This theory is backed up by the fact that Aramayo has been spotted training with Luke Roberts (pictured above in the CW series Reign)—believed to be playing legendary fighter Arthur Dayne—and Eddie Eyre who will be playing the show-created role of Ser Alfred Hunrith. Eyre is filming at the Tower of Joy location in Spain at the moment so we suspect his training buddies (as well as some mystery women and Isaac Hempstead Wright a.k.a. Bran!) are on location with him. In the books, Reed, Dayne, and Ned were all at the Tower of Joy but no word yet on who is playing the twentysomething version of the Stark patriarch.

The Ghosts in Flashbacks

While we may not know who is playing the twentysomething Ned Stark who visits the Tower of Joy (please say Sean Bean in nine inches of makeup!), we do know that Sebastian Croft (pictured above) has been cast as the even younger version of Ned. We also know that actor Fergus Leathem has been cast and possibly will be playing a young Robert Baratheon. (He certainly looks like he could pass for a young Mark Addy.) There’s also Sam Coleman who looks like a perfect fit for young Hodor. (Rumor has it we get his backstory.) The flashbacks are all rumored to be part of Bran’s increasing psychic training and that’s why, presumably, Hempstead Wright was spotted at the Tower of Joy location.

The Mysterious Legends

Helping Bran with that training will be Max von Sydow who has replaced Struan Rodger as Bran’s supernatural mentor, the Three-Eyed Raven. It’s unclear exactly how large of a role he’s playing, but the Raven must be pretty significant this season for HBO to go after an actor of von Sydow’s caliber. The other big name joining the cast is Deadwood actor Ian McShane. Sadly, no information has yet to leak about which role he’s playing, though with most of the other parts snapped up, the smart money is on the show version of a book character named Septon Meribald described in the casting call as “a man in his 40s or 50s. A gruff ex-soldier who found religion. Now a no-nonsense rural priest who ministers to the poor of the countryside. He’s salt-of-the-earth man who has weathered many battles.” Sounds like McShane to me.