House of the Dragon‘s first season showed the Targaryen family’s decades long march to civil war. Now comes the fire and blood. It’s a battle HBO thinks is too big for just one trailer, so the network released two competing House of the Dragon clips to kickoff the prequel’s second season.
It’s time for everyone to choose whether they are with Rhaeynra’s blacks or Aegon’s greens.
The Dance of the Dragons is officially on. Fans of George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood book know it’s a war destined to consume the realm. But even if you don’t know how this Game of Thrones prequel ends, each House of the Dragon trailer shows just how destructive this era of House Targaryen truly became. That’s what happens when each side has plenty of dragons and plenty of hate for one another. Queen Rhaenyra has more of both than anyone after the death of her son in season one’s finale. She’s a mother in mourning and the rightful heir robbed of the Iron Throne. And she has more of the Seven Kingdom’s greatest power, the beasts known as fire made flesh.
But she’s not the only one willing to risk everything to claim her ancestor’s chair. Alicent and the greens who support her son are also ready to take to the skies as seen in their side’s season two trailer.
House of the Dragon‘s second season will mark the return of stars Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, and Olivia Cooke. Also back for a lot more fire and blood are Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Matthew Needham, and Rhys Ifans.
A lot of newcomers in important roles will join them this season. That includes Simon Russell Beale as Harrenhal castellan Ser Simon Strong. Freddie Fox plays ser Ser Gwayne Hightower. Gayle Rankin will star as the mysterious Alys Rivers. Abubakar Salim is setting saul as Alyn of Hull alongside Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull. And season two will also mark the debuts of Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh the Hammer, Tom Bennett as Ulf the White, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne.
How many of them will survive a brutal Targaryen civil war of fire and blood? We’ll find out when House of the Dragon‘s one and only second season premieres at HBO this summer on June 16.