With the trailer for House of the Dragon, get a closer look at the characters in the ten-episode HBO Original drama, based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood series. Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon tells the story of House Targaryen.

As we earlier reported, Wil Johnson will play Ser Vaemond Velaryon, younger brother to Coryls Velaryon (Sea Snake) and commander in the Velaryon navy. Children of the Sea Snake and Rhaenys Targaryen will be played by John Macmillan as Ser Laenor Velaryon, Savannah Steyn plays Lady Laena Velayron and Theo Nate as Ser Laenor Velaryon.

Paddy Considine is King Viserys Targaryen, the successor of King Jaehaerys Targaryen to sit upon the Iron Throne of Westeros. His firstborn, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), is a dragon rider, while his younger brother, Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), is heir to the throne.

House of the Dragon will premiere on Sunday, August 21 on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.

See the characters below:

• Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  Chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, at the Great Council at Harrenhal. A warm, kind, and decent man, Viserys only wishes to carry forward his grandfather’s legacy. But good men do not necessarily make for great kings.

• Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  Mysaria came to Westeros with nothing and was sold more times than she can recall. She could have wilted... but instead she rose to become the most trusted -- and most unlikely -- ally of Prince Daemon Targaryen, the heir to the throne.

• Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  Lord of House Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline as old as House Targaryen. As “The Sea Snake,” the most famed nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world.
• Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  The Hand of the King, Ser Otto loyally and faithfully serves both his king and his realm. As the Hand sees it, the greatest threat to the realm is the king’s brother, Daemon, and his position as heir to the throne.

• Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  Younger brother to King Viserys and heir to the throne. A peerless warrior and a dragonrider, Daemon possesses the true blood of the dragon. But it is said that whenever a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air…

• Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  The king’s first-born child, she is of pure Valyrian blood, and she is a dragonrider. Many would say that Rhaenyra was born with everything… but she was not born a man.
• Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  Of Dornish descent, the common-born son of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven. Cole has no claim to land or titles; all he has to his name is his honor and his preternatural skill with a sword.

• Milly Alcock as Young Rhaenyra, Emily Carey as Young Alicent in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  She's the king’s first-born child, of pure Valyrian blood, and she is a dragonrider. Many would say that Rhaenyra was born with everything… but she was not born a man.

• Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  The daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms. She was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen.
• Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  Lord of House Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline as old as House Targaryen. As “The Sea Snake,” the most famed nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world.

• Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower in HBO’s House of the Dragon

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  The daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms. She was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a keen political acumen.

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