Warning: This story contains potential spoilers for season 5 and season 6 of Game of Thrones.
Official glimpses at Game of Thrones’s sixth season has been nearly non-existent aside from a quick teaser and a poster, but now the show has just dropped more than 20 brand-new photos for everyone to scrutinize.
The photos don’t reveal major plot points—we’ll likely have to wait until April for that big reveal—but there are a few things we can take from the first look at the new season.
For one thing, the photos confirm the fates of a few non-Jon Snow key players from the show. Some people worried that Sansa Stark and Theon Greyjoy didn’t survive their jump from the walls of Winterfell. The photos now confirm they made it down in one piece (and looking a little worse for wear). But of course, the Boltons will likely still be a big threat.
Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy and @SophieT as Sansa Stark in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/LAwi0JMpJL
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On the other hand, if you had any doubts about Myrcella Baratheon’s fate, the photos confirm that she is very much dead, which will probably be welcome news to Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes. For the Lannisters and Myrcella’s brother Tommen, who now has to see his other remaining sibling dead, not so much.
.@nikolajcw as Jaime Lannister in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/PvD7yg3XI4
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.@Dean_C_Chapman as Tommen Baratheon and @nikolajcw as Jaime Lannister in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/AEqtp9JilT
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Some of the other photos give us clues to which parts of Westeros we’ll likely spend much of our time in during season 6. Dorne is missing for the moment, but we’ll likely be seeing plenty of King’s Landing (both the Red Keep and the dungeons), Meereen, and beyond. In the case of Margaery Tyrell, we even see a familiar face in Septa Unella, who’s still as unmoving as she was the last time.
.@nikolajcw as Jaime Lannister and Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/6M2bgDCF1Z
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Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell and @hanwaddingham as Septa Unella in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/msJ0PtXR88
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Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister and Conleth Hill as Varys in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/VEeBgLwZcy
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Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/QSAMGpCDVo
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The Iron Islands and the rest of Theon’s family will play a big part in season 6, and while we don’t get to meet Euron Greyjoy quite yet, the rest of his family is still alive. (For now.)
Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/sPZb1ftLDq
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Patrick Malahide as Balon Greyjoy in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/jx6QunlXSF
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Over in Braavos, Arya Stark is still blind from the Faceless Men and appears to be begging. Has she been kicked out, or is she there on a mission?
.@Maisie_Williams as Arya Stark in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/ejcyIQlX9o
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Things looked pretty grim the last time we saw Melisandre and Davos Seaworth at the Wall, especially for Jon Snow, but it doesn’t look as though much has changed. The Baratheons are all still dead, after all. Samwell Tarly and Gilly, meanwhile, left the Wall and are on their way to Oldtown.
John Bradley-West as Samwell Tarly and Hannah Murray as Gilly in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/6SgY88OUBO
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Bran Stark and the Three-Eyed Raven offer the most interesting photo to analyze. The scene shown takes place during one of Bran’s vision sequences. The Three-Eyed Raven isn’t just a voice guiding him, but rather a full participant with him during his training. But where are they, and is it the past, present, or future?
.@Isaac_H_Wright as Bran Stark and Max von Sydow as the Three-Eyed Raven in #GoTSeason6. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/ZnIYGjLBS2
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You can view all of the photos over at the Making Game of Thrones blog. Now the next question on our minds: When is that trailer coming out?
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