--- description: Arya Stark will engage in a new kind of "training" this season, according to actress Maisie Williams. title: Arya Will Get New Training in 'Game of Thrones' on Sunday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5701f1b49610a8e0/6987ea4c55a859a655a897b8/game-of-thrones-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arya Will Get New Training in _Game of Thrones_ on Sunday  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2015 6:36 PM CUT  Maisie Williams as Arya Stark. Maisie Williams as Arya Stark.Macall B. Polay—HBO  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2015 6:36 PM CUT Arya Stark is coming back in this week’s episode of _Game of Thrones_, and this time she’s far from Westeros. In the season 4 finale, Arya had boarded a ship bound for Braavos, and actress Maisie Williams says it was time for a change of scenery for her character. “She knows it’s the right decision to make, and she had been putting it off,” Williams [told Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/17/game-thrones-arya-return?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined"). “She’s on a ship to somewhere new, somewhere she’s completely unfamiliar with. She’s ultimately trying to find release of her former self.” And this season, Williams also says Arya will embark on some new kind of training (EW and Williams kept the term vague to avoid spoilers). “She’s not treated amazingly,” Williams said. “It’s a form of training she’s not familiar with, and she doesn’t know why she’s doing \[it\]. One thing that frustrates her is, she’s a very logical person and she can’t understand how her training relates to her ultimate goal. And her attitude frustrates a lot of people.” _Game of Thrones_ airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO. \[[_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/17/game-thrones-arya-return?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3827018/game-of-thrones-arya-stark/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3827018/game-of-thrones-arya-stark/"},"headline":"Arya Will Get New Training in Game of Thrones on Sunday","datePublished":"2015-04-17T18:36:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:29:27.168Z","description":"She ended season 4 on a ship bound for Braavos","url":"https://time.com/3827018/game-of-thrones-arya-stark/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5701f1b49610a8e0/6987ea4c55a859a655a897b8/game-of-thrones-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5701f1b49610a8e0/6987ea4c55a859a655a897b8/game-of-thrones-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-12","caption":"Maisie Williams as Arya Stark.","creditText":"Macall B. Polay—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/3827018/game-of-thrones-arya-stark/","name":"Arya Will Get New Training in Game of Thrones on Sunday"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3827018/game-of-thrones-arya-stark/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3827018/game-of-thrones-arya-stark/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```