


Those are the words of wisdom that Jorah Mormont, advisor to Queen Daenerys Targaryen, imparts both to his queen and to the audience in season three of "Game of Thrones." "War is hell" is a common theme in literature and in Hollywood, but few if any fantasy stories have been as unrelenting about deromanticizing warfare as this show and "A Song of Ice and Fire," the book series by George R.R. “There’s a beast in every man, and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand.” It's not clear if they are simply heading out to explore or if they're leaving forever – and we'll never know, which is either highly irritating or somewhat poetic, depending on how you choose to interpret it.Spoiler alert: This article discusses details about the "Game of Thrones" episode "The Bells." Stop reading if you haven't watched yet, or don't blame us for what you find out. (If you're one of those viewers wondering how they rebuilt the Wall so quickly, it's because the Night King toppled it at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, way over on the coast, and not at Castle Black at all.) In the final scene, Jon Snow, Tormund and Ghost leave the walls of Castle Black, followed by a crowd of wildlings, and together they all head into the Haunted Forest, the wooded expanse which lies beyond the Wall. The fact that the Thrones universe is set to head in that direction and delve into the conflict between the Children of the Forest and the First Men feels appropriate, not only given the heavy interest in the White Walkers and the multitude of mysteries left to unpack, but also because of the way in which the fantasy saga bowed out. "And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros's history to the true origin of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East, to the Starks of legend… it's not the story we think we know." "Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour," reads the pilot description.
