TEASER :
It’s a little early for Thanksgiving and yet here we are with a new teaser forGame of Thrones Season 5. Admittedly comprised mostly of footage from previous seasons, the quick little tease does offer up some layers of meaning for fans of both the book and the show. Check it out:
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So we know Arya is going to Braavos, but what will she be doing there? Will she be interacting with other Braavosi players like the grim bankers we met last season Nope, no such off-book shenanigans. According to these two new set photos Arya will be headed straight to the House of Black and White where she’ll be inducted into the guild of the Faceless Men. Of which Season 2 mystery man Jaqen H'ghar was a member. You remember him, right?
The set photos show us two statues from the the House of Black and White: the Lion of Night and the Weeping Woman. But even though the decor may be ripped right from the pages of the book, I remain skeptical that Arya is going to eat a worm out of a spectral skull head’s eye. Remember that they didn’t go all out with the visuals when Daenerys walked through the House of the Undying. Then again, stranger things have happened on the show since.
But what’s even more intriguing than this confirmation that we’ll dive right into Arya’s Faceless Men training is this little nugget actress Maisie Williamsdropped a few days ago. “You might not recognize Arya this year,” she says, her voice dripping with evasion. To the unsullied show watcher this sounds like a hint that Arya is about to undergo a radical personality shift, or possibly revert back to wearing more feminine clothing (ha!). But for those of us who know what’s coming, her comment inspires a different line of thought.
Arya doesn’t first change her face until A Dance of Dragons but we all know the timeline is a little vague on the HBO show now. Will we see another actress playing Arya Stark this year? Better yet, since HBO’s Game of Thrones is fond of recycling characters, will we see the return of Jaqen H'ghar in Braavos? A girl can hope.
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