Oh wow, the premiere kinda snuck up on me. Gotta remember to set up my DVR when I get back tonight!
Can someone remind me of the following:
- Where is Jaime off to? OP summary says something about a secret mission... This is Season 5 material, watch and find out.
- What's Brienne and Pod doing now? They encountered Arya and the Hound at the end of the last Season. Brienne and the Hound fought over 'custody' of Arya. The Hound 'lost' and Arya left him for dead. Arya left for Braavos on a ship. Presumably Brienne and Pod are still looking for her.
- What's the situation on the Boltons? Do they still have Theon? I kinda remember an escape scene last season. They still have Theon and were last seen heading for Winterfell to take up residence. The rescue attempt by Theon's sister Yara was a failure and she had to flee with her men.
- I see a lot of Sand and Martells in the cast lineup...did they announce vengeance for that whole Viper mishap? Are they going to war over that now? This is Season 5 material, watch and find out.
- Did they mention the "High Sparrow" at all last season? I saw them mentioned in the OP summary and a lot of the videos, but I don't seem to recall them being introduced at all last year... This is Season 5 material, watch and find out.
...if you guys can bring me up to speed on any or all of those, that'd be sweet. I'd google it up, but I'm pretty sure random spoilers will be waiting for me there.
EDIT: Oh yeah, one more...is that traveling band led by that immortal guy still around? What's their mission again? The Brotherhood without Banners? We haven't seen them since Season 3. They were originally tasked by Ned in Season 1 to locate the Mountain and bring him to justice. They converted their mission to protecting the countryside and generally fighting Lannister forces. Not sure what they're upto now.
EDIT 2: I lied, there's still one more...what are the Stark kids up to? They went to go see a tree? Bran, Hodor, Jojen and Meera made it to the tree in the far north, and were attacked by skeletal wights. Jojen was killed. The others were saved by a Child of the Forest. Inside the tree they encountered an old man entwined in the roots of the tree. He told Bran he would never walk again, but that he would fly.