'Sons of Anarchy' season 7: New and returning characters for anticipated final season

Sons of Anarchy season 7 will hail new characters.Facebook/SonsofAnarchy

"Sons of Anarchy" fans were clutching to their seats on the cliffhanger season 6 finale of the hit TV series and cannot wait for its seventh and final season.

Latest reports claimed that the show will introduce new characters in the next season after the show's creator Kurt Sutter killed off a majority of his protagonists in Season 6. The seventh season of "Sons of Anarchy" could be a blood bath season as a perfect way of ending the series.

The new characters include a "soldier who doesn't put up with bulls---, an imposing jail guard and Alice Johnson, an uptight sheriff with an edgy sense of humor," Sutter said.

The cast will welcome a new sheriff after Eli Roosevelt died last season. The female officer will be named Alice Johnson. TV Line described Alice as a white female in her forties. Alice will replace Sheriff Eli Roosevelt (Rockmond Dunbar), who was shot and killed by Juice (Theo Rossi) in Season 6.

Before this announcement, Sutter already revealed on his YouTube series "WTFSutter" that he was thinking of bringing back old characters from previous seasons. "[There is a] couple new characters we haven't cast yet. We're still feeling it out. Bringing back people I love to work with. Emilio (Rivera) will be back. I love that guy. And Billy Brown. I don't know if I shared this. Robert Patrick, we had him on last season for a little cameo. I dig Robert. He's a real-life biker. We're going to try and spin a little story around him. So, that's a little bit of news," he said in his YouTube series.

Sutter also confirmed that David Labrava, Niko Nicotera and Drea DeMatteo will make a comeback in Season 7 as series regulars. Sutter also revealed that Season 7 or tying up the loose ends of the series is the most challenging in terms of storyline as well as with entangled emotions from various characters.

"Sons of Anarchy" season 7 will air on September 17.