House of the Dragon trailer is right here. On Thursday, HBO unveiled the primary teaser trailer for the Game of Thrones spin-off that takes place two centuries earlier than the occasions of Game of Thrones. Kicking off with King Viserys Targaryen — the Seven Kingdoms’ fifth ruler — House of the Dragon will instantly lead into the good Targaryen civil struggle famously often known as the Dance of the Dragons. There are indicators of this battle within the first House of the Dragon trailer, with Matt Smith’s Prince Daemon against the concept of Princess Rhaenyra being named as Viserys’ inheritor. There’s a few dragons and dragon eggs too. Alongside, we bought a bunch of House of the Dragon character posters too.

“What is this brief mortal life, if not the pursuit of legacy?” Lord Corlys “Sea Snake” Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) says at the beginning of the House of the Dragon trailer. As a dragon swoops over King’s Landing, the rulers of Westeros — Rickard Stark, Boremund Baratheon, and Velaryon — pledge their fealty to their new king, Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), and his named inheritor Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). But it appears Prince Daemon (Smith) takes concern with that, as a girl says: “Men would sooner put the realm to the torch, than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne.”

House of the Dragon trailer

The second half of the House of the Dragon trailer opens with Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) — the Hand of the King — who admits they play an “ugly game” and tells his daughter Lady Alicent (Olivia Cooke) that she has the “determination to win it.” Stern glances are exchanged, persons are overwhelmed up and blood flows, and finally, swords and daggers are drawn. Words from Velaryon shut out the House of the Dragon trailer, as he remarks: “History does not remember blood. It remembers names.”

In addition to Toussaint, Considine, D’Arcy, Smith, Ifans and Cooke, House of the Dragon additionally stars Eve Best as Corlys’ spouse Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as younger Rhaenyra and Alicent, Fabien Frankel as expert swordsman Ser Criston Cole, and Sonoya Mizuno as dancer and Daemon’s most trusted ally Mysaria. Ryan J. Condal and Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin are the creators of this Thrones spin-off, with Condal serving as co-showrunner with director Miguel Sapochnik.

House of the Dragon begins August 21 on HBO and HBO Max wherever obtainable, and August 22 on Disney+ Hotstar in India. All eight Game of Thrones seasons are at the moment obtainable on Disney+ Hotstar.

House of the Dragon character posters