The official logline explains: “A century before the events of ‘Game of Thrones,’ two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. So we can expect a plot based on these stories that took place about 90 years before the events of the A Song of Ice and Fire series aka Game Of Thrones and provide insight into the history and lore of the Seven Kingdoms. All three novellas follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk), a hedge knight, and his squire, Egg (who is actually Prince Aegon Targaryen, son of King Maekar Targaryen). Like Game Of Thrones and House Of Dragons, the upcoming prequel series will also be based on fantasy novels by Martin. What will be the storyline of the Game Of Thrones prequel ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’? After House of the Dragon, this new series will be the second Game of Thrones prequel that will make it to the screen. In 2021, it was reported that the series was in its early stages of development and that the episodes would run for an hour. Martin, Ira Parker, Ryan Condal, and Vince Gerardis, A Knight of the #SevenKingdoms: The Hedge Knight has received a straight to series order. Martin’s Dunk and Egg books and is officially in the works at HBO.Ī century before there was Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg.Įxecutive produced by George R.

Titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, the prequel series will be based on George R.R. While Dunk and Egg meet a tragic end, the duo's time of life as a knight and squire is filled with exciting adventures.Game Of Thrones fans, rejoice! Looks like we might be getting new binge-worthy content based on the series. Those who survive the fires at Summerhall never talked about it, and those who perished were King Aegon V of Westeros, his friend and Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall, Prince Duncan the Small, and Maester Corso. Known as the Tragedy at Summerhall, the great fire is connected to King Aegon V's desire to restore dragons to Westeros. In the end, the duo dies in the deadly fire that breaks out in the lightly fortified Targaryen castle of Summerhall in 259 AC.

While hedge knights are often seen as untrustworthy people, Dunk rises through the ranks and becomes the Lord Commander of Aegon V's Kingsguard. The fourth son of Maekar I, King Aegon V aka 'Aegon the Unlikely' has a troublesome reign. Aegon V ascends the Iron Throne in 233 AC after a Great Council bypasses candidates earlier in the line of succession, and after his elder brother, Maester Aemon (seen on Game of Thrones) abdicates his rights to the throne.

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