Today we gotour first good lookat Game of Thrones ’ seventh season , and male child howdy does it look like we ’re in for some dark times ahead . But while the poke is suitably cryptic , if you ’ve been paying secretive attention tothe rumorssurrounding this penultimate season , it paint an challenging image of the engagement coming to Westeros .
And although we ’re plow with a tidy sum of meditation here , it ’s rooted in arrange account we ’ve been try from Game of Thrones time of year seven for the last year and a half , so just in case …
Cersei ( Lena Headey ) starts the dawdler off by number how severely she ’s fucked up , in the wake of her shocking ascent to the Iron Throne . Each say-so is accompany by a cut to an appropriate somebody to defend all the multitude who detest her and her house …
“ Enemies to the East ” is represent by Grey Worm ( Jacob Anderson ) , and a legion of Unsullied behind him .
“ enemy to the West ” is this Greyjoy ship . interruption at just the right moment and you could see their Kraken sigil on the canvass — presumptively this is from Yara and Theon ’s fleet of boats that navigate to Dany ’s side in the last season .
“ Enemies to the South ” offers us a cryptic shot of someone cleaning a vane . We ’re not sure who this is meant to be , the inflammation of the scene and the clothes the wielder is assume makes us think that this could be Arya , clean her sticker afterslitting Walder Frey ’s throat last season . The turnout and general shape match , but it ’s too dark in the vista of Walder ’s death to make out to see if the indention shown here is on it .
Also , that theory seems to clash with the fact that Cersei ’s declaration of “ enemies to the North ” shows us Arya ( Maisie Williams ) , trotting along a wintry way of life alone . It ’s interesting to note it ’s Arya shown here , and not Sansa ( Sophie Turner ) or Jon ( Kit Harington ) . Why show Arya both clip if she ’s the one holding the knife , too ?
“ Whatever stands in our room , we will defeat it , ” Cersei declares to her brother Jamie ( Nikolaj Coster - Waldau ) . The two are neglect a gigantic map of Westeros , and Cersei in particular is standingpretty much correctly over where the Twins — the ancestral dwelling house of the Freys — would be , in the Northern Riverlands , as she looks toward Winterfell .
We have hear a tidy sum abouta major between Daenarys ( Emilia Clarke ) and Lannisterforces at some point too soon on in the time of year — where the Dothraki attack a convoy of Lannister soldier returning from a siege of Highgarden , so this seems to be the mustering relate to that .
“ We ’re the last Lannisters . The last ones who count . ” read Cersei , with Jaime designate by her side as she sits on the Iron Throne . The sneer on her aspect is everything .
That last sentence is pair off with poor Tyrion ( Peter Dinklage ) , for excess inhuman treatment , who is standing on a clifftop … .
… in awe of Dany ’s Dragon taking flight . That is the right answer to seeing all three dragons let open . The towboat you’re able to see on the right of this shot matches up with what we ’re about to see …
… Daenerys , solemnly watching as the gates to Dragonstone ( once Stannis ’ seat of rule , and before that , one of the last bastion of the Targaryen family on Westeros during Robert ’s Rebellion ) opened before her . We ’ve see that Dany takes the castle for herself moderately early on in the season , using it as a berth to strike out at the Iron Throne from and contact with some pretty major friend , who we ’ll get hints of subsequently on in the house trailer .
And now Daenerys accept over the voiceover with , “ I was stick out to rule the Seven Kingdoms . And I will . ” We ’ve discover a wider shot of this second here in thefirst motion picture from the season , reveal that Dany is joined for the moment by Varys ( Conleth Hill ) , Missandei ( Nathalie Emmanuel ) , and Tyrion .
She ’s naturally very worked up to be back — after all , Dragonstone is where she was stand , and last saw it as a very , very untested tike .
Dany contract her place on Dragonstone ’s highly rad throne , which is raw for season seven . We antecedently insure it inthe first brief promofor this season , however .
The Unsullied pouring into a court under that Lannister symbolic representation bodes poorly for Cersei and Jaime . It ’s hard to tell where this is actually meant to be . We know there ’s a huge scrap in store between the Lannisters and Dany ’s force , but as far as we know that takes berth around Highgarden , which would n’t exactly have Lannister livery vanish around … or , well , itapparently will after the Lannisters invade , but would they have really got round to painting lions on the gateways before Dany attacks ?
We do know however that the location being used for Highgarden this time of year , Trujillo Castle , is also being used for fit at both the arse of the Tyrells andCasterly Rock , the celebrated seat of House Lannister . It ’d be a scrap of a stretch debate how far way it is , but could Dany ’s military unit be hit at the heart of Lannister district ?
Basically , this preview starts by going through every possible competitor in the War for Westeros . It ’s interesting that Cersei and Dany speak for themselves , but Jon ’s entrance in this trailer is n’t heralded by himself , but everyone else shout , “ The King in the North . ” Say hi to Brienne ( Gwendoline Christie ) and Sansa in background here .
“ Your father and crony are die , yet here you stand . The last best hope against the coming storm , ” says Littlefinger ( Aidan Gillen ) . Sansa also does n’t bring in herself , but it pee-pee sense to have Littlefinger utter for her , given his long - take to the woods attempts to determine her .
logic gate hatchway to ice , Theon in fire ( Alfie Allen ) . Get it ?
We last see Theon traveling toward Dany with his sister Yara ( Gemma Whelan ) . If they fill up with her before , then this conflagration could be the wake of the Dragon take part in a fight . Initially , the hearsay surrounding the massive engagement between Dany ’s regular army and the Lannister convoy described it as a battle with both farming and ocean elements — and Euron Greyjoy ( Pilou Asbæk ) , now mold with Cersei , would enchant one of the Grejoy siblings .
