"Once the jousting competition is underway, Aerion receives the opposite of a hero's welcome from the crowd - especially Egg - when he intentionally takes out his opponent's horse. His mean streak deepens later that night when he walks in on a show put on by Tanselle ( Tanzyn Crawford), just as her character stabs a dragon puppet. Egg rushes to retrieve Dunk, who finds Aerion and his men destroying the puppet show, with Aerion even breaking Tanselle's fingers, causing Dunk to snap and start beating on the prince before the guards are able to restrain him."
"Declaring that "the dragon will never lose," Aerion prepares to pay back the hedge knight for loosening his teeth by stomping out Dunk's - until Egg interrupts, revealing that he is Aerion's brother, Aegon, who tells his older sibling that he cut off his signature Targaryen hair "because I didn't want to look like you.""
"'He does think it's a real personal affront, but, in a larger sense, to his family,' Bennett says of Aerion's response to the puppet show. 'Maybe the saddest thing about Aerion is that he's constantly looking for approval. He feels deeply unloved by his family, and I think he wants to show them that he's worthy of the crown, and he sees this as an opportunity. He justifies it to himself that this i"
Dunk and his squire Egg arrive in Ashford for a tournament as the Targaryens enter town led by Prince Baelor, Prince Maekar, and Prince Aerion. Aerion intentionally unhorses a competitor and later destroys a puppet show, breaking the performer's fingers and provoking a violent confrontation when Dunk retaliates. Aerion declares that "the dragon will never lose" and attempts to further brutalize Dunk until Egg reveals himself as Aerion's brother Aegon and explains why he cut his hair. Finn Bennett describes Aerion as deeply insecure, craving family approval and justifying cruelty to win the crown.
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