A promo video for House of the Dragon Season 2 finale, dropped by the makers on Monday, promises an epic battle between the Greens and the Blacks with scenes of troops marching, ships sailing, and dragons flying ahead of the clash.

“We march now toward our annihilation,” declares Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) in the beginning of the one-minute-long trailer for Episode 8, which also features Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) training her new dragonriders and Daemon (Matt Smith) rallying his army.

Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), increasingly reckless, implores Helaena (Phia Saban), inexperienced in war, to ride Dreamfyre. The finale promo hints at a siege on King’s Landing.

“There will be no mercy,” Daemon declares at the end of the trailer.

The finale wraps up a season filled with dramatic events — the death of Rhaenys (Eve Best) and her dragon Meleys, the killing of King Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) by his brother Aemond who then seized the Iron Throne, the removal of Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) from the royal small council.

In Episode 6 it was revealed that Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty) was a Targaryen bastard and was able to claim the dragon Seasmoke.

This week’s episode focuses on a pivotal moment in Westeros’ history known as The Red Sowing. Rhaenyra gathers numerous bastards of her family, hoping some will bond with Team Black’s riderless dragons. She sends messengers to King’s Landing who spread the word that the Blacks are recruiting. A motley of bastards, including Ulf (Tom Bennett) and Hugh (Kieran Bew), then land up in Dragonstone and are revealed to be capable of riding dragons.

By the end of Episode 7, chaos ensues when Ulf inadvertently flies his dragon Silverwing over King’s Landing. Aemond mounts Vhagar to chase the new dragon rider, pursuing him to the waters near Dragonstone before turning back under Rhaenyra’s watchful eye.

The final episode of House of the Dragon Season 2 will stream on August 5 at 6.30am on JioCinema in India.