Giants: One-time harriers of the Children of the Forest, the giants are found north of the Wall in the events of Game of Thrones until Jon Snow brings the Wildlings south. Legend has it that Bran the Builder built the Wall with the help of giants.

Green Men: The protectors of the Isle of Faces, where the Pact was signed, may be Children of the Forest or possibly men.


Asshai’i: The witches, wizards, shadowbinders, and others of the mystical city of Asshai, where Melisandre of Game of Thrones hailed from.

Azor Ahai, Nissa Nissa & Lightbringer: The legendary hero from Asshai killed his wife Nissa Nissa to forge his greatsword of fire, Lightbringer. (Given that downer of a legend, he could be represented as something of an anti-hero.) He goes on to fight in the Long Night and is revered as the hero of the Essos god R’hllor, also known as the Lord of Light or the red god. As “the prince who was promised,” Azor Ahai’s reincarnation is the topic of much conversation and speculation in Game of Thrones.

Early Valyrians: The shepherds who discover dragons and go on to found the Freehold of Valyria could possibly be represented in the prequel.

Ghiscari: The people of the predominant culture in Essos at the time of the Age of Heroes were slavers.

ANTAGONISTS?

The Others: “White Walkers” in Game of Thrones. The Night King and his court are other Game of Thrones characters who could turn up in prequels. Remember that in the series, Leaf is shown stabbing a human captive with dragonglass turning him into the Night King to help fight the invading First Men. Speaking of…

The Night’s King & the Night’s Watch: Portraying the treacherous Night’s King (not to be confused with the White Walker Night King — or maybe so), and his army of Night’s Watch would flip the heroics of the Night’s Watch in Game of Thrones on its head.

Urron Greyiron: The King of the Iron Islands from House Greyiron who stole the title by murdering the competition during the kingsmoot.

Andals: The first waves of the bloody Andal invasion could be compressed into the Long Night; though if the Andals were pushed out of Essos by the expanding Valyrians, then the largest part of the invasion would have occurred after the Long Night. The prequel is supposed to cover the decline of the Age of Heroes, however, and the Long Night lasted about a generation, so to truly show the Andal invasion, the prequel’s characters could be born and die of old age over its course.

LOCATIONS WE MIGHT SEE

The Wall under construction
Winterfell under construction
Casterly Rock changing hands
The Reach, prosperous and led by the Kings of House Gardener
“North of the Wall” before the Wall
Asshai and the treacherous Shadow Lands (if we’re lucky)
The Old Empire of Ghis
Yi Ti (fall of Great Empire of the Dawn/rise of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti)
“Valyria” before dragons and the Doom
Andalos, home of the Andals in Essos

BEYOND: WHAT MIGHT A SEQUEL TO THIS PREQUEL HOLD?


The arrival of the Targaryens & the Doom of Valyria: The burning, smoking dead Valyrian Freehold – the Targaryen homeland – met with a great catastrophe. A series that clears up the mystery of exactly what happened would be most welcome. The Targaryens left Valyria with their dragons before the Doom, landing on Dragonstone and establishing their family.

Aegon’s Conquest: Aegon would later conquer six of the seven kingdoms. A prequel sequel could show the last of the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers Harren the Black, the construction of Harrenhal, and the great castle’s destruction by Aegon’s dragon Balerion.

IN THE MEANTIME, ABOUT GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8…

Game of Thrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik are directors for the new season. Benioff and Weiss, Bryan Cogman, and Dave Hill are writers for the new season.