Exciting new images have surfaced today, offering a possible glimpse at Game of Thrones season 7. The images: a piece of concept art, from the new season, depicting a moment from a major scene in the season finale.
The photos first turned up on Imgur/Reddit. Having examined them, we’re fairly certain they’re legitimate. Stop here if you don’t want to know more!
The images are actually photographs of a picture, by the look of it. In the photo, we see several characters standing near the ruins of the Dragonpit, including Tyrion Lannister, Bronn, a Lannister guard, and likely Jon Snow with his back turned. The second photo is a close-up of the picture’s corner, where it reads “Game of Thrones VII. Dragonpit Entrance.”
The pictures give us an idea of what we can expect to see in season 7. The artwork works well with what we spotted during Dragonpit location shooting last fall, when Game of Thrones filmed at Italica in Santiponce, Spain. However, the final product may be somewhat different from this art, as what we see onscreen isn’t always an exact match for concept art. So take this with a grain of salt!
Game of Thrones employs several concept artists each year to realize the vision of the scripts, and usually there’s a variety of styles. This picture combines real images with the artwork to create the setting, similar to Kieran Belshaw‘s work on season 6.
We first learned last August that we’d be seeing the Dragonpit, a building found in King’s Landing. It once housed the Targaryen dragons, but now stands in ruins. Our spoiler report also told us we’d be seeing Daenerys there. Additionally, we know that this scene takes place in the season 7 finale. If you’d like to know more and don’t mind major spoilers, check out our extensive spoiler report on the Dragonpit scene from November!
hodor
if I had one grain of salt every time that expression was used in this site… 😛
Wow, can’t wait to see this on screen. From this picture alone, you can already tell that it’s going to be visually stunning.
I’d really love to know the reason why this westerosi rulers chooses Dragonpit for the parlay. It seems so random
Not going to lie, I’m excited to see how the pit will look like on screen.
Rhoynish Prince,
If I were a Westerosi ruler and had to meet with Cersei, I wouldn’t pick an enclosed space like the Red Keep (or the Sept before it blew up). It’s better to meet in a ruin, so I can climb the walls and run if she does something funny lol.
Call me crazy. I think they wanted to find a location symbolic of the return of the Dragon, while simultaneously showing the current state of affairs in Westeros.
Saying the Dragonpit is random shows a clear lack of knowledge of the series. It’s not like the Targaryens built it to house dragons or anything.
Looks Beautiful, can’t wait to see the final product thus summer.
Great seeing tyrion and Jon together, hope they have a lot of scenes together.
Oh my God this looks amazing! I can’t fckn wait. My man Jon will take part in southern politics 😀
Jay Targ,
This! The artwork of the dragonpit looks awesome. Jon looking up at the ruins – feels!! Considering he has never been anywhere other than the north.
Gorgeous picture.
He had no destination in mind. He wanted only to ride. He followed the creek for a time, listening to the icy trickle of water over rock, then cut across the fields to the kingsroad. It stretched out before him, narrow and stony and pocked with weeds, a road of no particular promise, yet the sight of it filled Jon Snow with a vast longing. Winterfell was down that road, and beyond it Riverrun and King’s Landing and the Eyrie and so many other places; Casterly Rock, the Isles of Faces, the red mountains of Dorne, the hundred islands of Braavos in the sea, the smoking ruins of old Valyria. All the places that Jon would never see. The world was down that road … and he was here. – Jon V; A Game of Thrones
We’re finally going to see him on screen without that sad blue filter. 😀
To echo… that is fantastic! This should be a great scene! So many of our series long characters in one place and a lot of them never or rarely on screen together… Can’t wait!
So true, I hadn’t thought about that! 😂 😂
Tyrion and Bronn! Should be interesting to see the two of them reunite, especially if Bronn is in Cersei’s pocket.
Those are clothes and pics of characters from seasons 5/6
Flayed Potatoes,
Lol I thought of that passage as well when I saw the art.
It’s concept art (the important part is the setting, not the clothes)..
Here’s the concept art of Dany with the Khals in 6×04
http://watchersonthewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/DothrakiTemple_InteriorDoor_KB_NightWide_v007.jpg
She wore those clothes in season 1 and never again
bluefrost,
Hmm I think this part was clarified in the post itself?
This picture combines real images with the artwork to create the setting, similar to Kieran Belshaw‘s work on season 6.
Like we explained in the post. “This picture combines real images with the artwork to create the setting.”
Isn’t this picture of jon from BoTB when he’s staring at the crosses?
R ya under foot?,
So do you think
I agree with you about the place being metaphorical but sorry man in the narrative and to the plot the meeting in Dragonpit IS random. Nothing makes sense in this scene at all. Everyone knows Cersei is a crazy ruler who just blew up her enemies and her family. Meeting with her makes no sense at all, so as the wight hunt. And makes less sense choosing Dragonpit.
