House of the Dragon Season 3 Trailer: 8 Biggest Takeaways

HBO released the first teaser for season 3, picking up after a divisive season 2 that left the Seven Kingdoms at war. Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen prepares to retake King's Landing after Alicent Hightower secretly visits Dragonstone and, in the show, offers to open the gates and surrender the capital.

Rhaenyra tells her inner circle, "Alicent came to Dragonstone... She will open the gates of the Red Keep and surrender to me," though the trailer also shows Green soldiers drawing swords in the Iron Throne room, suggesting the transfer may not be peaceful. Daeron Targaryen will march to support King Aegon, having been raised in Oldtown and recently mounted the dragon Tessarion; the trailer gives a glimpse of that dragon and of James Norton’s Lord Ormund Hightower leading Hightower forces.

On the opposing side, Daemon Targaryen’s war presence is underscored by his dragon Caraxes and his voiceover urging Rhaenyra, "You are the queen of dragons.

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