The final season ofGame of Thronesis upon us , and though we ’ll besaying goodbyeto some of our favorite characters in fictional history , we ’re also going to see the return of some buff favorites .

Visual effects supervisory program Joe Bauer recently confirmedJon Snow ’s direwolf Ghost will be stimulate an visual aspect in time of year eight , and it does n’t voice like it ’ll just be a minor cameo . “ Oh , you ’ll see him again , "   Bauer toldtoldThe Huffington Post . " He has a fair amount of sieve metre in Season 8 . He does show up … He ’s very present and does some fairly cool things . "

patently , rooter were thrilled to see they ’ll get to see spook again .

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But besides the initial fervour , we ’re now wonder what Ghost ’s involvement could intend for Jon ’s lot and the finale ofGame of Thrones . What " cool things " could Bauer be denote to ?

George RR Martinhas teased Arya Stark ’s direwolf Nymeria ’s " important " role in the concluding two books . “ You know , I do n’t care to give things out , ” he​saidin a 2014 interview , add , “ You do n’t hang up a giant wolf pack on the wall unless you designate to employ it . ” Though the show could always not come after Martin ’s plans , Ghost could decidedly team up with Nymeria , should Jon and Arya reunite to fight down alongside each other .

accord to writer Bryan Cogman , Ghost was conjecture to be in season seven , but the scene had to be cut because they did n’t have the budget . " There was a bit here where Jon came out of the crypt , and Ghost come up to him and [ Jon pet ] him and said , ' Take care of [ Sansa ] , watch out over her for me . ' But I guess those direwolves are expensive . I hazard it got cut . Oh , well . Ghost is there somewhere roaming around , " he​shared .

Clearly , Ghost ’s absence has n’t been because of a lack of grandness . IfGame of Thronesis going to get him back , it ’s likely for something major , probably with Nymeria at his side . We ca n’t waitress to see how it all goes down when the final time of year premieres in​the first halfof next year .