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* KingIncognito: [[spoiler:Dunk does realise the drunk and the boy he meets in an inn are Prince Daeron Targaryen and a young Aegon Targaryen respectively.]]
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* [[spoiler:YouAreAlreadyDead: Prince Baelor feels strange after helping Dunk win his Trial by Combat, and asks his fellow knights to help remove his helmet. That's when they discover that the back of his skull has been crushed, and the helmet was basically the only thing holding it together.]]
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# ''The Hedge Knight''(1998, published in Legends Anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg)
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* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: History has shown that Dunk and Egg would both meet their end on the ''[[NoodleIncident Tragedy at Summerfell.]]'']] Whether or not the same will be shown by GRRM is another story.
** SavedByCanon: On the one hand, both characters won't die until that event happens, so until then, they'll survive most of what is thrown their way.
** SavedByCanon: On the one hand, both characters won't die until that event happens, so until then, they'll survive most of what is thrown their way.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Even as a four-year-old Walder Frey is such an annoying little shit that Dunk is tempted to throw him down a well.
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* CainAndAbel: Egg hates [[spoiler:his elder brother Prince Aerion Brightflame, passionately and even cheers other competitors to kick his ass.]]
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* CainAndAbel: CainAndAbel:
** Egg hates [[spoiler:his elder brother Prince Aerion Brightflame, passionately and even cheers other competitors to kick his ass.]]
** Egg hates [[spoiler:his elder brother Prince Aerion Brightflame, passionately and even cheers other competitors to kick his ass.]]
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Targaryens, natch. Thanks to MassivelyNumberedSiblings. However there are quite a few good Targaryens to go with the crazy and evil ones. But even then, they hardly get along well.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dunk ''wins'' his Trial by Seven, but it comes at the price of the death of three good men, including Baelor Breakspear who everyone believes was the great hope of the Seven Kingdoms. Tanselle Too-Tall, the Dornishwoman who Dunk crushes on, also lives but she has to flee without saying goodbye and Dunk fears that he'll never see her again. On the other hand, Prince Maekar accepts Dunk as a suitable Knight and Mentor to his young son, Prince Aegon.]]
* CainAndAbel: Egg hates [[spoiler:his elder brother Prince Aerion Brightflame, passionately and even cheers other competitors to kick his ass.]]
** A more tragic example is that of Prince Maekar and Prince Baelor Breakspear. [[spoiler:Maekar resented his brother who was more likable and good looking than him, and hated the fact that his children would inherit before Maekar's. But even then he never wanted to kill him. In the Trial by Seven, Maekar and Baelor tussled and a poorly timed hit from Maekar's mace damages his brother's brains and kills him.]]
* TheGoodChancellor: Baelor Breakspear is widely revered for being this, much to the jealousy of his brother Prince Maekar.
** A more tragic example is that of Prince Maekar and Prince Baelor Breakspear. [[spoiler:Maekar resented his brother who was more likable and good looking than him, and hated the fact that his children would inherit before Maekar's. But even then he never wanted to kill him. In the Trial by Seven, Maekar and Baelor tussled and a poorly timed hit from Maekar's mace damages his brother's brains and kills him.]]
* TheGoodChancellor: Baelor Breakspear is widely revered for being this, much to the jealousy of his brother Prince Maekar.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Prince Maekar [[spoiler:after killing his brother Baelor. Unlike other examples, he fully accepts his guilt and resolves to make amends as much as he can, first sending his evil son, Prince Aerion Brightflame to Lys and then assigning Dunk as the Hedge Knight and Mentor to his youngest son, and favorite, Aegon in the hopes that he has more humility than his brothers.]]
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* StatuesqueStunner: Tanselle Too-Tall, the Dornish Puppeteer who catches Dunk's eye, who as Dunk notes is "not too tall for me."
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Prince Maekar knows that this is how Baelor will be regarded after his death and he will always be hated across Westeros for being the man who took their Prince and potential Great King away from them. He also tells Dunk that he'll be treated the same and tells him to prepare for it.]]
