Warning: This post contains spoilers for Dragon House Season 1.
A “bloody” war is coming to Westeros.
The first teaser for the second season of HBO The house of the dragon dismissed on Saturday, sparking a brutal and merciless war between the Targaryens and the Hightowers.
The action-packed teaser brought several familiar faces back to the screen — including Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) and Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) — as the tension between the two former best friends they peaked after the devastating finale of the first season.
Season 2 picks up after the tragic — and war-igniting — death of Rhaenyra’s son, Prince Lucerys “Luke” Velaryon (Elliot Grihault), at the hands of Alicent’s son, Prince Aemond (Ewan Mitchell). Luke and his dragon fell to their deaths after the prince’s two dragons clashed, and the news of her son’s death — as well as the tragic miscarriage she suffered in the same episode — made Rhaenyra, who seemed more eager for peace than war after his father’s death, he craves blood.
In the teaser, Princess Rhaenys (Eve Best) warns Rhaenyra of what’s to come as tensions rise between her and Alicent.
“There is no war so hateful to the gods as war between kin,” Rhaenys says as various clips from the season play out, including some intense battlefield footage. “And there is no war as bloody as a war between dragons.”
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Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2.
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Alicent, whose son, Aegon II, ascended the throne after the death of King Viserys in the season one finale, against the late king’s wishes, has a slightly different perspective as the war rages around her.
“A war will be fought, many will die, and the victor will ascend to the throne in the end,” she says during the teaser, hinting at the harsh and brutal mindset she’ll have as she counsels her son, the cantankerous new king, about the battle.
Her father, however, admits guilt as he says at one point in the teaser that “mistakes were made in the hours following the death of King Viserys.”
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Olivia Cooke in Season 2 of HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’.
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The teaser, which premiered at the CCXP convention in Brazil, shows other moments from the upcoming season that include a revenge-seeking Daemon fighting mercilessly, Prince Aemond eyeing the Iron Throne and, of course, plenty of giant dragons.
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The Game of Thrones the prequel series became an instant hit after airing in fall 2022, giving HBO its biggest series premiere ever, with 9.99 million viewers on HBO and HBO Max.
The second season of the series — which tells about the fall of House Targaryen, about 200 years ago GoTDaenerys Targaryen is vying for the throne herself – she was given the green light before the second episode of the first season had even aired.
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Matt Smith in Season 2 of HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’.
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Series co-creator Ryan Condal previously said Entertainment Weekly that Season 1 set the stage for an even more intense Season 2.
“The first season was setting the table for a very bloody feast,” he said after the season one finale. “The reason I really wanted to spend our time doing this is because I wanted everyone to understand who all these characters are and the long history that they had behind them – behind their fathers and their grandfathers – that got us to this point where they ended up in a civil war against each other.”
The premiere of the new season is in the summer of 2024, according to the new trailer. 1st season The house of the dragon can be streamed in full on HBOMax.
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