We know the rules by now: You win or you die. That's made clear in the new Game of Thrones Season 6 teasers, which feature the torn flags of house sigils waving hopelessly in the wind.
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The three new teasers feature the flag of each house -- Stark, Lannister and Targaryen -- in serious contention for the Iron Throne (sorry, Tyrells). Winterfell has been burned and abandoned, while most of the Starks are either dead or presumed so -- but that doesn't mean the North isn't ripe for the taking...
@kimroots "Winterfell is mine." #GoTSeason6 #GameofThroneshttps://t.co/MatHGpeAuk— Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) January 22, 2016
Seasons 4 and 5 saw the first real shakeups in the Lannisters' unrelenting quest for power, but they still have clout in King's Landing and a thirst for vengeance against the Sparrows.
@kimroots “Together we can overthrow an empire.” #GoTSeason6 #GameofThroneshttps://t.co/DLJ61pYW00— Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) January 22, 2016
Finally, the house of fire and blood faces a burning flag as Danaerys found herself surrounded by furious Dothraki in the Season 5 finale. To them, she is nobody, "queen of nothing" -- and the throne she once seemed so close to may be impossible to reach.
@brenden_i “Queen of nothing.” #GoTSeason6 #GameofThroneshttps://t.co/TgY4G9GcvR— Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) January 22, 2016