Maester Wolkan returns for season 7 

We’ve been seeing new images for the past week courtesy of a photographer who captured the actors on set in Northern Ireland. Some of the images were shared in

on their Twitter. Earlier they posted more images of Megan Parkinson, the redheaded actress we’re guessing is a new northern character this season.

Now this afternoon, they’ve shared even more photos from the filming, showing Kristofer Hivju, Aidan Gillen, Liam Cunningham…and a somewhat surprising return.

In the newest batch of photos PAP4U has shared with fans on Twitter, we see that Richard Rycroft will be returning in season 7 as Maester Wolkan. Given that he was stationed at Winterfell in season 6, and he’s been photographed with last-seen-at-Winterfell characters, we can assume he hasn’t lost his position at the castle. The timid maester served Ramsay Bolton, obedient to a fault, even lying about the manner of Roose Bolton’s death when ordered.

#watchersOTthewall #Irishthrones #Belfast These are a few more sightings of many!! Care to work out what the plot might be hehe?? pic.twitter.com/tEbiiBgCRO

does there need to be a maester at Winterfell for this scene? And is that big smile just for off-screen – because

, Wolkan must be so relieved that Ramsay’s dead.

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Poor man. The things he must have seen.

This keeps getting more and more interesting.It’s like we are playing clue lol!

Maybe he has studied valyrian steel? theybcould just have jon asking him about it and him telling him what he knows of it. Would be cool if he had a glass candle and contacts sam for Jon

Maybe he’ll be ordered to send ravens to all the major Houses to declare the North’s independence? Or to ask for help against the WW? Or someone gets injured and needs medical care?

I’d be happy too with Ramsey being dead.

Sheesh he looks wayyyy older than in S6, as does Lord Glover. Assume they’ve grown the beards (or had them applied) due to it being Winter. Still though-there’s a big difference in their appearances

Interesting. Wolkan knew Ramsay as a child, so he had clearly served the Bolton family for a while, and presumably came with them from the Dreadfort when they moved to Winterfell. I can’t imagine that Jon and Sansa would be thrilled about using the Boltons’ old maester, even if the family he once served has been completely destroyed.

On the other hand, maesters are ostensibly supposed to serve the lords of the castle to which they’re assigned, regardless of who that lord is (e.g. Theon press-ganging Luwin into serving him when he became the “Prince of Winterfell”). Given how long it might take to request a new maester from the Citadel, I suppose it’s possible that Jon might decide to make use of Wolkan in the interim, if only to send letters and such (for what it’s worth, Wolkan clearly wasn’t down with Ramsay’s brutal murders of Roose and Walda or his subsequent takeover of Winterfell – he was serving him out of fear).

That being said, I hope that Jon does send a raven to the Citadel, if only so they can update their records. Hell, those guys still think Jeor Mormont is Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. It could be a way to update Sam on what’s happened as well.

I could envision an early scene where Jon, in his new capacity as King in the North, has to pass judgment on Wolkan and the Boltons’ surviving servants. If he decides to pardon him, that could be an early source of conflict between him and Sansa, who would be within her rights to want all traces of House Bolton expunged.

I wonder if Sansa had any interactions with Wolkan during her captivity at Winterfell…

On the other hand, maesters are ostensibly supposed to serve the lords of the castle to which they’re assigned, regardless of who that lord is (e.g. Theon press-ganging Luwin into serving him when he became the “Prince of Winterfell”). Given how long it might take to request a new maester from the Citadel, I suppose it’s possible that Jon

That being said, I hope that Jon does send a raven to the Citadel, if only so they can update their records. Hell, those guys still think Jeor Mormont is Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. It could be a way to update Sam on what’s happened as well.

As I said on another thread, this fits in with my idea that the Sam Citadel scene in 610 set up the possibility/probability of Sam finding out what happens to Jon in 610 before he finds out what happens to him in 510. Which would, I think, fit in what John and Kit have spoken about for years in terms of the creaks in Jon and Sam’s relationship as it would leave Sam knowing that Jon is King in the North before he finds out the events behind it.

Is that a spliff in Liam’s mouth, or does he just roll his own ciggies? And can anybody zoom in close enough to see what book Aidan’s using to pass the time between his takes?

