Game Of Thrones Season 6: 12 Major Plot Hints From The Trailer

3. Is Ghost Dead?

This may seem like a strange supposition based solely on the briefest flash in the trailer, but there's a nagging suspicion that Jon Snow's loyal canine sidekick might also have been shown dead in it. There is of course an argument for the direwolf simply being depressed, but the fact that the creature doesn't stir when Davos unsheathes his sword should be a fairly ominous sign. Most worryingly is that killing off Ghost would fit the show's habit of rumour killing: obviously fans of the books will hold on to the idea that Snow may have warged into Ghost to save himself before death. Killing Ghost would be the perfect way to put an end to those rumours the same way the Mance Rayder/Rattleshirt theory was destroyed with the latter's death, and the theory of Robb's son (in the books) was killed off symbolically by that awful pregnant belly stabbing. It would be horrible, but it fits a little too well.