definitely be alongside Cersei as a powerful chess piece in his army.

Yet with the army of undead annihilated and most of the major heroes still alive, including two Targaryen driving two great ferocious dragons, Cersei does not have an easy fight in front of her. If the season and a half has been an indication, it seems like the good guys are about to take it on Game of throneseven if it has a cost.

Fixed April 29 at 1:20 AM ET: This article has been corrected to reflect the fact that Daenerys' 100,000-strong Dothraki forces have suffered losses in previous battles and have probably seen their numbers dwindle.