Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner together in Belfast, as filming nears the end! 

season 6 is wrapping up soon, but the show sightings are still rolling in. Last night, a few of the series’ stars were out on the town in Belfast, including Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams, and Sophie Turner.

Clarke herself shared a photo of her co-stars, and we have a group photo posted by a local lucky enough to encounter the actresses yesterday.

Sisters from other misters.. #ourbabieshavegrownupsofast #wrappingitupwithaview #doesthismakemeagoldenoldie? @sophiet @maisie_williams

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— Dale McCrossan (@DaleMc2) December 13, 2015

Knowing which performers are in town might give us a clue when it comes to a few puzzles, since there are other

roles due to film around now. Clarke, Williams and Turner are in Belfast currently, and Carice van Houten was on set in early December. Kit Harington was spotted in the area last week as well.

Several casting notices fell into our hands this fall with shooting dates for December, and those character names remain unconfirmed. As of this time, we don’t know which actors are playing them, or which storyline they belong to. We might be able to make some educated guesses based on timing.

Haggard-looking lord:  “the best remaining part this season,” a man in his fifties. He’s the lord of a noble house, described as intelligent, wry, incisive and articulate. He’s “a hard man and a realist.”

 is searching for an actor who is “great with language and who has a lot of wattage.” They mention that he has a good and long scene in which it’s mostly the haggard-looking lord talking the entire time.

The character is scheduled to shoot the first two weeks of December in Northern Ireland. They did specify appearance as “white” for the character, so it’s safe to guess he is probably from Westeros, north of Dorne. He was scheduled to shoot the first two weeks of December in Northern Ireland.

Captain of the Tower: Aged 35 – 45. The captain is in charge of the security of a castle. He’s an able soldier, physically fit, commanding and capable. He has a lot of dialogue in a scene where he is with his superiors and has to make a difficult decision.  This is a one-scene part with leading cast. The role shot for one week, beginning December 2nd in Northern Ireland.

“Boyce”:  He’s a callow young nobleman in his 20’s who has been thrust into a position of power before he is ready. They’re looking for an actor using a Northern accent, and one who is physically fit, can play somewhat hot-headed and can look rugged. Our source says the character has a couple speeches in a scene with leading cast. He was expected to shoot for one day, December 16th, in Northern Ireland. These are the last known filming dates for season 6.

We speculate that this role might be the new Lord Cerwyn, since Ramsay flayed the previous one.

“Fletcher”: He’s a fat nobleman in his 60’s. He has distinctive rugged features, a Northern accent, and a distinguished air. Our source says he has a stirring speech during which he unexpectedly shifts political allegiances. The actor is only expected to shoot for one day- the same day as the above role, on December 16th, in Northern Ireland.

We speculated this role might be Wyman Manderly or an equivalent of the character.

There was also a casting call for a brown-eyed baby from Extras N.I. for December 17th. It’s not known if this call is actually for

or not, since the company handles other productions as well as GoT. As of December 8th, they were now searching for a brown/black-haired baby for December filming in Belfast.

With the overlap of the captain and the haggard-lord, it seems possible their storyline is entwined.

“Boyce” and “Fletcher” clearly belong to the same story and scene as they were posted together, and they’re both Northern lords  filming on the same day. With Turner in town, I wonder if perhaps Sansa is meeting with the Northern lords to rally them to the Stark cause.

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I believe we will have one big meeting- scene with every Northern lord, similar to meeting with the Wildlings in “Hardhome”.

And it is safe to assume that Sansa will be part of that scene, but where and why, we don’t know yet.

I think that her story will develop in the way many of us predicted during and after S5.

Miguel Sapochnik tweeted yesterday that there are five days left:

Enjoyed your article and good to see the three of them having fun together! And great to see they r still in Belfast for filming! So good to read some GoT news still! Very sad filming is ending this week, but know it means next season is coming soon!

With both Sophie Turner and Kit Harington there this past week, they might be shooting together. I still think they will meet before the battle.

Have there been any sightnings of Toby Sebastian?

Thanks for posting that!! Great tweet from him!!

Miguel Sapochnik tweeted yesterday that there are five days left: https://twitter.com/MigSapochnik/status/675615019023933440

Can’t wait for Miguel’s episodes! Can’t wait for all episodes of season 6! Last week…

It’s so painful with the lack of news now due to filiming dying down that any info like this is juicy as hell.

Also, just pointing it out there, Kit & Sophie filming roughly around the same time with no Aiden in sight? Hmm.

None whatsoever. Maybe Bronn shoved him overboard between seasons to put the Dornish plot out of its misery.

In all seriousness, though, there’s been hardly any indication of what’s happening with the Dornish characters this year. It’s probably the most mysterious plot location.

Per another Twitter convo, he was in town on December 11th still, supposedly hanging out with Maisie. If he was at last night’s gathering, there’s no sign of it, but he could have been working. I guess we’ll see.

I don’t think we’ve ever seen Emilia hanging out with those two before.

Regarding the haggard-looking lord, given that he’s not noted as “Northern”, which all the other Northern noble castings seem to be, I don’t think he’s from the North (I wasn’t sure about this when the role was first announced, but subsequent to that we had the “Manderly” and “Cerwyn” castings, which also note “Northern”). While we obviously don’t know for sure, I couldn’t think of any particular reason we’d need more Vale or Riverlander lords (in the latter case, Jaime meets a few, notably Tytos Blackwood, but those seem like prime candidates for elision), and if he was from the Iron Islands you would think he’d have been at the Kingsmoot. To me, that narrows it down to King’s Landing (we have only a limited understanding of what’s happening there this season, so no reason not to think they need new courtiers) and Oldtown. On the latter point, I’ve been wondering if the role is Leyton Hightower. There’s been very little known casting for Sam’s story so far other than his family (obviously).

