"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight" episode introduces a more grounded and personal take on the Game of Thrones universe, focusing on the humble aspirations and everyday struggles of a hedge knight named Dunk, contrasting the romantic ideals of knighthood with harsh reality.
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is the new Game of Thrones spinoff show. Season 1 is based on a
book by George R. R. Martin called The Hedge Knight. So this first episode is also titled
The Hedge Knight. Hedge knights are humble travelling knights who work like mercenaries.
Cause this show isn’t about lords and kings playing the game of thrones. It’s
more about the common folk, the working people. This show is more small-scale
and light-hearted than Game of Thrones. Episode 1 introduces Dunk, as he becomes
Ser Duncan the Tall. Dunk meets his squire, Egg. And they go to a tournament. Dunk meets Fossoways,
and a Dondarrion, he dances with Lyonel Baratheon. And Dunk has.. graphic projectile diarrhoea.
So what is this story, what does it mean, and how does the show compare to the book?
This video has no spoilers. Except at the very end of the video, after a warning,
we will talk spoilers in the ~~spoiler zone~~. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is ninety years
before Game of Thrones, and set eighty years after House of the Dragon. The current king is Daeron
Targaryen the Second – and at this time, there are no dragons – dragons went extinct. There was a
civil war thirteen years ago called the Blackfyre Rebellion, but for now, the realm is at peace.
Our hero [main character] is Dunk. Dunk grew up as an orphan on the streets of King’s Landing.
Until Dunk was taken in by Ser Arlan. Arlan was a hedge knight – a.. travelling knight
who serves wherever he’s needed. Hedge knights are often poor, they sometimes literally sleep
in hedges. But Arlan taught Dunk the values of a true knight – to be honourable, brave,
and loyal, to defend the weak and the innocent. Arlan was like a father to Dunk. Arlan never hit
Dunk, except when he deserved it. [play hitting montage]. In one flashback it looks like Dunk was
mud-wrestling. In another, it looks like he caused a fire. One time, Dunk was blamed for stealing a
pie. But Dunk was innocent – this other kid was the real pie thief. But Dunk loved Arlan. He was
the closest thing Dunk ever had to a parent. Dunk served Arlan for about ten years. In
the book, Dunk is now 16 or 17 years old. He’s a “shambling, shaggy, big-boned boy”. In the show,
Dunk looks older. The actor, Peter Claffey was 28 when they filmed this season. In the book, Dunk
is almost seven feet tall. While Peter Claffey says he’s 6’6”. So the actor looks different
to book Dunk. But Claffey captures book-Dunk’s awkwardness, honesty, simplicity, naïve charm.
Arlan and Dunk were travelling to Ashford. Ashford is a town in the Reach. And House Ashford is a
minor house sworn to House Tyrell. Lord Ashford is holding a tournament, or tourney. At tourneys,
knights compete at jousting, to win money, win glory, and to have fun.
But on the way to Ashford, Arlan got sick, and died. So Dunk buries the man who was like his
father. ~In the book it says the old man’s body feels as light as a bag of leaves. Dunk
buries Arlan on the west side of a hill, because Arlan loved to watch the sunset.
Dunk was Arlan’s squire – he looked after the horses, cleaned Arlan’s armour,
helped at camp. Now that Arlan’s dead, Dunk needs a new job. So Dunk discusses his
employment options with the horses. The dark brown horse is Thunder,
the warhorse – he’s bright of eye and fierce of spirit, veteran of dozens of
fights. The light brown horse is Chestnut – the old swaybacked stot. The white horse is Sweetfoot,
the palfrey – used for comfortable easy riding. Dunk could sell the horses, but – then what would
he do? He could join the City Watch in King’s Landing. Or in Lannisport, the Lannister city.
But Dunk holds Arlan’s sword. And he decides to go to the Ashford tourney, to be a knight. The
wind blows dramatically, the Game of Thrones theme music builds.. then it cuts to Dunk taking a shit.
