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The first two episodes have been rather slow, but what I have enjoyed more is the subtle links to GOT characters.. The two main characters "Dunk"(The Hedge Knight) and "Egg" (His Squire). There is a trilogy of books titled "Tales of Dunk and Egg".
While it has been slow, I get the feeling it will pick up. From a historical perspective, I have found it fun to track down the ancestry to GOT in this new show. I am not sure if the new show is a compilation of the "Tales of Dunk and Egg", but it would make sense..
There is a scene in GOT where the old man who is blind that has been going around social media where he speak of his brother "Egg" before he dies. he calls out to him by saying his name.. "Egg".. It has been cool to connect the dots that this squire in the new series is in fact "Egg" that he calls out too before his death.
"Egg" also becomes King to the Iron Throne
While it has been slow, I get the feeling it will pick up. From a historical perspective, I have found it fun to track down the ancestry to GOT in this new show. I am not sure if the new show is a compilation of the "Tales of Dunk and Egg", but it would make sense..
Tales of Dunk and Egg is a series of fantasy novellas by George R. R. Martin, set in the world of his A Song of Ice and Fire novels. They follow the adventures of "Dunk" (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall) and "Egg" (the future King Aegon V Targaryen), some 90 years before the events of the novels.
Three novellas have been published – The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010) – and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series. A collection of the existing three novellas, with illustrations by Gary Gianni, was published as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on October 6, 2015. An HBO television adaptation named A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premiered on January 18, 2026.
Three novellas have been published – The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010) – and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series. A collection of the existing three novellas, with illustrations by Gary Gianni, was published as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on October 6, 2015. An HBO television adaptation named A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premiered on January 18, 2026.
There is a scene in GOT where the old man who is blind that has been going around social media where he speak of his brother "Egg" before he dies. he calls out to him by saying his name.. "Egg".. It has been cool to connect the dots that this squire in the new series is in fact "Egg" that he calls out too before his death.
Maester Aemon (Blind Man in GOT at Castle Black)
Aemon Targaryen is the older brother of Aegon V, the third son of Maekar I, and a member of the Night's Watch. Decades before the events of A Game of Thrones, he was sent to the Citadel in Oldtown on the orders of his grandfather Daeron II, who felt there were too many Targaryens, and became a Maester (one of an order of scholars and healers). He was later offered the throne of the Seven Kingdoms after the death of his father Maekar, but ceded the rule to Aegon and joined the Night's Watch. By the time of A Game of Thrones, he is elderly and blind, but provides guidance to the men at Castle Black, and is greatly respected within the Night's Watch. In A Feast for Crows, Jon Snow sends him to the Citadel by sea, but Maester Aemon catches a fever during a storm and dies on the voyage between Braavos and Oldtown.
Aemon Targaryen is the older brother of Aegon V, the third son of Maekar I, and a member of the Night's Watch. Decades before the events of A Game of Thrones, he was sent to the Citadel in Oldtown on the orders of his grandfather Daeron II, who felt there were too many Targaryens, and became a Maester (one of an order of scholars and healers). He was later offered the throne of the Seven Kingdoms after the death of his father Maekar, but ceded the rule to Aegon and joined the Night's Watch. By the time of A Game of Thrones, he is elderly and blind, but provides guidance to the men at Castle Black, and is greatly respected within the Night's Watch. In A Feast for Crows, Jon Snow sends him to the Citadel by sea, but Maester Aemon catches a fever during a storm and dies on the voyage between Braavos and Oldtown.
"Egg" also becomes King to the Iron Throne
Aegon V Targaryen (Egg)
Aegon Targaryen, nicknamed "Egg" in his youth, is one of the two main characters in the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. He is played by English child actor Dexter Sol Ansell in the 2026 HBO television adaptation A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
As a child, his father Prince Maekar reluctantly permitted him to serve as squire to the lowborn hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall, in the hopes that the lessons learned through humble service and hard experience would help him avoid the excesses and shortcomings of his royal brothers. He was later crowned as King Aegon V when a Great Council bypassed the inheritance of his two oldest brothers and after his third older brother Aemon chose to abdicate by joining the Night's Watch as a maester. He was called "Aegon the Unlikely" because as the fourth son of a fourth son, he was placed very low down the line of succession and therefore considered unlikely to inherit the Iron Throne.
Aegon V's reign lasted more than 25 years, during which he tried to push policies more favorable to the interests of common people, and frequently clashed with noble lords as a result. He later perished in the Tragedy of Summerhall, a huge fire at the Targaryen summer palace, along with his son Prince Duncan and close friend Ser Duncan the Tall. After he died, his second son Jaehaerys inherited the throne as King Jaehaerys II. King Jaehaerys died three years later, and the Iron Throne was passed to his son Aerys, later also known as the Mad King.
Through Jaehaerys II and Aerys II, Aegon V is the great-grandfather to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen. He is also the great-grandfather to Robert, Stannis and Renly Baratheon through his daughter Rhaelle, who married into House Baratheon and gave birth to the Baratheon brothers' father Steffon. This grandmaternal descendance from Aegon V later became the basis of Robert Baratheon's legitimacy in claiming the Iron Throne after rebelling against Aerys II.
Aegon Targaryen, nicknamed "Egg" in his youth, is one of the two main characters in the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. He is played by English child actor Dexter Sol Ansell in the 2026 HBO television adaptation A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
As a child, his father Prince Maekar reluctantly permitted him to serve as squire to the lowborn hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall, in the hopes that the lessons learned through humble service and hard experience would help him avoid the excesses and shortcomings of his royal brothers. He was later crowned as King Aegon V when a Great Council bypassed the inheritance of his two oldest brothers and after his third older brother Aemon chose to abdicate by joining the Night's Watch as a maester. He was called "Aegon the Unlikely" because as the fourth son of a fourth son, he was placed very low down the line of succession and therefore considered unlikely to inherit the Iron Throne.
Aegon V's reign lasted more than 25 years, during which he tried to push policies more favorable to the interests of common people, and frequently clashed with noble lords as a result. He later perished in the Tragedy of Summerhall, a huge fire at the Targaryen summer palace, along with his son Prince Duncan and close friend Ser Duncan the Tall. After he died, his second son Jaehaerys inherited the throne as King Jaehaerys II. King Jaehaerys died three years later, and the Iron Throne was passed to his son Aerys, later also known as the Mad King.
Through Jaehaerys II and Aerys II, Aegon V is the great-grandfather to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen. He is also the great-grandfather to Robert, Stannis and Renly Baratheon through his daughter Rhaelle, who married into House Baratheon and gave birth to the Baratheon brothers' father Steffon. This grandmaternal descendance from Aegon V later became the basis of Robert Baratheon's legitimacy in claiming the Iron Throne after rebelling against Aerys II.
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