The first trailer for HBO’s Game Of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon has finally swooped down from the heavens to bathe us in its glorious fire.
War was brewing between the Black and the Green when Season 1 came to its bloody, tragic end, and more blood and flame and tragedy await us in Season 2.
The trailer is an epic return to Westeros as we find ourselves among a House divided. The Targaryen line has shattered into two warring factions. Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and her children gather their strength at the Red Keep.
Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and her uncle/husband Daemon (Matt Smith) brood over their revenge at Dragonstone. Alicent’s son Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) accidentally killed Rhaenyra’s son, Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault) when he lost control of his massive, ancient dragon Vhagar.
“The war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will eventually ascend the throne,” says Alicent in the trailer.
“There is no war so hateful to the gods,” Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) warns her niece, Rhaenyra, “as a war between kin and no war so bloody as a war between dragons.”
Check it out:
House of the Dragon takes place a hundred years before the events of Game Of Thrones and details the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of Dragons. It’s led by showrunner Ryan Condal. The fantasy series will return to HBO and Max this coming summer, though an actual date has yet to be specified.
The series also stars Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, the scheming hand of the king; Paddy Considine as the tragically beneficent King Viserys I Targaryen; Tom Glynn-Carney as his son, King Aegon II Targaryen; Fabien Frankel as the vile Ser Criston Cole; Steve Toussaint as the Sea Snake, Corlys Velaryon; Matthew Needham as the creepy Larys Strong and many others.
Here are some new images of the second season as well:
Aemond Targaryen
The Sea Snake
Otto and Alicent
Queen Alicent
Princess Rhaenyra
You can read my Season 1 finale here. I also have a new fantasy book suggestion for fans of Game Of Thrones and Lord Of The Rings, which you can read about here.
Check out my discussion of the new trailer in the video below:
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