With just over a calendar month and a half to go , we in the end have it — our first proper look at Game of Thrones ’ sixth time of year . Without the books to guide us , we do n’t really screw what ’s going to happen ( or , we’re not conjecture to ) . But we can still break down a fate of what we can see in this new trailer . give care to join us ?
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Of of course , we will be reflect and deal with some majorly spoilery subject here — so this is a word of advice , going in .
The prevue spread by tackle the hugest question on everyone ’s mind : Is Jon Snow really dead ?
Well , HBO would make love you to trust that ’s the case . We pan out down into Castle Black , good to the still - bleed dead body of poor Jon . “ He ’s pass , ” Davos suppose , as if to ram the point home . As far as this footage is refer , Jon Snow is done and sprinkle — although we havea few understanding to believethat that might not be the case .
A ship bearing the sigil of House Martell canvas towards King ’s Landing . presumptively , this is Jamie Lannister on his way of life back from Dorne , now with the body of his illegitimate girl Myrcella on board .
Speaking of which , Jamie and Cersei look pretty distraught ( likely over Myrcella ’s death ) , with Jamie telling Cersei that “ Everything they ’ve taken from us we ’re going to take back , and more ” .
Davos somberly looks over a funeral pyre . Given what else goes on in this trailer , it looks like it ’s think to be for Jon ’s dead body , fire before it can turn into a White Walker .
Speaking of burning ! A flayed humanity , the favorite gruesome simulacrum of House Bolton , incinerate in front of a Brobdingnagian line of soldiers . The Boltons are involve in another big battle , it seems .
Neither Ramsey nor Roose take care peculiarly glad …
And neither does Melisandre , having a crisis of faith . “ The great triumph I saw in the flames … all of it was a prevarication . ” Could Melisandre abandon her beliefs about Azor Ahai after Stannis ’ expiry , or only seek another mavin for her reddened god ?
Jorah the Explorah and Daario go on their “ Find Khaleesi ” road trip — and Jorah find the anchor ring that Daenerys dropped with she was pluck up by the Khalasar at the end of the last season .
Speaking of which , here ’s Daenerys looking rather dour as she walks alongside thousands of Dothraki ( the show had a bunch of extra for this prospect , around 1,200 , when it was shoot in Spain ) . She looks up and sees a elephantine statue of a horse , indicating they ’re in major Dothraki territory — and most probably Vaes Dothrak , the hub of Dothraki culture .
The High Sparrow tells someone in Kingsguard armor ( perhaps Jamie ? ) “ Every one of us is hapless and powerless , and yet , we can overthrow an empire . ” The sparrow might have justify Cersei , but they still mean business .
Ironborn gathering . There ’s a good chance this is the show ’s take on the Kingsmoot , an larger-than-life - length case for the Ironborn , that regard them try out to find a permutation king of the Iron Islands in the viewing of Balon Greyjoy ’s demise .
Sansa dons some definitely northerly furs , while Tyrion carries a flashlight around . This is made to cut like Tyrion is evidence Sansa that she is “ part of the Great Game ” now , but he ’s presumably talking to someone else , all the way of life on the other side of the existence in Meereen .
Your prerequisite shot of a Draco in a Game of Thrones trailer ! Drogon ’s gon na Drogon .
Lancel Lannister tells Cersei to regularise her “ man ” to step aside , or there ’ll be violence from the true sparrow …
Which seems like a really spoiled idea reckon her “ military man ” is Ser Robert Strong , the resurrect frankenform of Gregor Clegane . menacing head bout ! Cersei grabs the skilful counter of the trailer with “ I opt violence . ” Good one , Cersei .
Next though , we get what might be the most important shot of the whole trailer — that confirms a major long - running hearsay about season six . These six man draw their swords on a sandy knit stitch … but take a right look at that guy on the left leading them . The hair , the face fungus , the leather armor . prompt you of someone ?
Say … Ned Stark ?
There have beentons of reportsabout location take at the Castillo de Zafra in Guadalajara , Spain , which is believed to be standing in as the Tower of Joy in a flashback sequence back to Robert ’s Rebellion . longsighted story short , the Tower is where Ned employ in a flaming duel and finds his captive sister Lyanna , dead — and many fans believe that he incur with her the son she died give birth to , Jon Snow , the bogus child of Rhaegar Targaryen . That ’s still one of the biggest Game of Thrones theories around , but this shot is definite confirmation that that the show is doing that long - awaited flashback .
Tommen and his Kingsguard march out of the throne room … and Cersei and Robert Strong seemingly march towards him . Might be a bit of big blood between female parent and boy after her captivity .
Horses institutionalise — but before you assume Dothraki , the surround as well as the fact these cavalryman have lances suggest this is a Westerosi power . There have been plenty of rumors about a grand clangor between the Northerners and the Boltons brewing in the next time of year , and this might be it . We ’ll see more of this battle after on .
A fleet of ships caught in a stormy sea — but it ’s insufferable to tell whose . Is it the Ironborn ?
Arya take a pretty rough sapidity to the human face from her fellow House of Black and White acolyte , the Waif . Or is that Jaqen now ? So many faces , so fiddling time .
Our only shaft of Littlefinger walking around what look like the forest around Winterfell .
Cersei might be free , but poor Margaery is still in really rough conformation in the Faith Militant ’s captivity .
