Spoilers ahead if you aren't caught up on Game of Thrones. Goodly Liverpudlian Joe Dempsie is one of only a handful of supporting characters to have survived the game of thrones on HBO's titular drama, having played Gendry since the series' fourth episode. That's a long time to survive in this ruthless world of cutthroat kings, dragons, and wights. But while the bulk of Gendry's journey occurred off screen, the latest episode just gave the survivor quite the upgrade in terms of status, power, and even heredity. In "The Last of the Starks", which included quite …