Game of Thrones‘ New Opening Credits Show How Dire Things Have Become in Westeros

Each season of Game of Thrones has have an animated curtain raising course credit episode that ply an first-class overview of the general state of the show ’s cosmos . The sequences have shift and evolved from season to season , but the novel possibility that debutedduring for the time of year eight premierewas so drastically unlike , it was almost surprising . Almost .

Unlike previous seasons ’ sequences that have taken us far and widely across the macrocosm to show where Game of Thrones ’ various force player are , physically , the raw opening is rather limited in scope and only features four locations : the Wall , the Last Hearth , Winterfell , and King ’s Landing . While the Night King and his army of White Walkers do n’t make an appearance , tiles intend to represent land in the sequence plough wintry wan blue air , reflecting the wights ’ advance south now that they ’ve broken through the Wall , which prominently features a gaping hole .

While the novel gap sequence feel physically smaller than others that we ’ve seen , what ’s interesting about it is that it shows how much of a defensive positioning Game of Thrones ’ life hero are in now give that the deadhave a tartar on their side . The stay noble families are trying to condense their respective mightiness as much as possible before the come warfare , but it ’s unclear whether or not that ’ll be enough to carry any of them through the foresightful winter .

The Iron Throne sitting in King’s Landing.