Starke News

Length is over 500 pages

A character is burned alive

The wait for the book is longer than for the previous 4 books combined (i.e. it is not released before 26th June 2026)

Word count is greater than any previous book in the series

Daenerys arrives in Westeros (Dragonstone counts)

Cersei will cause an explosion in King's Landing using wildfire

Jon Snow is revealed to be the child of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark

A PoV character sees a literal kraken (excluding dreams, visions etc.)

An Other will be sighted south of the Wall

No new point of view characters outside of prologue/epilogue

Lysono Maar will be revealed to be the same person as Varys the Spider

Arya Stark will physically return to Westeros (warging into Nymeria not counted)

There is an epilogue

Jon Snow's dead body will be wighted by the Others

The "Pink Letter/Bastard Letter" will be revealed as having been penned by Mance Rayder

Young Griff will be revealed to be Illyrio Mopatis' son

A POV character (excluding Prologue/Epilogue) has exactly 1 chapter

Bran will witness/interact with the historical figure known as Bran the Builder during his explorations using the weirwood net

The U.S. mass market paperback will be released in two volumes

All living Stark children (of Ned) will survive

The Harpy is revealed to be Galazza Galare (the Green Grace)

A "Red Comet" will be sighted in the sky again (in the timeline proper—Bran weirwood dreams excluded)

Daenerys will destroy the house with the red door

Benjen Stark will be found alive

Varys will gaslight Daenerys about her birth/lineage and accuse her of not being a Targaryen

Jon Snow ceases to be a POV character after his resurrection

It's published after the author's death

A dragon dies

Quentyn Martell is revealed to still be alive and has a POV chapter

Littlefinger will be killed by Lady Stoneheart/The Brotherhood Without Banners

Daario will reveal himself to be the same person as Euron Greyjoy

Robert Downey, Jr. (Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom, Tony Stark / Iron Man)

Tom Holland (Peter Parker / Spider-Man)

Chris Hemsworth (Thor)

Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson / Captain America)

Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic)

Benedict Cumberbatch (Dr. Stephen Strange)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm / The Thing)

Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova / Black Widow)

Chris Evans (Steve Rogers / Captain America)

Simu Liu (Shang-Chi)

Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm / Human Torch)

Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier / White Wolf)

Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm / Invisible Woman)

Paul Rudd (Scott Lang / Ant-Man)

Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr / Ghost)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine)

Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor)

David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian)

Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres / Falcon)

Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel)

Hugh Jackman (James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine)

Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner / Hulk)

Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)

Dominique Thorne (Riri Williams / Ironheart)

Benedict Wong (Wong)

Chris Pratt (Peter Quill / Star-Lord)

Vin Diesel (Groot)

Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson / Deadpool)

Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton / Hawkeye)

Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

Wyatt Russell (John Walker / U.S. Agent)

Brie Larson (Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel)

Letitia Wright (Shuri / Black Panther)

Karen Gillan (Nebula)

Tatiana Maslany (Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk)

Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop / Hawkeye)

Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau)

Xochitl Gomez (America Chavez)

Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter / Captain Carter)

Pom Klementieff (Mantis)

Kathryn Newton (Cassie Lang)

Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon)

Will Poulter (Adam Warlock)

Don Cheadle (James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine)

Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock / Daredevil)

Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie)

Winston Duke (M'Baku)

Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch)

Paul Bettany (Vision)

Kathryn Hahn (Agatha Harkness)

Danai Gurira (Okoye)

Sean Gunn (Kraglin)

Alaqua Cox (Maya Lopez / Echo)

Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia)

Evangeline Lilly (Hope van Dyne / Wasp)

Seth Green (Howard the Duck)

Joe Locke (Teen / Wiccan)

Zoe Saldaña (Gamora)

Dave Bautista (Drax)

Gael García Bernal (Jack Russell / Werewolf by Night)

Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker / Spider-Man)

Oscar Isaac (Marc Spector / Moon Knight, Steven Grant / Mr. Knight, Jake Lockley)

Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow)

Andrew Garfield (Peter Parker / Spider-Man)

Gemma Chan (Sersi)

Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo)

Lia McHugh (Sprite)

Brian Tyree Henry (Phastos)

Lauren Ridloff (Makkari)

Barry Keoghan (Druig)

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Simon Williams / Wonder Man)

Ralph Ineson (Galactus)

Angelina Jolie (Thena)

May Calamawy (Layla El-Faouly / Scarlet Scarab)

Jeffrey Wright (The Watcher)

Mahershala Ali (Blade)

Emilia Clarke (G'iah)

Wil Deusner (Skaar)

Kit Harington (Dane Whitman)

Harrison Ford (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross)

Brett Goldstein (Hercules)

Harry Styles (Eros / Starfox)

Patton Oswalt (Pip the Troll)

Don Lee (Gilgamesh)

Wilson fisk gets becomes mayor

Galactus is shown

Robert Downey Jr is playing the main MCU Dr. Doom

A number of street-level heroes (inc daredevil, punisher) have a team up plotline

Battleworld is shown

A number of child heroes have a team up

Peter parker gets the Venom suit

The Avengers fight the X-men

Dr Doom is a Stark variant

There is a large scale war with the US, New Azgard, Wakanda not all on the same side. Includes many military, non-superhero deaths

Peter parker wears the Venom suit across 2 or more films

Wanda controls the timelines to create Battleworld

Tom Holland's spiderman is the anchor being of Earth 616

Galactus eats timelines rather than just planets

Barristan Selmy

Stannis Baratheon

Margaery Tyrell

Aeron Greyjoy

Victarion Greyjoy

Jon Connington

Areo Hotah

Lady Stoneheart

Doran Martell

Penny

Daario Naharis

Euron Greyjoy

Rickon Stark

Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger)

Young Griff/"Aegon Targaryen"

Brienne Tarth

Davos Seaworth

Asha Greyjoy

Cersei Lannister

Arianne Martell

Rhaegal (dragon)

Viserion (dragon)

Theon Greyjoy

Jaime Lannister

Jon Snow

Tyrion Lannister

Daenerys Targaryen

Arya Stark

Other

Cersei Lannister

Bellonara Otherys

Other

Just a simple septa

Ashara Dayne

Tyene Sand's mother

Malora Hightower

Wenda the White Fawn

Serra Mopatis

Lady Mellario of Norvos

Elia Martell

Lady Piper (wife of Quellon Greyjoy)

words are wind

Blackfyre

tragedy/tragedies

song of ice and fire

milk of the poppy

glass candle

prince who was promised

moon blood/moon’s blood

Tyrek

nuncle

dark wings, dark words

biscuit/biscuits

winds of winter

Trial of Seven

dagged sleeves

Alicent

Aerion

Rhaenyra

quorking

Dark Sister

radiant

fratricide

deicide

sneeze/sneezes/sneezed/sneezing

Saera

house of the dragon

hard-bitten

week/weeks/weekly

damask

Essos

Doreah

rice

turkey

joke/jokes/joked/joking

cute/cuter/cutest

crocodile(s)

anon

faceless woman

insipid

slayer of lies

there must always be a Stark in Winterfell

delve (any form)

Elmo

hello

NO

NO

Areo Hotah

Other

Samwell Tarly

Aeron Greyjoy

Victarion Greyjoy

Melisandre

Bran Stark

Aegon’s Conquest (Live-Action Feature Film)

Snow / Arya Stark Sequel (Live-Action TV Series)

Ten Thousand Ships / Nymeria (Live-Action TV Series)

Nine Voyages / The Sea Snake (Animated TV Series)

Tony Stark

Peter Parker

Other

No character

Steve Rogers