Snow 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

YES

YES

Tyrion Lannister

Jon Snow

Daenerys Targaryen

Arya Stark

Other

Cersei Lannister

YES

Aemon

He doesn't have one / is just Jon

Other

Aegon

Daemon

Jaehaerys

Daeron

Viserys

NO

YES

YES

YES

YES

NO