WARNING: This episode contains HUGE spoilers for the Game of Thrones season 6 finale. Do not proceed until you've seen it!

Game of Thrones is done for another year - and already we can't wait for season seven to get under way!

'The Winds of Winter' not only offed 10 major characters, it also hinted that a hell of a battle is on its way.

In an alliance arranged by Varys, Daenerys allied herself with Olenna Tyrell and the women of Dorne.

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Finally - finally - setting sail for Westeros, Dany added these formidable women to her ranks, which already include...

- Her three dragons

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- The Dothraki hordes

- The Unsullied army

- Yara, Theon and the Ironborn fleet

- Tyrion as her newly-appointed hand of the Queen

Next season looks set to be an epic war of the queens, as - on the other side of the Narrow Sea - Cersei took the Iron Throne, in the wake of her son Tommen's suicide.

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But can even Cersei hope to stand against Daenerys and all her mighty forces?

As dumped Daario says, "I pity the Lords of Westeros - they have no idea what's coming for them".

Game of Thrones will return to HBO and Sky Atlantic in 2017.