11 Crucial Questions to Ask Before the New Season of ‘Game Of Thrones’

The year between the sixth and seventh seasons of “Game of Thrones” has gone by so, so slowly, but new episodes are finally almost here. Still, if you haven’t done a rewatch, you’ve probably forgotten all the important things you’re dying to know.

Don’t worry; we’ll ask and answer all of your most crucial “Game of Thrones” questions.

What’s up with Gendry?

In the third season, after Melisandre rocked Gendry’s world and then had him thrown in prison, Davos freed him and put him in a boat to row for King’s Landing. Gendry admitted he’d never been in a rowboat, and didn’t know how to swim. That’s the last we ever heard of Gendry.

What’s up with Gendry?

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Gendry’s important because, other than him, House Baratheon is extinct. Robert, Stannis and Renly have all been killed. Even Cersei’s kids, widely thought to be Baratheons (but aren’t), are all dead anyway. Gendry, though a bastard, is the only Baratheon left. If he’s even still alive.

What’s up with Beric Dondarrion?

The un-un-un-un-undead leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners showed up again in the sixth season after being MIA since the third season. In his most recent appearance, he had a run-in with Sandor “The Hound” Clegane, one of the several people who killed Dondarrion.

What’s up with Beric Dondarrion?

We know from the seventh season trailer that Dondarrion will appear again. When he met the Hound last season, he mentioned that he intends to deal with “cold winds” from the North, implying he has an important role yet to play. Also, is he still on Arya’s kill list?