Game Of Thrones Season 8: 8 Things We Already Know

6. New Characters

Season 7 thinned the herd slightly, as we bade farewell to the likes of Littlefinger and Olenna Tyrell, and that has - in-part - made room for some new faces to arrive in Westeros. A casting call was revealed, with a number of new roles on offer. They are:

Sailor; two guards; Northern Farmer; Sassy and attractive girl; Northern Sentry; and a Mercenary. There's also a younger Northern girl being cast, from an earlier call.

It's unlikely any of these will be big roles or ones taken from the books, with the exception of the Mercenary. Described as "an authoritative, fit, cool and charismatic military type," it was speculated at the time that he would be the leader of the Golden Company, and indeed that has come to pass. German actor Marc Rissmann has landed the role, and it seems he's taking the name Harry Strickland from the books, even if he looks nothing like him.

The others, though, are more people who can be recruited to the army of the dead.