* TheTourney / TournamentArc: The entire story takes place entirely at the Tournament at Ashford and goes into details in exploring the rituals of competition and chivalry, as well as the atmosphere around it.
* WorkingClassHero: Dunk of Flea Bottom, a squire for a Hedge Knight becomes [[spoiler:a Knight in service to the Royal Family.]] He's loved by the smallfolk for protecting one of them against [[spoiler:a deranged Prince]].
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Prince Valarr [[spoiler:in his grief wonders why his father, the Hand of the King and hope of Westeros, should die so that a poor Hedge Knight like Dunk should live. Dunk himself feels guilty about this.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Prince Maekar knows that this is how Baelor will be regarded after his death and he will always be hated across Westeros for being the man who took their Prince and potential Great King away from them. He also tells Dunk that he'll be treated the same and tells him to prepare for it.]]
* TheTourney / TournamentArc: The entire story takes place entirely at the Tournament at Ashford and goes into details in exploring the rituals of competition and chivalry, as well as the atmosphere around it.
* WorkingClassHero: Dunk of Flea Bottom, a squire for a Hedge Knight becomes [[spoiler:a Knight in service to the Royal Family.]] He's loved by the smallfolk for protecting one of them against [[spoiler:a deranged Prince]].
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Prince Valarr [[spoiler:in his grief wonders why his father, the Hand of the King and hope of Westeros, should die so that a poor Hedge Knight like Dunk should live. Dunk himself feels guilty about this.]]
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Targaryens, natch. Thanks to MassivelyNumberedSiblings. However there are quite a few good Targaryens to go with the crazy and evil ones. But even then, they hardly get along well.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dunk ''wins'' his Trial by Seven, but it comes at the price of the death of three good men, including Baelor Breakspear who everyone believes was the great hope of the Seven Kingdoms. Tanselle Too-Tall, the Dornishwoman who Dunk crushes on, also lives but she has to flee without saying goodbye and Dunk fears that he'll never see her again. On the other hand, Prince Maekar accepts Dunk as a suitable Knight and Mentor to his young son, Prince Aegon.]]
* CainAndAbel: Egg hates [[spoiler:his elder brother Prince Aerion Brightflame, passionately and even cheers other competitors to kick his ass.]]
** A more tragic example is that of Prince Maekar and Prince Baelor Breakspear. [[spoiler:Maekar resented his brother who was more likable and good looking than him, and hated the fact that his children would inherit before Maekar's. But even then he never wanted to kill him. In the Trial by Seven, Maekar and Baelor tussled and a poorly timed hit from Maekar's mace damages his brother's brains and kills him.]]
* TheGoodChancellor: Baelor Breakspear is widely revered for being this, much to the jealousy of his brother Prince Maekar.
** A more tragic example is that of Prince Maekar and Prince Baelor Breakspear. [[spoiler:Maekar resented his brother who was more likable and good looking than him, and hated the fact that his children would inherit before Maekar's. But even then he never wanted to kill him. In the Trial by Seven, Maekar and Baelor tussled and a poorly timed hit from Maekar's mace damages his brother's brains and kills him.]]
* TheGoodChancellor: Baelor Breakspear is widely revered for being this, much to the jealousy of his brother Prince Maekar.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Prince Maekar [[spoiler:after killing his brother Baelor. Unlike other examples, he fully accepts his guilt and resolves to make amends as much as he can, first sending his evil son, Prince Aerion Brightflame to Lys and then assigning Dunk as the Hedge Knight and Mentor to his youngest son, and favorite, Aegon in the hopes that he has more humility than his brothers.]]
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* StatuesqueStunner: Tanselle Too-Tall, the Dornish Puppeteer who catches Dunk's eye, who as Dunk notes is "not too tall for me."
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Prince Maekar knows that this is how Baelor will be regarded after his death and he will always be hated across Westeros for being the man who took their Prince and potential Great King away from them. He also tells Dunk that he'll be treated the same and tells him to prepare for it.]]
