Well, that escalated quickly. If you’ve seen the House Of The Dragon Season 3 premiere, you’ll know that the Targaryen civil war has taken yet another turn for the disastrous courtesy of a legendary naval bloodbath known as the Battle Of The Gullet. (And, if you haven’t seen the Season 3 premiere, stop reading here.) A waterborne face-off between the Sea Snake, Lord Corlys – fighting on behalf of Rhaenyra Targaryen – and Sharako Lohar and the Triarchy – on behalf of Alicent Hightower – ended in total devastation. And things are only going to get deadlier from here.
A new trailer has arrived, teasing what’s to come in the rest of this season – and the Dance Of The Dragons is going to rapidly escalate in the wake of (LAST SPOILER WARNING) Rhaenyra losing her firstborn son Jacaerys in the battle. Watch it here:
As showrunner Ryan Condal told Empire recently, post-Gullet is where the Targaryen civil war enters total freefall. Safe to say, Rhaenyra wants payback for yet another crushing personal loss; Rhaena has some explaining to do for what happened with Sheepstealer amid the battle; James Norton’s incoming Ormund Hightower is about to make some major power plays; the charred Aegon wants to settle scores with his psychopathic little brother Aemond; and it looks like King’s Landing might be in for an invasion. It’s a tantalising tease at what’s to come. And how’s this for a banger Rhaenyra line: “I will never have justice. But what crumbs of it may be snatched, I will devour.” Chills!
There’s plenty to come, then, in the next seven episodes of Season 3 – and with Season 4 confirmed to be the show’s last, the Targaryen dynasty’s days are numbered. Take cover.