Either way, The Golden Company will be shaking things up quite a bit before the series reaches its climax.
The threat in question has been mentioned on the show before, most notably in the final episode of season seven: when Cersei and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in a bid to attempt to defeat the oncoming threat of White Walkers, she later reveals to a distressed Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) that she plans to use this opportunity to her advantage with thanks to a mysterious group known as The Golden Company.
Earlier in the season, during an exchange with the Iron Bank’s Tycho Nestoris (Mark Gatiss), Cersei said she needed help growing her army and highlighted that Qyburn (Anton Lesser) has been making “overtures” to the Golden Company.
Rather hugely, the season seven finale revealed the true heritage of Jon Snow, as well as his real name: Aegon Targaryen – the sixth of his name.