Two episodes in , the current time of year of HBO’sGame of Thronesis moving at a breakneck stride , burn through plot points and family line without being cumber by the book . A new pursuit for even the most hardcore George R.R. Martin lecturer has cropped up around speculating on what might happen next base entirely ontrailers , HBO press materials , casting tidings , rumour , andpopular fan possibility . It ’s fun !
Coming hot on the heels of Jon Snow ’s Resurrection of Christ , the Roose Bolton stabbing , and the weird Three - Eyed Raven hooey , tonight ’s episode , " Oathbreaker , " is shaping up to be a doozy . But what kind of doozy ? BothHBO ’s prescribed releaseandpreview trailerteasing " Oathbreaker " speak in riddles just solicit to be decrypt , and we ’re only too happy to gratify .
Our bad rill - through of " Oathbreaker " continutes below , but first take a minute tovote in our angle bracket tournamentthat ask you : Which dead character would you most like to see return toGame of Thrones ? It ’s Ned Stark vs. Oberyn Martell for all the marbles , and one of them demand your assistant .
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“They think you’re some kind of god…”
These are the first words in the preview teaser for the episode , indicating that anyone who think Jon Snow ’s reappearance was underwhelming will chop-chop get some solution about what ’s next for him . Does the oathbreaker of the claim refer to Jon , given that his dying potentially triggered a technicality freeing him from his vows as a member of the Night ’s Watch ?
The bigger dubiousness is whether he ’s emerged from his short misstep to the hereafter an unholy odium , with belittle capacities or memory exit , a la Beric Dondarrion . undo death come at a terms in Westeros , Bible or show ; to cite George RR himself , " My character who issue forth back from death are unfit for wearable . In some mode , they ’re not even the same characters anymore . "
But the line " They call up you ’re some kind of god " signal that the wildlings are a little starstruck by a newly living Jon Snow . They ’re not a regretful work party to have in your slavery as Ramsay Bolton and his flayed man turn their eyes toward Castle Black .
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“Daenerys meets her future.”
Let ’s face it : the Dothraki – Doucheraki , as they are now known – who captured Daenerys in the season premiere were fairly harmless . Beyond the bro - ish catcall and exchanges , the female parent of tartar did n’t seem to be in any actual danger in their midst . But in " Oathbreaker , " the horde , it seem , will hit Vaes Dothrak , the heart of Dothraki civilisation , where Daenerys was once forced to publicly eat a cavalry ’s heart .
So get ready for Dany to play other widow khaleesis ( for instance , her time to come ) and much less agreeable Dothraki warlords – who plausibly have n’t started checking the skies for signs of an angry Drogon , but who should really consider doing that shortly .
“Bran meets the past.”
The dispute between Scripture - reader and show - watchers can often be sum up in these four watchword : the Tower of Joy . This line from the press release , mixed with the shot of a unseasoned Ned Stark pronounce " This is where it ends " as he force his brand in the trailer , indicates that Bran ’s vision pursuit will take him and the Three - Eyed Raven back to a skirmish that in many ways started it all – one that in the end led to the downfall of the Targaryens , the rise of the Baratheons , and the many tragedy of the Stark family .
Who is inside the tug ? What is the signification of this scene ? Book fans hope that the episode will finally sustain R + L = J – an equation we ’ll admit back on explaining for anyone still blissfully in the darkness about the serial ' biggest fan hypothesis . But just recollect that , in time of year one , Eddard Stark reminisces about having made a vow to a fair sex close to him , who said , " Promise me , Ned . "
“Tommen confronts the High Sparrow.”
study the amount of time we ’ve spend there , we have n’t actually regard much of the King ’s landing place key player this season . Now that we ’ve launch that Team Cersei include Jaime and Tommen – who has call us to be more competent this yr – it ’s time to condition in on some of the other world power players presently lurking around the capital .
We are primarily thinking of the Small Council , which is now being head up by Kevan Lannister ; of Qyburn , who is prepping his next sinning against nature ; of Olenna Tyrell , who is intrigue to insure the freedom of her grandchildren , including Ser Loras , who we have n’t go through since he was imprisoned last time of year . base on the photo above , it seems Qyburn , in picky , will be up to no good tonight .
“Arya trains to be No One.”
Over a season into Arya ’s Braavos stint , it ’s rather shameful how little we bed about the House of Black and White . For now , we ’ve got more unreasoning pin - breeding in the works , but we are also hoping to glimpse the intimate working of the Faceless Men ’s turnout now that we ’re enter the second yr of Arya ’s bravo internship . We ’ll settle for a single , emphatic whack to the face for the Waif , given the unjust beatdowns she ’s deliver to Arya the past two weeks . Just one knocked - out tooth is all we ’re require .
“Varys finds an answer.”
Someone has been like kings cheat with Meereen since the end of time of year four . With Daenerys still at prominent and her two dragon lastly unchained by Tyrion , here ’s hoping that this teaser from the press release reveal just who has been shake up the pot and coordinate the Sons of the Harpy . If Tyrion can take a breakout from his so - very - hilarious caper at Varys ' expense , perchance we ’ll find out . Or perhaps the answer Varys finds involvesthat mystery Melisandre - esque womanin the pre - time of year prevue ?
“Ramsay gets a gift.”
As the episode promo reveals , a gift is set to be present to fresh ego - appoint Ramsay Bolton , Lord of Winterfell . What do you give the piece who has everything as a effect of sudden patricide ? Short of his runaway wife and favorite toy ( Sansa and Theon , severally ) , you might want to give him something that will further aid him fasten the North .
Speaking of which , was n’t there another Stark who escaped his clutch and was last seen in season two richly - dog it to the Last Hearth , the nates of House Umber , to be shelter on the Q.T. by Stark bannermen ? Sansa is presently run as tight as she can off from Winterfell , and Jon Snow is still chilling at Castle Black – but if there ’s one affair that could entice one or both of them to their old home , it ’s news that their untested sibling , who had been presume dead , had fallen into Ramsay ’s clutches .
That , or the news that Ramsay had smiled the way he ’s smile in the screengrab above . What Starkwouldn’trisk his or her sprightliness to taste that grinning off his face ?
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Ben Philippeis a writer free-base in New York City . " Oathbreaker " will almost certainly find him ca-ca noise of giddiness as the camera pans into the Tower of Joy , no dubiety to the delight of everyone he ’s determine the episode with . Find him on Twitter:@GoHomeBen .
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