This article arrest spoilers through the final sequence of the sixth season ofGame of Thrones . For more theories and speculation , head toourGame of Thronespage .
The wait forGame of ThronesSeason 7 will be a foresighted one . While the series typically returns in the April of every class , beginning each springtime with the aroma of impertinently decollate corpses , the show ’s abbreviated seventh seasonwill not kvetch off until summertime 2017at the early , giving us extra time tospeculate wildlyabout what revelation the final pot of episodes will reserve .
To tide us over ( or fuel said speculation ? ) the show ’s God Almighty , David Benioff and D.B. Weiss , have given us a few unexampled tidbits to chew over . Ina new interviewwith Deadline – conducted in one voice like the Borg – the two writer answer a series of questions about the show ’s epic 6th season , talk about their family lives , and discussed their own video - watch habits . ( Who jazz that theGoTcreators were superfans of the furore renovate seriesAdventure Time ? ) But , as usually is the case withGame of Thrones , the most significant stuff was about the theory - riddle , dragon - sate route ahead . Here are a few things we learned :
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The Night King is not the show’s main villain
Ever sincethe death of Ramsay Boltonat the hand of his hungry , thirsty hounds , there ’s been word about the the villain vacancy onGame of Thrones . With Ramsay , Joffrey , and the High Sparrow all expire , who will torment us every Sunday nighttime ? One idea is that the Night King , who typically set down by once a season to commit some atrocious deed of violence , will step up to fill the nothingness . But according to Benioff and Weiss , the frosty undead drawing card is not the scoundrel you ’re looking for .
" We do n’t think of the Night King as a villain as much as Death , " the pair write in the interview . " He is not someone who ’s like Joffrey or Ramsay . He ’s not really human any longer . evilness comes when you have a alternative between that and good , and you choose the wrong way . The Night King does n’t have a choice ; he was created in that path , and that ’s what he is . In some slipway , he ’s just Death , issue forth for everyone in the story , and for all of us . "
What does that mean going frontwards ? It ’s unvoiced to say , particularly because " he ’s just expiry " is a metaphoric way of life writer often talk about schoolbook " scoundrel " like the Joker or Anton Chigurh . In the interview the brace say it ’s appropriate that the Night King does n’t speak , so do n’t await a serial publication of scene - chew monologue to descend from his blue , icy mouth anytime presently . He probably wo n’t join forces with Daenerys and tantalise a dragon around .
Instead , it seems more likely that the show ’s fresh antagonists , like the Joshua Jackson - depend uncollectible dudeEuron Greyjoy , will take on a larger role in Season 7 . And , as the single-valued function becomes smaller , it ’s likely some of our Italian sandwich could become a minute more nefarious – maybe it ’s sentence for Sansa to break-dance bad ? Of of course , there ’s the newly crowned Queen Cersei to struggle with , and judging fromthe fireworks exhibit she put on in last season ’s finale , she ’s probably nonplus a few more tricks up her long black sleeves .
Next season will be about getting inside Cersei’s head
speak of Cersei , while Benioff and Weiss kept plastered lips when it amount to plunderer throughout the consultation , they did reflect about the Queen ’s incoming reign . After noting that she bears some duty for the demise of her son – we still miss you Tommen , you ineffective little boy - king – the Almighty explained that the next season will in all probability take us deep inside Cersei ’s mind . chilling , right ?
" That ’s what so much of next time of year is kick the bucket to be about , " they write . " Finding out what Cersei ’s mindset is , and who is she ? Cersei has sure enough done a lot of horrible things in her living and she could be a very savage someone , but the one thing that was redemptive about her was she genuinely fuck her children . Now they ’re all croak , and I call up that is very interesting for us . Who is she , without her nestling ? The resolution is something you ’ll find out about next season . "
There’s definitely something magical going on with The Wall
Even though Benioff and Weiss do n’t consider the Night King to be the show ’s primary baddie , the plot ’s impulse suggests he ’ll eventually have to get past that damn Wall and let loose gelid hell . After all , winter is fall , as the expression pop off . Fans have long theorize that an objective mentioned in the books , the Horn of Joramun , will at last be used to bring down The Wall , but by now show - witness know that Benioff and Weiss have been know to zig when George R.R. Martin zag .
" We do n’t need to give away too much , " the pair writes . " There are the books , and the show , and it would be a disservice to both if we went into too much detail of , we ’re proceed to apply this or that . We ’re not using that . What ’s laid out in this season is , very clearly , The Wall is n’t just a forcible structure that is keep the United States Army of the dead out . If it were , and if the wildlings managed to make it over , at least in theory someone like the Night King has so much more in the way of both baron and scout group who ’ll do literally anything he aver . "
Let ’s take a closer expression at the quotation mark : when Benioff and Weiss say , " We ’re not using that , " they may not be talking specifically about the Horn of Joramun . Instead , it seems like they were speak more generally about their collaborative process with George R.R. Martin , specially which elements they choose to use and which they do n’t . So , the Horn of Joramun is still in playing period as a potential way for The Wall to fall – or the pair of writers could totally trend from what ’s expect , Lady Stoneheart - manner , and surprise us with something totally different .
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