My guess is that
I think it makes perfect sense. Leak-based commentary to follow:
It’s nice to see that Cersei is going to be winning in spite of having inferior forces.
bluefrost,
Btw, sorry for not spoiler-tagging my post, mods. When the entire article is about a spoiler I sometimes get confused when I should and shouldn’t cover up. To be on the safe side, Ill just cover up if Im not sure.
Luka Nieto,
The concept art is awesome…. But Jon’s image seems from Battle of Bastards (Where is his gorget? The piece of the armor of his neck)
I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong…
This tiny little glimpse of S7 has got me super excited. I mean, holy balls!, Jon Snow is in King’s Landing! Tyrion and Bronn reunited! Jon meets Bronn! And the dragonpit looks amazing!
I zoomed in and see that there are 2 chairs on a dais inside the dragonpit.
Mr Derp,
Cover spoilers not discussed in or implied by the article. But, much more crucially, cover and warn about spoilers from the leaks.
The reason for this meeting can be summed up like this (least in IMO) – The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Think back to WW2 – the UK, the US and the Soviet Union all teamed up even though the US and the Soviets hated each other. The threat of Hitler however was so big that they put aside their differences to work together.
Or at least that’s how I’m explaining it to myself. Ah well back to watching wrestling.
If Bronn is there, can we assume Jaime is there by default or do they part ways this season? Because if Jaime is there, all 3 Lannisters are present and that will get ugly as F!
My first thought of the guy the article is saying is Jon, I thought it was Dario. It would be easier to tell if he had a blue forked beard or something
You now what im most excited about??? Tyrion and Jon together again. The bromance is alive people!!
bluefrost,
Leak-based spoilers:
Could be wildfire under the dragon pit. Just sayin’
Marlana,
We don’t know the dragons aren’t there, but… They shouldn’t be!
As far as I know, you shouldn’t bring your nuclear weapons to a negotiation, especially when the other side doesn’t have nuclear weapons. Dany could and perhaps should use the dragons as a verbal threat, but not actually bring them to the negotiation… because if she did, there would be no negotiation. If the dragons were in the Dragonpit and I was Cersei, I wouldn’t go near the place. If Dany really wants a talk, she can’t bring her fire-breathing monsters.
Tully Baby,
In fact, there is wildfire under the dragonpit in the books, isn’t there? If I recall correctly, Tyrion got his Blackwater battle plan from some old caches of the Mad King’s wildfire being accidentally found in the Dragonpit ruin. In the show, this didn’t happen, but Tyrion could still make sure the location was secure.
Tully Baby,
If I remember correctly, Tyrion is aware of where the wildfire caches are. Could Cersei have moved them there? maybe, but why would she kill herself?
Does the Dragon Pit turn up in any of the ‘panorama’ -VFX shots of Kingslanding in seasons past?
Luka Nieto,
We have never seen the Dragonpit in a panorama of King’s Landing. However, we have never truly seen the side of the city in which it would be located, which I assume was done on purpose in case they ever wanted to show it properly. Most panoramas are from the Red Keep looking at the Great Sept (the Dragonpit would be on the right, just out of view), from the Great Sept or even further looking back at the Red Keep (the pit would be out of view on the left this time), or from one side or the other of the Red Keep, but without seeing the far side of the city. There is only one panorama in season five that fits the bill (in which the VFX were pretty poorly done, by the way); the only panorama that could show the Dragonpit, but not even this one shows the whole northwestern side of the city in which the Dragonpit should be found.
If in season seven they depict the Dragonpit in the northwestern edge of the city, next to the walls, there would be no continuity error. Still, that season five panorama cuts it very close. But it’s so badly done that I would just ignore it. The Red Keep looks like a paper, like a 2D profile of the castle, even though from this perspective it should be looking a bit towards us; the Great Sept looks completely out of place, both geographically and in terms of lighting; and we should see the entrance to the Blackwater river. A rare ugly panorama for this show, and one filled with continuity mistakes.
bluefrost,
All I can say is we have interpreted the leaks very differently. They’re scant on detail, after all, so it’s understandable. Come Summer, we shall see.
Luka Nieto,
Alternatively, maybe the southern war ends in more of a stalemate with neither side getting a decisive upper hand. That would explain why everybody involved would be looking for a compromise. Besides, the Lannister/ Euron alliance being in a reasonably strong position would at least explain why they are looking for help from them.
The pic looks great, totally get the chills after seeing those ruins last yr. the Dragonpit is gonna be amazing… Looks as though Bronn may be brokering the meeting, having “associates” on both sides.?
