Whats HBO hiding? Its blacked out whatevers chasing Arya in the Game of Thrones trailer – except for these details

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We’re not used to seeing Arya scared. So the sight of her sprinting down a corridor, dragonglass knife in hand, looking absolutely petrified in the Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) trailer, has me shaking to be honest. But HBO are clearly reluctant to show us what’s pursuing the Stark assassin, as they’ve expertly blacked out whatever’s giving chase. But using our video wizardry we’ve managed to find a couple of frames that show what could be after her. 

Here’s a better look at what’s chasing Arya in the #GameOfThrones trailer. I’ve pushed the colors so you can clearly see the mask that’s been applied to the footage. Plus the foot! pic.twitter.com/I3A95z2wpIMarch 5, 2019

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Look carefully at the gif below and you can see a claw and a foot just out from the black mask applied to the scene. The mask cuts across the pillar, meaning that it was definitely added in post-production, so HBO are most definitely trying to hide something. It’s definitely someone – or something – running after Arya, but as she has a dragonglass dagger in one hand, why isn’t she attacking it?So perhaps it’s not a White Walker or wight. It might be some other being completely, or even a human. Look at the frame just before the pillar cuts across the screen and you can see a faint flicker, as if something is carrying a torch – or is set on fire. But why oh why would Arya run from a fight? 

Either she has an essential message to deliver as soon as possible and can’t be held back by any means, or she’s running to part of Winterfell castle that’s being quarantined. The first scene in the trailer depicts our Stark assassin petrified and seemingly trying to hold her breath, as if she’s being hunted by something – and this scene would imply that it’s now hot on her heels. 

A theory on Reddit (opens in new tab) about the Game of Thrones ending (opens in new tab) is that either the wights have infiltrated Winterfell and she’s becoming overwhelmed (so a horde of wights could be chasing her) or (and dear god, this is a good theory) that the dead have started to rise from the Winterfell crypts where civilians are sheltering. Arya could therefore be legging it to go and save them, as abandoning a fight to help those in need is more likely than her fleeing because her fears have got the best of her. 

As hyped for Game of Thrones season 8 as I am? If the answer is yes, you’re going to want to look at these Game of Thrones theories (opens in new tab) asap…