Game of Thrones season six teaser: Is Jon Snow really dead?

IS Jon Snow really dead? The first teaser trailer for Game of Throne’s sixth season has landed and it tells fans “they have no idea what’s going to happen”.

“THEY have no idea what’s going to happen.”

That line from the teaser trailer for Game of Thrones’ sixth season is an understatement for fans who want to know — is Jon Snow really dead?

It has been widely reported that actor Kit Harrington will reprise his role as the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch in the new season but just what form the supposedly dead Snow will take is a burning question for fans of the hit series.

Stoic ... Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in the season six trailer for Game of Thrones. Picture: HBO

The clip opens with a blank screen and voiceover from the Three Eyed Raven (Isaac William Hempstead), who says: “We watch. We listen, and we remember”, before Jon Snow (Kit Harington) appears.

“The past is already written. The ink is dry,” the eerie voiceover continues, before cutting to the moment the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch fell to the ground, stabbed and bloodied, in the finale of the fifth season.

Steamy scene ... a flashback to Sansa (Sophie Turner) and Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen) kissing. Picture: HBO

The 41-second clip then revisits the violent demises of Ned (Sean Bean), Catelyn (Michelle Fairley), King Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson), Jojen Reed (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Robb Stark (Richard Madden), as well as key flashbacks such as when Sansa (Sophie Turner) and Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen) kissed.

The teaser ends with Snow lying dead with his eyes open, in a pool of blood around his long hair, before Bran Stark declares: “They have no idea what’s going to happen”.

So what does this suggest about Jon Snow’s fate?

Is he or isn’t he? ... Game of Thrones producers teased fans with this poster for season six featuring Jon Snow (Kit Harington). Picture: HBO

Harrington said he would like to see the character “be a warg. I’d like to put myself into a wolf,” Harrington told The Daily Dot.

Game of Thrones showrunner DB Weiss reportedly added: “Two words for you: Season 6”.

The new season will be the first time the HBO-produced series won’t follow creator and writer George RR Martin’s books as he is yet to finish writing The Winds of Winter, which will be the sixth book in the series, Daily Mail reports.

Hint, hint ... Bran Stark is shown with ‘warg’ eyes in the teaser. Picture: HBO

Instead, Martin and HBO consulted with showrunners Weiss and David Benioff on his outline for the plot.

The six season of Game of Thrones premieres in April.