A Variety of New Roles Being Cast for Game of Thrones Season 7! 

is a little funny this year. Being so far off the books, we’re a bit lost! But there’s still fun to be had, and thankfully our sources are still providing. We’ve just received a nice batch of season 7 casting breakdowns, offering up info about a variety of roles the show has recently been casting. Let’s see what we can glean from the new casting info!

As has become the standard, there are no names on the roles, only generic titles.

If you don’t like potential spoilers, then this is not the post for you.

General, in the age range 40 – 55. He’s a senior military officer, and they’re looking for a white actor who uses the British RP accent. The actor is needed for the week of September 6th.

Priest, in his 60’s. He’s a venerable priest with moral authority and gravitas. The show is seeking a white actor, using an RP accent, with characterful face for this part. He’s scheduled to shoot one week, from September 22nd.

Warrior, in the 35 – 45 age range. The character is a tough-looking bruiser with the attack skills of a pit bull, and the actor needs to be great at fighting. He has a “considerable” amount of dialogue as well. It’s described as an “excellent part for a top-end actor.” Helpful clues in the description? We know it’s not a Dothraki character as the actor for the role is required to be white, and they’re asking for a neutral and non-posh English accent. This role is currently scheduled to shoot across October.

Gate Guard, in his 20’s. The character is described as a “Confident, characterful, straight-talking Northern lad with a great face to play across a very excellent series of scenes.”  They’re looking someone with wit, timing, and charisma. He’s currently scheduled to film between mid-October and mid-November.

City Guard, in his 30’s. The show is casting for a city guard who intercepts a suspicious-looking person on his nightly patrol. They require an RP accent for this one. He’s set to shoot for a week in mid-October.

Merchant, in his 40’s. The merchant appears at an inn during a busy evening. They’re seeking a character actor, for a non-combatant role. His appearance is more open, including ethnicity/race. That suggests a character appearing somewhere in Essos- or a place we’ve never been before, since Daenerys is now on the move. This part is scheduled to shoot the first week of November.

be without its courtesans and nudity. The show is casting for an attractive young courtesan who is sure of her own mind. It’s described as a “good speaking part” and casting notes that full nudity is required for the role. Similar to the merchant, the lovely lady’s physical appearance is open, indicating this role is for somewhere on Essos, or at a new location. She’s scheduled to shoot for one week in early October.

Young Lord in his late 20’s. He’s a tall, handsome young lord, and the show is looking for a white actor who uses the RP accent. He’s scheduled to shoot in the week commencing September 20th.

Lieutenant, in his 20’s. The character is described as an athletic, physically fit, and disciplined warrior. Appearance-wise, they’re looking for someone not white, with Middle Eastern descent mentioned. This bears the hallmarks of a Dothraki character description. He’s set to shoot several days across three weeks, between mid-September and mid-November.

There’s a lot of mention of RP this time around. To explain, the show tends to use RP accent around King’s Landing for its major well-to-do characters. People from the lower class like Davos use a different accent, and Northerners sound more well, northern. So RP often points toward King’s Landing but it’s not a guarantee.

So what do you think, readers? Who is that suspicious-looking person interrupting the nightly patrol? Which Gate is being guarded this time- Winterfell, Castle Black or another? Have at it!

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What are the odds we get more flashbacks this year? Could any of these roles be for that?

Will we ever see a casting announcement for role of “The Crannogman”? It could be something like, a white actor in his 40s with height no more than 5 feet 5. Role includes scenes with main cast and a major revelation.

My guess is most of these will be Oldtown – the Priest may well be a Maester

Atleast a couple of these are going to be young lords/knights participating in the tourney at Harrenhal

For those wondering, RP stands for “Received Pronunciation”. It’s sometimes referred to as “The Queen’s English” or “BBC English”.

Oh god I’m so terrible at this lol.At least in the past we had some clue.I guess it’s understanable they are casting people for KL because there is nobody left there appart from Cersei,Jaime and Qyburn.I’m really curious about the gate in the north what would that be?And I though we were done with Essos but apparently not

The warrior is really the most interesting. We’ve pretty much been introduced to all the main book characters who would fit this bill, other than maybe Victarion and Connington. They’ve been dropped almost for sure. So who the heck is this and what role might they have?

With only 15 episodes remaining, not enough time to do fAegon/Blackfyre plot. In any case, Varys is supporting Dany and not Blackfyres.

