25 reasons Arya should win the Iron Throne

1. She’s fearless

If there’s one thing we can say about Arya Stark, she takes on her troubles without fear. She may err on the side of caution a lot, but she’s unafraid to take on a dangerous situation. It wasn’t an easy process for her, and she had to overcome terrible hardships to get there.

Being fearless doesn’t mean Arya jumps into things spontaneously. She’s very observant. This is a skill she’s used to her advantage many times. Thanks in part to her tutelage from The House of Black and White and her long travels with The Hound, she’s learned to wait for her opportune moment to strike. And when she goes in, she goes in hard. She has no problem dispatching of Polliver, the man who stole Needle from her, and effortlessly kills Ser Meryn Trant after his disgusting pedophilic nature is revealed. Though we would never condone killing, some people in the Thrones-verse have it coming.

Arya still has a lot of reservations about her own strength, but they’re starting to slip away the more she explores the world. Now that she’s back in her homeland of Westeros, the North had better be prepared for who else may be ticked off her list.