A flurry of activity in Northern Ireland this week, plus new Night’s Watch spoilers! 

Bran Stark in the Three-Eyed Raven’s cave, in season 4

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is reporting that their sources have confirmed for them there are, as we suspected on Friday, multiple scenes/storylines being filmed in a close area in Northern Ireland. There are more spoiler details about the scenes being filmed, as well!

Our own sources have told us that there are scenes being filmed currently in Banbridge involving the Unsullied. Since we saw Emilia Clarke getting back to work a couple days ago, this makes sense. The studios must be absolutely packed.

There are more spoilers ahead about the Castle Black & Night’s Watch scenes!

If you’re wondering (and I’m sure many of you are), Kit Harington was not there, per the report. However, L7R has learned that, as we’d guess after last season’s finale and various season 6 spoilers, Jon Snow is no longer the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. The scenes being filmed involved other members of the Watch, including the new Lord Commander. L7R says that the new Lord Commander is a character that’s been known to us for several seasons.

There’s a very small number of current Night’s Watch characters who would fit that bill. Alliser Thorne (played by Owen Teale) seems like the most likely the new Lord Commander. He has been with the show since season 1, and led the mutiny against Jon Snow. The remaining members might choose him to succeed Jon, since Thorne’s seen as a leader.

However, it’s also possible that a long-running character is newly sent to the Wall in season 6 and then becomes the Lord Commander. That would make the new Lord Commander much harder to predict.

Speculate away, readers! Who do you think the new Lord Commander is?

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Edit: Now that that’s out of the way, it seems very likely that the new Lord Commander is going to be Thorne. I can’t imagine it being someone recently sent to the wall – there isn’t really anyone that comes to mind.

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The elections wouldn’t be that quick, it would probably be after Jon’s “rebirth”.

My money’s on Edd, he got screentime at Hardhome for good reason, he’ll be the next LC.

More White Walkers, and finally something on The Three Eyed Raven and Bran! Do you think we will see way more White Walkers this season?

While I’m sure the new LC is Thorne, because I have no doubt that he would push for the position after removing the traitor Jon Snow from his position, I will toss out an entirely unlikely and not really possible, but still fun to think about, option: Jaime Lannister. Just for the fun of it.

Several seasons? Little confusion there. But i hope its not thorne. I hope that guy gets what he deserves. But maybe he will. Maybe he’s left in charge then along come the white walkers to bring the wall down on him.

Well if the new Lord Commander has been with the show since season 1, it can’t be Edd since he first appeared in S2. My guess is Thorne, with Yarwyck being a dark horse candidate.

Edit: wait, I read that wrong. Hmm, okay, I still say Thorne with Edd having a slight chance.

I think it will be Thorne. It makes sense that the faction that opposed/killed Jon Snow will go on to the claim the LC post. And will then fail miserably at dealing with the Wildlings and White Wakers.

Or maybe Olly will continue his improbable rise in the NW and show-canon and become the the new youngest-ever Lord Commander??? 😊

I reckon it could be Edd. Jon will deliver or order Thorne dead for his treachary and before moving out, will appoint Edd LC. And as Bearded Onion said, he had screen time at Hardhome. He knows the white walker threat and is one of Jon’s closest allies remaining at the wall.

I think Thorne is a pretty safe bet for the new LC. I can almost see him leading the remainder of the NW to their doom.

I’m most intrigued, though, by the WW set. I kind of hope it’s the area we saw where the NK transformed Craster’s son. I’d love any new information we could get about them!

Regarding Jon, I think the only big question I have is how quickly the show revives him. I know Sue can’t really tell us, but I do wonder if they’ve learned this yet.

I’m going with Edd . Even in he books ,my bet is that Jon would have left Edd in charge in the event that he went either to Hardhome or to ambush Ramsay.. and we have Edd’s “nightmare” that he was LC … perhaps as a bit of foreshadowing.

So Jon can officially (possibly) become King now. And my money is on Thorne as well, but I’m a little hesitant to fully believe that fully because it seems too obvious.

I know it’s obviously Thorne, but I’m still hoping it will be Stannis. Having Jon’s and Stannis’ roles reversed in Season 6 would be fun.

Seriously, though, the “several seasons” bit is interesting. We’ve known Thorne since the beginning, Season 1, so it would be odd to describe him as someone we’ve known for “several seasons”.

Let’s think…someone who joined us several seasons ago but hasn’t been in the show since Season 1….Dolorous Edd joined in Season 2. Hmmm, I remember there was an interesting theory that Edd would finish up as Lord Commander……trying to remember what the evidence was.

Olly and Thorne will die it’s 10000000000000% or more.

”L7R says that the new Lord Commander is a character that’s been known to us for several seasons.”

SEVERAL…not from season 1…for fuck sake guys…

“Several” seasons means very precisely not every season, so I’m going with Edd (because of his HH experience) or Yarwyk (mostly because everyone else I know by name at CB is dead or gone off to Oldtown).

The only problem with that is Stannis is dead.

I love the Davos idea, although I still think it’s Thorne, even though it does seem a bit too obvious, as someone already pointed out. As for Edd, I’d certainly prefer him over Thorne, but I have a hard time imagining Edd being elected as LC given he was a Jon supporter.

Maybe those focusing on “several” are correct in that they’re referring to someone who has not been in the show since season 1, but I see it as possibly more like when Sue used the term “interacting…” a term which, while accurate, can also be open to interpretation. If it is Thorne and it was reported “someone who’s been in the show since season 1,” they may as well just go on and say “it’s Thorne.” This way, who it is is left open.

I agree that it’s probably going to be Ser Alliser. Ser Davos is an interesting possibility, if he joins the NW, having lost his king and his king’s family, as well as his own.

