Fire and blood will rule us all soon enough. On Wednesday, HBO unveiled the premiere date for the highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. But that’s not all — we have new cast images ripe for obsession!

The 10-episode fantasy epic will also stream on HBO Max. Author George R.R. Martin‘s Fire & Blood serves as the blueprint for this series, set 200 years before the events in Game of Thrones. We get a peek behind the curtain at a time when House Targaryen ruled Westeros with, you guessed it, fire and blood.

In addition, the show will chronicle the Targaryen civil war, “Dance of Dragons.” 

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HBO released three promotional images revealing the show’s premiere date. We see three eggs with three dragons sporting smoldering gazes. Each egg boasts a crack on a different side, with fire seemingly seeping out. The trick of the light makes you believe these eggs are varying colors, but they appear to be greenish-black in hue. 

I think this represents the three dragonriders from when Aegon I Targaryen invaded Westeros with his two sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys (also his wives), on three dragons: Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes. 

House of the Dragon stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel and Rhys Ifans. Check out the promo photos below to get the premiere date!

Emma D'Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the Game of Thrones prequel

Pictured: Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole

Pictured: Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Gary Moyes/HBO

Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra Targaryen and Emily Carey as young Alicent Hightower

Pictured: Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra Targaryen and Emily Carey as young Alicent Hightower in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in Game of Thrones prequel

Pictured: Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen

Pictured: Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

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Pictured: Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

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Pictured: Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon and Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen

Pictured: Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO

Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria

Pictured: Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria. Photo credit: Ollie Upton/HBO.

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Are you ready for fire and blood when House of the Dragon premieres on Sunday, August 21? Sound off in the comments!

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