The third season of “House of the Dragon” will see Rhaenyra Targaryen retake King's Landing, but the war is far from over.
HBO on Friday released the final trailer for the next season of its epic fantasy, showing brutal battles, lots of dragons and the Targaryen queen returning to the capital of the Seven Kingdoms to claim the Iron Throne.
“I see you've been merciful,” Alicent Hightower (played by Olivia Cooke) tells her childhood friend (Emma D'Arcy) in the clip. “But the crown is a crushing weight. You will do things that will mean death for everyone involved.”
And if the trailer is any indication, there will be plenty of bloodshed in season 3.
The second season of “House of the Dragon” ended with Rhaenyra and Alicent plotting for the former to take King's Landing with minimal resistance in exchange for the latter's freedom. Unfortunately, Alicent's promised tribute, her son, King Aegon II, has fled his castle, so things won't go exactly as planned.
After a slow second season, a higher-octane season 3 will begin with the highly anticipated Battle of Gullet, a fight at sea considered one of the bloodiest and most violent confrontations in the history of Westeros. “House of the Dragon” showrunner Ryan Condal recently told Entertainment Weekly that the premiere is “possibly the craziest episode of television ever made.”
The new trailer shows that everyone will be affected by the consequences. According to the images, what awaits Rhaenyra during her reign are fearful subjects, scheming enemies, sleepless nights and a lot of anguish.
“In a war, everyone suffers,” Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) says in the trailer.
The third season of “House of the Dragon” will premiere on June 21.