The most interesting thing is that Maester Wolkan looks to be having the scene with Littlefinger (Liam/Davos is out of costume, which implies that his schene with Jon and others is a different one). So, we should ask why Littlefinger is having a scene with Maester Wolkan? The first thought is that the Maester is one of those friends in the North Littlefinger mentioned in The Book of the Stranger, but there may be more to that. Sansa is absent, the In Production teaser showed that they were making a separate chamber for her, so maybe she is not feeling well and that’s why Littlefinger is talking with the Maester? Let’s hope at least that the showrunners didn’t make poor Sansa pregnant. But one way or another, Littlefinger and the Bolton Maester in one scene speaks of some mischief brewing.

I actually wondered if we’d see more of Wolkan, since the maesters are meant to be impartial (and a scarce resource besides).

Sansa knows Wolkan’s name at the very least, as Roose mentioned him when announced Walda’s pregnancy at that famously awkward dinner in “Kill the Boy”. As for whether or not she ever interacted with him personally during her time at Winterfell, I guess we’ll find out. It would make sense for Wolkan to check in on her, as the Boltons were counting on Sansa to produce an heir. But beyond that, he clearly wasn’t being allowed to tend to her much, given the awful condition she was in after her marriage to Ramsay. I don’t expect that whatever feelings she has towards him will trend towards kindness or mercy.

It does seem likely that if or when the news about Jon reaches Sam, he’ll learn that his old friend has become the King in the North

he learns that he was murdered by his fellow black brothers, resurrected, and subsequently resigned as Lord Commander and left the Night’s Watch. But regardless of whether he receives the full story or only part of it, that revelation will be quite a mindfuck for him. The full picture of what Jon’s been through is kind of hard to convey in a letter!

Given the pedestal on which Sam holds Jon, he would probably have a hard time accepting that Jon willingly forsook his vows and went south to participate in the conflicts of the realm. Then again, he’s not above subverting the Night’s Watch vows himself! He’s also a good guy, so he’d probably be happy on some level to hear that Jon has reunited with his family and reclaimed a position of power in his ancestral home. He did seem genuinely pleased for his friend when he heard that Stannis had offered Jon legitimacy.

That’s the first photo we’ve seen of Gillen in costume, as well as the first of Hivju. Maybe Gillen wasn’t filming with the other regulars after all? (his possible presence being the main thing that argued against it being some kind of military mission?)

Does Kristopher Hivju’s shirt appear to be rigged for a stunt or something?

What If sam is not allowed to continue his studies to become a maester due to the fact he said lord commander snow sent him by they weren’t told. The maester said they would look into the irregularities. Maybe they do and find that Jon snow was never lord commander as far as they know

I think they are special shirts to keep them warm, the wire heats up fabric.

Looking into it would be, if need be, sending a raven to the Wall to verify that Sam’s mission is legitimate.

Roocat: Does Kristopher Hivju’s shirt appear to be rigged for a stunt or something?

It’s a cooling system used under the bigger costumes like armor (or those layers of wildling furs). Daniel Portman has one on too, in the photo of him from the other day.

The guy has said that he has a bunch of pictures. He just waiting to sell them first before posting it.

He’s wearing a cooling shirt that Gwendoline, Daniel, and Kit were also wearing in the previous set of photos.

Given that 3 known fighters and 1 semi-fighter are wearing these shirts, I’m starting to believe there really will be some sort of battle or fight during that “high stakes” scene.

Now that Tormund has been confirmed to be a part of this sequence, I’m even more stumped as to why Sansa appears to not be involved in this filming. Would the show do a silly damsel in distress story where the entire Northern gang goes off to save her? Gods, I hope not.

Yeah, if these are all from the same day, I think that may clarify what a lot of us were wondering, why there was a big gathering with so many characters in episode 1 or 2, including Littlefinger, but not Sansa.

In the batch of photos, everybody other than Gillen was in costume (albeit, not full costume). At the time I figured Gillen might have finished his bit, or gotten out of costume more quickly. But these photos show him and Rycroft in full costume, and Cunningham and Hivju (first we’ve seen of him) out of costume. So maybe it’s actually two scenes — one with Littlefinger and Wolkan, and the other with Jon, Brienne, Davos, Podrick, Tormund(?), and the new characters? Hivju’s also wearing a cooling vest, which tallies with Harington, Christie and Portman having them, and suggests a more martial scene than something Littlefinger would likely be present for.

