Forget the Mother Of Dragons, because the mother of all spoilers has just been unleashed.
Huffington Post has reported that the entire plot for Game Of Thrones season seven has been leaked.
Reddit user 'awayforthelads' (itself notable as this is a Geordie catchcry – Geordies hail from Newcastle Upon Tyne (in England's chilly north) with many characters in GOT sporting Geordie accents, especially the ones near the North Wall) posted a detailed list of spoilers for the upcoming season, including a pregnancy, the return of some beloved characters and the demise of some great houses, before the Redditor's account was deleted.
While some lived in vain hope it was all the guesswork of fans, Game Of Thrones news site Watchers On The Wall confirmed many of the plot points, complete with sources and on-set photographs.
BEWARE! From here on there are more spoilers than a day at Bathurst.
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I command you, in the name of the Night Watch...
Fair warning... last chance... what follows can't be unseen... May the 7-Faced-God have mercy upon your soul:
Cersei, Dany and Jon form an uneasy alliance to fight against the White Walkers.
Although Jon refuses to bend the knee before Dany, he agrees to relinquish his King In The North title if she helps him fight the threat in the north.
The following has been dubbed 'one of the most anticipated scenes in the entire series': Cersei, Tyrion, Jon, Daenerys, Jorah, Varys, Missandei, Qyburn, Euron Greyjoy, The Mountain and The Hound meet together at the Dragon Pit in King's Landing, where Jon has brought an undead wight to prove the seven kingdoms need to unite against the Night's King.
Appalled, Cersei agrees to help; but when the time comes for her to send her armies north she reneges, hoping the White Walkers and her opponents will thin each other out. This is the moment Jaime gives up on his sister, disgusted, and rides north to join the fight.
Because incest is apparently the new 'it' plot point, Cersei also believes she is pregnant with Jaime's child, but later in the season wakes up in a blood-soaked bed, and is thought to have miscarried.
In order to capture the wight, Jon had taken a team consisting of Tormund Giantsbane, Beric Dondarrion, The Hound, Thoros of Myr and Jorah north of the wall. But they are attacked and surrounded on an island on a frozen lake by the Night's King, where Thoros is killed by a wight polar bear (meaning Beric is down to his last life). Jon Snow's uncle Benjen AKA Coldhands is also killed protecting Jon.
Daenerys and her three dragons rescue the group, but not before Viserion is killed by the Night's King. He then resurrects the dragon as his own mount - who now breathes blue flame - and uses him to destroy The Wall.
Jon and Daenerys will finally meet and, no prizes for guessing, end up in bed together by episode seven.
Gendry - last seen rowing away from Dragonstone in season three - finally makes a reappearance in King's Landing, where he is forging weapons; Davos jokes about him still rowing when he finds him.
Arya's direwolf Nymeria, not seen since season one when Arya chased her away to save her, is also reunited with her mistress.
Arya's first order of business in the season is to summon all the Freys using the face of Walder whom she executed last season, and - after sending all the women out - proposes a toast, poisoning the lot.
Up to his same old tricks, Littlefinger also tries to play Arya off against her sister, using Sansa's letter to Robb written under duress of the Lannisters. With Bran's help Sansa sees through him and has him executed with Arya as executioner.
Also returning is Jorah, who is cured of his greyscale by Sam, who had discovered an account of an old maester in Oldtown who had cured himself.
Sam and Bran also discover Jon's true heritage, and that his real name is Aegon. Gilly meanwhile stumbles across the information that Rhaegar's marriage was annulled, and that he remarried Lyanna Stark, legitimizing Jon's claim on the throne further. A flashback to that wedding will also be shown.
Dorne and High Garden are wiped out early on by the Lannister army.
Lady Olenna admits to Jaime she killed Jeoffrey, and Jaime allows her to take her own life by drinking poison.
On the way back, Dany ambushes part of the Lannister army - defeating them even despite their possession of an anti-dragon artillery, designed by Qyburn.
Tyrion meanwhile begins to worry about Dany's temperament, after she tells Drogon to burn some Westeros lords - including Sam's father Randyll - for refusing to kneel before her.
As for the Ironborn, Euron meets and destroys Yara's fleet, taking her prisoner while Theon narrowly escapes. Euron also kills two of the Sand Snakes and captures Ellaria, presumably after forging an alliance with Cersei.
But after being freaked out by the wight, Euron - who asked if they could swim and got a negative reply - returns to Pyke.
Theon eventually meets with Jon Snow, who only allows him to live because he saved Sansa.
