Fire and Ice Collide in Game of Thrones Season Eight Teaser

HBO has released the first teaser trailer for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. You can see the teaser below, which depicts the creeping cold icing over the North (assumedly the Night King), including a House Stark dire wolf, while flames (House Targaryen, anyone?) engulfs the south including a Lannister lion. When the two forces combine, the results are explosive.

At the end of last season, Daenerys’ (Emilia Clarke) dragons and her immense army were finally on the way to Westeros, where Cersei (Lena Headey) has now become Queen after the death of her children. The Night King’s (Vladimir Furdik in Season 6) army is heading south, and a battle appears to be imminent.

The final season will premiere in April 2019 on HBO.