What Game of Thrones Season 3 Has In Store. Spoiler alert: This article is an indulgent spoiler from beginning to end. Non- book readers who don’t want to know about some of the grislier and more explicit events that will take place in S3, walk away now and keep any (misguided) hopes that you may have, alive. Filming for season 3 of ‘Game of Thrones’ is well underway. Numerous images have been posted of the various shoot locations around Belfast, including Gosford castle (Riverrun) and Magheramorne Quarry (Castle Black). Eagerly awaited characters, such as Mance Rayder, Beric Dondarrion, Lady Olenna and the Reeds, to name but a few, have been announced and Pyp as well as Barristan Selmy will be returning this season. As 3. March 2. 01. 3 draws closer, the excited anticipation becomes more palpable. From cover to cover, ‘A Storm of Swords’ is a series of revelations and gut- wrenching, tear- inducing moments punctuated by stunned gasps and the two questions on almost everyone’s lips are, ‘Will they do justice to my favourite scene? Will they include my favourite scene?’ The changes in S1 were minor and it remained spectacularly true to the book. In contrast, S2 saw a number of deviations, exclusions, bizarre character name changes and storyline alterations. But it’s an adaptation, I’ll reserve my unsolicited opinion, S2 for president. It makes it tricky to anticipate what’s going to happen in S3 though and, more specifically, the sequence in which events will take place. Due to the length of ‘A Storm of Swords’, it’s been confirmed by Martin, himself, that S3 will focus on roughly the first half of the book. These are some of my favourite events which, for better or for worse, rattled me to the core and which will/should/could be included in this season: Dany’s dragons enjoy a barbeque: Dany visits Astapor, a city in Slaver’s Bay, with the intention of purchasing an army of the Unsullied. Fierce eunuchs who know no fear, they’re formidable warriors. They’re not cheap either. When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. Watch trailers. Series Premiere Date Countdown (EST/PST) Game of Thrones Season 8: Season 8 Confirmed Air Date: TBD 2018+ Air Date/Year TBD Watch Game of Thrones Online. But what transpires is priceless. Kraznys (Dan Hildebrand) is the slave trader who agrees to sell the Unsullied to Dany, and the cost: a dragon of the slavers’ choice. Initially, it seems as though the Mother of Dragons is willing to part with one of her children, Drogon. The way the scene plays out is sublime: The Unsullied answer only to their master, so once Dany presents Drogon to the slavers, Kraznys announces that they are bought and paid for, it is done. Dany, the clever minx, declares that they now belong to her. However, Drogon refuses to obey Kraznys and when he points this out to Dany, she responds by saying that a dragon is no slave. She utters one word ‘dracarys’ (High Valyrian for ‘dragonfire’), Drogon releases a stream of dark fire, and a slaver barbeque commences. The Unsullied don’t so much as lift a finger to help their former masters, and so the slavers and their ugly regime go up in flames. Now, Dany’s scenes in the House of the Undying in S2 were slightly disappointing as many of the important prophecies weren’t shown. Perfect execution of this scene will allow the Mother of Dragons to shine in what I regard as one of her finest moments. Bran takes a walk on the wild side: This isn’t so much an isolated event as it is an ongoing, vital part of Bran’s storyline. Bran, Jon and Arya are wargs – they have the ability to enter into the minds of their direwolves and control their actions. Initially, it happens when they’re asleep.
