House of the DragonSeason 2’s New Trailers Bring Fire and Blood

At long last , Westeros is ready to pluck itself apart in civil war ( uhhh … again , although all this happened before the last sentence it did that for us).House of the Dragonis ready to devolve , and is preparing to bring one of the mostinfamously bloody conflictsin Game of Thrones account to life .

HBO has just deteriorate a dyad of “ duel ” trailers forHouse of the Dragon ’s second season , which will see the rapidly fraying bonds between the two factions in the rule House Targaryen — one led by Rhaenyra ( Emma D’Arcy ) and Daemon ( Matt Smith ) Targaryen , the other by Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower ( Olivia Cooke ) and her sons in thewake of the passage of King Viserys(Paddy Considine)—tear aside as the stage is set for the royal sign to truly break away into the Greens and Blacks , the sides that will oppose in the devastating civil warfare know as the Dance of Dragons .

Here ’s the presentation , follow by the clips for both sides :

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We ’ve already had heap of hints in the long wait for season two — which ultimately end up filming throughout last class ’s SAG - AFTRA and WGAE strike — that wo n’t really fully delve into the Dance of Dragons , but will climax witha truly macabre plotthat to the full set the stage for the conflict , while examining the inevitable doom all these world power players face as they prepare to pull each other into spell . Suffice to say , and as per usual for the man of Westeros , we ’re going to be in for some grim stuff this season .

House of the Dragonwill comeback to HBO and Max June 16 . Which side are you on ?

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