Thanks Sue, Xavier and BunBun! I need to catch up on my spoiler pics and go see the other folks 🙂

I think Sam will be pretty pleased even without knowing that Jon technically didn’t break his vows. He was really delighted for Jon when Stannis offered to legitimize him and give him Winterfell, and Sam’s assumption that Jon would take the offer lacked any sort of hesitation about their vows. I need to rewatch, but I think he was even a little disappointed for Jon that he was so moral he wouldn’t take such a sweet deal, regardless of the NW. Of course, that was right before he nominated him for LC, so I guess it’s possible that knowing Jon’s greater responsibilities might have changed his outlook …

Maybe there is a simple explanation for Sansa’s absence – there always has to be a Stark at Winterfell and maybe the rest are outside of Winterfell and fighting?

Like I said, given most of the characters and their apparent wardrobe, some sort of military venture would make sense — but it was hard to square that with Littlefinger being in the scene, he not exactly being the military type. But if Gillen was actually filming something separate from the others, that would make more sense.

On the location question, do we know if they’ve filmed Winterfell stuff at Linen Mill Studios before? The exteriors are at Moneyglass, and I would assume most of the original/standing Winterfell sets are in Belfast. That doesn’t mean they can’t build some more Winterfell stuff, of course, but they’ve got plenty of rooms there already.

Or maybe it’s just as simple as Sansa is not a fighter. She wouldn’t be help in an actual physical battle. She’s not trained at all in the physical sense with weapons of any kind really, so her helping in a fight wouldn’t be help. She would be staying behind with any other females and children there who aren’t warriors/fighters like her. That isn’t a bad thing, it’s just how things are. It’s just as her mother would have done.

Again, as I said, Littlefinger is no more a combatant than she is, so if he was in the scene, “she’s not a fighter” isn’t especially useful a divider (nor did it stop her accompanying armies into the field in Season 6). If Littlefinger isn’t actually in the same scene as the other guys, that objection is waved away.

Yeah, Jon’s his friend first and foremost. Sam’s not the same person he was when he stopped Jon breaking his vows all the way back in Season 1.

He supported Jon’s decision to let the Wildlings through the Wall and he didn’t exactly condemn Jon for supposedly breaking his vows. In fact, he was more keen to point out loopholes in their vows to permit it, which also happened to later excuse his own transgression with Gilly.

Anyway, he’d know that Jon did what he thought was right and that he would have agonized over the decision so, like you say, I don’t think we have to worry too much about Sam’s reaction to finding out that Jon’s now a king.

That’s annoying. I meant to write “…for supposedly breaking his vows with Ygritte” in my previous comment, but somehow I must have managed to delete the last couple of words. Weird.

The photographer has more pictures which he hasn’t sold yet. He’s not going to tell us the contents of these pics until they’re sold. We didn’t know Kristofer was there until today. Just because we haven’t seen a pic of Sophie doesn’t mean she wasn’t there. The London pic was a couple of days later. Flights from Belfast to Heathrow are only an hour and 20 minutes. And considering that there around 40 flights per day between Belfast and the various London airports, she’s spoilt for choice. The scene is expected to be an early season scene due to it being directed by Jeremy Podeswa. It is unlikely that Sansa will be killed off within the first couple of episodes.

I don’t believe for a second that Sansa is dying (at all in this story) let alone in the first few episodes of season 7. Though Sophie Turner’s absence from whatever these people filmed, and apparent continued absence from filming does raise my eyebrow as to where the character Sansa could possibly be if not involved in scenes with all these people. All of which should be surrounding her.

Remember how when Sansa was feeding Ramsay to his dogs, she said that no one would remember him? Maybe she meant that literally and does not intend to allow Ramsay’s name to be mentioned in writing. That could cause conflict with Maester Wolkan, if he tries to write an account of what he saw at Winterfell. After all, he’s a maester. It would be malpractice for him not to write about events of historical interest at his castle.

A girl can’t take 5 to use the bathroom these days! 😜

Why is Sophie Turner not being sighted in all the northern filming scenes ?

But it’s unlikely she was present, or in any event, that the photographer has photos of her. She would have been the biggest name in the cast present other than Kit; if he had photos of her, the DM would have bought them.

Presumably because she isn’t there. She was in Belfast for about two solid weeks, before and after the Emmys, but doesn’t appear to have been present for this particular scene (or scenes).

