Cliff Curtis, the Avatar: the way of the water star most recognizable for his run on AMC’s Fear the walking deadhas joined the cast of Chief of War, an upcoming Apple TV+ series from Jason Momoa. The star will co-write the series with Thomas Paa Sibbett and Doug Jung. Chief of War is set around 1795, when the four great kingdoms of Hawaii were in a constant state of war. Tired of the bloodshed, the legendary warrior Ka’iana left the Maui army to live a peaceful life as a fisherman. However, he is drawn back into battle when Seers, having visions of the future, identify him as the one who will fulfill an ancient prophecy that will bring peace to all of Hawaii.

Created by Momoa and Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, deadline (who was the first to report the casting). Chief of War as a nine-episode series that “follows the epic and unprecedented narrative of Hawaii’s unification and colonization from an Indigenous point of view.” Momoa and Curtis star alongside Luciane Buchanan, Temuera Morrison, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Kaina Makua, Moses Goods, Siua Ikale’o, Brandon Finn, James Udom, Mainei Kinimaka and Te Kohe Tuhaka.

The series will once again merge Momoa with Apple TV+, which produced its series To seewhich he has also described as something of a passion project.

The Aquarius star has compared before To see to his role as Game of ThronesKhal Drogo, who said, “Imagine if Khal Drogo actually lived. He never became a father. [Netflix’s Frontier], I had a child and my family was taken from me. In this one, by the second episode, I’m 60 years old with 15-year-old twins. Even though he is a warrior, he is a man who tries to keep his family together. I’ve never experienced a father role. I’ve never had the chance to go to these places.”

Here’s an official recap for Apple TV+s See see, an epic drama starring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard, is set 600 years in the future after a virus has decimated humanity and left the remaining population blind. When all of humanity has lost sight, people must adapt and find new ways to survive.

More details on Chief of War will surely come soon as the molding and pre-production process has been fast so far.