I’ve been thinking about Maisie’s comments in the previous article..
This is why I’d love to see some of the earlier stories set in Westeros, because I want to know what it looked like before the Dance.
What gorgeous concept art
ghost of winterfell,
yeah what Luka Nieto proposes makes
Last year I wrote off CleganeBowl ever happening, but with the possibility of Cersei being in an actual bowl-shaped place — and of course where she goes The Mountain goes — I’m as psyched as Arya after she takes another name off her list.
In my mind at least things in the south have reached a stalemate for this to happen and various parties are starting to realise that a parlez is necessary in order to deal with the bigger threat in the north.
The scenery will be great. Unless Cersei is suicidal, which I know she isn’t, she wouldn’t try anything.
I want a scene with Tyrion and Cersei; Jamie and daenerys so bad. I imagine there would be tension between Lannister crew and Targaryen crew, then Jon and Davos be like “so there are…white walkers coming”.
bluefrost,
There is no reasoning with you,you already made up you mind about
without even seeing it on screen so how do you expect people to take you seriously ?
Luka Nieto,
Good eye Neito, and memory. You are right the season 5 long view of KL is the best but in High Res , muddy. Maybe with so much detail , in the distance, had to be that way.
Still , when I look in the direction where Dragon’s Gate should be is something something kinda there?
Seems the show’s KL is more narrow in the ‘middle’ than other depictions show, but then I am not good at making things out.
Will be interesting if we get an aerial shot in S7 that shows it.
R ya under foot?,
jdtargstark,
I am wondering the same thing. It looks like the same costume and he has a new one for next season
ghost of winterfell,
Because team Jon and Dany require as many living men as they can get. If the Lannisters keep reducing their army and the Lannister army itself continues to be reduced, that is a LOT of wasted man power. They are fighting a massive army of undead, they need everyone.
This was explained in the post and in comments already.
KaySen,
ghost of winterfell,
The issue is not just asking for help and increasing the overall army, Team Dany can’t fight the WW if there isn’t a ceasefire as Team Cersei will keep attacking them and putting down all sides numbers, there can not be a war while their fighting the WW which is why it’s so important to prove the WW existence even if Cersei doesn’t pledge her army to their cause.
Mel,
That is what I said, that both army numbers will be reduced. Admittedly sloppy. When I said the Lannister army will reduce their number and also reduce their own, I should have stated “their” as in team Dany and Jon’s army.
Imo, for the dragonpit meeting to have real stakes, Cersei’s side needs to have some bite left in them.
ghost of winterfell,
Contains Leaks:
ghost of winterfell,
I am uncertain what is considered a spoiler here, so I will just cover everything with them.
Cersei is simply buying time so she can increase her forces. Such as hiring the golden company from Essos with money borrowed from the iron bank. The iron bank is going to fund her given if KL is conquered, they lose the debt and also probably much less opportunity to gain more money from Westeros. Funding Cersei s their best option for future payoff. I know most people do not believe this spoiler, but it is true nevertheless.
ghost of winterfell,
Also don’t forget that Cersei does not know about the undead army before she agrees to the meeting, so she can’t know that she can reduce Dany’s army by simply allowing them to fight the undead by themselves. So what would her motive be to agree to a meeting? She knows Dany is more powerful, having a meeting does not change the situation for Cersei, unless she is buying time for some reason…
kaysen,
My point was only that I think both sides Cersei and Dany will suffer losses in their war and it won’t be a rout for Dany, which would justify Jon taking the extreme risk of going north of the Wall to look for a way to end the southern war.
I definitely don’t see the Iron Bank funding Cersei anything. It would be more reasonable for them to go to Dany and make a deal with her, like they did with Stannis in the books. Imo what the IB will do is send someone to KL to demand repayment from Cersei which leads to Jaime sacking Highgarden.
ghost of winterfell,
That’s right, Cersei still has some bite so Jon and Dany want the meeting. But why would Cersei? She is weaker, a meeting does not change that. Dany isn’t offering soldiers to her, so why would Cersei want a meeting, there is nothing to gain. The only reason she would want the meeting, is to stall. But stall for what exactly? Her army is not going to spontaneously increase by itself.
Rhoynish Prince,
Maybe it’s the only place that Tyrion and Varys know doesn’t have wildfire caches underneath?
Luka Nieto,
She presumably will also have Euron’s navy on her side against Dany’s fleet.
But her army should be minimal at this point. I wonder how they’ll work that out.
https://twitter.com/FoulFangedFiend/status/827491312517705729
Kit at Belfast airport.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQDT12MlM2y/
Emilia Clarke will be done with S7 tomorrow.
