Anyone who follows Game of Thrones closely knows that it’s a safely guarded show that rarely lets journalists on set. With the exception of an annual Entertainment Weekly cover story, TV news writers are often left in the dark when it comes to the second-most-popular show in the world. But as Thrones begins its slow-and-steady climb towards its eighth and final season, HBO is easing back the curtain—and Time’s Daniel D’Addario has just published a lengthy report from the Season 7 set in Belfast.

D’Addario describes creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss as increasingly “possessive” of a story they now consider theirs rather than George R.R. Martin’s, so it’s no surprise that most teases of what’s to come are communicated discreetly here. Still, the Time article does drop a few tantalizing hints if you know where to look, hints that seem to promise a couple of long-anticipated events in the Thrones universe. I’m not sure it’s accurate to consider the following “spoilers,” but I’ll throw up a warning just in case you’re hoping to head into Season 7 completely pure. As Benioff put it when talking about spoiler culture in Entertainment Weekly, “some of this is on people who watch the show [to avoid posted spoilers].” So with that in mind, here is your warning.

The first revelation D’Addario casually drops in the Time cover story is the mention of a wolf pack joining the fray this year. “During my visit,” he writes, “wolves described in the script as ‘skinny and mangy’ showed up to the shoot looking fluffy and lustrous.” Wolves haven’t appeared on Thrones in pack formation, well, ever. And with the Stark direwolves dropping like flies (R.I.P. Summer, Grey Wind, Shaggydog, and Lady), there really only seems to be one option for these particular “mangy” mammalian guest stars. In the books, this pack belongs to Nymeria, the direwolf Arya sent away in Season 1.