But at the end of last season's Game Of Thrones, things finally started to look up for Emilia Clarke's Mother Of Dragons when mercenary soldier Daario Naharis came on the scene to help her conquer a slave city.
However, fans will have to get used to a different face playing the warrior, with new Season Four stills showing Treme star Michiel Huisman having been recast in the role.
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New love interest: Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Daario Naharis (Michiel Huisman who replaces Ed Skrein in the role
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Replaced: Ed Skrein played Daario Naharis for three episodes last season
The character was played by British actor Ed Skrein in three episodes last season, although it is unclear why he has been replaced.
Emilia's character Daenerys continues to pose a threat to the Iron Throne with her growing army and three dragons.
The season also introduces a handful of key new characters to the already large cast, including The Red Viper Prince Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal) and Indira Varma as his paramour Ellaria Sand who are shown together in a new still.
'The Red Viper is sexy and charming, yet believably dangerous; intensely likeable, yet driven by hate,' showrunner David Benioff told Entertainment Weekly about the character. 'The boys love him, the girls love him, and he loves them all back. Unless your last name is Lannister.'
Another still shows Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) in conversation with her twin brother Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who is now toting a fake gold hand after it was chopped off by an angry soldier last season.
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Demure: Emilia sports a blonde wig as she reprises her role of Mother of Dragons in the fourth series
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New blood: The Treme star will step into the shoes of the mercenary warrior
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Will she reclaim the crown? Daeneys continues on her mission to conquer the Iron Throne in the new season
Tyrion
Lannister (Peter Dinklage) and his wife Sansa (Sophie Turner) do not
appear to be any happier in their forced marriage judging by the new
shot, while Sansa's brother Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) may be hoping he
doesn't run into his one-time wildling lover Ygritte (Rose Leslie) on the other side of The Wall.
Meanwhile, their sister Arya is left roaming Westeros with Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane after the catastrophic Red Wedding episode last year which saw the shocking deaths of her mother Catelyn and brother Rob.
The fourth season of the hit HBO fantasy series will air in the U.S. on April 6 and promises 'more action', according to
showrunner David Benioff, speaking last year about the series.Meanwhile, their sister Arya is left roaming Westeros with Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane after the catastrophic Red Wedding episode last year which saw the shocking deaths of her mother Catelyn and brother Rob.
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New characters: Prince Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal) and Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand in the new Game Of Thrones shots
'I think it’s going to surpass season three,' he said. 'The last three episodes, there’s so many scenes we’ve been waiting for so long to do.
'And it just gets more and more fun to write for these characters. After three years of doing it, we have that much more comfort to make everything uncomfortable for them. We’re very excited for it.”'
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Brotherly love: Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau) now has a fake gold hand and is pictured in a scene with
sister Cersei (Lena Headey)
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Familiar smirk: King Joffrey's (Jack Gleeson) throne again looks fragile, but will he continue to rule the Seven Kingdoms?
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A new marriage: Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer)
and her grandmother Olenna Tyrell (Diana Rigg) may look forward to a
union with King Joffrey
A new trailer released to promote the fourth season hints of trouble ahead for cowardly King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson)
It opens with a voice claiming the
people of Westeros 'love their king,' something the egotistical monarch
clearly believes following his fortuitous victory at the Battle Of The
Blackwater in series two, which he feels makes him the victor in the War
Of The Five Kings.
This is despite the fact it was only made possible due to the forces of his grandfather Tywin Lannister returning to Kings Landing just in time, and a daring defensive plot hatched by his uncle Tyrion.
It is not long before his uncle, and father, Jaime angrily tries to bring him back down to earth after listening to his boasting.
This is despite the fact it was only made possible due to the forces of his grandfather Tywin Lannister returning to Kings Landing just in time, and a daring defensive plot hatched by his uncle Tyrion.
It is not long before his uncle, and father, Jaime angrily tries to bring him back down to earth after listening to his boasting.
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A marriage of convenience: Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) comforts Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) in another shot
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My one true love: Tyrion looks to be continuing his love affair with Shae (Sibel Kekilli) in secret
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All powerful: Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) is the real man wielding the power behind the Iron Throne
The weak-willed ruler, who is played by Jack Gleeson, tells him: 'They know I saved the city, they know I won the war.'
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who stars as experienced soldier Jaime, bluntly replies: 'The war's not won.'
It seems Tyrion's spell as Master Of Coin will not have a happy ending, as he is shown being led away in irons and locked in a dungeon.
The worried nobleman says: 'Things are intense right now. I don't think I'm talking my way out of this one.'
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The battle for The Wall: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) continues to fight the Wildlings in the new season
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Over the ice: Ygritte (Rose
Leslie) and Wildling raider Tormund (Kristofer Hivju) look like they
mean business on the other side of the wall
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Friends or enemies? Arya (Maisie Williams) and
Sandor Clegane (Rory McCann) are left to pick up the pieces after the
massacre at the Red Wedding
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Don't mess with The Hound: Sandor Clegane helped Ayra escape from Lord Frey's men at the end of last season
But what may emerge as truly the most devastating threat the kingdom is the White Walkers and the coming invasion of the wild men of the north.
Jon Snow tells his colleagues in the Night's Watch: 'If the wildlings breach the Wall they'll roll over everything and everyone.'
And it seems things will come to a head, as the beginning of a battle between the two unmatched factions is also shown.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s book series A Song of Ice and Fire, the acclaimed show's season-three finale reeled in a total of 6.3 million viewers, an increase of almost a third on the second series.
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Life on the outside: Samwell Tarly (John Bradley) attempts to survive without his friend Jon Snow beyond The Wall
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