Bran Stark returns in “Game of Thrones” season 6 photo

PanARMENIAN.Net - Bran Stark is here. Following confirmation that he's returning in season 6 of "Game of Thrones" after being absent in the whole fifth season, the son of Ned Stark is featured in a new photo from the upcoming installment, AceShowbiz said.

As seen in the image making its way out via EW, Bran, played by now 16-year-old Isaac Hempstead-Wright, has grown a lot since fans last saw of him in season 4 finale. He sports a new haircut and rides a horse, possibly leaving the cave where he's supposed to receive training from the Three-Eyed Raven (Max von Sydow).

Season 6 of "Thrones" will also bring back Bran's half brother Jon Snow (Kit Harington), who was stabbed by members of the Night's Watch in the fifth season finale. Sophie Turner, meanwhile, was coy when asked whether her character Sansa survived after she jumped off a high castle wall. "I can't tell you [what would happen to Sansa,]" she said on the red carpet of Emmy Awards in September, "but it would be nice if something cushions her fall. She may not have broken legs."

"Thrones" will return with the new season in spring 2016. The show recently topped the list of the most pirated TV shows in 2015, according to TorrentFreak. The fifth season finale of the hit HBO series was illegally downloaded 14.4 million times, twice more than an episode of "The Walking Dead" which places second on the list. It marks the fourth year in a row the medieval drama nabs the honor.