* TheTourney / TournamentArc: The entire story takes place entirely at the Tournament at Ashford and goes into details in exploring the rituals of competition and chivalry, as well as the atmosphere around it.
* WorkingClassHero: Dunk of Flea Bottom, a squire for a Hedge Knight becomes [[spoiler:a Knight in service to the Royal Family.]] He's loved by the smallfolk for protecting one of them against [[spoiler:a deranged Prince]].
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Prince Valarr [[spoiler:in his grief wonders why his father, the Hand of the King and hope of Westeros, should die so that a poor Hedge Knight like Dunk should live. Dunk himself feels guilty about this.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Prince Maekar knows that this is how Baelor will be regarded after his death and he will always be hated across Westeros for being the man who took their Prince and potential Great King away from them. He also tells Dunk that he'll be treated the same and tells him to prepare for it.]]
* TheTourney / TournamentArc: The entire story takes place entirely at the Tournament at Ashford and goes into details in exploring the rituals of competition and chivalry, as well as the atmosphere around it.
* WorkingClassHero: Dunk of Flea Bottom, a squire for a Hedge Knight becomes [[spoiler:a Knight in service to the Royal Family.]] He's loved by the smallfolk for protecting one of them against [[spoiler:a deranged Prince]].
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Prince Valarr [[spoiler:in his grief wonders why his father, the Hand of the King and hope of Westeros, should die so that a poor Hedge Knight like Dunk should live. Dunk himself feels guilty about this.]]
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Much like Ser Jaime Lannister several decades in the future, Ser Duncan experiences this even on the smallest scale. He's sworn his sword to Ser Eustace Osgrey to defend his lands and people from the Webbers, [[spoiler:but Eustace is a former Blackfyre loyalist and so a traitor and Lady Rohanne hates him for foolishly entering a conflict that led to her beloved Ser Addam, dying on the opposite side. Moreover, Dunk likes and admires Lady Rohanne.]] Dunk's real commitment is protecting the common people who Eustace is forcing into preparing for a battle that will get them butchered.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Egg gets a soft version of this when he puts down two of Aegon the Unworthy's Great Bastards, Bloodraven and Blackfyre, for being like all bastards, untrustworthy and ungrateful. Dunk replies that as a poor child born in a slum who never knew his parents, its more than a little likely that he is a bastard himself and wonders if that means he's untrustworthy. Egg is silent and abashed at this.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Much like Ser Jaime Lannister several decades in the future, Ser Duncan experiences this even on the smallest scale. He's sworn his sword to Ser Eustace Osgrey to defend his lands and people from the Webbers, [[spoiler:but Eustace is a former Blackfyre loyalist and so a traitor and Lady Rohanne hates him for foolishly entering a conflict that led to her beloved Ser Addam, dying on the opposite side. Moreover, Dunk likes and admires Lady Rohanne.]] Dunk's real commitment is protecting the common people who Eustace is forcing into preparing for a battle that will get them butchered.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Egg gets a soft version of this when he puts down two of Aegon the Unworthy's Great Bastards, Bloodraven and Blackfyre, for being like all bastards, untrustworthy and ungrateful. Dunk replies that as a poor child born in a slum who never knew his parents, its more than a little likely that he is a bastard himself and wonders if that means he's untrustworthy. Egg is silent and abashed at this.
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* GentleGiant: Dunk is a towering giant of a man, but he has a mild personality and always tries to do the right thing.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Dunk is still young and has never been trained by a true Master-At-Arms, his technique and jousting skills are not up to mark but in close combat range, his size and strength make him win and come out at top.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Dunk is still young and has never been trained by received adequate formal training in swordsmanship and jousting. In the first two stories, he's a true Master-At-Arms, rather incompetent fighter and jouster. Only when fighting devolves into a grappling match does his technique and jousting skills are not up to mark but in close combat range, his size and superior strength make him win and come out at top.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Egg[[spoiler: being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man" and he had the support of every great knight of the age and to him, Daemon seemed more of a heroic figure than Daeron Targaryen]].