We already saw Howland Reed in the show and he is taller than that so that won’t be a requirment.Plus Jojen was really tall too

It’s not possible to guess based on book knowledge anymore. All these seem to be new non-book characters. I am mostly intrigued by the warrior and the northern gate guard.

Apart from that boy who is of north everyone else is related to south which iam sure of .. And filming’s on September and October also makes that more south than north

Yeah, you can forget about the Crannogmen being short. That’s long off the table.

Jojen was 5’10” and Howland-stunt guy was pretty normal height.

Maybe the warrior is shows version of strong belwas ..

At last…. Some casting news! Could the priest be some type of Septon Meribald character to interact with Brienne and Pod, given that they’re returning back North through the RL..cue hanging by TBWOB and the Hound?

We already saw Howland Reed in the show and he is taller than that so that won’t be a requirment.Plus Jojen was really tall too

My comment was more of a wishful thought. Disappointing that in ToJ flashback, HR was not shorter than Ned. I doubt if HR casting news will be made public.

If they were going to cast Marwyn, they’d surely need the actor for more than one week. And I don’t think there’d be any reason to label it “Priest”.

My own guess: we’ll see that guy when Dany lands in Westeros and stages a ceremonial coronation for herself as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.

I’ll speculate that the General is a minion for Cersei, since she’ll need some minor characters to provide exposition, etc. about their deteriorating military situation.

He’s supposed to be tanned and fat but maybe they decided to change that

I hope you are correct but “tough-looking bruiser with the attack skills of a pit bull” doesn’t look similar to the actor who played HR in ToJ flashback. He was pretty average looking. Maybe someone new in Dorne as it has no male characters at the end of season 6?

If they were casting a young Barristan they would put out a casting description that specified features akin to Ian McElhinney’s.

Maybe. Now that I think about it I don’t believe they”ll announce important parts at all (like Howland Reed or Rhaegar). Probably only minor characters. Lyanna’s part for S6 wasn’t announced either right?

They didn’t specified features akin to Sean Bean for the Toj scene casting description.

The Lieutenant sounds a bit like the Dothraki equivalent of Grey Worm. I can see Daenerys wanting them to have a recognizable battle leader in the same way the Unsullied do; Daario seemed to take up that role to an extent at the end of last season, but he was left behind in Meereen. The Dothraki fighting style is different to that of the Unsullied as well, so having a Dothraki voice on her War Council would make sense.

Given that the Merchant and Lovely Lady are to be of unspecified ethnicity, I wonder if they are to appear in Dorne or Oldtown. Those living in the former are of mixed ethnicity, and the latter is somewhere that a prosperous merchant would gravitate to. Beyond that, I cannot see an Essosi location unless Daenerys has a stop off point before reaching Westeros (Volantis again, maybe?) but given the ground she will need to cover in two shortened seasons I think that unlikely.

The General, City Guard and Young Lord all seem to be for locations in the south of Westeros. While KL is the obvious location, Oldtown is also a possibility. I do wonder if either the General or Young Lord is perhaps one of the Highgarden bannermen, sent by Olenna to Daenerys after she reaches Westeros? Or, given that Sam has reached Oldtown, could they be casting a Lord for the city? The City Guard is likely to be for either Oldtown or KL, and the mention of the suspicious-looking person is intriguing. Could Jorah head to the Citadel for a cure and try to sneak into the city? Or, is this related to the fall of KL? Could she try to take KL from within in a slightly similar way to Yunkai or Meereen?

The Priest is an interesting one. I agree it could be a Maester rather than a Septon, and if so then it is likely to be Oldtown rather than KL (unless it is perhaps Pycelle’s replacement, sent by the Citadel). Surely every septon in Westeros was not obliterated by the Green Trial?

The Gate Guard I would place at either Castle Black or Winterfell, though I would tend towards the latter given the number of scenes he seems to be in. The castle was deserted when Bran and Rickon fled at the end of season 2, and the Bolton men will not be kept on. New faces are required, and with Bran hopefully heading south, other Northern lords presumably being summoned to Winterfell to bend the knee, and the BwB heading north, a Winterfell Gate Guard would be busy.

The Warrior is one that I have absolutely no clue on. Someone with the BwB, maybe? Or a thug for hire contracted by the Lannisters? There is a lot of dialogue and a longer availability required compared to the other parts, so this character will presumably be interacting with a lot of people.

In any case, exciting to finally have some fuel for speculation!

Perhaps the “Young Lord” casting is vague on purpose? If we get the full R+l=J confirmation we should/need to see Rhaeghar, no? At least I hope so

When they cast the kids last year, they specified eye colour, to cite one example.

