More than a few characters have seemingly disappeared from Game of Thrones over the years. They're mainly side characters that served a purpose for a few episodes (or a few seasons), but for whatever reason, haven't been seen since. However, it looks like one such character may finally be returning to the show.
Potential spoilers for Game of Thrones season seven below!
That character is none other than Gendry, the bastard son of Robert Baratheon that fans last saw sailing in a rowboat toward King's Landing back in season three after Davos Seaworth broke him out of Stannis Baratheon's dungeon. Gendry lucked out of not being burned alive by Stannis at the stake, though he hasn't been seen since.
It has long been a joke that Gendry is still rowing after all this time, but it seems like he may have finally arrived at his destination alive and well in season seven. How do we know this? As fansite Watchers on the Wall reports, Gendry actor Joe Dempsie was recently spotted getting off a plane in Belfast, where much of Game of Thrones is filmed.
Dempsie's appearance at the Belfast airport isn't 100 percent confirmation that Gendry will appear in season seven, but it would make a lot of sense. No doubt, season seven will focus plenty on King's Landing under the rule of Cersei Lannister. If Gendry did arrive in King's Landing, he couldn't have arrived at a worse time. With Stannis, Joffrey and Tommen Baratheon all dead, Gendry, bastard or not, is one of the last Baratheons still alive. Though Cersei believes all of Robert's bastards to be dead, Gendry could find himself in a whole lot of trouble, given how ruthless Cersei has proven she can be.
Along with the sighting of Dempsie, Watchers on the Wall also writes that it has received reports of Jorah Mormont actor Iain Glen in Belfast. Daenerys Targaryen ordered the old warrior to find a cure for his greyscale during season six, and he then left her side to be on his own personal quest. The act seemed more like Dany's refusal to acknowledge Jorah's impending death more than anything (there is no known cure for greyscale), but perhaps Jorah does discover a way to cure himself during his travels.
Or perhaps not. Fans will have to wait until Game of Thrones season seven arrives next year to find out.
