The new trailer of ‘House of the Dragon’ is, if nothing, a sign that diplomacy is dead in Westeros. The burning preview of season 3 does not take long to take the audience back to a world divided in two.
The next season, as the teaser suggests, will not only portray a split House Targaryen, it will disembowel it before our eyes. And when the sun is blackened by dragons, there is one thing that becomes clear: when Targaryens go to war, they take the kingdom with them.
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The Targaryens are no longer circling around each other with silent threats and political intrigues; they are going to war. Steel clashes, dragons roar, and the skies burn in what looks like the bloodiest chapter yet of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel. The tagline is self-explanatory: “From Fire Comes Darkness“. And the video is leaning into that promise.
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We see dragonriders flying into battle lines, troops standing on the ramparts of castles, and brief bursts of chaos that hint at the fact that the civil war that has been brewing for so long is finally boiling over. The scale feels noticeably larger this time around, with more armies, more aerial combat, and more destruction raining from above. It’s not just tension anymore; it’s total annihilation.
One of the biggest takeaways? The huge battle scene that was planned to be in Season 2 is in the limelight. Following the cut in the number of episodes in the last season to eight, the fans were anticipating a promised spectacle. Season 3 appears to be poised to give that payoff.
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The teaser also comes to an interesting point in the franchise. Westeros is flourishing in several seasons, with ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ about to premiere its first season finale.
It is the first time that there are two ‘Game of Thrones’ projects being aired in a single year, a feat that indicates that HBO is confident in the world that George R. R. Martin has created once again.
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In the meantime, there is buzz about the new stage production, ‘Game of Thrones: The Mad King’, which will explore the Tourney at Harrenhal and the beginnings of Robert’s rebellion. Westeros is not only back, but it is growing.
However, Season 3 of House of the Dragon seems to be the jewel of this moment. The trailer is full of confidence even in the face of reported creative differences between Martin and showrunner Ryan Condal.
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