Handsome young lord in his 20’s = Prince Rhaegar for the tourney?

Casting news, YAY!! Still holding out hope we will see Howland Reed.

It kind of fits but I’m not getting too exited yet.

No I thought the casting call for “Young Stunner” or something like that ended up being Lyanna.

Rhaegar is possible, I don’t think they will include the tourney though as we have already heard the entire story. My first thought for this role was a potential random suitor to Dany. She did say that she would be looking at the possibility of shoring up alliances through marriage.

That’s what most of us thought, but I think it was actually the maid that Arya impersonates in the finale.

I think the young stunner was the serving girl at the Twins, who turns out to be Arya.

Yes!! ahhhhh more speculation and leaks! I love it! 🙂 I can’t wait until next year!

I agree that Prince R. Howland Reed, maybe even a young Robert B. might be casted. Also some northern lords? Yessss!!!

I guess that makes sense, the casting for Lyanna was probably top secret because the description should be “young woman age 20 or so who very clearly looks like she could be Kit Harington’s mother.”

Think we are going to see quite a lot of Dorne in S7 – perhaps with Dany landing there or having naval battle off the shore?

Maybe. Now that I think about it I don’t believe they”ll announce important parts at all (like Howland Reed or Rhaegar). Probably only minor characters. Lyanna’s part for S6 wasn’t announced either right?

I agree with you that HR casting will not be announced.

That’s most likely the casting call for the maid Arya impersonates, not Lyanna. Lyanna didn’t really have multiple scenes (they used a brief flash in one previous episode, but that’s stretching it; the actress wasn’t even credited).

Yeah the “Priest” sounds like Archmaester Marwyn. The others, no idea.

RP makes me think Oldtown… Or Highgarden.. Or Casterly Rock

The only casting call that says anything to me is the Lieutenant. I was hoping we’d get a specific Dothraki commander for their hordes, not unlike Grey Worm in the beginning (though of course he’s more of a character on his own right by now.) It’s nice to see that’s apparently happening.

The others are a big mystery. Most of them seem to be small parts, though, so I wouldn’t worry that we’re missing some new character. As for the non-white ones, I guess it could point to Dany stopping by Volantis, but Oldtown is also a very heterogeneous city, and then there’s Dorne, so it doesn’t have to be Essos.

Would they really use the term “priest” for a “maester”? Isn’t that just wishful thinking for those of us hoping Marwyn will appear? Last year when maesters were requiered the casting calls used the term “measter”, and for the septons “priest.” So it’s most likely a septon, not a maester.

Not sure who could be who but all talk this is making me really hope we see Howland Reed in s7.

Do we even need Howland Reed? Seems Bran can fullfil this role. At this point introducing Howland just to reveal it to Jon and Jon is more likely to trust his own brother than stranger.

What are the chances Jorah’s quest for a greyscale cure will be a large part of the season? That journey could take him to a variety of places and encounter a lot of people we haven’t seen before.

Priest Marwyn or the High Sparrow’s successor. Warrior For a moment, I thought of Victarion. Silly me.

Young Lord in his late 20’s Robert Baratheon. Sleeps with prostitute.

It would be immensely angering if they cut HR. But chances are that they won’t. They made it a point to show and name HR during ToJ flashback.

Lieutenant is def dothraki we need a “name” just like with wildlings CV and unsullied

gate guard is goona be at castle black I think..maybe person that finds bran and Meera then kinda becomes the third in that group to get him to winterfell

and I am goona wallow in fangirlness and convince myself young Lord is rheagar ….don’t convince me otherwise.i am enjoying it too much lol

Could the bull like warrior be Robert Baratheon?The younger version ofcourse.

Regardless of who tells him, I think Jon is not going to receive the news all that well. Getting murdered by his own men didn’t make him super angry and bitter but the truth about his parents might actually do the job. And how could it not? He was lied to all his life. He pretty much based a lot of his worth on being the son of Ned Stark to then find out that he is the son of a different man. Knowing Jon he might even feel guilty about his own existence knowing that he’s the product of a union that unleashed such destruction. The poor guy will have to deal with all that internal struggle while also dealing with his new aunt, his sister’s insecurities and not to mention her creeper and the Others.

I think speculators need to start looking outside of Kings Landing for these RP roles. It’s High Garden and Old Town that need more heroic looking people, Kings Landing will likely be more victims. They might even cameo Griff and Young Griff on the High Garden side.