Dunk shits on the dramatic moment. He shits on our expectations. Coz this show is different
to Game of Thrones. This show is not so serious. It’s more silly, and irreverent,
and earthy. This story is about deconstructing the romantic image of a fantasy knight. Dunk
is not some cool guy hero who always looks good, and always wins. Being a hedge knight is not sexy.
A hedge knight digs graves in the rain, he rides through the mud, and he.. takes a shit by a tree.
But even while Dunk defecates, we see a beautiful songbird – there is beauty amidst the ugliness.
So the beginning of this show has sunshine and rain. A tree and a grave. Life and
death. Heroic fantasy and diarrhoea. This story is about the contrast between fantasy
and reality. [GRRM says “the conflict between the ideal and the realistic” ]
[It’s springtime, but it’s raining!] It's also basically the same as the
start of Shrek. The movie Shrek also begins with a romantic fairy tale that
hard cuts to toilet humour. Maybe this whole show is just Shrek in Westeros.
The horse who plays Chestnut is named Shrek in real life! Coincidence??
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms doesn’t have a big opening sequence like Game of Thrones
and House of the Dragon. It just has a simple title card. It’s in the Game of Thrones font,
but in a handwritten style. So compared to the the epic bombastic Game of Thrones,
this show is more personal, and humble. Dunk rides off to be a knight of the Seven
Kingdoms. But thing is, you can’t just decide to be a knight. You have to be knighted in a
ceremony by another knight. Dunk later says that Arlan knighted him before he died – but
we don’t see that. If Arlan did knight Dunk, why does Dunk even consider selling
the horses and joining the City Watch? Maybe Dunk is lying. Maybe he’s not a real knight.
Dunk rides towards Ashford. He stops at an inn. And he leaves his horses with this boy
Egg, who Dunk assumes is the stableboy. Egg seems sad and mopey. Because Egg wants
to be at the tournament having fun. But he’s stuck at this boring inn instead.
The inn is almost empty, cause everyone’s gone to the tourney. The innkeep thinks
tourneys are pointless, and that knights are just the same as other men. So again
the show questions the glorious image of knights. What is so special about a knight?
There’s a drunk guy at the inn, who suddenly says that he dreamed of Dunk. He pulls a
knife and tells Dunk to stay away. The guy is dressed fancy, so he looks like some lordling
or rich guy. It’s scary for a lowborn man like Dunk to be threatened by a powerful nobleman.
If you wanna know who the drunk guy is, watch the spoiler zone at the end of this video.
Dunk is so hungry that for dinner he orders the lamb and the duck.
In the book, there’s a lavish description of Dunk’s dinner. But the show skips Dunks meal.
Dunk finds Egg playing with his warhorse Thunder. Egg is
adventurous, and cheeky. Egg makes fun of Dunk. Egg says Dunk doesn’t look like a knight – cause
Dunk’s belt is made of rope. The reason why Dunk wears a rope belt is that Arlan’s belt was too
small for Dunk. So Dunk had to make his own belt. Egg is desperate to be part of the tournament. So
Egg asks to be Dunk’s squire. Dunk refuses, and says Egg is better off without Dunk. Dunk knows
that it’s tough being a squire for a hedge knight. He thinks Egg will have a better life at this inn.
So Dunk rides to Ashford alone. Ashford is a market town, protected by Ashford castle.
Ashford Meadow is now full of tents and stalls from people who’ve come for the tourney. The
book describes dozens of “brightly colored” pavilions – pavilions are big fancy tents.
The pavilions are like “a field of wildflowers”, in “rich reds and sunny yellows”, greens, blues,
and purples. Author George Martin loves the colour and splendour of medieval pageantry.
In this episode, the tents are more drab. We see less of the fancy knights pavilions,
and more of the common folk. Butchers, florists, grocers,
washers, people setting up the jousting lists. The show focusses on average working people.
