Every Game of Thrones Spoiler We Know for Season 7

Tormund Giantsbane and others join Jon on his trip

Before Jon and company go beyond the Wall, they make a pit stop in the North.

Above, the production films a scene on the Black Sand Beach near the Icelandic town of Vík. We’re not entirely sure where in Westeros this is, although the odds are decent that it’s Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, the easternmost castle manned by the Night’s Watch. In any case, it’s around here that Jon runs into a couple more friends, old and new.

First, there’s Tormund Giantsbane. Above, actor Kristofer Hivju photographed himself standing near a kind of “aluminium hulled amphibious cargo vehicle” known to be used in this part of Iceland. It makes sense that Jon would want Tormund’s help. When you’re heading into the far north to crack some White Walker skulls, accept no substitutes.

But Jon also picks up other, less predictable traveling companions. Below, a fan takes a picture with Joe Dempsie (Gendry), whom we saw set out with Jon from Dragonstone, and Paul Kaye (Thoros of Myr), whom we didn’t. And where Paul Kaye is, Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion) probably isn’t far away. The members of the Brotherhood Without Banners tend to stick together.

This picture was also taken in Iceland, where the production filmed material beyond the Wall for season 7.

You’ll remember that, in season 6, Beric Dondarrion implied that the Brotherhood was headed north. “Cold winds are rising in the North,” he told the Hound in “No One.” “Good and bad, young and old; the things we’re fighting will destroy them all alike.” The Brotherhood’s interests clearly align with Jon’s, and it looks like they join him on his quest to capture a wight.

Speaking of the Hound, he’s coming, too. Actor Rory McCann was photographed alongside this group of actors in Belfast, near where the production built a specialized set for an action scene set north of the Wall (more on that in a minute). He was also seen on set at the Svinafellsjokull glacier in Iceland.

So Jon Snow, Jorah Mormont, Gendry, and Davos Seaworth set out from Dragonstone. By the time they get where they’re going, they’ve also picked up Tormund Giantsbane, the Hound, Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr. We expect a couple of characters, like Davos, to disembark before the group goes north of the Wall, but that’s still quite a posse Jon’s collected.

Next: Wight fight