HBO are on top of their hype game this week, first allowing a small selection of media to see the first episode of the new season before dropping a brand new official full-length trailer for season 6 last night (April 11).
In it we see Jon Snow, still very much dead, being talked about by those that once followed him. Now they have to deal with 'The Long Night' without him, but whether or not he'll remain a corpse throughout the entire season remains to be seen.
Tensions continue to rise at King's Landing, with Jaime Lannister threatening The High Sparrow with violence. The High Sparrow asks him: 'You would spill blood in this holy place?', before Jaime retorts: 'The Gods won't mind. They spill more blood than the rest of us combined.'
Viewers also get a glimpse of Arya's training now that she is blind, and it looks to be brutal. She's being given a second chance but we're reassured that there 'won't be a third'.
Daenerys is stripped down once more, seemingly taken prisoner by the Dothraki army she stumbled upon following her dramatic escape on the back of Drogon at the end of the last season.
Despite dire circumstances, Sansa now seems to be looking for revenge against all those who have wronged her. Noting that 'what was taken from me' is all she thinks about, we get glimpses of Ramsey Bolton and the Frey Family celebrating, hopefully foreshadowing that their demise is on the horizon.
After being banished by Daenerys, Ser Jorah Mormont continues to deal with his Greyscale disease whilst more battles and fighting than ever before are teased. Though it's not entirely clear who's attacking who, there is a Targaryen sigil on one warrior who plants his sword straight through another.
'Show them what Lannisters are, what we do to our enemies', Cersei commands following her very public shaming in season 5. It seems as though the Lannister family are getting back to their roots, fighting for power against the High Sparrow and his holy cult which have infiltrated King's Landing and gained an incredible amount of power in such a short amount of time.
'The real war is between the living and the dead, and make no mistake, the dead are coming', promises Davos Seaworth, whilst we get glimpses of the White Walker army, ready to engage and unleash their wrath against the living.
'Dragons do not do well in captivity', says Tyrion, before being asked, 'How do you know this?'
'That's what I do. I drink and I know things' he replies. He's already on top form. Just what position he'll be playing in this season remains to be seen, but dealing with dragons is definitely going to be high up on his priorities list.
We get the tiniest glimpse of Podrick who seems happy enough, but his future could be limited if the arm around his neck truly is a threatening one. Someone else seems to be in peril as we see a bloody hand disappear around a corner into darkness - but who has the wound?
Game of Thrones season 6 premieres in the US on April 24 at 9pm on HBO, simulcast in the UK on Sky Atlantic and shown on the same channel in the UK each Monday thereafter at 9pm.
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