Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Game of Thrones season 7: fans believe photo has given away huge plot spoiler

** Possible spoilers ahead **

Jack Shepherd
Thursday 01 June 2017 13:21 BST
Comments

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Excitement for season seven of Game of Thrones has been building exponentially ever since the first proper trailer debuted last month.

Numerous photos have also been released online, featuring various characters from the series. However, perhaps the most revealing is not a still from the show, but a front-page feature.

Appearing on Entertainment Weekly, the four surviving members of the Stark family — Sansa, Jon, Bran, Arya — reunited for a well-poised photograph.

On closer inspection, there seems to be something very revealing resting upon Arya’s hip, what appears to be a catspaw dagger.

That blade played a large role in season one as one guard attempted to assassinate Bran using it. Catelyn Stark attempted to identify the blade’s owner, Littlefinger claiming it belonged to Tyrion Lannister.

Eventually, though, Littlefinger seemingly ends up with the dagger following Ned's death, although we’re not 100 per cent sure. If the silver-tongued manipulator does hold the blade, one could question how Arya comes to hold it.

Many fans believe Arya will head to Winterfell and steal the dagger from Littlefinger, and likely attempt to kill him. With the young Stark currently exacting revenge, there’s a high possibility this could happen.

Meanwhile, in other Game of Thrones news, the season seven finale has been revealed to be the longest episode to date. The HBO show returns 17 July.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in