Warning: This text accommodates MAJOR spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3, “The Squire.”A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has revealed (or confirmed) an enormous bombshell, which is able to up the ante going ahead.
Set 100 years earlier than the occasions of Sport of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has to date tracked the misadventures of the hedge knight Ser Duncan (Peter Claffey) as he prepares to enter a harmful tourney. Alongside the way in which, he takes the boy Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) underneath his wing as his squire. However Egg, who presupposed to be a lone orphan boy, will change all the story.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 reveals that Egg is, in truth, one of many present Targaryen king’s grandsons, who had supposedly gone lacking alongside together with his elder brother. These aware of George R. R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas already knew this, and that Egg is brief for Aegon. However now that it is formally canonized within the adaptation, the lead actors have commented on what comes subsequent.
“It actually raises the stakes of stuff and thrusts Dunk right into a world of highborn those who he wasn’t ready for and places him into, in the end, a life-or-death scenario,“ Peter Claffey instructed PEOPLE. “It is the twist that actually turns it from an excellent story into an ideal story. […] It makes for, in my view, some fairly good watching in the direction of the top.“
Claffey was additionally enthused about how this may be obtained by individuals who did not already find out about it from the supply materials: “I do suppose the individuals that do not know the books and wish to simply watch the present are going to actually get pleasure from that twist.” Dexter Sol Ansell, in the meantime, instructed Leisure Weekly about taking part in Aegon: “It feels cool. Looks like I am a dragon. I simply wanna soar out my window and go ‘wee!’ and breathe fireplace. Yeah, it feels thrilling to be a Targaryen.“
Though the 11-year-old actor added that he “was undoubtedly much less excited” about touchdown the function of a Targaryen than his household was for him, as he has not watched the R-rated fantasy collection and does not have the identical familiarity with the world’s lore. Ansell additionally mentioned how this can, no less than initially, pressure Dunk and Egg’s relationship, whereas Egg is crestfallen that he’ll supposedly need to return to the lifetime of a prince:
Dunk does not actually like Egg at this level. So he is fairly mad with him. He hates him at this level. Egg does not know what to do. He knew this present day would come, however he is upset. He thinks he is by no means gonna be with Dunk ever once more, and he thinks he is misplaced his solely likelihood and he is gonna have to return with the Targaryens now and he is gonna be stored away so he by no means escapes once more.
Egg is compelled to disclose himself in episode 3 to guard Dunk from his brother Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett), who is called the merciless one among Prince Maekar’s (Sam Spruell) sons, after Aerion attacked the puppeteer Tanselle (Tanzyn Crawford). However now the present’s two important underdogs are in the course of a a lot larger, extra political battle.
However followers will not have to attend as lengthy to see what occurs subsequent, as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ subsequent episode’s launch has been moved as much as keep away from conflicting with Tremendous Bowl LX. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which has obtained robust critiques and been a streaming hit since its premiere, has additionally already been renewed for season 2, with three extra episodes to be launched in season 1.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is accessible to stream on HBO Max. New episodes (normally) launch on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.
- Launch Date
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January 18, 2026
- Community
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HBO
- Showrunner
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Ira Parker
- Administrators
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Owen Harris
- Writers
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George R. R. Martin, Ira Parker
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Peter Claffey
Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall
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