We see some of noble knight’ pavilions. This is the pavilion of Ser Manfred Dondarrion.
He’s related to Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones. We see the lion of House Lannister,
the family of Tyrion, Cersei and Jaime. We see the beehives of House Beesbury. There’s the Baratheon
stag. The Hightower of House Hightower. The Tyrell rose. The current Tyrell Lord of
Highgarden is Leo “Longthorn”. These are probably Longthorn’s things being set up by a servant.
The heraldry of House Ashford is a white sun-and-chevron on orange. And their banners
are all round Ashford town. A tournament is a big time for marketing your house brand, everyone’s
showing off. We see Ashford guardsmen annoying a serving woman, as described in the book.
Dunk looks at these statues of glorious victorious knights. Dunk looks up at the banner of the noble
House Dondarrion, up at the castle of House Ashford. Dunk is a lowly commoner. But he hopes
to use knighthood to move up in the world, to get a better life for himself. At this tournament,
Dunk could make money, he could build a reputation. If he’s lucky, some lord might
give Dunk a job in a castle. Then Dunk could live more comfortably, eat better food, get better pay.
Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon are about winning the throne and saving
the world. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is just about an average guy who just wants to
earn a living and get a less shitty job. Plummer is the steward in charge of the
tournament. He questions whether Dunk is really a knight. Dunk says that Arlan knighted him while
a robin watched. But this robin only watched Dunk poop. And this flashback suggests that
Arlan didn’t plan to knight Dunk. So it seems like Dunk is lying. That he’s not a
knight. And as Plummer says, it is a serious crime in this world to fake a sacred oath.
It's interesting because Dunk is usually a very honest simple guy.
It would be surprisingly out-of-character for Dunk to lie about being a knight.
Dunk shows Arlan’s sword, which has a penny in the hilt. Because Arlan comes
from a village called Pennytree, in the riverlands. Pennytree has a tradition of
nailing pennies to an oak tree. The books say it’s a mystery how this tradition started.
In the book, Arlan’s sword doesn’t have a penny in the hilt – that detail is invented for the show.
Plummer says that Lord Ashford wants a fancy classy tournament with only fancy
classy knights. He doesn’t want some stinky hedge knight with a rope belt at his ~fancy~ tourney.
So Dunk almost leaves, defeated. But Plummer sees Arlan’s old shield. The heraldry on Arlan’s shield
is a winged chalice. In the book, Arlan said “the cup was full of faith and fellowship and good
things to drink”. The sight of this battered old shield makes Plummer feel bad for Dunk. So Plummer
says that Dunk can join the tournament if another knight vouches for Dunk. Like, if a knight says
that yes, he knows Dunk, and Dunk is trustworthy, then Plummer will believe Dunk is a legit knight.
Dunk says he’ll ask Ser Manfred Dondarrion to vouch for him. Coz a few years ago,
Arlan and Dunk served the Dondarrions in a war. Dunk hopes that Manfred will
remember Arlan and Dunk, and will vouch for Dunk, so Ser Dunk can join the tournament.
Plummer says that in this tourney, if you win a joust, you get the loser’s horse and armour
and weapons – and the loser has to buy their stuff back. So if you win a joust,
you make money. If you lose a joust, you lose money. Dunk doesn’t have enough money to buy his
stuff back. So if Dunk loses his first joust, he’ll lose his horse and armour and weapons,
and he won’t be a knight any more. Dunk is risking everything on his first joust.
Dunk looks for Manfred, but Manfred is asleep. Manfred has been having sex with these two sex
workers, Red and Beony. Red and Beony are not in the book. This is the first scene
that’s invented for the show. The book only mentions that Dunk notices a pretty red-haired
whore. Maybe that’s what inspired Red and Beony. Red and Beony say that Ser Manfred often has sex
with other peoples’ wives. So even though Manfred is a proper knight from a noble family, he’s not
a good person. Some knights aren’t honourable. Beony says she’ll wake Manfred if Dunk pays her
a “stag”. In Westeros, stags are silver coins – they have the stag of House Baratheon on them.
