
The only thing she lacks - besides a moral compass - is an air force.Įven when Cersei doesn’t possess superior firepower, she retains a distinct advantage over her foes in the area of strategy. Euron Greyjoy has given Cersei an Ironborn fleet. The Golden Company (despite not bringing the war elephants we all hoped to see) offers at least 20,000 men, including infantry, archers and cavalry. On the face of it, Team Lannister is in a strong position: Cersei has fresh troops, and a lot of them. Midway through Sunday’s episode, Varys assessed the war map and decided the balance between Team Targaryen and Team Lannister had grown “distressingly even.” And yet, both queens have asked for the other’s unconditional surrender both assume they have the better odds. Now that the supernatural Battle of Winterfell is over and the very human war is about to resume in “Game of Thrones,” how will the two sides stack up against each other? This article contains spoilers for Season 8, Episode 4 of “Game of Thrones.”