Ramsay’s rule would already be documented everywhere in the Seven Kingdoms, so that would never work (indeed, I never really cared for that line; Ramsay will be remembered forever, it would have made more sense for Sansa to taunt him that he’ll be known as the villain in the Starks’ story — storytelling, and its political uses, being a theme in Sansa’s arc, in the books anyway).

Plot twist: Maester Wolkan is still loyal to Ramsay and will kill Jon and Sansa.

Brienne is loyal only to her, if there was something wrong she would have left.

Glad he’s back. He should like his new employers more than Ramsay, that’s for sure.

If LF and Wolkan have a scene together, I wonder if there’s a chance he was on LFs payroll? Perhaps LF was using him to ensure Sansa didn’t get pregnant (moontea, ala Sybel Spicer), to give him enough time to get back to WF and claim power, without the complication of a Stark heir… all supposition of course. Which would mean LF would’ve known exactly what kinda monster Ramsay was…could be another nail in LF’s coffin.

Great idea! I also think that Wolkan will be revealled as Littlefinger’s “friend in the North” he mentioned in “The Book of the Stranger”. His position as a maester would have promoted him not only the access to information, but also to ravens as communication means. And yes, Littlefinger might have paid him to take care that Sansa doesn’t get pregnant!

But what about Sansa’s absence? My guess is that she remains in her private chamber, because she is not feeling well. Actually, it won’t be impossible, if, after all those sufferings she endured, she will fall into a kind of stupor out of physical and mental exhaustion now, whe she is finally safe. But maybe there is more to that? As I wrote above, I don’t like Littlefinger having a private scene with the maester. What if Littlefinger orders him to tell Sansa that she is pregnant, and then uses that to manipulate her and/or lure her into marrying him? Definitely, Sansa will be too ashamed to tell about her supposed pregnancy to Jon or even Brienne, and Littlefinger may appear to her as her only savior… Tinfoil, I know, but not impossible IMO. What do you think?

Oh no maybe LF is going to have this maester try to poison Jon. Or he/ Sansa do something that gets her confined to her own quarters? This season is so up in the air it feels like anything goes!

Great idea! I also think that Wolkan will be revealled as Littlefinger’s “friend in the North” he mentioned in “The Book of the Stranger”. His position as a maester would have promoted him not only the access to information, but also to ravens as communication means. And yes, Littlefinger might have paid him to take care that Sansa doesn’t get pregnant!

But what about Sansa’s absence? My guess is that she remains in her private chamber, because she is not feeling well. Actually, it won’t be impossible, if, after all those sufferings she endured, she will fall into a kind of stupor out of physical and mental exhaustion now, whe she is finally safe. But maybe there is more to that? As I wrote above, I don’t like Littlefinger having a private scene with the maester. What if Littlefinger orders him to tell Sansa that she is pregnant, and then uses that to manipulate her and/or lure her into marrying him? Definitely, Sansa will be too ashamed to tell about her supposed pregnancy to Jon or even Brienne, and Littlefinger may appear to her as her only savior… Tinfoil, I know, but not impossible IMO. What do you think?

I’m not entirely convinced Sophie’s not there though…. this pap is dripfeeding these pics so may be leaving the best for last. Or alternatively, she just wasn’t on that particular day of shooting as Sansa isn’t in the scene, or that part of the scene.

Its possibly something as simple as going to the Godswood to pray (wasn’t she filming a scene there recently at Saintfield estate?) or perhaps she’s nursing her brother who’s just returned from beyond the wall. In fact, these kids could’ve met Bran and Meera and/or their escorts on their travels back to WF.

I guess this is what makes speculating fun. The danger is though when it becomes fan-canon here, and interpreted as fact.

Good point! Sansa may be simply nursing Brann and/or helping Meera with a new dress, while Jon is dealing with unexpected visitors. And whatever mischief Littlefinger is planning with Maester Wolkan will bite gim on his skinny ass. The North has suffered enough and will suffer more when the WW come, so it deserves something good inbetween.

Like I said, given most of the characters and their apparent wardrobe, some sort of military venture would make sense — but it was hard to square that with Littlefinger being in the scene, he not exactly being the military type.But if Gillen was actually filming something separate from the others, that would make more sense.

