Sent a number of centuries earlier than the occasions of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon chronicles the civil warfare that tore the ruling Targaryen household aside together with the remainder of the world of Westeros. And if this new trailer for the sequence is any indication, that warfare shall be brutal, sexist, and really, very blond.

When King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) names his first-born daughter, Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), as his successor to the Iron Throne, not all the king’s topics are down with the concept of a girl ruling the Seven Kingdoms. This consists of Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke), born of House Hightower, who bore Viserys a male inheritor who would have arguably gotten the throne by means of conventional patriarchy. Things are additional sophisticated by Viserys’ sister Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (Eve Best), who was additionally alleged to rule Westeros earlier than the crown was given to her brother, and Viserys’ brother Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), who was subsequent in line for the throne for a protracted, very long time previous to the start of Alicent’s son.

When Viserys dies, the result’s a warfare that splits Westeros in two, with some homes supporting Rhaenyra, and others combating for Alicent and her son Aegon, with all of the political maneuvering, scheming, and violence that Game of Thrones does so effectively. Check it out:

House of the Dragon additionally stars Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon, aka “The Sea Snake,” lord of a Valyrian bloodline as previous as House Targaryen, and Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King.

The present premieres August 21 on HBO and HBO Max.

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