Game Of Thrones Season 8 Trailer: 6 Big Hints (& 7 Questions We Have)

10. Cersei Gets The Golden Company

Game Of Thrones Harry Strickland
HBO

In the Season 7 finale, The Dragon and the Wolf, Euron Greyjoy fled King's Landing, under the pretence of heading back to the Iron Islands to avoid the coming threat. In reality, of course, he had planned it all out with Cersei, and actually headed to Essos to bring the Golden Company back to Westeros.

A famous (and expensive) group of sellswords, who are reportedly 20,000 men strong, they're going to be a boost to Cersei's forces, and the trailer pretty much confirms that they do indeed arrive into Cersei's employ. Not only do we see them sailing on the Iron Fleet, but we see Cersei on the docks of King's Landing, surely watching them come in, while another shot seemingly shows their leader, Harry Strickland, in the Red Keep's Great Hall.

That's going to be very handy if she only has to battle the living, but less so if and when the dead come calling.

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