#dunk-and-egg

#dunk-and-egg

When I watched the original Game of Thrones, I loved it because of its comedy,

HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms opens with a squire named Dunk (Peter Claffey) facing a crossroads: The knight he served has died, and now he's got three horses, a suit of armor, and no one around to tell him what to do. Lacking coin, he decides that maybe the right answer is to enter a tournament... An idea which immediately wreaks havoc on his bowels.

The story follows Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffery), a lowly hedge knight who happens to be - surprise - very, very tall. He sets out for the town of Ashford and is eventually accompanied by a young boy, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), who becomes his squire. While there, Duncan is put to the test in a tournament, with Prince Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett) rivaling the hedge knight. The series takes place nearly 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and nearly 100 years after the events of the ongoing prequel series, House of the Dragon.

Today at this year's New York Comic-Con, HBO announced that A Knight of Seven Kingdoms' six-episode-long first season will begin airing on January 18th, 2026. Based on Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas set decades before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms chronicles the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and prince Aegon Targaryen (Dexter Sol Ansell).