New House of the Dragon trailer teases bloody Targaryen war in Westeros

That throne was previously glimpsed in a teaser trailer released in October 2021, which saw Matt Smith’s Prince Daemon declare: “Dreams didn’t make us Kings… dragons did,” and included snippets from a great tournament apparently involving the Tarlys.

But this trailer includes an even more detailed look at the new show, which follows House Targaryen around 200 years before the events of the main series, when they had dragons to spare and were firmly in place in King’s Landing.

"What is this brief mortal life, if not the pursuit of legacy?" we hear a voice say at the start of the trailer, before several men – Rickard Stark, Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), and Boremund Baratheon – are seen promising to be faithful to King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and his heir Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).

We then see Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (Eve Best) tell Rhaenyra that "men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne", while Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) tells his daughter Alicent (Olivia Cooke): "We play an ugly game, you have the determination to win it."

And the last words we hear are Prince Daemon's. "History does not remember blood, it remembers names," he ominously declares.

And the show has also unveiled a series of character posters, including Considine's impressive look below:

It was confirmed in March that the highly-anticipated series will begin airing on 21st August 2022.

House of the Dragon comes to HBO Max and Sky Atlantic in August 2022 – sign up for Sky TV here. For more, check out our dedicated Fantasy page or our full TV Guide.

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