In Game of Thrones, the Night King is the master and the first of the White Walkers, having existed since the age of the First Men. He appears in Bran Stark’s visions and faces off against Jon Snow, who cryptically warns the rest of Westeros that “Winter is coming”.

As the assumed daughter of King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy) and Queen Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), Myrcella Baratheon (Nell Tiger Free) was a princess of Westeros. However, Myrcella and her blonde siblings were truthfully the children of an incestuous union between Cersei and her twin brother, Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). She was sent to live in Dorne with the Martells up until her poisoning by a vengeful Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma).

George R. R. Martin, affectionately known as GRRM, is a fantasy author best known for A Song of Fire and Ice, a series adapted to the popular HBO show Game of Thrones. He’s the son of a longshoreman and his house sigil is the turtle, the only pet allowed by the housing projects in which he grew up.

In Game of Thrones, Melisandre of Asshai is a mysterious priestess who becomes the trusted advisor to Stannis Baratheon. When Stannis’s younger brother Renly rebels against him, Melisandre births a killer shadow monster baby to take him out.

In Game of Thrones, Daenerys Stormborn (Emilia Clarke) is heir to the Targaryen Dynasty, commander of the Dothraki army, and mother to three dragons. And she wants the Iron Throne back. Style your silver locks like hers by watching this video.

In the bombshell-dropping finale of the 7th season of Game of Thrones, Lyanna Stark (Aisling Franciosi) is revealed to not only have been the older sister of Ned Stark, but also the mother of Jon Snow. Her secret love affair with/marriage to Rhaegar Targaryen is what begins about Robert’s Rebellion and the end of the Targaryen dynasty. On her wedding day, she wore a gown of sage green and was wrapped in vines of gold and silver.