"Game of Thrones" made its triumphant return with the first episode of season 5, "The Wars to Come," despite the first four episodes leaking in torrent sites. Episode 2 will continue this strong stride as it now focuses on Cersei, Arya, and Daenerys.
Arya Stark was not featured in the first episode but the title of episode 2, "The House of Black and White," gives fans of the book obvious hints of what the showrunners have in store for the character. In the promotional trailer, Arya knocks on a door of the House of Black and White where she will be trained to become a master assassin capable of changing faces at will.
Promotional material for season 5 shows actress Maisie Williams no longer looking like a scrappy, dirty child on the road, and instead she is dressed in elaborate robes. In the original source material, Arya serves in a temple that caters to people looking for death while undergoing training as an assassin like Jaqen H'Ghar.
Also, episode 1 revealed the prophecy Maggy the Frog gave Cersei Lannister when she was a child, and the promotional trailer indicates that one more detail of the prophecy may come true — Myrcella's life is in danger. Episode 2 may show Jaime Lannister heading to Dorne to rescue the princess, an event that never happened in the books the show is based on.
The episode is also rumored to begin showing Cersei's downfall as she struggles with the High Sparrow, leader of a ragtag group of religious militants.
According to the Latin Post, the next episode will also shift back to Mereen where Daenerys' dragons are causing trouble . A dragon sighting is mentioned and fans speculate this could be Drogon eating sheep and children after breaking free from the dungeons where the dragons are chained up and kept in.
"The House of Black and White" will air on April 19 on HBO.
