'No one': how will Arya Stark's story end?

In Game of Thrones / ASOIAF, what has happened to Arya Stark so far? And how will Arya's story end? Will she become "no one"?

This video contains major spoilers for Book 5 / Season 5, and some minor spoilers/references from the "Mercy" TWOW chapter. Basically, if you've read Book 5 or seen Season 5, you can watch this video without having anything significant spoiled.
This video also contains coarse language and images of violence.

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Thanks to @TurtleSergio for the Russian subtitles, María Mariño Costa for the Spanish captions, @AsoiafAR for the Arabic subtitles, and Agnés de Castellane for the French subtitles.

[elutkhr]

"all of her brothers are slain, apart from bran, jon and rickon" wat that means only one brother is slain.

[LB-ouwt]

I've always found it telling that a lot of Arya's aliases are related to her old life - even when she's trying to become "no one" Arry, Nan, Nymeria, Cat (like Catelyn), etc.

[kuledinho]

Arya's Harenhall chapters were so fucked up. I love how she escaped when she killed that guard. It's been a while but I believe she whispers Valar Morghulis as she kills him and she didn't even know it meant All Men Must Die. Fucking epic.

[pigeoncommunity]

in many years of youtube, i have never seen anyone making videos like you do, from the perfect narrating to the incredible editing, knowledge .. i dont even know what to say, i just appreciate the fact i can watch stuff like this for free .. mindblowing. thank you

[hebbejebbe]

King Jonathan Starkaryen the First. Fantastic

[QPoily]

It's really unfortunate that the show never touched on the Jon and Arya's warg powers. Especially when it seems like their powers are pretty important to the characters.

[warlock]

I still believe Arya's fate was foreshadowed: "'You’ll be sewing all through winter. When the spring thaw comes, they will find your body with a needle still locked tight between your frozen fingers.'

Arya didn’t think it was funny. "

If we take Needle to mean her sword Needle, then sewing means killing... and frozen may mean dead, or just cold/broken-hearted.

[alialmuhanna]

It would be bittersweet, heartbreaking & breathtaking all at the same time if Arya’s last chapter was simply titled … “Nymeria”

[rjsmind]

There is a very odd connection between Arya and Catelyn. Arya is the only child of Catelyn she never has contact to on screen. Arya constantly thinks about her mother during her time in the riverlands (Because a lot of people keep telling her they are going to deliver her to Catelyn). Catelyn barely thinks about Arya (because she subconcouisly accepts that shes dead). Lady Stoneheart only exists to punish those who have destroyed her family, a lot like Arya's only real motivation is her list of names. Arya associates a lot with cats and Catelyns nickname is Cat. Its not a very strong connection but its definatly there.
A great way for Arya to grow and overcome some of her very bad coping mechanisms is witnessing what is left of her mother being everything Arya wishes to be, a unstopable and cruel force of vengance itself, and realizing its not worth living like that. That would be a bittersweet way for her character arc to end.

[tymurrell]

Many on YouTube try, but few succeed at crafting thought-provoking ASOIAF videos as you have done. Thanks!

[RullyisJRM]

I freak out a little too much when I see a new Alt-Shift X Game of Thrones video in my subscriptions.

[MCR-M]

Bet she kills the Night King in the Godswood with the Catspaw’s dagger.

[Vendice]

It scares the shit out of me how this might end up happening in the series cuz its so believable.

[livkivi]

Considering how Arya has dark hair and grey eyes, she must have looked a bit like Sandor's little sister who was killed by Gregor (if the rumors are true). Maybe that's why he was so protective over her. My heart broke when I realised that... :(

[geoffmeisner]

"…Arya as a wolf, running with her pack across the snow."

I'm crying in a fetal position thinking about that ending.

[mackmitchell]

Didn’t GRRM say he’d never kill Arya because his wife threatened to leave him if he did ??

[nathanmckenzie]

If Arya were real she would need YEARS and YEARS of therapy

[schwaggbagYES]

When you have to explain to your girlfriend that you're tearing up because you watched a GoT fan theory video on youtube...

[TheUnknown]

What if the view of Nymeria is more symbolic.  Arya sees Nymeria leading a pack of wolves.  What if that's what happens with Arya?  She ends up leading her own pack of "Wolves, " meaning she becomes head of House Stark.

[Trobinson]

I wish they would have shown Arya's wolf dreams in the show.