Probably because Aegon the Conqueror was close with Orys Baratheon. Gold coins are dragons,
with the Targaryen dragon on them. And coppers are stars, because they have the
star of the religion of the Faith of the Seven. So that’s the currency in Westeros – golden
dragons, silver stags, copper pennies. Dunk doesn’t have a stag. So Beony and Red
tease Dunk for being a poor homeless “sad” hedge knight. They call Dunk “it” instead of “him”,
which is.. ~so mean!. Dunk is completely flustered and lost for words. In the books,
Dunk thinks he’s “no good with words, and worse with women”. Dunk feels nervous around women. In
the book, Dunk is just a teenager. He’s a virgin and he’s still finding his confidence with people.
Dunk talks to his horses. He says Arlan said that a hedge knight is the truest kind of
knight. Because most knights are sworn to obey one particular lord or house. But hedge knights
have the freedom to choose who they serve. Hedge knights can fight for a cause that
they believe in. So even though hedge knights are poor and low class, hedge knights are more
able to follow the moral values of a true knight, to fight for justice, and protect the innocent.
So one of the themes of this story is that true heroism doesn’t come from fancy rich people,
like Ser Manfred. Heroism comes from humble honest everyday people. Like Dunk.
Dunk is like Red and Beony, in that Dunk is working class. If he wants to eat,
he’s gotta earn money. And this tourney is a great opportunity to make money. At
the same time, Dunk also wants to be a true knight, chivalrous and honourable.
[Did Serwyn of the Mirror Shield have to worry about paying rent?] This show is all about
the clash between idealism and reality, between fantasy and.. needing to pay rent.
Dunk meets Ser Steffon Fossoway, and his cousin and squire Raymun Fossoway.
House Fossoway is from Cider Hall in the Reach. The Fossoway sigil is an apple,
so the Fossoways make lots of apple puns. Ser Steffon is rude and mean. Steffon deliberately
injures other knights in training so Steffon has an advantage in the tournament. So like Manfred,
Steffon seems a shitty dishonourable knight. While his cousin Raymun is morefriendly.
Dunk makes a weird comment saying that his sword is his by right. Dunk is acting all defensive,
like an imposter. Maybe he feels guilty, for lying about being a knight.
Plummer said Dunk stinks. So Dunk bathes in a river.
In the book, Arlan made Dunk have a bath every month, which Dunk thought was far too often.
Dunk goes back to Manfred’s tent, but Red says Manfred is still asleep. We see
Red giving pants to a pantsless man. The book say that at tourneys and army camps,
there are often women who wash and repair clothes. Sometimes these washerwomen also do sex
work. Sometimes you need multiple jobs to get by. Red and Beony are with a third woman named Daisy.
We saw her enjoying some chicken earlier. Daisy is dressed like a corpse – with a funeral shroud,
and with stones painted with eyes – we first saw this death rite back in very first episode of Game
of Thrones. It seems that Daisy is dressing like a corpse as part of a.. sex thing. Like,
Manfred or someone wants to role play having sex with a dead woman. We’ve seen before in Game of
Thrones that some men like strange role-play. And there multiple mentions of sex with dead
people. In Game of Thrones, Varys mentions a lord who has sex with corpses. In the books,
the legendary Night’s King has sex with a corpse queen. In George Martin’s book Meathouse Man,
a man has sex with a corpse in a brothel. Why does George Martin keep writing about having
sex with corpses? Maybe don’t think about it. Red tells Dunk that being a knight is like
being a sex worker. Knights and whores put their bodies at risk for others’
entertainment. Red warns that you only get one body. So you should be careful how you use it.
