'Game of Thrones' season 8: Gendry may just be the rightful heir to the Iron Throne
Warning: This article may contain spoilers for Season 8
'Game of Thrones' is so notable for killing off its supposedly main characters than its side characters, and George R. R. Martin is known to keep his characters alive for a further purpose, either for good or for evil. And while we complain about how Martin somehow or the other kills off some of our favorite characters, Gendry (played by Joe Dempsie) is slowly making his way to the Iron Throne.
Gendry, in the 'GOT' universe, is a skilled blacksmith, and the illegitimate, and last living bastard son of King Robert Baratheon (who had numerous bastard sons and daughters), and that itself partially qualifies Gendry to claim the Iron Throne. Gendry is a generally humble and polite working-class blacksmith, who didn't grow up rich or in a castle, instead, he is a brave and capable fighter. He never knew of his ties to royalty and grew up having to work as a blacksmith at Tobho Mott's smithy. His hard work made Gendry disciplined, and he doesn't possess any of his royal father's negative qualities of self-indulgence (which was the end of Robert).