Although I’m a bit partial to the Lovely Lady being Lady Taena Merryweather because of the sexy and the talky.

Gate Guard sounds like comic relief, like a Dolorous Edd 2.0. Watch, there will be an increasingly wacky series of events/passers through over the course of the season, and Gate Guard will have straight man quips for all of them.

Marwyn isn’t exactly someone with “moral authority,” so I’m not in that school of thought for the priest. But I do want Marwyn to show up.

The general is interesting because I assumed Randyll would step up in that capacity this year, for one side or the other (but probably Cersei). Maybe we’re getting lots of generals and lots of battle strategy scenes over lots of maps? Please?

“warrior” is rhaegar. I hope the first three episodes of s7 are just one long flashback piece of harrenhall and Bob’s rebellion. It would be a bold choice and I’m all about bold choices.

Just leave 4 or 5 episodes to properly cover cleganebowl after that is all.

These casting calls have made my morning. Thanks, Sue! This speculating is what makes the off season so much fun and bearable.

I think the “Gate Guard” is for Winterfell because he’ll be filming for a month and I doubt the show will spend that much time at Castle Black. Like someone else said, there should be a lot of activity in WF with all the people expected to arrive there in S7, so a gate guard would definitely be needed for a “series of scenes”.

I like the idea that the “City Guard” is someone who spots Jorah creeping around Old Town.

I agree with Sue that most of these characters are probably going to be in King’s Landing because of the RP accent. But please gods, don’t let the “Merchant in his 40’s” be in Essos. Let us be rid of that damn place once and for all. I’d prefer it if some in Dany’s group encounter this guy in an inn in Dorne (I never thought I’d prefer Dorne over Essos).

My initial thought was young Robert too. “Tough-looking bruiser with the attack skills of a pit bull” sounds like Bobby B circa the rebellion, but 35-45 age range is far too old. So, he’s probably a new henchman of Cersei’s.

Lyn Corbray? He is the only fierce warrier left on the books who could still make an appearance in the show.

Just out of curiosity, did we have the casting call for Lyanna leaked last year? If so I’m curious if it was a plain as these descriptions so we simply didn’t guess, or they were just far better at keeping the process and request for that role secret.

Curious as to if it’s possible we’ll even see a casting call for Rhaegar, or if they’d be so secretive about it we wouldn’t know if it was out there.

Not to mention Jon would think that he was a product of rape. That’s going to be something very hard to digest. Jon finding out the truth is what I am looking forward to the most next season.

Specific mention of an “inn” re: the Merchant makes me wonder if Brienne/Pod/Hound/BWB and possibly Arya/Melisandre could converge for an altered version of the Inn at the Crossroads events from FFC.

Oh god well I hope Bran will be able to at least clear that up and yeah I can’t wait for him to find out

I wonder if that knowledge will provoke in Jon some kind of resentment against Ned or rejection of the Starks as a whole. I doubt it, but I would be very interesting to explore that issue.

Just out of curiosity, did we have the casting call for Lyanna leaked last year? If so I’m curious if it was a plain as these descriptions so we simply didn’t guess, or they were just far better at keeping the process and request for that role secret.

Curious as to if it’s possible we’ll even see a casting call for Rhaegar, or if they’d be so secretive about it we wouldn’t know if it was out there.

There was a casting call for a ‘Young Stunner’, but there is debate (as seen above) as to whether this was Lyanna or the ‘Face’ that Arya used to gain access to The Twins as a servant.

Thinking back, one casting call I really have difficulty remembering from last year is one that resembled Aerys. I know when the trailers were released there was a lot of discussion regarding the shadow on the wall that

turn out to be Jaime’s attack on Aerys, but at the time I recall trying to match up that part with the casting calls that had been released and failing to come to any concrete conclusions.

I think in the show and book, Daeny will end up in Volantis. I bet these roles will be part of that storyline.

in all honesty I doubt we see the casting call for rhaegar….we had a couple last year that COULD have been Lyanna but as someone said above thread the one most people focused on was actually the call for “Ayra” in the Frey Pie scene.

I hope we see him..would LOVE to see him on screen..but I dont know that we will have any clue until it actually happens ..cant remember last season.. was “promise me” ned scene specifically spoiled or were we just sure we were gonna see it because of outside filming??