But Bran’s prophetic dreams coupled with his warg/skinchanging abilities spell one thing – greenseer. Like the wise men of the children of the forest, only a handful are destined to become greenseers. Brandon Stark, broken and crippled, is described as the winged wolf, bound to the earth in chains. In his dreams, he’s visited by the three- eyed crow and it urges him to fly. Meera (Ellie Kendrick) and Jojen Reed (Thomas Brodie- Sangster) in particular, try to help Bran to open his third eye. Over time, Bran develops the ability to slip into Summer’s skin at will. The Reeds should’ve appeared in S2, but their introduction in S3 indicates that the warg aspect will now feature prominently. Jojen, who has green dreams, believes that the three- eyed crow, who was once a brother of the Night’s Watch and known as the Last Greenseer, will be able to help Bran unlock his full greenseeing ability. While heading North, Bran becomes adept at merging with Summer’s mind whenever he wishes to. It’s during one of these skinchanging episodes that Summer encounters Jon and the wildling party. He kills some of the wildings, giving Jon the opportunity that he’s been waiting for to escape and warn his brothers at the Wall. This is the first time that Bran sees Jon since his fall and, though it’s not exactly an emotional family reunion, the brief encounter had me in tears. I wasn’t sure if this event would feature in the upcoming season, but Kit Harington recently filmed scenes in his Night’s Watch attire and Josef Altin (Pyp, who remained at the Wall) was in Belfast for a day of filming. This suggests that Jon’s escape and his return to the Wall will be shown. Kit’s broken ankle hasn’t affected filming – it’s reported that he’s wearing a splint and he’s still on crutches. Incidentally, Jon’s scenes at the Wall will call for him to be on crutches after he takes an arrow to the leg. Let’s hope that Kit recovers fully before he has to fly to Iceland for more strenuous filming. It’s likely that Jon’s return to the Wall is where his storyline will conclude in S3. The Fist of the First Men receives a fatal punch: The whitewalkers and wights descend on the black brothers while they’re stationed at the Fist of the First men and a gruesome massacre takes place. Only a few of them escape with unharmed hides, Samwell Tarly amongst them. It’s while they’re heading for Craster’s Keep that Sam kills a wight –it is by no means premeditated- with the dragonglass dagger (made from one of the dragonglass arrowheads that were discovered in S2). This is the first weapon, besides fire, that can be used to kill these reanimated corpses, so that light at the end of the tunnel is hope and not hellfire. S2 ended with Sam being abandoned in the snow as the grotesque army approached whereas, in the book, the sound of the three horn blasts ironically saved him from being murdered by Chett, a character who was excluded from the series. Despite these changes, there’s no doubt that we’ll see a battle between the whitewalkers and the men of the Night’s watch as well as the resulting carnage. John Bradley (Samwell), James Cosmo (Lord Commander Mormont) and Mark Stanley (Grenn) were in Belfast to film the Night’s Watch scenes and I imagine that this was part of what they filmed. Sam the Slayer, meet Coldhands: Chaos erupts at Craster’s Keep, during which the mutinous black brothers kill both Lord Commander Mormont and Craster. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of no tears being shed for the latter. Sam flees with Gilly and her son and they set out for a town called Whitetree, but they’re set upon by a group of wights including the recently deceased/reanimated Small Paul. Sam eventually manages to kill him, but the other wights close in around them. It’s then that they’re saved by a mysterious (dead) figure known as Coldhands. He possesses the ability to control ravens and he sets hundreds of them on the wights, affording Sam and Gilly a chance to escape. It’s Coldhands who leads them to the Black Gate underneath the Wall. It’s unsure as to whether or not Coldhands has been cast, many names have been added to the cast list without role clarification. We may see his debut in S3. Alternatively, Sam’s scenes could end with the murders of Jeor Mormont and Craster. You Know Nothing Jon Snow- Oh- Oooh/The Lord’s Kiss: I sometimes refer to the Jon/Ygritte affair as, ‘The Corruption of My Sweet Summer Child ’. I’ll admit it though, the prospect of a disrobed Jon is enough to heat up even the coldest Westeros winter’s night. In a recent interview with Flaunt Magazine, when asked about nudity, Kit Harington hinted that he’ll do whatever the script calls for. Form an orderly queue, girls. These are the events that have Jon Snow fans salivating. In the Frostfangs, Jon finally comes face to face with the King beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder (Ciarán Hinds) . He’s permitted to join the wildlings but his failure to inform Mance of the black brothers at the Fist arouses Mance’s mistrust. In an attempt to gain his full trust and convince him that Jon is, in fact, a turncloak, Ygritte tells him that she and Jon are lovers. The wildling eagerly proceeds to guide Jon through his first sexual experience and he tackles it with all the enthusiasm of an overzealous virgin. He doesn’t have much time to lose sleep over his broken vow of celibacy (in fact, he doesn’t have much time for sleep, period) because they go at it like rabbits, regardless of who’s watching, and he becomes an old hand at knowing ‘where to put it’. People are eager to see this ‘coming of age’ aspect of Jon’s storyline, but it’s one particular occurrence that has the ladies flustered. What do you get when you have a cave, a waterfall and talk of Gendel’s children? The Lord’s Kiss. In a spontaneous, explicit act, Jon – how shall I phrase it – ventures ‘down south’, much to Ygritte’s vocal pleasure. ‘Game of Thrones’ isn’t known for shying away from overtly sexual scenes, therefore, viewers will most likely walk away feeling satisfied (pun so very much intended). Now seems like a good time to burn a couple of leeches: Poor Stannis, the wretched Iron Throne just won’t allow him occupancy. After the embarrassing defeat at the Battle of Blackwater, he retreats to Dragonstone and broods behind its dismal walls. Watch Law & Order: SVU Episodes.
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