The winter is coming app has broken down the trailer for episode 3 frame by frame.
Assembled on the battlefield, the Unsullied have formed up to face the enemy.
Another angle of the Unsullied ranks, featuring catapults and trebuchets.
Grey Worm stands in the front ranks, looking grim as he dons his helmet. We hear Sansa in voiceover. “The most heroic thing we can do now, is look the truth in the face.”
Daenerys and Jon Snow watch the defense of Winterfell from an elevated position. If the battle is about to begin, it’s odd that these two aren’t down there in the thick of it.
Samwell Tarly watches the Unsullied marching past. The editing pace picks up, faster and faster.
Sansa and Arya observe from the Winterfell ramparts. I don’t think they’ve had a scene together so far this season.
Ser Davos strides along the battlements.
An anxious Varys huddles with the women and children in the Winterfell crypts.
Tyrion turns.
Jorah steels himself. Now armed with Heartsbane, you know the dishonored night is ready to honor the Mormont family legacy on the battlefield.
Fade to black. “The Night King is coming,” we hear Jon say, just as we fade up on him looking overwhelmed in a vortex of falling snow.
A series of rapid cuts follow. First we see the Unsullied, Northern Infantry and Dothraki cavalry assembled before the walls and towers of Winterfell. We hope the Dothraki have vests or something. Going topless up here is an invitation to frostbite.
Again we see Arya running through the halls of the castle. Have the dead managed to sneak inside?
The Unsullied advance.
Beric Dondarrion and the Hound search for the enemy, apparently inside Winterfell. The Hound snaps his head around.
Of course, the dragons are engaged. We see Dany riding Drogon through the storm. Are we going to see a violent dogfight between them and the Night King aboard wight-Viserion?
The Unsullied lock their spears into battle mode.
Theon readies a fire arrow in the godswood, likely in defense of Bran.
Jon draws Longclaw. He appears to be in the godswood, too. He looks dismayed, as if he’s witnessed something heartbreaking…
Fade to black, then fade up on Daenerys and Jon. “The dead are already here,” she says. Is she referring to the Night King raising the dead from the Winterfell crypts? If so, that would explain why Arya looks so terrified, and what the Hound and Beric are dealing with.
The Night King’s army advances in the darkness.
Brienne of Tarth, Daenerys’ left wing commander, stands in front of her troops with Jaime Lannister ready at her right side.
Close up of Brienne as she bellows, “Stand your ground!”
There we have it. Hold fast, Thrones fans. A lot of blood is about to be spilled in the winter snow.