Well I don’t think it was until during the season.But I think everybody expected it because of logical conclusions really.And we all got confused with the young stunner casting.We assumed it was Lyanna and it turn out to be Arya in disguise lol

I think she will too in the books but I thought it got cut from the show.Why to free more slaves?I thought we were done with that.Maybe to pick up Kinvara and all the red priests.With the pace they are going I thought they would skip Volantis but maybe not who knows

Alba Stark: There was a casting call for a ‘Young Stunner’, but there is debate (as seen above) as to whether this was Lyanna or the ‘Face’ that Arya used to gain access to The Twins as a servant.

Robert Aramayo said he filmed the interior ToJ scene in December. The “young stunner” filmed in August or September. So that pretty much confirms the casting call for the young stunner was not Lyanna.

I don’t think we ever saw a casting call for Aerys, Lyanna Stark,

Lyanna Mormont. Seems like the major characters with little screentime were kept under wraps. If Rhaegar is ever cast, I expect they’ll keep that casting call hush-hush.

Or he could reject his Targaryen connection and cling closer to his Stark ones? It’s also possible that Bran will arrive with the knowledge of the entire truth, as Jenny said, which could make it easier for him to accept his reality. It could go any way I guess.

selena: in all honesty I doubt we see the casting call for rhaegar….we had a couple last year that COULD have been Lyanna but as someone said above thread the one most people focused on was actually the call for “Ayra” in the Frey Pie scene.

I hope we see him..would LOVE to see him on screen..but I don’t know that we will have any clue until it actually happens

..cant remember last season.. was “promise me” ned scene specifically spoiled or were we just sure we were gonna see it because of outside filming??

We did not get any indication about an inside scene, there was speculation as someone else posted below you that it would be there simply due to the outside scene being known to be filmed, but there was no preseason leak that I’m aware of. Was obviously much harder to leak a scene that was shot inside, but I am pretty sure I’d remember, last year I was devouring GoT related material like a hawk, especially through the numerous casting leaks that took place after S5.

That said, I tend to believe they’d keep the Rhaegar part much more of a secret if not offer it to specific actors, or in specific circles.

To think we’re almost still an entire year off from the show, to quote the great Charlie Brown, “Ugh”.

That’s certainly a possibility… however, I think that the truth of not being Ned’s son will hit him harder than finding out he’s a Targ… S7 will tell. 🙂

Only one person so far has suggested Casterly Rock as the place where we might find all those posh accents, but that makes a lot of sense to me. Tyrion needs to put his encyclopædic knowledge of the drainage system to good use and infiltrate!

Yeah I really believe Bran will be the one to tell Jon.It’s the least convoluted thing plus I remember in one of the bts after the finale Bryan Cogman was like now that Bran is going forth to meet his family we felt that this was an important information for him to have.Plus it will fuck Jon up all the same there is no thing for the rape thing to be added on it

Sadly, I don’t think we’ll ever get to see the rock unless Tyrion goes there specifically. Assuming he goes just to take it over and rule post show though, I can’t imagine them having the time devoted to him just taking some episodes to claim it. Jamie and Cersei’s story ends in Kings Landing on the show I’d imagine. With their budget and with what is left time-wise with the 13’ish episodes we have left, I just don’t see a prolonged siege and either banishment or running to Casterly Rock.

Obviously we know we’re getting it in the books, and I am still holding onto some hope we’ll get it in the books, even if it’s only for a split second via Tyrion post invasion and heading into the finale with ice and fire, but there isn’t anyone in the rock currently that the show would follow, and again, I see Jaime and Cersei ending their story together in King’s Landing, whether Jamie or Cersei survive that and move on, not sure, but their combined story ends there in some way in my opinion.

Warrior could be Brandon Stark and young lord could be young Littlefinger.

If you mean Brandon Stark, Ned’s brother, no, 35-45 is way too older. And there’s no way that’s Littlefinger, seeing as they specify an RP accent (unless things are getting even weirder in that department).

Young Lord, I think this might be Rheagar ( I hope ) I too wonder how Jon will take the news and who/how it will be delivered to him.

I also hope Rheagar and Lyanna were married so Jon is legit!

Jon Snowpenhauer: I see Jaime and Cersei ending their story together in King’s Landing, whether Jamie or Cersei survive that and move on, not sure, but their combined story ends there in some way in my opinion.

Interesting… and I agree that their story will end in KL. But in that case, I would think their story would end in Season 7, because I can’t imagine Cersei surviving in KL till the final season.

Kay: Interesting… and I agree that their story will end in KL. But in that case, I would think their story would end in Season 7, because I can’t imagine Cersei surviving in KL till the final season.