Are we all forgetting what happened to Stannis at the Blackwater? Taking King’s Landing, even with dragons, promises to be a costly affair. Even if Cersei is losing the war, a parley to see if the inevitable loss of life accompanying a siege of KL can be avoided is sensible. Doubly sensible when you consider one of the most basic of military maxims: Never leave an enemy force in your rear.
The dragonpit that absolutely nobody on the show has mentioned and nobody has seen? I think it’s stupid and it makes no sense why characters would go and meet there. And the wight business is probably the most ludicrous suicide mission imaginable. Nobody needs to get Cersei to help them, they need to kill her because she is crazy. I hope everyone is wrong and the show is completely different than the spoilers because it honestly sounded like a really disappointing storyline. Probably beautiful visually though.
ghost of winterfell,
Emilia remains lovely, goofy, and adorable. It’s more or less her perpetual state of existence.
If she has only one day left of filming for her scenes, then the end of principal photography for the entire cast is probably pretty close. Of course, Emilia has to jump into filming the Han Solo movie almost immediately, so perhaps they’re doing her the courtesy of completing her remaining scenes ASAP. Either way, I expect we’ll be hearing about a wrap party of some kind in the next week or so.
Rhoynish Prince,
Also – when Tywin took the city at the end of Robert’s Rebellion, it was because Pycelle intervened on his behalf and got King Aerys to open the gates (with the assumption that Tywin was there to aid Aerys rather than to sack the city), he didn’t enter the city by force.
Stargaryen,
I think you didn’t get it: the meeting itself does not make any sense. You can justify the place as much as you want, the meeting still doesn’t make sense. The more the guys here are trying to be reasonable with this storyline, the more it gets confused and completely off.
Rhoynish Prince,
It makes a lot of sense, to all the factions involved.
CERSEI, is either winning or losing the war. If she’s winning, it’s only temporary given the disparity in her forces versus Dany’s, so the best option available would be to negotiate for as much as she can get while she has the strength to get it.
If she’s losing the war, negotiations offer several valuable opportunities. At the very least, it buys her time, time which she can use to do any number of things, like improving the defenses of the city or something wildfire related. Best case scenario, she gets a negotiated peace with her allowed to retain her head, and maybe more.
DANY, who we know by this point has taken significant losses in the Southern War, would want to negotiate for several reasons. 1.) She will be fully aware of the WW threat, and know it needs every resource available to be stopped, 2.) The need to march north requires that Cersei be pacified somehow, as she cannot leave a hostile force with impunity to harass her while she deals with the WW, and 3.) Any life saved from having to besiege KL will be able to help in the defense against the WW.
JON is the easiest. His priority all along has been the WW, and he knows what will be required to stop them. The Southern War is a drain on resources that need to be directed against the WW.
Gina,
Keep crying about it because it’s going to happen whether you like it or not .
Rhoynish Prince,
Well i’m sure you random guy on the internet knows better than all of us an the writers who created this multiple award winning show .
Flayed Potatoes,
I couldn’t agree more!
I wish I had just the tiniest fraction of the talent owned by the artists, set decorators and CGI experts involved in GoT! I’m constantly in awe.
Flayed Potatoes,
I love that!!! “a road of no particular promise” And you know, it’s so symbolic: Kings road —a road of no particular promise. “Promise me Ned.” And irony, is Jon is king. And probably rightful king.
Seeing Bronn in the artwork reminded me of Jaime’s promise to find him a better lady with a better castle. The only one I can think of is Sam’s sister. Jaime could easily arrange that. Horn Hill is much better castle than Lolly’s castle ?
Well, she did say that she wasn’t keen on Randyll’s choice of Simon Fossoway……..
Not sure that Sam would be overly keen on his sister marrying Bronn, though. Nor that Bronn would be a better option than Simon Fossoway as far as Talla is concerned.
Haven’t been on this site in a while, so I’m still catching up on spoilers but…I’d be really depressed if the season ends with Dany and Jon JUST ending. I’ll catch up on the spoilers now. Unless it’s a dragon reveal (like Dany would be away from her babies ) I hope it’s a scene where after Jon finds out his heritage, he tried to connect with the dragons.
Or maybe Cersei is dead at this point, dany has seized control, Jamie has declared the Lannister forces For Dany, and Jon is meeting with the new queen about the threat and needing her dragons?
I won’t write any spoilers but there is something that has leaked which means the scenario you described cannot go down like that. This site has reported on at least two articles which contradict your suggestion for example.
bluefrost,
It aint Dany but Cersei who is actually in a fucked up in position. The Lannisters get done with Tyrells and but are defeated bu the Dothraki anyway. Jaime almost dies by Dragon fire but is saved by Bronn. And if you got the spoilers right, then let me tell you neither Cersei nor Dany are calling for the Dragonpit parlay, but its actually Jon Snow who plans to display a wight publicly.