I wonder what sort of a military venture would Brienne and Pod accompany Jon in. So far they hasn’t shown any interest in each other and next season, assuming heightened tensions between Sansa and Jon, I would expect her to be firmly on Sansa’s side of things. Having said that, it would be nice to see Brienne and Jon interact on an individual level.

Maester Wolkan ! I was wondering where he was ! Good to see him back 🙂

To the best of my recollection, he was not shown to be a bad maester; he is just a bit of a coward who did what he was told by two dangerous psychopaths he could not get away from, given the maesters’ duty to remain attached to a House / castle no matter what. It is hardly a great defense but Winterfell, like all Great Houses, needs a maester and he could do the job, if given the opportunity.

Sean C., In relation to Ramsay’s place in history, I believe it is entirely possible he will be erased from it and with him, eventually, House Bolton. It may take some time but I think it is entirely possible…

Ramsay’s “reign” over the North lasted less than a year, a year during which the Kingdom had more pressing issues than paying attention to some legitimised bastard ruling over the defeated North : the Queen Mother did a walk of atonement, the Royal Princess died in mysterious circumstances, the Queen was imprisoned and, eventually, the Sept of Baelor exploded, killing the royal couple (kind of) and most of the court… During a “slower news” period, perhaps Roose Bolton’s death and his psychopathic son taking over the North would have been frontpage-worthy but here, I would not be surprised no one took the time to record it properly.

Furthermore, as we saw when Sam arrived at the Citadel and had to inform the ever-so-charming “receptionist” of Lord Commander Mormont’s death (back in season 3 !), some news of the North travel slowly. It is vast, somewhat sparsely populated and remote; and unless it is openly rebelling against the Crown, nobody in the other six kingdoms seems to care that much about what happens there.

Also, Westerosi history is somewhat notoriously inaccurate. It is a mish-mash of real events, legends and biased commentary. Many maesters themselves have been quite “creative” in their record-keeping.

And, ultimately, history is written by the victors. If the Starks’ hold over the North lasts for long enough, they could erase any trace of Ramsay and the Boltons (just blame the Red Wedding on the Lannisters and the Freys ! 😉 ).

Great point about Jon pardoning some active Bolton loyalists. that could easily create dissent between Jon and Sansa.

I am reading so many comments where people believe they are filming different scenes than this person because of this reason. No offense but how in the Planetos can you even decipher these images above and comfortably say well this person must be in a scene with that person cause they showed the picture the same day and are wearing these clothes. Personally it looks like the majority of them are dressed comfortably, not for battle besides Pod and Tormund (because they have their cooling shirts on).

I guess we can assume who is still around in the North. I am assuming there will be a lot of scenes with a bunch of different people in the North because the North will have heavy politics this season I believe.

I kind of agree with Stargaryen that you can’t tell from these pictures who is filming what or why. I honestly do not like seeing Maester Wolkan back…I guess he would have to be around given that he was there when they took back WF, but he’s pretty much, as everyone has mentioned, a scaredy-cat. I don’t think he would have been LF’s source in the North, I don’t think he would have had the courage to even sneak behind the Bolton’s back. So, what part will he play in WF now? That’s my main question. I could see Jon, being Jon, giving a pardon to the servants and him. I could also see Sansa not approving of him doing it. I’m just not sure he would trust him enough to keep him around. I think, if nothing else, Jon has figured out he has a limited number of people he can trust. Or at least I hope so.

My daughter has a theory that in the end LF will be one of the last to go, if he goes at all. Somehow that wouldn’t surprise me because he’s the ultimate player. Scary thought, I’d rather he get bumped off immediately…lol.

I don’t know why anyone would think Jon would be “passing judgment” on a maester. They aren’t supposed to choose sides. He did exactly what he was supposed to do.

I’m not entirely convinced Sophie’s not there though…. this pap is dripfeeding these pics so may be leaving the best for last.

The first pictures made available were ones he sold to the

. The ones cropped up on his Twitter are just ones he couldn’t sell and so is giving away for free.

There’s literally no proof in these pictures (and on the show let’s be honest) that LF and the maester are going to have a scene by themselves or that they’re conspiring together. Everyone is really exaggerating. Wolkan was terrified in season 6 and as a maester he is forced to serve the family he’s assigned to (he was probably the “submissive maester” or whatever from the casting call, except they opted for an older actor instead of a 20 something). He’s a minor character with no long term impact and it’s probably convenient for the showrunners to use the same actor instead of spending more time on casting for such a small role. I doubt he’ll be feuding with Sansa about Boltons making it into the history books lmao.