So this scene is about facing death. Being a knight isn’t just about swingin a sword
and lookin cool. Knighthood is dangerous. And people die at tournaments all the time – in
Game of Thrones Season 1, we saw Hugh of the Vale die in a joust. As Plummer pointed out, tourneys
are especially dangerous for unskilled untrained knights – and Dunk is not very skilled or trained.
Red Beony and Daisy, these three wise cackling women, are kinda like the three witches,
or three fates of folklore – they warn Dunk of future dangers, and confront Dunk with
the very real possibility of death. Dunk sees a puppet show, narrated by
Tanselle. [TAN-zel]. Like Dunk, Tanselle is young, and very tall, and she seems nervous performing,
yet brave. Dunk gets a crush on her right away. Tanselle’s puppet group is from Dorne, and in the
book they have small puppets. But here they have a big dragon puppet rigged to breathe fire. Now
that dragons are extinct in Westeros, all that’s left of them are puppets and stories and bones.
The puppeteers tell the story of Serwyn of the Mirror Shield – a hero of ancient legend. Serwyn
wanted to kill a dragon named Urrax. So Serwyn polished his shield until it reflected like a
mirror. So when Serwyn approached the dragon, hiding behind his Mirror Shield, Urrax only saw
its own reflection and didn’t attack, until Serwyn was close enough to slay the dragon.
Tanselle describes Serwyn as a boy from nothing risking it all, calls him brave and ambitious,
and “stupid”, and “humble”. That description also fits Dunk. Dunk is also a boy from nothing
risking all, he’s also brave ambitious stupid and humble. Tanselle also says Serwyn is disguised,
concealing a truth – like how Dunk might be lying about being a knight.] So will
Dunk become a great hero like Serwyn? Did Serwyn even ever exist? Can dreams and fairy tales come
true, or is reality more messy and complex? Raymun Fossoway calls Dunk “Halfman”. Meaning,
Dunk is so tall that he must be half giant. This is a cute callback to Game of Thrones,
where Tyrion is called Halfman for the opposite reason – coz Tyrion is short.
Raymun takes Dunk to the pavilion of Lyonel Baratheon. The Baratheon sigil is a stag,
so Lyonel’s tent is decorated with antlers. House Baratheon is the family of Robert Stannis
and Renly Baratheon. In the books, Lyonel is one of the best fighters in Westeros. Lyonel is very
tall, “a swaggering giant” – almost as tall as Dunk, who is almost seven feet tall. Lyonel’s
actor Daniel Ings is not quite that tall. And the show cheekily acknowledges this
when Dunk says “I thought he’d be bigger”. Lyonel wears an enormous antlered headpiece
that looks almost like a crown. Eighty years from now, Lyonel’s descendent Robert Baratheon
will defeat the Targaryens and become king. Lyonel hosts a great party. And Lyonel gives a
rambling [incoherent] speech about the history of jousting. He says jousting is so fun that
it could not have been invented by man. He seems to be implying that jousting was
invented by stags – coz in nature, male deer ram each other with their antlers, just like
jousting. And stags are Lyonel’s heraldry. No one’s quite sure what Lyonel’s talking about,
but everyone’s excited for the jousting. According the books, the tradition of knighthood
was brought to Westeros by the Andals, a people who came from the east. It’s said the first
knights and the first tournaments in Westeros happened here in the Reach, where Ashford is. And
to this day, the Reach is the home of knighthood, chivalry and tournaments. So it’s like playing
football in England, this is the home of the sport, and everyone’s excited for the jousting.
Lyonel sees Dunk from across the bar and ~really digs his vibe. Lyonel makes weird comments and
threats to fuck with Dunk, but Dunk is so honest and naïve, so charmingly thick
and gormless that he’s impossible to bully. Dunk says the reason he slouches is because
Dunk grew up on the streets. It was dangerous in the slums of Flea Bottom – so Dunk tends to hide
himself, be defensive. But Lyonel says the gods made Dunk tall, so he should be tall. Be proud,
take up space. Like Lyonel does. It’s like how Olenna tells Daenerys to “Be a dragon”. It’s
like how Tyrion tells Jon Snow to use his bastard identity like armour. These books are very much
about identity, and this episode is about Dunk creating his identity, as Ser Duncan the Tall.
