"The prequel show, which was meticulously adapted from George R. R. Martin's "Tales of Dunk and Egg" series, managed to toe the line between faithfully bringing Martin's characters to the screen and adding a few new twists. That was especially true of the season one finale, "The Morrow," which features several key scenes that don't exist in Martin's original novella "The Hedge Knight" - two of which have major implications for the show's plucky duo and their many adventures to come."
"Book readers have long suspected that Dunk is lying about his knighthood. He tells people that Arlan knighted him just before he died, with "only a robin, up in a thorn tree" to bear witness. When Dunk tries to enter the jousting tournament at Ashford Meadow, he's told to find a lord or another knight to vouch for him, but no one can verify his claim. Hardly anyone even remembers that Arlan existed."
"Dunk's flashback scene implies that he's lying about his knighthood "The Morrow" includes a flashback to Dunk's recent past, when he was a squire for Ser Arlan of Pennytree. As Arlan is propped against a tree, pale and babbling and apparently dying, Dunk asks, "Why did you never knight me? Did you think I'd leave you? I wouldn't have. Or was it something else?" He doesn't get an answer."
The season one finale of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adds new scenes that alter character context and future consequences for Dunk and Egg. A newly filmed flashback shows Dunk as Ser Arlan's squire while Arlan lies pale and dying; Dunk asks why Arlan never knighted him and receives no answer. The flashback is shot on the same hillside where Arlan later is buried. The show implies Dunk may have lied about being knighted, paralleling longtime reader suspicion. Dunk claims Arlan knighted him with only a robin as witness, but no one can verify the claim at Ashford Meadow. Dunk privately struggles with identity and presentation.
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