Game of Thrones season 6: HBO releases 26 new images

Arya is now a blind assassin

Game of Thrones fans hit the motherload this morning as HBO and Sky Atlantic released a batch of stills from the upcoming season 6.

It seems they're keeping the new characters under wraps, but there's a lot we can glean with regards to what those we already know are up to.

As expected, Arya Stark is now blind, while her sister Sansa appears to be alive and well following her leap from the walls of Winterfell.

It all looks pretty tense between Jaime and Cersei, and over in Meereen Tyrion and Varys seem to have a handle on matters.

Perhaps just to throw more fuel on that never-ending debate, Jon Snow is conspicuously absent from the images despite having featured on the season 6 poster.

Game of Thrones season 6 arrives on HBO on 24 April, being simulcast in the UK on Sky Atlantic.