Welcome to summer 2017, Game of Thrones fans, a time where winter is on the horizon and we couldn’t be more excited. The “Winter Is Here” trailer offered up some huge new reveals about what we’ll see in Season 7.
Make sure to watch our full trailer rewind (above) and continue reading below for our breakdown of some of the biggest confirmations we got about the new season.
We expected Jon Snow to be leading the charge against the Night King and White Walkers north of the Wall, but we didn’t expect he’d have this help. The trailer very clearly shows Beric Dondarrion -- complete with his flaming sword -- will be fighting an army of wights and maybe even Wildlings alongside Jon and Tormund Giantsbane in this great showdown.
The trailer also seems to hint Beric’s new traveling partner, the Hound, will be joining the fight as well. While we don’t explicitly see Sandor Clegane next to Jon, this shot does clearly show him in a snowier climate than usual.
Interestingly, we do see Jon in a snow-free location for the first time… maybe ever on Game of Thrones. Could he and Davos be traveling to a warmer place soon… and will that be before or after his showdown with the White Walkers?
Another exciting new confirmation is that Bran is going to be making his way to Winterfell, which means he, Sansa and Jon could all be in the same place at the same time! We see Meera and Bran arrive at the tunnel gate to the Westeros side of the Wall as it opens, and then later see Bran sitting in a fancy new wheelchair in what looks like Winterfell’s godswood.
But reunion time is going to have to be put on hold, because Bran seems to have a key role to play in the war to come. In the trailer, we see him seemingly warg into one of the crows flying over the Night King’s army. Could Bran be spying on the White Walkers? It sure seems like the the Night King can even sense when Bran uses his powers. And who is that older man standing by Bran in his wheelchair? We can’t see his face, but could it be that the Three-Eyed Raven is still appearing to Bran in visions, even after his death? Or it could be the Bolton maester Wolkan.
Season 7’s first trailer showed a massive sea battle taking place, and in this new trailer we get confirmation that the fight is Greyjoy versus Greyjoy… which is sort of to be expected. In one shot, we see Euron, mad as hell, slicing through an enemy on a ship. In another, we see Theon and Yara’s faces light up as a massive catapult projectile strikes the mast of a ship. We’re all in for some ship-to-ship combat.
This is bad news for Daenerys Targaryen, though. In one shot, the Greyjoy fleet heads straight for King’s Landing, and our guess is that’s Euron’s crew trying to ally with the new ruler of Westeros, Queen Cersei. That means her people will be fighting Lannisters on multiple fronts, as we also seen a massive battle taking place between her Dothraki and Unsullied armies and the Lannister forces.
This new trailer shows us that Jaime, with Bronn by his side, will be leading the Lannister defense at what we’re theorizing is Casterly Rock. And since we previously saw the Unsullied inside that keep, we’re guessing this shot of Grey Worm is showing how he sneaks inside and opens the gates from within for the rest of the soldiers. This entire battle sequence looks to be one of the most high budget and epic showdowns Game of Thrones has ever showcased.
Those are five of the biggest reveals in the latest Game of Thrones trailer, but make sure to watch our full trailer rewind (video above) for all the small secrets you might have missed! And for more on Game of Thrones, check out our breakdown of everything that we know will happen in Season 7, plus a look at all the new Season 7 character posters. Game of Thrones returns to us at long last on July 16th.
Terri Schwartz is Editorial Producer at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz.
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