Game Of Thrones: 10 Most Powerful People Going Into Season 6

9. Alliser Thorne

Alliser Thorne isn't a name you'd normally associate with power, but his last-gasp mutiny in Season 5 has seen the Night's Watchman shoot up. He's always been an aggravating, provocative presence at Castle Black, and now his leadership seems largely unopposed. We can expect Thorne to take up the Lord Commander's role, and with that he will inherit the Wall, all of the brothers on it, and he's got Davos and Melisandre at his side for now. He's playing the game, and he's winning it. There's a major threat in the form of the wildlings who were granted passage to the south, but if he can acknowledge their usefulness soon, Thorne could man the entire Wall and become a genuine force along the Wall.