They're the aunt-and-nephew lovers we were all rooting for: the King in the North and the Mother of Dragons (aka The Mother of All Incest Storylines.)

We've established beyond doubt now how the two are related, or at least we think we have, but what's next for the unwitting heir to the iron throne and the putative Queen of the Andals and the First Men?

Pregnancy.

Daenerys is pregnant? Come again?

Daenerys has made it very clear that she believes she can't have children. The witch Mirri Maz Duur told her after the stillbirth of her child with Khal Drogo that she would bear a living child "when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves."

Jon cast some doubt over Mirri's trustworthiness in the final episode of Season 7, pointing out that she might not exactly be the most reliable source. But Daenerys seemed pretty confident, so we can assume that she either has a lot of faith in vengeful sorceresses' prophecies or perhaps she hasn't been having periods for a number of years.

(In the books, incidentally, she appears to suffer a miscarriage fleeing Meereen—after several months without a period—before she is captured by the Dothraki and taken to Vaes Dothrak.)

There are five (and a half) compelling reasons to believe Daenerys is now pregnant, following her bedroomy fun times with Jon at the end of Season 7.

1. The prophecy itself

Has it actually come true? Consider "The sun rises in the west and sets in the east." Book fans are fond of claiming this refers to Quentyn Martell's journey (the Martell sigil is a sun with a spear through it) from Dorne, in the west, to Meereen in the east, where he dies ignominiously.

But he's not in the show, so is there a different event it might correspond to?

One (slightly tricksy) answer is that Mirri actually said "the son," not "the sun." Jon is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen, and very much on the rise in the west. His relationship with Dany might be called setting in the east.

How about the seas going dry? The Dothraki sea, the great grasslands, is pointedly drying up in the books. Or it might even refer to Daenerys leading the Dothraki warriors from their homeland to Westeros.

"Mountains blow in the wind like leaves"? The wall came down, how about that? And Ser Gregor Clegane, The Mountain, is a shambling golem-like shadow of his former self.

So the prophecy, if you squint and look at it from an angle, is fulfilled.

If you don't want to go along with that, let's just say Mirri Maz Duur was wrong. No reason to insist she was telling the truth, after all. She was angry and wanted to hurt Daenerys.

2. Tyrion's focus on Daenerys' line of succession

Remember that weird argument Tyrion had with Daenerys about the line of succession in Episode 6? She got upset about his insistence that she was too important to risk on the battlefield before she'd settled the question of her heir. That was a bit odd and specific, wasn't it? But quite a good way of making us think about Daenerys' children/lack of children.

3. Jorah's words when he allowed Jon to keep Longclaw

In the same episode, Ser Jorah insisted that Jon keep his ancestral sword Longclaw, even though it should properly be his, as Jeor Mormont's son. "I've forfeited the right to this sword," he said. "May it serve you well. And your children after you."

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That last line seems to be a pretty strong hint.

4. The boat conversation between Jon and Daenerys

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Daenerys told Jon on their journey back to Dragonstone, "The dragons are my children. They are the only children I will ever have. Do you understand?"

This is a blatant bit of foreshadowing and should be translated as, "The dragons are my children. They are the only children I think I will ever have, but the fact that I've even been made to mention the subject so pointedly means that I will almost certainly be proved wrong. Do you understand?"

5. Cersei is pregnant

Ice and Fire. North and South. East and West. Bran is pushed from a window, Tommen jumps from a window. Catelyn's throat is cut, Walder Frey's throat is cut.

Game of Thrones loves symmetry.

Wouldn't it be pleasing, story-wise, if Cersei is indeed pregnant, for Daenerys to be too? Not least because it upends that standard kings-fight-with-swords-for-the-throne model of fantasy fiction: Two pregnant Queens as the last contenders for the kingdom would be a new and interesting direction for the genre.

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Everyone always gets pregnant after a one night stand. That's just the rules.

From: Digital Spy