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* HonorBeforeReason: Egg[[spoiler: being Egg [[spoiler:being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man" and he had the support of every great knight of the age and to him, Daemon seemed more of a heroic figure than Daeron Targaryen]].
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* WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:Ser Eustace holds this view about Daemon Blackfyre and his rebellion. Noting that he was a great warrior and far superior to Prince Daeron "The Good", Egg's grandfather]].
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* WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:Ser Eustace holds this view about Daemon [[spoiler:Although the Blackfyre and his rebellion. Noting pretenders are remembered as villainous usurpers, Ser Eustace argues that he their cause was a great warrior just and far superior to Prince Daeron "The Good", Egg's grandfather]].
that Daemon would have made a better king. If, by simple twists of fate, they hadn't lost the war, they would be remembered as heroes]].
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* KidsAreCruel: It's a bit of a surprise to learn that the GentleGiant and mild-mannered Dunk was a real creep as a street urchin. He recalls his gang and himself playing cruel tricks with a severed head.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Between this story and the previous, Dunk has become a much better fighter. He recalls fighting off an Ironman boarding party and considers himself virtually peerless with an axe or mace. In the end, handily defeats the villain in single combat. He's still a lousy jouster, however.
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* TheSquire: Egg was originally supposed to squire for his brother, [[spoiler:Prince Daeron the Drunken, but his love for alcohol led him to forgo going to the Tourney at Ashford. Getting restless, he decides to squire for Dunk simply because he's a knight going the same way.]] In the end, he tells his father that he would not squire for any knight but Dunk.
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An fourth novella tentatively titled ''The She-Wolves of Wintefell'' was announced but has been put on hold in favour of ''The Winds of Winter''. Martin has announced several future tales, stating an intention to chronicle the complete adventures of Dunk and Egg. The series has led to two well received graphic novel adaptations of ''The Hedge Knight'' (2004) and ''The Mystery Knight'' (2010) written and drawn by Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics respectively.
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* GenreShift: The main books are EpicFantasy with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters whereas Dunk and Egg is essentially the story of a single Knight and [[spoiler:a young Prince]].
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* UnskilledButStrong: Dunk is still young and has never been trained by a true Master-At-Arms, his technique and jousting skills are not up to mark but in close combat range, his size and strength make him win and come out at top.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Egg[[spoiler: being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man".]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Egg[[spoiler: being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man".]]
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* GreyAndGrayMorality
GreyAndGrayMorality: [[spoiler:Lady Rohanne Webber is not averse to ordering trespassers being drowned in sacs. Said trespassers only cross over because of a drought she enables. However, Dunk and Egg realize that she's got an understandable grudge with Eustace Osgrey and that the latter is a former traitor who has never fully reconstructed. Egg who is a Targaryen is appalled at Osgrey but Dunk reminds him that regardless they have to protect the people loyal to him, who truly suffer because of a petty feud]].
*OnlyInItForTheMoney: HonorBeforeReason: Egg[[spoiler: being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man".]]man" and he had the support of every great knight of the age and to him, Daemon seemed more of a heroic figure than Daeron Targaryen]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Ser Bennis, a hedge knight who fulfills the "robber knight" stereotype people unjustly hold against Ser Duncan.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Ser Bennis, a hedge knight who fulfills the "robber knight" stereotype people unjustly hold against Ser Duncan.
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* NotJustATournament: [[spoiler:Egg calls the Tournament at Whitewalls a "traitor's tourney" noting that most of the families gathered there were former Blackfyre supporters. Dunk realizes, far too late, that he's right]].
* TournamentArc: Much like "The Hedge Knight", only with a much more seedier look at the values it supposedly espouses.
* TournamentArc: Much like "The Hedge Knight", only with a much more seedier look at the values it supposedly espouses.
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* KnightErrant: In the minds of Ser Arlan and Dunk, "the hedge knight is the only true knight".
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: It tilts closer to the first scale than ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' but other characters lean to the other side, especially in ''The Mystery Knight''.
