George R.R. Martin cautions viewers about shocking deaths in Game of Thrones Season 5

Game of Thrones fans have probably learned by now not to feel too safe in terms of what to expect on the show even if they have read the books on which the hugely popular series is based. And it sounds like they should be geared up for even more shocks when the show returns for Season 5 this month.

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“Everybody better be on their toes,” author George R. R. Martin warned Game of Thrones fans in comments made at the Writers Guild Awards in February. Martin, who wrote the novels, elaborated that, “people are going to die who don’t die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy. [Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss] are even bloodier than I am.”

Similarly, Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa, told The Huffington Post that her character’s “super traumatic” scene in Season 5 will be “perhaps even more shocking” than the infamous Red Wedding from Season 3.

Season 5, comprised of 10 episodes, is expected to adapt material from the fourth and fifth novels in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series: A Feast for Crows and A Dance With Dragons.

Game of Thrones Season 5 airs Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO beginning April 12.

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Sophie Turner, Aidan Gillen — Photo: Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO