The final season of “Game of Thrones” is less than a month away and HBO just shared a new image that combines two of the show’s most important images.
On Thursday morning, the show’s Instagram account posted a new, very subtle, video clip. At first glance, it’s clearly the Iron Throne — the seat of power in King’s Landing made up of thousands of swords from vanquished enemies.
However, upon closer inspection, it is much more. At the bottom of the image are two eyes — the fiery, shimmering golden eyes of a dragon. And its long pupils are the only things that move within the video.
Is this an amalgam of both the coveted throne and one of Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) children hinting at something? Or merely toying with fans who just love to theorize as to how the beloved show is going to draw to a close? Perhaps the image is challenging the concept that the Iron Throne is the most coveted seat in the land — after all, there is no safer or more powerful position than riding on the back of one of the three fire-breathing dragons.
And if this is the case, it comes with its own eerie chill. As fans know, where once there were three dragons doing the bidding of Daenerys and Jon Snow (Kit Harington), and now there are only two: Drogon and Rhaegal. Viserion was killed and reanimated by the Night King.
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