5 details you might have missed in Sunday's 'Game of Thrones' premiere

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Warning: Spoilers ahead if you have not watched Sunday's "Game of Thrones" episode.

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Season six of "Game of Thrones" kicked off Sunday evening, with a jam-packed episode titled "The Red Woman." Major plots twists aside, there were several subtle moments that may have gone unnoticed by fans. 

We're here to bring those details to light, and provide some extra backstory to the episode. 

Scroll down for a look at the five things you probably missed.

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Ramsay's hounds went missing after Brienne swooped in to save the day.

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The vicious hounds were standing right in front of Sansa when Brienne and Pod attacked the men, and yet we never saw any dogs die. We believe the man who was holding their leashes ran off, returning to Winterfell in order to warn Ramsay and Roose.

Brienne's vow to Sansa was word-for-word the speech she once gave Catelyn Stark.

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If the oaths exchanged between Sansa and Brienne sounded familiar, that's because it is the exact promise Brienne made to Sansa's mother in season two. The emotional response both Brienne and Sansa had to this solemn vow was heartbreaking to watch. 

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Someone was watching Tyrion and Varys in Meereen.

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As Tyrion and Varys walk through the streets of Meereen, the camera view switches and you can see the silhouette of a person watching them. Right at this moment, Tyrion says: "We can't fight an enemy we don't know."

Varys responds:"The Sons of the Harpy planned their attack in the fighting pits very carefully, which means they take orders from someone." Is that someone standing just feet away from them?

Trystane was waiting on a ship in King's Landing, painting funeral rocks.

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In the "Game of Thrones" universe, dead bodies are displayed for a wake in the Sept of Baelor. The person has painted stones placed on their eyelids. Right before he was killed, Trystane was in his cabin, and it looked like he was painting the stones to be used for Myrcella's funeral. 

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Here's an example of what the stones looked like in season five, for Tywin's wake.

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This makes Trystane's last act pretty gut-wrenching. Will the stones ever make it to Myrcella's body?

Melisandre isn't just an old lady — she's "centuries old."

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In HBO's "Inside the Episode" segment that aired right after the credits, showrunner David Benioff spoke about Melisandre. "There have been a few hints before that Melisandre is much older than she appears," he said. "[This is] going back to a very early conversation with George R.R. Martin about her: she’s supposed to be several centuries old."

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