A wildling gets slew down by a twirling fire weapon from a mysterious rider . We have no idea what ’s go on here , but it looks flaming insane .
More from that earlier big conflict , as archers fire off a volley of arrows . Notice their armor , which is very much in the Stark / Northern mode .
A totally - out - there cut down to a shot of a big blowup — in what looks like Meerenese computer architecture . Still trouble in the city in the viewing of Dany ’s trajectory , it seems .
A brief glimpse of Theon in the forests outside Winterfell , surrounded by ( presumably Bolton ) soldiers after he and Sansa escaped during the orgasm of the last time of year .
And then there ’s someone undergoing an Iron Island baptism . The cut from one dead reckoning to the next is quick enough that you ’re meant to assume it ’s Theon — which would be unearthly , as Theon has already been baptised under the drowned god . Instead , it seems like this might actually beDanish worker Pilou Asbæk , who has been throw up as Euron Greyjoy . Euron , one of Balon ’s brothers , plays a immense part in the Kingsmoot storyline .
After a speedy interlude of some Cersei / Jamie kissing , we ’re back in the wood around Winterfell , and it count like Brienne is killing the soldiers who surrounded Theon in the first place . Brienne and Theon roadtrip ? We can but dream .
Someone suitably cryptical commit their hand next to an opened flame . There ’s been rumor of another Red Priestess appear in the show this yr , who evince up to speak to Tyrion and Varys in Meereen about Daenerys . Could this be her ? Or maybe even Daenerys , who we know is immune to burns .
The House of Black and White , take care all mysterious as it did in the teaser lagger .
Melisandre get going divest ( this is a red ring trailer after all ) , and then puts her hand on Jon Snow ’s drumhead . These are cut together to make it bet like they ’re right away one after the other , which may not be the case . But it does look like Melisandre plans to do something with Jon ’s body — maybe resurrect him , like everyone expects her to ?
Arya goes fly out of a windowpane in Braavos . We ’ve seen pictures of this following sequence being filmed , andshe was being hunt down by the waif .
House Bolton spearmen surround what wait like Wildlings , presumably in that battle from earlier . Are the Wildlings a third party or on the side of the other Northerners ?
It ’s Game of Thrones , so here ’s some ladies kissing each other . Hard to differentiate who it is . The one on the right almost looks a mountain like Yara Greyjoy .
Another shot of a bearded Ironborn that ’s meant to make you think it ’s Theon , but once again , it ’s Pilou Asbæk ’s Euron . He ’s on a bridge of some kind — in the books , Balon Greyjoy die out after mysteriously hang off a bridge on Pyke , prompting the Kingsmoot . Is this that sequence ?
And we ’re back to what is likely the Tower of Joy flashback once more , as young Ned dodges an attack from an armored warrior . Notice , in fact , said two - sword - wielding soldier bears the Targaryen sigil of a three - headed dragon on his chestplate . This is by all odds a Tower of Joy flashback .
Tormund Gianstbane looks shocked by an incoming armorial bearing of gymnastic horse — but notice once again those Bolton carapace in the background knowledge , confirming that earlier blastoff was of Boltons combat Wildlings . But , if you pause at just the right mo :
That guy on the clean horse on the white sure looks a lot like Kit Harington . And Harington was spotted at film forthis immense battle in Saintfield , Northern Island , endure similar gear wheel . It seems that , despite what the trailer really wants you to think , Jon Snow know after all . Or should that be Jon Stark ?
The High Sparrow offer Margaery a helping hand . There ’s been rumors that she joins the Faith Militant in this time of year , for get herself released .
A abbreviated shot of Arya reckon creepy-crawly and blind .
Before we ’re back to the Faith Militant being surrounded by soldiers on the steps of the Sept of Baelor in King ’s Landing . impression of this scene being film have beenout for a while , and it ’s apparently an regular army of Tyrell soldiers — led by Jamie Lannister in an attempt to free Margaery from the Faith Militant . This is where Margaery plain reveals her conversion , which would explain the help hand we just experience !
Sansa run through the forest , presumptively from those same soldier who ’ve smother Theon .
Dothraki charge !
“ Oh , this does n’t look ooze - Ohio GOD ” Bran — who ’s seemingly found a pretty seemly barber up beyond the wall — is standing upright , so this is probably a vision , not an factual encounter with the sinister Night King .
We fade back in for one sequence , which has Davos delivering the safe line of the whole trailer ( deplorable , Cersei ! ): “ I ’ve never been much of a fighter . apology for what you ’re about to see . ” As he draws Longclaw , Jon ’s blade , ready to fight down . The implication is intend to be that he ’s somehow lunging to stab Jon ’s body , which can be seen in the foreground … but he ’s not . He ’s protecting Jon ’s trunk from the Nights Watch — who , presumably , want to burn it before Jon becomes a White Walker . But why — if not for the fact that he hop Melisandre will revive him . As much as this trailer really does n’t want you to think it , Jon Snow is n’t going to be insensate and horizontal for long .
There ’s also this shot , from earlier in the trailer , where the Night ’s Watch are adjudicate to break down a doorway with an axe — see Ser Alliser Thorne in the background . Presumably this is the room Davos and Jon ’s torso is currently locked in .
extra reporting by Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders .
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