SEE GAME OF THRONES SEASON 3 PHOTOS AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW CAST MEMBERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring may have sprung, but in Westeros Winter is coming. As season 3 of Game of Thrones approaches, meet the new 14 cast members that will play out George R.R. Martin’s book 3, A Song of Ice and Fire, and photos that will bring you back into the fantasy world you’ve been missing.

The epic HBO fantasy Game of Thrones hits screens this Sunday, March 31 and with it we’ll finally get back to the drama and war of the five kings we’ve been missing for nearly a year.

This season, HBO announced the show would span four countries during filming, would add new directors, and a whopping 14 new cast members. If you’re not up on the books, you’ll have to keep close track of these new characters as they become instrumental players in the game of thrones—from beyond the wall, overseas and in the spiritual realm.

In season 3, Jon Snow comes into his own with Ygritte and is brought before Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, while the rest of the Night’s Watch survivors retreat south. In King’s Landing, Tyrion asks for his reward having won the battle at Blackwater against Stannis, Petyr “Littlefinger” offers Sansa a way out King’s Landing (with an agenda, of course), and Cersei hosts a dinner for the royal family she probably wishes she hadn’t. Still on the run, little Arya becomes a major player and extremely resourceful when she runs into the dangerous Brotherhood Without Banners crew. Meanwhile Dany sails into Slaver’s Bay and begins to lay down her legacy as a queen while Robb Stark feels the consequences of taking a wife that wasn’t chosen for him.

Aside from the exciting drama and emotional performances we are about to witness, I’m excited to see how big Dany’s dragons have grown and how fierce they have become this season. How will they come into play?

You can get a glimpse on the new cast members in this video by HBO:

Season 3 of Game of Thrones premiers Sunday, March 31 on HBO and HBO Canada.

—Toni-Marie Ippolito