Here there be dragons — and death! 'Game of Thrones' final season trailer brings ultimate war to Westeros
Winter has arrived in Westeros, and with it … a storm of swords. The final battle between the continent’s warm-blooded population and the icy invaders is nigh, and none of your favorite characters are safe. That’s the general thrust of HBO’s latest trailer for the final season of Game of Thrones, which is big on war imagery. Ships packed with soldiers sail the high seas, dragons soar in the skies overhead and giant armies assemble in castle courtyards, waiting for the moment when they can cry havoc and let slip the Direwolves of war. (Watch the trailer above.)
And how do we know that the final season’s casualty count will be high? Because Arya Stark — who carries Westeros’s most famous kill list — tells us so. The two-minute teaser opens with the youngest Stark daughter speaking about her up-close-and-personal experience with Death. “He’s got many faces,” the Faceless Men-trained assassin muses. “I look forward to seeing this one.”
Many on Twitter are concerned Arya’s comments might mean that she herself will be shuffling off this mortal coil, but hopefully not before taking more than a few guilty parties along with her.
dont die aryaaa pic.twitter.com/3X1pNzP4S3
— JunkForUs (@syabiq_) March 5, 2019
Arya 😭 #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/QT83drd3OO
— GoT Photos (@PhotosGoT) March 5, 2019
Plz Don’t Kill Arya / Jaime Both are my favourite 😭😭#GameofThronespic.twitter.com/r8hlkp5Pt5
— Jai (@JiguJiguJa) March 5, 2019
Death will have a strong presence at Winterfell, where Arya and her surviving Stark siblings — Sansa and Jon Snow, along with his lover/aunt Daenerys — are currently waiting to stop the oncoming horde of White Walkers. As Entertainment Weekly recently revealed, this battle is going to set a new record for on-camera warfare, exceeding the 40-minute runtime of the climactic fight in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
THE BATTLE FOR WINTERFELL IS ABOUT TO BE INTENSE #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/MPVEd5w2pf
— josie (@emiliaheards) March 5, 2019
THE BATTLE AT WINTERFELL IS ABOUT TO BE THE BEST MOMENT IN CINEMATIC HISTORY #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/hmvOmhgtet
— lya (@ladyofvaIyria) March 5, 2019
By the way, you know who else is at Winterfell? Robert Baratheon’s bastard son, Gendry, who has his own claim to the throne. Eagle-eyed viewers immediately noticed his presence, as well as his newly-ripped appearance.
GENDRY IN WINTERFELL
GENDRY IN WINTERFELL
GENDRY IN WINTERFELL
GENDRY IN WINTERFELL
GENDRY IN WINTERFELL
GENDRY IN WINTERFELL#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/ncUcnQivlY— Caitlyn || Gotham spoilers (@nygmariddles) March 5, 2019
Gendry hive our time has come! #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/uiddcwOjH2
— sydney scott (@sydneymscott) March 5, 2019
GENDRY IS COMING FOR HIS THRONE 🗣 #GameOfThrones
— mimi. (@KNJINNIE) March 5, 2019
i know everyone’s like “this is a cersei stan account now” or “this is an arya stan account now,” but i’d like to take the road less traveled and say: this is a gendry’s chest muscles stan account now. #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/5twkwpOGpk
— Emma Thorne (@ewthor) March 5, 2019
But the real stars of the trailer are, of course, the dragons. Even though poor Viserion has been forcibly recruited to the icy side, Daenerys’s two remaining kids — Drogon and Rhaegal — are patrolling the airspace above the Stark refuge, keeping their mom and cousin safe. As The Hollywood Reporter noted, it’s sure looking like Jon will get to take his first dragon ride, thus fulfilling the House Targaryen “prince who was promised” prophecy.
THE LAST TWO DRAGONS WITH THE LAST TWO DRAGONS!!! I’M EMOTIONAL #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/wE9FdovZoW
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 (@aegxnVI) March 5, 2019
ARYA AND SANSA SEEING A DRAGON FOR THE FIRST TIME I- #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/1v4t77RkRk
— fiona? (@rowanwhxtethorn) March 5, 2019
The best part of the trailer is this little snippet of a possibility that Jon (Aegon Targaryen) will ride a dragon. The Prince that was promised. ??🔥 @gameofthrones #ForTheThrone #AegonTargaryen pic.twitter.com/qGalyTDtga
— Eiei Saguin (@eieisaguin) March 5, 2019
If either one falls, we’ll finally find out what it sounds like when dragons cry.
Game of Thrones premieres April 14 at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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