We see verification of that a fleck after in the trailer , but if Theon ’s in the fire — and because of something we see later — then it ’s probably Yara who ’s go , which would gibe up withset pictures of her and some of the Sand Snakesbeing marched through King ’s landing place in Chain by Euron .
Melisandre ( Carice van Houten ) has traveled to Dragonstone just to watch Jon encounter up with Dany — the farseeing , winding bridge matches up withset video we saw last yearof the momentous group meeting between the two . Assuming she ’s still decided that Jon is the person in her prophecies ( granted , she has convert her mind on that one a lot so far ) , she ’ll probably keep following him no matter what he tells her to do .
Wildings running . Even though we ’ve been promised winter this time of year , this trailer is very light on Walkers … but betting odds are these Wildings are probably running from some , ease up that they ’re beyond the Wall .
Arya stars in Westeros ’ adaptation of Jack London ’s classical fib “ To Build a fervour . ” Although there ’s been rumors of a big meetup between the surviving Stark shaver — not just Arya , but even Bran too — this time of year , this trailer sticks to showing Arya on her own , even as she seemingly goes further and further northward , and closer to Winterfell .
There ’s even been rumors that Arya would bereunited with her direwolf Nymeriaon her travelling after year of interval , which we could be visualise a tease of in these sole shots of her .
“ If we do n’t put away our antagonism and ring together we will exit , ” tell Davos ( Liam Cunningham ) , suggesting some discord in Jon ’s ranks . Or could he be talking to Daenerys and her cohorts as part of the two faction ’s meeting at Dragonstone ?
This scene of fighting Dothrakis , leaping at Lannister soldier , is geminate with this scene of conflict on ships . It ’s not quite verification of a land and sea conflict taking place at the same sentence , since they ’re clearly at different times of day . But it could be different leg of a really long fight .
This , however , appear very much like it ’s the precursor to Theon alone in the sparks we see earlier .
“ Then it does n’t weigh whose frame sits on the Iron Throne , ” Davos finishes . I ’m fairly sure he ’s telling all of them to stop fight back each other and occupy about the Walkers . That should appeal to Tyrion ’s practicality ( feign this is n’t edited to delude and Davos is spill to them ) , but Dany ’s been a bit more rabid in her desires .
But Davos ’ dialogue here could also be a hint of an incredibly important mo in the series that ’s been rumour for month and months , which we do n’t get a hint of anywhere else in this trailer : a huge meetingbetween moderately much the integral principal cast of Game of Thronesat the Dragonpit , the former stalls for the Targaryen dragons just outside of King ’s landing place . This monolithic meeting , have Cersei , Jamie , Jon , Dany , and many , many more character apparently culminates witha White Walker being displayed to the groupto underscore the real threat facing Westeros . Davos ’ terror of “ it does n’t matter whose skeleton posture on the Iron Throne ” could be dialogue referring to that , if it ’s not just say during Dany and Jon ’s Dragonstone meeting .
It ’s voiceless to recount just who this mysterious armored soldier is mean to be , but the excogitation of the helmet seems to hard entail that this is Ser Robert Strong , just with a bleak - looking new set of thread . The three ridge on his helmet at least play off the ones fromhis quondam prosperous armour .
There ’s something swirling in the water below as these citizenry run around . This could be another scene on a boat related to the barb we saw earlier , but it ’s so dark it ’s hard to assure .
Now , this unquestionably look to be taking place in tombs below Winterfell . And there are also so many reasons Jon could decide to take for Littlefinger up by his neck . possibly he require him as far away from his sister as potential ?
Now we bang for certain that the snapshot of the Lannister US Army to begin with was part of this battle , as they clash with the Unsullied . adopt this is all one big battle — and with the truncated time of year parliamentary procedure , it could be that we only get one — then there are the Dothraki on the plains / beach , the Unsullied inside what might be Highgarden or even Casterly Rock , and Yara and Theon on the sea . I mean , we did see this struggle was fundamentally the “ Battle of the Bastards ” of this season , and a three - front battle sure enough go that description .
The implication is that these two scene of Arya wait under a seam and a strange arm reaching out are linked , but it does n’t seem like that ’s the case . Also , that branch is super messed up . It looks an awful lot like the arm of a Stone Man , aka hoi polloi seriously afflicted with Greyscale . Could it even be Jorah ( Iain Glen , otherwise not seen in this trailer ) , lento yield to the disease himself ?
Jon and Tormund Giantsbane ( Kristofer Hivju ) flee from an unseen terror in the snow beyond the Wall , again one of the few stroke of something bad happening up there . And not a single White Walker to be seen , but what make Jon Snow and some Wildlings peg down it as quickly as they can beyond the rampart , if not for White Walkers ?
Missandei and Greyworm get it on . I mean , it would n’t be Game of Thrones without a slight action beneath the sheets , would it ?
speak of draw it on , it looks like Yara and Ellaria Sand ( Indira Varma ) are going to get intimate too . These two characters being together might seem a bit surprising at first , aside from the mandatory Game of Thrones sexiness of it all , but given we know thatboth Yara and Ellaria are captured by Euron at some point — as well as Tyene Sand , indicating that the Sand SnakesEuron is bruit to kill this seasonare Nymeria and Obara — it seems like that will be the setup before we get to the snog stuff .
This is , of course , the money scud from the major conflict see throughout the laggard , and also related to the image we sawyesterdayof Dany and Drogon , hail many months agoby rumors that Dany herself would wade into the disturbance atop her dragon of choice . The background signal match , this just looks like before the fire starts .
“ The Great War is here , ” says Jon , stop the trailer . We ’re betting it ’s more like the Great War is bulge out , with it actually being here in the last season . But at least it wo n’t be much longer until we see the beginning of Game of Thrones massive endgame : season 7 begins on HBO July 16 .
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