HBO has revealed yet another new teaser for Game of Thrones' eighth and final season, and without showing a single character's face, the preview manages to foreshadow a lot of potential doom and gloom for fan favorites.
Against the backdrop of a war-leveled Winterfell, we see a series of familiar props that flash by in sequence like a warning.
The Stark sigil flag is in tatters. There's a forlorn direwolf statue. The pin of the Hand, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), is abandoned among the ransacked holding cells. Arya's (Maisie Williams) Needle is planted in an abandoned hall. Lyanna's feather floats in the icy breeze. Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright)'s wheelchair is overturned and covered in snow.
Even Jaime's (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) gold hand is being buried in the residual flurries -- which should all but remove any doubt that he'll fight on the side of the "good guys" -- and Daenerys Targaryen's (Emilia Clarke) three-headed dragon chain has become a cold decoration for a broken carriage wheel.
Last but not least, we see Jon Snow's (Kit Harington) beloved Longclaw lying atop a few drops of blood as a shadowy figure emerges in the distant entryway. Is that the Night King, coming to savor the spoils of his victory, or could that be Jon himself returning to retrieve his trusty arm? Either way, if this is any indication of the body count ahead in the final season, to borrow a phrase from Ghost, woof.
We'll find out when Game of Thrones Season 8 premieres Sunday. April 14 at 9/8c on HBO.