Lyonel and Dunk dance. It’s a wild, kooky dance where Lyonel and Dunk playfully stomp on each
others’ feet. In House of the Dragon, Laenor says that dancing is like combat. This dance is a bit
violent, it is a bit horny. It’s life and it’s death. And it’s fun. Like the tournament itself.
Lyonel flirts with Dunk. And Lyonel talks about “gay fun”. So there’s sexual tension here,
but Dunk doesn’t seem to notice. There’s a similar bit in the books where a man hits on
Dunk and Dunk doesn’t notice. [is oblivious]. Lyonel says that he once bravely sailed into
a storm. The stormlands are famous for their storms. The Baratheon castle is Storm’s End,
and it’s said the castle was built by Durran the Defiant to endure the assaults of Storm
King. Lyonel says all stormlanders must face a storm. In the books, Robert Stannis
and Renly’s father Steffon Baratheon died in a shipwreck in a storm – so the Baratheons
are now less enthusiastic about sailing. Earlier, Plummer talked about the Reach,
and implied Reachmen are better than riverlanders. Now Lyonel talks about stormlanders. So this
episode highlights the different cultures of the different kingdoms of Westeros.
Dunk is anxious. He worries that he’s not skilled enough to win at the tournament against trained
noble knights. Lyonel says that’s right – Dunk has no chance of winning. Dunk says losing would be a
disaster for him. Because he can’t afford to buy back his horse, he’ll be financially ruined. While
Lyonel is rich, so if he loses he can easily buy his stuff back. Dunk highlights the unfairness of
the inequality between rich and poor, between the nobles and the smallfolk.
[between the powerful and the powerless.] Dunk finally meets Ser Manfred Dondarrion.
Manford is going to bed with Red, and with another woman named Lia the Lovely.
A few years ago, Manfred and his lord father fought a war against the Vulture King in Dorne.
Dorne is the southern, mediterranean region ruled by the Martells. Dorne only unified with
Westeros twenty-two years ago, and there are still tensions between Dorne and the rest of
Westeros. Arlan and Dunk served in the Dondarrion army in this war – Arlan was wounded in battle for
the Dondarrions. But Manfred doesn’t care. He doesn’t remember all the men who died for his
family. In this unfair world, poor men die for rich men, and the rich don’t even care.
Manfred refuses to vouch for Dunk. It looks like Dunk is screwed. If
he can’t find a knight to vouch for him, Dunk can’t join the tournament.
Red gives Dunk a sympathetic glance, as she goes to her duty to the Dondarrions.
Back at camp, Dunk finds Egg. Egg got here from the inn himself, and Egg did
all the work setting up Dunk’s camp. So Dunk might as well just accept Egg as his squire.
Egg asks Dunk’s name. Everyone’s been telling Dunk that he needs a better name than “Dunk”.
Egg suggests that Dunk could be short for Duncan. And Lyonel told Dunk to “be tall”. So Dunk decides
on the spot that his name is “Ser Duncan the Tall”. “Dunk” sounds ridiculous. But “Ser Duncan
the Tall” – that sounds like a hero’s name. Dunk agrees for Egg to be his squire. Dunk warns
that the life of a hedge knight is tough. The food is plain, they have no tent. Dunk says he’ll
beat Egg if Egg deserves it. But Dunk is honest and fair and humble. He says he’s not a lord,
he’s “only a hedge knight”. This humility makes Ser Duncan different to assholes like
Ser Manfred and Ser Steffon. Dunk is more respectful, more caring, more honourable,
he wants to do the right thing like Arlan taught him. Dunk is a true knight. Except
that Dunk is maybe lying and that Arlan didn’t knight Dunk, so Dunk isn’t a knight at all. That
lie is the paradox of Ser Duncan the Tall. He’s a true knight who isn’t a knight. Like Brienne.
