G33K LYFE: What is hype may never die!

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Be excited, season six of Game of Thrones is coming soon!

The return of Bran! Zombie Mountain! ‘I choose violence’! Ahhhhh!

The long anticipated trailer for season six of Game of Thrones dropped a few weeks ago and blew the collective pants off the Internet with a marvellous bombardment of images of what’s to come. This is the first season where the show has completely surpassed the source material and is venturing in to all new territory and hard-core fans have already gone through the video with a fine toothed comb. The indepth analysis already available online has revealed quite a few hints, especially for book readers, as to what is coming this April.

Spoilers for show and book ahead!

We had some predictable shots to open the trailer: Jon Snow’s corpse, Jamie Lannister returning with his deceased daughter and the Boltons looking like bastards. Daenerys has been taken captive by what most assume are the Dothraki and Jorah and Daario on her tail. The Ironborn are taking prominence again, Sansa survived her fall and Tyrion is looking wary in Mereen.

Starting with the Ironborn, big things will be happening at Pyke, including one of the most glaring inconsistences between screen and page. Balon Greyjoy, sourfaced father of Theon/Reek has been alive for way too long.

In the books, he meets his end crossing a bridge in a storm, meeting his end before the Red Wedding, while on screen he has been unseen since the end of season two and has apparently been hanging out quietly in his damp castle. The circumstances of his death are highly suspicious and many theorize that his brother Euron, who makes his first appearances in this trailer, may have been involved. His death will open up a power gap that his daughter and brother may both try to fill.

Welcome back Bran Stark! And Hodor! After sitting out the events of season five, the crippled heir to house Stark is making a return, under the tutelage of the Three-Eyed Raven; he will be developing his warg powers to incredible levels. Not just content to walk around as his wolf Summer, he will soon be able to see into the past, shedding light on some of the events in his family’s past. It is incredibly likely that he will be the viewers’ gate to the confirmed flashback scenes.

Speaking of the flashbacks, a couple blinks and you miss the shots that confirmed the freaking Tower of Joy! It was one of the finest passages in the first book and takes place as Ned Stark recalls the final attempt to rescue his sister in the midst of a fever dream. If the prevailing theory behind the series (R+L=J) is true, it is likely to be one of the most significant scenes in the show to date, and is certainly one of the most significant of the series’ backstory.

Also, does anyone fear for Lancel? Being on the end of Cersei’s incredibly awesome ‘I choose violence’ line while a giant zombie flanks her cannot possibly end well!