We know from the books that Hightower is sequestered high in his tower, is rumoured to be interested in magic and secret history, and that he’s a patron of the Citadel. In addition, it’s speculated that Euron will attack Oldtown this year. I can see multiple reasons Sam might meet Lord Hightower, and his season presumably needs some kind of climax. Plus, if the “captain of the tower” character who was filming for part of the same time as this character is in the same scene, the “tower” part of the character description takes on added meaning.

– Captain of the Tower: A Hightower. Probably Baelor

Still clinging onto the distant hope that they sneaked Brian Blessed in to play “Manderly”!

I don’t think we’ve ever seen Emilia hanging out with those two before.

At least one of the pics is from Got S6 wrap party in Ulster Museum, Belfast so it’s not like Emilia is voluntarily hanging out with them :p

The fact that the Haggard-looking lord and the Captain of the Tower are not specified to need a Northern accent makes me pretty sure they aren’t from the North —they been consistent with that so far. My guess is Sam will be privy to some of Oldtown’s politics (maybe the Iron Islanders raid Oldtown?), and these characters would be Lord Hightower and his second in command.

Sean C.: None whatsoever. Maybe Bronn shoved him overboard between seasons to put the Dornish plot out of its misery.

In all seriousness, though, there’s been hardly any indication of what’s happening with the Dornish characters this year. It’s probably the most mysterious plot location.

With no main characters in Dorne, we probably won’t see much of the Martells this season. Hopefully the little we’ll see will be consequential. I’d have assumed we’d see them in King’s Landing (as in the books Doran sends Nym and Tyene there), but… after Myrcella’s death in the show, I doubt it.

This is what we know: they shot for a few days to a week in the Alcazaba of Almería, which is most likely Sunspear. Unless they also have plenty of indoor scenes, they won’t have much screentime.

After watching how wonderfully Sophie Turner portrayed both Sansa’s reaction to being told that Jon was Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch and the revelation that Bran and Rickon might be alive, I really want to see Sansa’s reaction to seeing Jon.

It’d be especially interesting to see how they react to one another since they haven’t actually shared any interaction in 5 whole seasons.

I’m hoping it emulates the massive hug that Arya gave Jon before he left for the Night’s Watch. I think after all Sansa’s been through, and considering Jon has been helpless to protect Ned, Robb and the rest of his siblings, they’d both be pretty delighted to finally be reunited with family.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the producers decided to make it a more muted reunion though, with Jon in particular appearing preoccupied with resurrection, Wildlings, invading White Walkers and so on.

But I’m holding out hope for a meeting of eyes, a big old hug and a few tears. It’s what we’ve been waiting for since Ned got thrown in the Black Cells all those years ago!

The end of last season really flummoxed me in terms of where these characters go next.

We didn’t see any sign of this during filming, but I wonder if Doran sends one or more of them to Meereen to look for Dany (though given that the Snakes murdered Myrcella, that would pose some difficulties when they find Tyrion there).

That’s a very good guess. We don’t much about what will happen in Oldtown, other than Sam talking with a maester. The ironborn have to attack this season, and the Shields island are too minor of a location to be the scene of a climatic battle.

Then you have the Lord and the Captain of the tower both shooting at the same time, and from the casting descriptions it seems there’s some kind of emergency at the tower, which in GoT world mostly means an assault.

We have already 4 Northern Lords confirmed, adding another one instead of giving time to establishing the important ones seems unnecessary.

Sue said that Dorne will have the same screentime as last year

Sean C.: The end of last season really flummoxed me in terms of where these characters go next.

So was I. Being a book reader was a problem for me in the climax for Dorne in season five —you know exactly what I was expecting. In the books that plotline was presented as a storyline of its own, while in the show it’s introduced as part of Jaime’s story. As far as most of the audience is concerned, we’re probably about done with Dorne. They had their climax with Myrcella’s death; who would ever suspect Doran has more up his sleeve?

I’ll take that into account with the Iron Islands. If, sadly, Euron is as anti-climactic in the show as he’s in the books (big introduction, yet barely any presence or payoff for two books), I’ll try to look at the Iron Islands storyline while taking into condideration that it’s probably going to be written in a way that mainly advances Theon’s story —not Yara’s, Euron’s or anybody else’s.

That is true. I completely forgot. I wonder how that will be the case. Dorne had about half an hour of screentime in season five, if I’m not mistaken. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but without Jaime there and a specific plot we know about (Myrcella’s rescue), it’s difficult to imagine what could fill that screentime. I mean, yeah, there’s Doran’s revelations at the end of AFFC and ADWD, but what form will that take in the show, if any? And will we see any payoff to it?

While I’m so sad that we’re not going to be getting many more filming updates, I’m extra excited for the beginning of the promotional campaign in a few months. Hopefully a few tidbits will be sprinkled throughout to whet appetites!

One thing I wasn’t clear on from that comment, does that mean the totality of the time devoted to the Dornish plot, or does it mean the screentime of the Dornish actors, minus the Jaime/Bronn scenes?

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