Dunk and Egg see a shooting star. Heavenly lights can mean good luck, or they can be omens of
doom – like the red comet in Game of Thrones. Since the fancy noble knights are sleeping in
silk tents, they don’t see this shooting star. Only Dunk, the humble hedge knight
under a tree, gets the luck. So again it’s his humility,
as a hedge knight that makes Dunk special. Overall, this episode is pretty faithful to the
book. Almost all of the scenes in this episode are in the book. And a lot of the dialogue is
taken straight from the book, word-for-word. This episode is more faithful to the books than Game of
Thrones or House of the Dragon ever were. The main difference is that this episode adds some scenes.
Red and Beony and Daisy are not in the book. The scenes with Lyonel are not in the book. The scenes
with Plummer are expanded to Plummer more funny. The scene with Manfred is expanded. The flashbacks
are added. But the scenes with Dunk and Egg are mostly straight from the book. Those scenes are
very faithful. So it’s basically faithful adaptation of the book, but with extra
scenes to expand the world, deepen the themes, and give the side-characters more personality.
There’s still more to discuss about this episode. So my rrotten wormy [unripe] cousin,
Alt Schwift X, made a three hour long video about this episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
It’s a series with Glidus called Dunk Time. Every week, Glidus and Schwift release a lengthy
conversation discussing each episode of the show. They go over every scene in what could be called
excessive detail, and they get opinionated – even silly~. You can listen to Dunk Time right after A
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms airs, each Sunday night, on Nebula. Nebula has Dunk Time early
and full-length, all season. Nebula also has the full-length Dragon Time videos discussing every
episode of House of the Dragon. And you can watch The Fake Jon Snow, a 22-hour-long video
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There’s also an exclusive Alt Shift X video about Ivanhoe, the movie that inspired Dunk and Egg.
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Thank you. And enjoy Dunk Time. Okay, now let’s talk spoilers. Spoiler
warning for all Game of Thrones shows and books. The big spoiler is that Egg is not a random
commoner. Egg is actually a Targaryen prince. His real name is Aegon Targaryen. He’s the
son of Prince Maekar Targaryen. And Egg is the brother of Maester Aemon from Game of Thrones.
Egg is the great-grandfather of Daenerys Targaryen, and the great-great-grandfather
of Jon Snow. The Game of Thrones TV show removes a generation, so the family tree
is different, but don’t worry about it. This drunk guy at the inn is Egg’s brother,
Prince Daeron Targaryen – he’s called “the Drunken”, because he’s an alcoholic.
Daeron was meant to compete in the tournament with Egg as his squire. But Daeron didn’t want to,
so he took Egg to this inn to hide, and shaved off Egg’s hair to hide his Targaryen identity.
Dunk and Egg have adventures together, as described in the Dunk and Egg books.
Many years later, in the books, Egg becomes King of Westeros. And Dunk leads King Egg’s Kingsguard.
Dunk fights a trial by combat against Lyonel Baratheon, and wins.
The books don’t explicitly say whether Dunk was really knighted. But it’s
repeatedly implied that Dunk is lying, and he’s technically not a real knight.
King Egg rules well, until he and Dunk die at the mysterious tragedy of Summerhall. If you wanna
know the full story of Dunk and Egg in the books, watch our videos about Dunk and Egg linked below.
We’re making videos about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms every week. And we’re doing livestreams
at 10:45pm Eastern Time Sundays, right after each episode comes out. And you can listen to Dunk Time
on Nebula right after each episode airs. Signing up to Nebula helps support Alt Shift X. And thanks
to the patrons, including Raleigh, Kennard, Tamsyn Harrison, JuanPablo Aguilar, Arjun Paudel,
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