When "Game of Thrones" season five wrapped up, all people seemed to want to talk about is the death of Kit Harrington's character Jon Snow.
But DeObia Oparei, who plays Dorne's formidable fighter Areo Hotah in the series thinks that people should also be concerned about the fate of Trystane Martell (played by Toby Sebastian), especially now that his betrothed Myrcella Baratheon (Nell Tiger Free) has just been murdered and he is on his way to King's Landing with her father Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
Viewers all know that her death was caused by Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma), who has been hell-bent on seeking revenge on the Lannisters after the brutal death of her lover Oberyn Martell. But even though he is innocent, that does not mean Jamie, especially his sister Cersei will not blame Trystane for her death.
"He is on the boat there with a poisoned Myrcella," Oparei told Zap2it. "What are they going to do with him? Are they going to kill him? Are they going to take him back to King's Landing and kill him? What's going to happen to him, and then how does that impact Dorne? Is there going to be war, because our boy's on that boat sailing into danger? So for me, I think that's a really great question."
Oparei does not know yet what will happen to his character in season six, although he will be back to film more scenes as Doran Martell's (Alexander Siddig) captain of the guards with co-stars Varma, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jessica Henwick.
"I'm hearing rumors on the grapevine from other actors, but that's about it," Oparei said about next season's storyline. "Jessica's got all the gossip."
In a show filled with shocking deaths and twists, Oparei strongly believes that even though he only has a small role, that does not mean that his character should already be dismissed as unimportant.
"I've seen people come into the show, they just shoot for one week, and you look at the season and that storyline is the most memorable," he said. "It's not often about quantity with this show because they set such incredible escapades that the most memorable thing in the whole season could be one or two scenes with a character that was only in one episode. That doesn't worry me that much, but there is a sense of walking on a tight rope on 'Game of Thrones.'"
What Oparei is pretty excited about in season six is that his character will be making use of an axe. "I'm excited for what's to come up but that axe, it's such a number in itself," he shared. "It requires really great choreography. As an actor, I hope that that's going to be utilized in the new season."