It makes perfect sense for Jon to have a maester at Winterfell. Maesters take care of ravens, send and receive messages, take care of the wounded (and I assume there are several now that the battle is over) among other things. They’ll probably need a character who will announce arrivals, hand out messages to the Starks, and serve Jon. It also helps that he’s already a named character, so we don’t need to waste time on introducing a new maester and wonder about how he got there or how long it took. And let’s be honest, they’ll need servants in the background for the sake of realism.

I was quite on board with that military mission idea, until I thought it through. They filmed in the studio which means indoors in Winterfell (most probably). And the cooling vests might have been required simply because the day was rather hot (assumption based on what the actors wore after the filming) and they had to film in all these winter furcoats and heavy cloaks. I remember Bella Ramsay said that she felt like being in an overheated sauna when filming the KITN scene last year. So, cooling vests do not necessarily imply an action scene: just filming in winter wear on a rather hot september day.

I assume ravens will be sent to the rest of Westeros proclaiming independence of the North and Jon being made king. A maester will be needed for such scenes.

Sean C.: The first pictures made available were ones he sold to the

.The ones cropped up on his Twitter are just ones he couldn’t sell and so is giving away for free.

His last tweet on the subject was last night, where he indicated these latest batch were a few more sightings of many, which could mean he still has some to release (by selling if he can, otherwise he’d surely have released them with the rest). He indicated as much to WOTW.

You may be right: Maester Wolkan may be there for purely functional purposes (sending ravens, healing wounds etc.). However, all the maesters we have seen so far were fully fleshed characters, be it Lewin or Pycelle or Aemon. And we can expect to meet more fully fleshed maesters next season in the Citadel. So, why would Maester Wolkan be left exclusively in a role of a functional device? And I would like to say there is no such thing as a impartial servant.

Apollo: I guess this is what makes speculating fun. The danger is though when it becomes fan-canon here, and interpreted as fact.

My guess is that Maester Wolkan will be sending/receiving ravens to/from the Citadel, so Jon and Sam could communicate with each other.

Even if the maester lied and told Sansa she was pregnant, she would know it was bull$hit when she continues to get her period on a monthly basis…

This. At best, he’ll have a scene or two for comic relief.

Apollo: His last tweet on the subject was last night, where he indicated these latest batch were a few more sightings of many, which could mean he still has some to release (by selling if he can, otherwise he’d surely have released them with the rest). He indicated as much to WOTW.

I doubt both the Mail and this guy would keep referring to Megan Parkinson as Sophie Turner’s body double if she was around on that set with the other actors. If I were to guess, I would say her absence was what led these folks to assume that Parkinson was playing Turner’s body double because of the hair.

Inga: But what about Sansa’s absence? My guess is that she remains in her private chamber, because she is not feeling well. Actually, it won’t be impossible, if, after all those sufferings she endured, she will fall into a kind of stupor out of physical and mental exhaustion now, whe she is finally safe. But maybe there is more to that? As I wrote above, I don’t like Littlefinger having a private scene with the maester. What if Littlefinger orders him to tell Sansa that she is pregnant, and then uses that to manipulate her and/or lure her into marrying him? Definitely, Sansa will be too ashamed to tell about her supposed pregnancy to Jon or even Brienne, and Littlefinger may appear to her as her only savior… Tinfoil, I know, but not impossible IMO. What do you think?

So, Sansa spent a lot of time away from Maester Wolkan, presumably having her periods (since there was no indication that she stopped having them) and just now she is tricked into believing she’s pregnant?

I mean, Sansa might be naïve… but I think you are overly underestimating her.

Because he’s not in the Citadel and there’s no need to associate him with whatever is going on there, since he’s not in that geographical area. Lewin, Pycelle, and Aemon were important characters tied in to the plot and the backstory on the show. Wolkan is a simple maester they brought in late on the show because they needed a maester to deliver Roose’s spawn and give him the good news. There are many characters the show has used for purely functional reasons.

SerNoName: I doubt both the Mail and this guy would keep referring to Megan Parkinson as Sophie Turner’s body double if she was around on that set with the other actors. If I were to guess, I would say her absence was what led these folks to assume that Parkinson was playing Turner’s body double because of the hair.

Well for one thing, the guy doesn’t know who any of these guys are from his comments, and as for the Daily Mail, don’t even get me started on their levels of accuracy.

What if Littlefinger orders him to tell Sansa that she is pregnant, and then uses that to manipulate her and/or lure her into marrying him?

When she gets her period or doesn’t show any sign of showing she’ll figure it out pretty quick.

this guy would keep referring to Megan Parkinson as Sophie Turner’s body double if she was around on that set with the other actors.

This isn’t how body doubles work. They usually work at the same time as the actor. Filling in for them or doing an action scene and then the actor steps back in.

In fact, some women continue to have their periods in the first months of their pregnacy. And in general, how much time did it pass from Sansa’s escape to the Battle of the Bastards? Two months or so – not more. So, everything is possible including real pregnancy. But speaking frankly, I really HATE this idea and I would be happy to be talked out of this crazy idea.

What I meant to emphasise is that Maester Wolkan was never shown to be a fierce Bolton loyalist; he just did his job under the supervision of two known murderers… Given those circumstances, there is no need for Jon to dismiss him as a traitor or a potential danger to him and his family. As Flayed Potatoes very rightly pointed out, Winterfell now needs a maester more than ever and there is no obvious reason why Wolkan should not be trusted with that role.

In between her escape from Winterfell and the Battle of the Bastards :

– she rode from Winterfell to Castle Black in the snow;

– she stayed at Castle Black for a little while;

– the Stark crew then sailed to Bear Island;

– they then rejoined Deepwood Motte;

– they then headed north to the Gift;

– and finally they regrouped not far from Winterfell.

Without Littlefinger’s “innovation in transportation” (^^), that amount of travel would take quite a while, just by looking at the map. My guess-timate would be no less than six months.

More generally speaking, the show’s rule appears to be “one season = one year”, which makes sense considering the actors age a year-ish between two series…

So had Sansa been pregnant when she left Winterfell, she would at least be close to giving birth by now, I believe.

ACME: What I meant to emphasise is that Maester Wolkan was never shown to be a fierce Bolton loyalist; he just did his job under the supervision of two known murderers… Given those circumstances, there is no need for Jon to dismiss him as a traitor or a potential danger to him and his family. As Flayed Potatoes very rightly pointed out, Winterfell now needs a maester more than ever and Wolkan can do the job just as well as anyone.

Totally!! I never suggested you said Maester Wolkan was a Bolton loyalist… on the contrary, the poor man is probably very relieved he’s not under Bolton’s command anymore… What I wrote was rather in support to what you were saying. 🙂

A Dornish Tyrell, That is what I had understood, do not worry 😉 Maester Wolkan FTW !

I just meant to extrapolate a bit on my previous post, as I am prone to do (way, way, way too often) ^^

Noooooooope Inga. That is incorrect. Women do not continue to menstruate during pregnancy.

Yes, time and distances are always very confusig in GoT. I just based my calcullations on the assumtion that both horses and people need food and that you can only carry a certain amount of food on your horseback (or on your own back, if you are in the infantry). And that’s not much and hunting works only as a supplement. But I don’t want to go into details: it’s a fantasy show, and we have to live with certain inconsistencies. So, your criticism is accepted and I’m happy to abandon that disgusting idea of Sansa being pregnant. Let’s hope her absence will be explained in other way (or there won’t be any absence at all).

Could well be, but looks a bit small to get a decent hit off. That is unless it contains Sinsemilla! 😀

Yes they can. Not a ‘true’ period, but breakthrough hormonal bleeding is not uncommon.

But fingers crossed Sansa isn’t pregnant and doesn’t have to marry anyone this year.

Lordt, the Sansa pregnancy theory didn’t die it seems.

As confirmed by one of the writers (pretty sure it was Cogman), Jon’s storyline takes place over several months (plenty of time to pop up a brat).

That, or we get to find out where that house hid its signet ring for all those many years.

“And now, I pass this ring to you.”

Point being she wouldn’t know the difference unless she saw an ovulation specialist Maester. But it really doesn’t matter since she’s likely not. Ramsay is part of her now…but in her head, not her offspring.

Dragon Tender: That, or we get to find out where that house hid its signet ring for all those many years.

“And now, I pass this ring to you.”

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