--- description: These hints from the new Game of Thrones season seven teaser seem to foreshadow dark times ahead for Daenerys. title: This Clue From the New Game of Thrones Teaser Could Spell Doom for Daenerys image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6693751d44df40b/698896460b72e31b7e6e9b05/a9ee7d01bb3fb2d4d20f535610e7e26b4c3c6667c40c351f8b81475c824802ff-1.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Clue From the New _Game of Thrones_ Teaser Could Spell Doom for Daenerys  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 10, 2017 5:20 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 10, 2017 5:20 PM CUT After [finally revealing](http://time.com/4697244/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-reveal-ice-fire/ "undefined") when [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/ "undefined")will [return for its seventh season](http://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/ "undefined") Thursday, HBO released an [foreboding teaser](http://time.com/4697430/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-teaser-trailer-analysis/ "undefined") for the upcoming seven-episode installment. The 90-second clip is largely devoted to recapping the events of the previous six seasons using voiceovers and giant stone versions of the major house sigils. But things really start to get interesting around the halfway mark when Daenerys delivers her now-iconic line about Westeros’ spinning wheel of power. “Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell — they’re all just spokes on a wheel,” she says as the dragon sigil rises to the top once more. “This one’s on top, then that one’s on top, and on and on it spins, crushing those on the ground.” However, the voiceover notably omits the second part of her declaration—”I’m not going to stop the wheel, I’m going to break the wheel”—seeming to hint that everything may not go according to plan for Khaleesi. It’s then, of course, that the dragon sigil ominously begins to crumble. _Game of Thrones_ returns to HBO for a seventh season on July 16, 2017. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4697965/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-daenerys-clue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4697965/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-daenerys-clue/"},"headline":"This Clue From the New Game of Thrones Teaser Could Spell Doom for Daenerys","datePublished":"2017-03-10T17:20:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:51.013Z","description":"\"They're all just spokes on a wheel\"","url":"https://time.com/4697965/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-daenerys-clue/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV","Daenerys Targaryen"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6693751d44df40b/698896460b72e31b7e6e9b05/a9ee7d01bb3fb2d4d20f535610e7e26b4c3c6667c40c351f8b81475c824802ff-1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6693751d44df40b/698896460b72e31b7e6e9b05/a9ee7d01bb3fb2d4d20f535610e7e26b4c3c6667c40c351f8b81475c824802ff-1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"a9ee7d01bb3fb2d4d20f535610e7e26b4c3c6667c40c351f8b81475c824802ff (1)","caption":"Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4697965/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-daenerys-clue/","name":"This Clue From the New Game of Thrones Teaser Could Spell Doom for Daenerys"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"They're all just spokes on a wheel\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4697965/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-daenerys-clue/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4697965/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-daenerys-clue/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```