"The third episode of season one, titled "The Squire," ends in a sudden flash of fiery violence when Prince Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett) attacks the kindly puppeteer Tanselle (Tanzyn Crawford). In an act of dim-witted chivalry, Dunk (Peter Claffey) rushes to her rescue, punching and kicking the prince in the process. In the medieval monarchy of Westeros, hurting a member of the royal family is a serious crime."
"Aerion commands his sworn knights to break out all of Dunk's teeth as punishment, but an unlikely hero swoops in to save him: Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), his young and conspicuously bald squire, whom, until that point, Dunk had mistaken for a low-born orphan. "You impudent little wretch," Aerion spits. "What's happened to your hair?" "I cut it off, brother," Egg replies. "I didn't want to look like you.""
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms initially presents a cozier, humbler snapshot of Westeros before episode three raises the stakes sharply. Prince Aerion attacks the puppeteer Tanselle, and Dunk intervenes, punching and kicking the prince. Hurting a royal is a grave crime in the medieval monarchy, prompting Aerion to order Dunk's teeth broken as punishment. Egg, Dunk's young and conspicuously bald squire, unexpectedly saves Dunk and is revealed to be Prince Aegon Targaryen in disguise. The revelation signals that Dunk and Egg play a much larger role in Westeros history, and an Easter egg hints that Egg eventually becomes King Aegon the Unlikely.
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