Game Of Thrones Preview: What To Expect From Season 6 Premiere

7. A Return To Dorne

Game of Thrones The Red Woman Sansa Theon
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Well, looks like we'll be going right back to everyone's favourite Season 5 location right from the off this year.

Yay!

Dorne have been conspicuously absent in the marketing for Season 6, with just a brief shot of Ellaria Sand in the latest teaser, probably because the producers realised how unpopular it was. However, they can't just abandon the plot completely, and thanks to the recently released images we know they're going to be back in episode 1.

This does actually make sense, as we'll see the fallout of Myrcella's death from both sides. Here, we'll get Ellaria informing Doran of what she did, and then the Prince of Sunspear will no doubt want to lock her up and prepare himself for the consequences. Whether he can manage to maintain control over Ellaria and the Sand Snakes, now that they've willingly murdered the princess, is another matter. Albeit not one that makes Dorne anymore exciting.

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