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* CivilWar: The Blackfyre Rebellion in the past, whose aftermath and trauma is explored on a smaller scale in the local conflict between Standfast and Coldmoat.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: [[spoiler:Egg's real identity as Prince Aegon Targaryen]].
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Egg[[spoiler: being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man".]]
* WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:Ser Eustace holds this view about Daemon Blackfyre and his rebellion. Noting that he was a great warrior and far superior to Prince Daeron "The Good", Egg's grandfather]].
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: [[spoiler:Egg's real identity as Prince Aegon Targaryen]].
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Egg[[spoiler: being the grandson of Prince Daeron, Blackfyre's enemy, asks Ser Eustace if he only supported Daemon to get Coldmoat from the Webbers. Eustace doesn't deny that he expected this, but he clarifies that the real reason is because he believed that Daemon Blackfyre was "the better man".]]
* WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:Ser Eustace holds this view about Daemon Blackfyre and his rebellion. Noting that he was a great warrior and far superior to Prince Daeron "The Good", Egg's grandfather]].
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* {{Deconstruction}}: The Tourney as a display and exhibition of knightly prowess and chivalry. Turns out, [[spoiler:it attracts all kinds of crooks, book-keepers and fixers and is used as a front to stage a conspiracy against the ruling monarch]].
* TheDreaded: Lord Bloodraven, the Hand of the King, who has "Thousand Eyes and One", a reputation as an evil sorcerer and has essentially made Westeros a police state where people are afraid of speaking their minds.
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Dunk of Flea Bottom is the Squire to Ser Arlan of Pennytree, upon his death, the Squire takes up his master's mantle and enters as a tourney knight at Ashford. On his journey to Ashford he meets Egg, who volunteers his service as a squire.
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Dunk and Egg attend Lord Ambrose Butterwell's Tourney as celebration to his wedding to the daughter of Lord Frey. Dunk decides to enter the Tourney as a "mystery knight" but Egg realizes that there's more at stake than a simple prize and they quickly find hints of a conspiracy.
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After burying his mentor Ser Arlan of Pennytree on a meadow beneath a tree, Dunk of Flea Bottom decides to take up the calling of knighthood himself and enters as a poor hedge knight, styled Ser Duncan the Tall, in the Tourney at Ashford. On his travels he comes across a small, curious, bald child named Egg who volunteers to be his squire. Their random meeting leads to a lifelong friendship and several adventures, great and small as they trudge across Westeros.
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''Dunk and Egg'' differs from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the main series]] by being [[LighterAndSofter significantly different]] in tone. The values of knighthood, the codes of chivalry and the honor of service in the same, is played straight for the most part. It's mainly a chronicle of perhaps the most unlikely friendship in the annals of Westeros, the relationship between a Knight and his Squire. A lowly hedge knight called Dunk of Flea Bottom and Aegon (called Egg by his friends), a Prince and a member of the Targaryen Royal Family. Dunk and Egg travel across Westeros swearing service to one lordly house or another, preferring to rest underneath the hedges of the countryside rather than the walls of the castle.
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''Dunk and Egg'' differs from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the main series]] by being [[LighterAndSofter significantly different]] in tone. The values of knighthood, the codes of chivalry and the honor of service in the same, is played straight for the most part. It's mainly a chronicle of perhaps the most unlikely friendship in the annals of Westeros, the relationship between a Knight and his Squire. A lowly hedge knight called Dunk of Flea Bottom and Aegon (called Egg by his friends), a Prince and a member of the Targaryen Royal Family. Dunk and Egg travel across Westeros swearing service to one lordly house or another, preferring to rest underneath the hedges of the countryside rather than the walls of the castle.Westeros.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Dunk and Egg, though Egg is Ser Duncan's squire.
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* OddFriendship / IntergenerationalFriendship: In a time of feudal class divisions, the idea that a poor Knight could become a BigBrotherMentor to the little Prince is a kind of special magic in itself.
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* SmallStepsHero: Duncan as a knight doesn't seek to involve himself in great conflicts but rather to do his duty and live up to the ideals of knighthood as embodied by his mentor and heroes.
