"Have you ever imagined yourself on the Iron Throne?"
With King Viserys (Paddy Considine) dead, it's nearly time for the Dance of the Dragons to begin, and it looks like next week's episode will finally see Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) make her fateful decision that will kickstart the long-awaited Targaryen Civil War and essentially damn everyone involved.
As the promo reveals, we'll see her make an executive decision - with her father Otto (Rhys Ifans) and Criston Cole's (Fabien Frankel) backing - to place her eldest son Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) on the Iron Throne, under the false pretense that it was Viserys last wish.
We won't get into spoilers on what happens in the immediate aftermath, but we will say that Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy), who is away on Dragonstone expecting the birth of her sixth child, and Daemon (Matt Smith) are going to be less than thrilled when the learn of the treacherous news. So, gear up everyone, it's time for war!
Check out the new preview for episode nine, titled "The Green Council," below:
Season One features Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans, with Milly Alcock, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Emily Carey, Harry Collett, Ryan Corr, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Graham McTavish, Ewan Mitchell, Theo Nate, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Phia Saban, Gavin Spokes, and Savannah Steyn.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen.