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Viewers watched the season five finale of Game of Thrones
last year, making it TV’s second most popular program. In April
2015, about 8 million people watched the season’s first episode, according to Nielsen Media.
Daenerys Targaryen
Targaryen is a
powerful female
ruler who doesn’t
believe in causing
harm to others,
and forms strategic alliances to
gain the throne.
In season one, she
let her brother be
killed, her husband
died, and she
hatched the first
three dragons in
over a century.
— Mary Nguyen
Tyrion Lannister
The returning
character is constantly persecuted
for his provocative lifestyle, but
is clever as a fox
in times of crisis.
Whether it is jail or
death, Lannister
learns to out-think
his adversaries and
overcome obstacles, though his
family still blames
him for the death
of his mother in
childbirth.
— Jaime
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HIS WATCH HAS ENDED
The sixth season of HBO’s insanely
popular Game Of Thrones kicked off yesterday with the answer to the vexing winter
question, is Jon Snow dead or alive?
With the assumed death of the bastard
son in the final episode of season five, fans and conspiracy theorists
have produced troves of rants and think pieces, evidence of how the
show has grown beyond cult status.
Actress Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, revealed in a red carpet
interview at the season premiere in Hollywood April 10 that this season is all about her character exacting revenge on everyone who has
wronged her family. In one of TV’s most harrowing scenes, Sansa was
brutally raped by a male character, and has been portrayed as a helpless
princess waiting to be saved. Girl power will have its way, it seems.
Count on Queen Daenerys Targaryen, played by Emilia Clarke, to have
a much larger role attempting to retake her family’s throne from the
usurping Lannisters.
The series is slated for two more seasons of cliffhangers, revelations,
white walkers and dragons. —Jorge Campos
The First Winter
What Happens Next
The sixth book in George R. R. Martin’s
fantasy series A Song Of Ice And Fire, titled
The Winds Of Winter, is now set for release
January 2017. This marks the first time a
TV season has preceded the release of a
book for Game of Thrones.
Following Jon Snow’s possible death at
the end of season five, bloggers speculate that the book may center on Snow’s
parental lineage.
Now, hardcore fans of the books and
show won’t be able to predict the plot
based on the book. They’ll have to wait
for the next episode like everyone else.
Martin, a notoriously slow and meticulous writer, is expected to write seven
books total in this series.
—Jorge Campos
LOYALTY: Season one featured protective pet wolves for XX