House Of The Dragon Trailer Reveals New Footage of Bloody Battles Ahead

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A new trailer for House of the Dragon teases bloody battles and more dragon action in the weeks ahead as the fight for the Iron Throne intensifies. Acting as a spinoff from the wildly successful Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon chronicles the events of the Targaryen Civil War and takes place hundreds of years before HBO's first foray into the world of Westeros. The show, which sees Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik serve as showrunners, has already proven to be a hit for the network, boasting the highest viewership of any series premiere in HBO history.

House of the Dragon aired its first episode last week, boasting a number of elements that will feel familiar to fans, but many that are vastly different. The show features a brand-new cast of characters, including King Viserys (Paddy Considine), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), and Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alock). While the cast may be new, House of the Dragon certainly features the same levels of sex and violence that Game of Thrones became known for. Now, a new trailer teases that the violence will only continue in the weeks ahead.

A trailer posted by the official House of the Dragon Twitter account suggests that the battle for the Iron Throne will only intensify in the episodes to come. The trailer teases a number of huge battle sequences in the weeks ahead, with bloody sword-fighting made even more intense with the inclusion of dragons breathing fire from above. Check out the new trailer below:

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The first episode of HBO's newest medieval fantasy series featured several fight scenes, but all were contained within the walls of a sporting arena as knights jousted and, eventually, fought to the death. The new House of the Dragon trailer, however, teases that the action will soon spread beyond the walls of King's Landing as large forces collide in several brutal battles, including one particularly bloody sequence on a beach. The exact context of these battles will surely be made clear in the weeks to come, but the premiere episode already established the ruthless ambition of Smith's Daemon and the conflict brewing between him and Viserys.

Game of Thrones didn't feature any major battle sequences in its first season, with action scenes mostly taking the form of smaller skirmishes and one-on-one sword fights. House of the Dragon, by contrast, already seems to be taking after later seasons of Game of Thrones, where epic battles, like the Battle of the Bastards, were more commonplace. It remains to be seen how the conflicts between Targaryen family members will continue to manifest themselves and what threats may exist beyond the walls of King's Landing, but fans are evidently in for an exciting batch of House of the Dragon episodes to come.