True Blood Season 7 Spoilers: Meet Bill Compton's parents

The HBO series True Blood will begin its final season on Sunday, June 22 at 9 p.m. Eastern. The show has just 10 episodes left in its run, but fans will still get to meet some new characters along the way.

The "Spoiler Chat" column at E! Online reveals the final season will introduce, via flashbacks, Bill Compton's (Stephen Moyer) parents:

"Andrea: I'm going to not make a bad vampire pun in hopes of you answering me this: What the heck is going on with Bill Compton? Last season on True Blood he was so ... yeah.
We're going back in time to meet Bill's parents, William Compton Sr. and Margaret Compton in 1855. We'll also see Caroline Compton (Shannon Lucio) give birth to one of Bill's kids in the 1850s. And in the present, get ready to meet Brigette, a smokin' hot...microbiologist."

And let's not forget the following piece from the "Ask Ausiello" column at TVLine, which states that a mysterious new character could appear as early as the premiere episode:

"Will we meet any new villains during True Blood's final season? -Tom
Ausiello: Funny you should ask. Last week, the show put out a casting call for the cryptic-sounding menace, 'The Figure.' He's described as 'scary, hulking, ugly, mean and crafty... like Leatherface or Jason Voorhees, but this guy talks.' Curiously, this Figure dude will appear in the season premiere - an episode that (presumably) finished shooting more than two months ago."

What do you expect from Bill's parents? What about Bill himself in this final season? Let us know in the comments below.