Filming on Game of Thrones Season 7 is underway and tweets put the production back at a familiar setting. The shooting location in Northern Ireland, an estate near Saintfield and Candyduff, was previously used for the Battle of the Bastards in Season 6. But, according to set leaks to Watchers on the Wall, it will play a very different role in Game of Thrones Season 7. The new scene isn’t a battle. Instead, it has something to do with the mysterious heart trees and the religious sanctum sanctorum of the godswood.
Ah would you look at who's back in town #GoT pic.twitter.com/qW9D5MC5Ae
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The most likely explanation is a scene with Jon Snow and Sansa Stark in the godswood of Winterfell, a place of reflection for the Starks since Season 1, when Lord Eddard Stark met with Catelyn before setting off for King’s Landing (and their dooms). It’s even possible Bran Stark could finally hook back up with the main story. When last we left him, Bran was north of The Wall and already within reach of a heart tree. With his hard-earned tree powers, might he reach out to Jon and Sansa through the mystic weirwood network?
While we don’t know exactly what the godswood scene is about, Watchers on the Wall have previously confirmed that Kit Harington, Sophie Turner and Isaac Hempstead Wright are all in Belfast (the nearby metropolitan area continues to be a base of operations for Game of Thrones). As the magical, undead violence north of The Wall and the brutal, mundane warfare of the Seven Kingdoms begins to intersect, the Starks have found themselves at the center of the storm.
