Let’s be honest, if you haven’t yet seen Game of Thrones, you’re so far out of the pop-nerd zeitgesit that you might as well have never even heard of Breaking Bad. So I’ll be approaching this article assuming that you know what’s up on HBO’s most popular show. That means spoilers. After the character-killing events of season three, GoT’s fourth season is tasked with tracking the fallout of last season while moving the show into new territory. But even with Ned, Catelyn, and King of the North Robb Stark dead, as Jaime remarks, the war is not yet won.

This first look at the next season heavily features the Lannisters and those of us who’ve read the books know why. There’s some big waves headed towards that sneaky, debt-paying family, a fact made clear seeing series favorite Tyrion in handcuffs. Let’s just say there’s some massive events coming this season, a fact that may make season four even more shocking than the ol’ Red Wedding.

With book three, “A Storm of Swords”, cut in half, this fourth season will play out the events of the second half of George R.R. Martin‘s 1512-page novel. So before you start fretting about which characters will meet their end in this highly anticipated next segment of the Song of Ice and Fire franchise, take a peek at this chillingly epic trailer.

April 6 just can’t come soon enough.

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