Game of Thrones season 7: Showrunners drop hints on what's next for Cersei, Bran, and The Night's King

Could a certain structure come crumbling down?

With season six of Game of Thrones having finished just weeks ago, attention has already turned to season seven and what the future holds in store for Westeros.

Speaking to Deadline, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss hinted at the future of various characters, including Cersei, Bran, and The Night’s King.

First off, the pair were asked about Cersei’s final season six moments, in which she murdered the High Sparrow and Margery, indirectly leading to her son committing suicide, putting her on the Iron Throne.

They detailed how season seven will be about “finding out what Cersei’s mindset is, and who is she? Cersei has certainly done a lot of horrible things in her life and she could be a very cruel person, but the one thing that was redemptive about her was she genuinely loved her children. Now they’re all gone, and I think that is very interesting for us. Who is she, without her children? The answer is something you’ll find out about next season.”

Then, when discussing Benjen, Bran, The Wall, and The Night’s King, the duo spoke about how the Walkers may pass into the south of Westeros.

“We don’t want to give away too much,” they said. “There are the books and the show, and it would be a disservice to both if we went into too much detail… What’s laid out in this season is, very clearly, The Wall isn’t just a physical structure that is keeping the army of the dead out. If it were, and if the Wildlings managed to make it over, at least in theory someone like The Night King has so much more in the way of both power and troops who’ll do literally anything he says.

“We have been laying out the likelihood that it’s going to be more difficult to get past The Wall than that, but we wanted to put that basic prospect out there. We’ll keep it at that for now.”

These latter comments are particularly investing as they no doubt feed into a particular fan theory that, once Bran passes through The Wall, it will come crumbling down, allowing the White Walkers to pass through.

Now, why would the Wall crumble just because a young boy passed through? Remember in season six how The Night’s King could only access the Three-Eyed Raven’s lair after Bran was marked by him? Well, following that logic; Bran still has the mark. If he travels past the Wall, the magical spell keeping the White Walkers from passing will theoretically break, thus they can travel through to the South once Bran’s mark breaks the spell. Scary stuff ahead for Winterfell and King’s Landing.

Meanwhile, Sophie Turner has teased her character’s future, giving two options for Sansa: teaming up with Jon Snow or working with Littlefinger.