I partially agree… season 7 will be the season we get rid of the “distractions” (big or small)..Cersie,LF,Euron..they will all bow out by the end of season 7 so everything is focused on the BIG bad, the Nights King and the real war in season 8. We have 7 episodes this season. I for one dont see Cersie making it past episode 4 (maybe 5)..pretty much about the time Dany arrives and takes over Kings Landing but

I actually see Jamie making it to at least the final Battle of season 8, even if he doesnt survive, and going out as a hero fulfulling his redemption arc.

Young and tall lord could be Sansa’s potential suitor from the Vale or some Dickon’s pal, if Sam’s brother needs someone to interact with. Anyway, his appearance will be rather short IMHO.

Come on guys clearly the Gate guard is at Winterfell and he catches melisandre lingering around the outside. Right?

For $64,000, final answer: the general is Jon Connington and the Young Lord is baby Aegon.

If they could somehow cast Ian McKellen as the priest I would die a happy man.

I have no idea who any of these castings could be, although I’d have to guess at least a few are characters we’ll see in Oldtown.

I love not knowing. It’s quite fun, at least to me.

I find myself eager for next summer already.. and I live in Arizona and am already tired of the heat this summer.. But i want thrones!

British Accent Watch here. RP doesn’t really help us narrow down because it’s used for all highborn Westerosi characters outside the North and Dorne, and not always then: although Robb and Jon have northern accents, Sansa, Arya and Bran speak in RP (Maisie sometimes remembers to sound a bit northern, and also occasionally her West Country vowels come through), as did/do Jojen & Meera and the Boltons.

(Littlefinger, as mentioned above, is an exception, although this seems to be more to do with him putting ever less effort into his accent – in season one he does actually seem to be attempting to sound English – plus increasingly growling his lines, which has left him sounding like a pirate.)

Per the OP, lowborn King’s Landing characters tend to have a broad generic cockney accent that no-one under 70 actually speaks any more in London. Davos is probably the wrong character to cite, though, because he has a totally anomalous accent: despite growing up in King’s Landing, he has a strong northern English accent. I’ve always wondered about this choice. I’d guess it’s because Liam Cunningham (who has a fairly strong Irish accent IRL) couldn’t do a convincing southern or cockney accent. He’s great in the role, so I’m not really bothered by that compromise.

Anyway, the point is: the casting agents have gotten very good at being vague in these casting calls, and they only go to a public call if they can’t cast the role from people they already know. Still fun to speculate though…

No way will they put Aegon and Jon Con in the show. They already merged Jon’s arc with Jorah’s. In the books JC got greyscale, and in the show Jorah even got one of JC’s more memorable lines about dreaming of going home.

I don’t think these will be book characters. If we spend time in Oldtown the young lord may be Leo Tyrell, since Willas and Garlan were cut, and the beautiful woman may be Sarella Sand, but other than that I think these will be original show characters.

Kilgore Tully: Gate Guard sounds like comic relief, like a Dolorous Edd 2.0. Watch, there will be an increasingly wacky series of events/passers through over the course of the season, and Gate Guard will have straight man quips for all of them.

You’re right: This definitely sounds like an Eddish comic role. I wonder where, though.

I’m surprised by how many people here still seem to be holding out strong hopes for Rhaegar/Tourney at Harrenhal/young Robert/young Petyr/Brandon Stark flashbacks. I have a feeling that we’re kind of done with all that. I don’t expect to see Bran getting a whole lot more history lessons in the time that’s left, and it isn’t really necessary to unrolling the rest of the narrative. There just needs to be some moment of confirmation of Jon’s legitimacy (if he IS legitimate), and that can be done either via Howland turning up or some artifact being discovered in the Winterfell crypts.

I don’t know how much Jon’s legitimacy matters at this point seeing as how he was declared king in the north in spite of being illegitimate. He already technically rules half of Westeros, however, being illegitimate would give Dany a stronger claim and the story is really barreling towards this surprise of Jon being the true king. Now, for what it’s worth, I do think that he’s legitimate. Rhaegar had a fixation with Aegon the Conqueror, so having 2 wives would be in line with that. Also the fact that his last word was Lyanna’s name hints that they were married, probably because Elia couldn’t survive having another child and “the dragon has 3 heads. There must be one more”. That Dany vision in the house of the undying leads me to believe that not only did Rhaegar marry Lyanna, but that Elia was also okay with it. The crypts of Winterfell theory is interesting, but I think Howland has to make an appearance, being the only survivor of the ToJ.

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