--- title: Game of Thrones: Arya May Be Blind, Says Maisie Williams description: The 18-year-old actor has some serious concerns about the fate of her character in the wake of the fifth season finale. canonical: https://time.com/3928700/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-19T18:16:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:22:26.166Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Maisie Williams is worried about the next season of 'Game of Thrones' og:description: Arya Stark might be in some real trouble og:url: https://time.com/3928700/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9436d4e68eaf08bd/698854a5524fc076fcdf31fb/arya-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: arya-game-of-thrones og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maisie Williams is worried about the next season of 'Game of Thrones' twitter:description: Arya Stark might be in some real trouble twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9436d4e68eaf08bd/698854a5524fc076fcdf31fb/arya-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Maisie Williams is Worried About the Next Season of _Game of Thrones_ by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Jun 19, 2015 6:16 PM UTC  Helen Sloan—HBO by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Jun 19, 2015 6:16 PM UTC **Spoilers for the fifth season of** **_Game of Thrones_** **follow:** When last we saw Arya Stark in the fifth season finale of _Game of Thrones_, she was screaming her head off because her vision was rapidly disappearing. There’s been much speculation amongst fans of the show about whether the condition would be permanent, but Maisie Williams, the 18-year-old actor who plays Arya, already appears to have an answer. “Somebody on the street will go, ‘Oh, you’re going blind,’”[ she told _EW_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/19/game-thrones-arya-blind?xid=IFT-Trending)_._ “And I wanted to keep them guessing. I love keeping everything a surprise. So I’m always like, ‘Am I? Oh my God! Did I not get the memo?’” Her loss of vision was a punishment from Jaqen H’ghar after Arya took the life of Meryn Trant—a life that Jaqen claims belonged not to Arya but to the Many-Faced God. If the penalty sticks, it could spell serious trouble for the Faceless Men’s new apprentice—and for Williams’ daily preparation. “I don’t want to wear these crazy contacts for the rest of my time on _Thrones_!” she said. [Read the entire interview at _EW.com._](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/19/game-thrones-arya-blind) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3928700/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3928700/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya/"},"headline":"Maisie Williams is Worried About the Next Season of Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2015-06-19T18:16:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:22:26.166Z","description":"Will Arya Stark's punishment for defying the Many-Faced God be permanent?","url":"https://time.com/3928700/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9436d4e68eaf08bd/698854a5524fc076fcdf31fb/arya-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9436d4e68eaf08bd/698854a5524fc076fcdf31fb/arya-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"arya-game-of-thrones","caption":"","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/3928700/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya/","name":"Maisie Williams is Worried About the Next Season of Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```