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Chance of survival: Extremely high

When Sam was first introduced, you never would have thought he was the character most likely to survive, right? Maybe you still don’t. But I do. Sam is smart, he mostly stays out of the fighting – but can kill a White Walker or two if he needs to – and he’d have an important part to play in the future of Westeros, whatever that may be. While I don’t quite buy the idea that the camera will pull back at the end to reveal Sam is writing down A Song of Ice and Fire – he was telling the story the whole time! – I do think he’ll be one of the last ones standing. If not the sole survivor.