Everything will be at stake on season five of True Blood. But don't just take our word for it - check out the following collection of new HBO posters!

Aside from featuring the regular cast of (very attractive) of characters, the promotional photos also give us another look at Christopher Meloni as Roman, the leader of the Vampire Authority, along with an image of a returning Russell Edgington and... spoiler alert?

There's one of Tara.

Click through the slew of posters below now, and then visit our True Blood spoilers section for descriptions of the opening three episodes:

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