If you break out your copy of A Song of Ice and Fire, you'll probably notice that Arya's direwolf Nymeria was named after Princess Nymeria of Dorne, a warrior-queen who led the Rhoynar refugees from Essos to Dorne a thousand years ago. It's no secret that Arya is a warrior in her own right, proving her sword-wielding skills and her ability to be literally anyone because she's just that badass. Now that she's going off to travel beyond Westeros into uncharted territory, Arya is even more like the original Nymeria than ever before.