"Dunk is huge. Have I mentioned that yet? He's played by a 6'5" former rugby player (Peter Claffey), but he's a character who is so soft-hearted that he seemingly forgets how massive he is every episode. It's easily the funniest part about his anxieties about the upcoming tournament in HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, because if anyone has a leg up on the competition it's this absolute giant."
"After adding the drunken Lyonel "the Laughing Storm" Baratheon (Daniel Ings), episode 3 introduces Ser Robyn Rhysling. He's "the maddest knight in the Seven Kingdoms," according to Egg, and his look justifies his reputation. He enters the series with a metal eye patch and a gnarly walking stick. Here's one of his first lines: "We are a vessel for the warrior," he says. "When it is madness bid, it is madness delivered." Okay, maybe Dunk is in trouble after all."
Dunk is portrayed as an enormous yet soft-hearted figure whose size contrasts comically with his anxieties about an upcoming tournament. The rogues' gallery expands with new characters such as the drunken Lyonel Baratheon and the unhinged Ser Robyn Rhysling, who arrives with a metal eye patch and a gnarly walking stick. Dunk lacks armor, a shield, and a cooperative horse, so the episode emphasizes the growing bond between Dunk and his squire Egg as they wander town, sing crude drinking songs, watch brutal jousts, and find camaraderie amid rough medieval life.
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