I think Jorah Mormont is headed to the NW this season too, but that’s just a gut feeling.

I think Thorne and the other mutineers will be dying in the immediate aftermath of FTW from Wildings, so there will not be any time for him to be the next LC. So I say the next LC will either be Edd or someone newly sent to the Wall. My money’s on Edd.

Back to more serious buisness, I see two main contenders :

Either Jon is back, has cleansed the NW and appointed his successor : I can totally see Davos being elected in that configuration. Either it’s in the immediate aftermath of the mutinery and then, it’s most likely Thorne.

As much as I love Edd, I definitly cant see him ending up Lord Commander.

I guess it will be Thorne. My second guess is Lord Davos.

I think Thorne and the other mutineers will be dying in the immediate aftermath of FTW from Wildings, so there will not be any time for him to be the next LC. So I say the next LC will either be Edd or someone newly sent to the Wall. My money’s on Edd.

The more I think about it, the more problems I see for Thorne becoming LC. I can’t imagine the commanders of Shadow Tower and Eastwatch standing idly by while the guy who killed the previous LC takes over his office. That would not be a good precedent, to put it mildly.

Thorne and company didn’t exactly do much to hide their responsibility in Jon’s death. They could have blamed it on the wildlings if they hadn’t put a “traitor” sign on his corpse. Plus Thorne, for all his faults, never seemed like a schemer or a liar, unless Janos Slynt rubbed off on him.

Olly. He had a lot of screentime last season. And he can kill WW just using his stares.

Kidding, I’m on Thorne too. Probably because besides him and Edd, I can’t remember any of the watchers…

Lyanna_targaryen: “Several” seasons means very precisely not every season

I mean it’s true that, if you go by the dictionary definition, “several” is diffrent from “all”, but I wouldn’t put to much importance on that. In a lose sense “all” is replaceable with “several”, because people use it just to mean “more than one or two”. We’re talking about something someone said in a normal converation, not in a meeting with the Oxford Dictionary to define the nuances of the adjective “several”. 😉

It’s time to a Lady Commander. She’s a bird, after all. And she can use the Darth Sansa costume there. It’s perfect

After the 20 good men thing and nobody’s watching at Stannis camp, I can see that working too

After the 20 good men thing and nobody’s watching at Stannis camp, I can see that working too

Ramsey and the 20 good men could end up at the Wall all of sudden and take over the NW. They took like 2,000 people unawares so a 100 should not be that difficult.

If Jon Snow and the Wildling army is roaming south of the wall, there is no way that Alliser Thorne is Lord Commander, (or even alive for that matter).

It would make sense for Davos to take the black, after Stannis is dead. Plus the show needs something to do with Davos, since his book storyline is burried.

Thorne will be LC, yes, but for one episode. Just until Jon is resurrected. I doubt Jon will keep Thorne alive, but someone will have to be LC while Jon is fighting the Boltons. I guess Jon will just appoint Edd on that postition without any elections.

Wow, that made me laugh pretty hard! I’m going to go with Thorne. Edd would be an awesome surprise but I can’t see him wanting to take up the job. Davos? Nah… he’s got other stuff to do like find Rickon. Wun Wun maybe? That would be amazing.

Until I see the body, Stannis is as dead as Syrio Forel or

The 999th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch might be the last LC, hopefully not an ignorant nationalist.

They’ve pretty much nullified the book reason for Davos to be the man to find Rickon.

Thorne is the obvious but what about someone being punished for a crime and sent to Castle Black from King’s landing? Loras Tyrell perhaps? OMG please not Jaime. Exit81 I would die. Although Nikolaj would look great in black, gold is a better color 😉

I love Edd so I would be happy with that! I agree on the screentime argument! But I think he would only take it if he was fairly elected and/or if Jon didn’t want it, out of loyalty to Jon.

“The Noble Houses of Westeros: Seasons 1-5” says Stannis was killed by Brienne, so I’m afraid it’s settled.

TV Davos has a wife. He would think twice about setting her aside.

I guess the answer to this question depends on whether or not the mutineers are punished for killing Jon. If not, I imagine Thorne will be in charge. If so, I’m guessing it will be Edd, as he’s the only non-mutineer named NW member remaining.

I agree that if it’s early in the season and Jon’s on ice or whatever, that Thorne will be named LC.

I’m sure it also says that Syrio Forel and

are dead as well. I’m sure it also states that Jon is

Agree with you completely. I believe Thorne is going to screw himself and the nightswatch over bitterly.

*highfive* Nymeria! He totally is an asshole if he’s accepting the LC position after killing Jon for supporting the Wildlings and coming to their aid!

I mean Alliser Thorne himself let the them through the Wall when they came from Hardhome! He’s just as much of a traitor as Jon if the Wildlings coming through is the reason he stabbed Jon! And if he didn’t stab Jon for that, then he’s an idiot because logic should tell him that Jon just decreased the WW army by saving as many of the Wildlings as possible.

Option B) plain stupid or playing stupid so he can be LC in Jon’s place

That being said The actor playing Thorne is amazing.

Loras could end up at the Wall post trial, but cannot imagine him being promoted so fast.

Always hoped that Jaime would become the 1000th LC (if the Wall is still standing).

I’m sure the first thing Jon will do upon being resurrected is execute Alliser (If not the entire contingent that participated), if the wildlings don’t do it first. I’m sure Alliser will be the self-fashioned 999th LC, but he will not be for long.

Benjen Stark returns to take command of the NW…

People are debating about the use of the word “several” and thus exclude Ser Alliser because he’s been there since Season 1. For some dumb reason though, everyone is forgetting that we didn’t see him in Seasons 2 and 3.

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