--- ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Geeks Spooked by Missing Character ## Video: Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members [Watch (HLS stream): Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eMkyMYkw.m3u8) (2:12)  _Published 2014-07-25. Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 26, 2014 1:00 PM UTC  Game of Thrones Game of ThronesHelen Sloan—HBO  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 26, 2014 1:00 PM UTC HBO unveiled several new [_Game of Thrones_ cast members](http://time.com/3038171/game-of-thrones-season-5-cast/) at Comic-Con on Friday, but fans of the hit adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s book series are already upset about the exclusion of one character. In the books, Arianne Martell is the heiress to the capital city of Dorne, a kingdom in the _Game of Thrones_ universe that’s set to be an important location in the upcoming fifth season of the wildly popular HBO series. But while other members of Arianne’s family have been cast, including father Doran Martell (played by Alexander Siddig) and brother Trystane Martell (Toby Sebastian), Arianne herself hasn’t made the jump to television. It’s possible Arianne could appear in future seasons, but [as Kotaku notes](http://kotaku.com/uh-oh-game-of-thrones-might-be-omitting-a-very-importa-1611210151), the [official character bio](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/25/game-of-thrones-season-5-cast/2/) of Trystane describes _him_ as the heir to Dorne, while Ariane’s love interest, Aerys Oakheart, has also not been cast. The exclusion comes as a surprise to fans, not just because Arianne is a major player in the fantasy novels’ numerous plot twists, but also because she was a strong, complex female character in a fictional universe that doesn’t have too many of those. Game of Thrones Season 5: Where's Arianne? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3039163/game-of-thrones-arianne-season-5/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3039163/game-of-thrones-arianne-season-5/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Geeks Spooked by Missing Character","datePublished":"2014-07-26T13:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:21:44.106Z","description":"Arianne Martell is missing in latest announcement for the cast of the fifth season","url":"https://time.com/3039163/game-of-thrones-arianne-season-5/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bfb7ff71456f0c4/69869d55169ab077b527a7cf/gameofthrones14_102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bfb7ff71456f0c4/69869d55169ab077b527a7cf/gameofthrones14_102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gameofthrones14_102","caption":"Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3039163/game-of-thrones-arianne-season-5/","name":"Game of Thrones Geeks Spooked by Missing Character"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members","description":"Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eMkyMYkw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-25T21:28:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eMkyMYkw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3039163/game-of-thrones-arianne-season-5/","duration":"PT2M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3039163/game-of-thrones-arianne-season-5/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```