Game Of Thones: 10 Ways The Season 5 Finale Sets Up Season 6

3. Sam And Gilly Run Into Trouble?

That group could also bump into Sam and Gilly, riding south from The Wall in their quest to reach Oldtown for his maester training, but will they be seen in Season 6? There's a chance that they could be omitted, like Bran, with such a long journey ahead. However, they can be expected to fall into danger at several turns, throwing into doubt whether they'll ever make it to their destination. Their paths could cross with Brienne and/or Sansa who're all huddled in the North. If the writers decide to speed up their journey, we could be seeing Sam learning from the maesters as early as Season 6, and how's this for a crazy, off-the-wall curveball: Daenerys has a 'small council' equivalent in Meereen, but they'll need a loyal, trustworthy maester to guide them if they ever get around to marching on King's Landing...