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Dunk of Flea Bottom is the Squire to Ser Arlan of Pennytree, upon his death, the Squire takes up his master's mantle and enters as a tourney knight at Ashford. On his journey to Ashford he meets Egg, who volunteers his service as a squire.
* TheAlcoholic: Prince Daeron the Drunken
* AristocratsAreEvil: Prince Aerion Brightflame obviously, but also [[spoiler:Ser Manfred Dondarrion and Ser Steffon Fossoway]].
* BigGood: Baelor Breakspear, Prince of Dragonstone, the Hand of the King.
* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Dunk has no choice but to do this since Ser Arlan never told him where Pennytree, his home in the Reach is and he had no other family, being a poor hedge knight himself. Later that Lone Praire becomes his coat of arms.
* HumbleHero: Dunk, Egg and Baelor Breakspear.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Played with. Since he was small, he was always known as Dunk and he's not sure if that was a nickname or his real name. Egg thinks that Dunk's true name is Ser Duncan and he thinks [[SureWhyNot that it sounds nice]].
* TheAlcoholic: Prince Daeron the Drunken
* AristocratsAreEvil: Prince Aerion Brightflame obviously, but also [[spoiler:Ser Manfred Dondarrion and Ser Steffon Fossoway]].
* BigGood: Baelor Breakspear, Prince of Dragonstone, the Hand of the King.
* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Dunk has no choice but to do this since Ser Arlan never told him where Pennytree, his home in the Reach is and he had no other family, being a poor hedge knight himself. Later that Lone Praire becomes his coat of arms.
* HumbleHero: Dunk, Egg and Baelor Breakspear.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Played with. Since he was small, he was always known as Dunk and he's not sure if that was a nickname or his real name. Egg thinks that Dunk's true name is Ser Duncan and he thinks [[SureWhyNot that it sounds nice]].
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* CallToAdventure: Every tale ends with Dunk and Egg on the open road.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The First Blackfyre Rebellion, specifically the Battle of Redgrass Field which seriously changed the lives of all the characters.
* KnightAndSquire
* KnightInShiningArmor: Dunk is a straight example.
--> "A Knight who remembered his vows".
* LegendaryInTheSequel: Readers of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' know that [[spoiler:Ser Duncan the Tall becomes the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and that Egg becomes King Aegon V "The Unlikely", one of the last good kings of the Targaryen dynasty.]] They also know [[spoiler:sadly, that they die in an event called "Tragedy at Summerhall".]]
* LighterAndSofter: To a degree that it's hard to believe that it exists in the same universe. It's much more good humored and less tense and violent.
* OddFriendship / IntergenerationalFriendship: In a time of feudal class divisions, the idea that a poor Knight could become a BigBrotherMentor to the little Prince is a kind of special magic in itself.
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[[folder: 2. The Sworn Sword]]
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[[folder: 3. The Mystery Knight]]
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The First Blackfyre Rebellion, specifically the Battle of Redgrass Field which seriously changed the lives of all the characters.
* KnightAndSquire
* KnightInShiningArmor: Dunk is a straight example.
--> "A Knight who remembered his vows".
* LegendaryInTheSequel: Readers of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' know that [[spoiler:Ser Duncan the Tall becomes the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and that Egg becomes King Aegon V "The Unlikely", one of the last good kings of the Targaryen dynasty.]] They also know [[spoiler:sadly, that they die in an event called "Tragedy at Summerhall".]]
* LighterAndSofter: To a degree that it's hard to believe that it exists in the same universe. It's much more good humored and less tense and violent.
* OddFriendship / IntergenerationalFriendship: In a time of feudal class divisions, the idea that a poor Knight could become a BigBrotherMentor to the little Prince is a kind of special magic in itself.
[[folder: 1. The Hedge Knight]]
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[[folder: 2. The Sworn Sword]]
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[[folder: 3. The Mystery Knight]]
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An fourth novella tentatively titled ''The She-Wolves of Wintefell'' was announced but has been put on hold in favour of ''The Winds of Winter''. Martin has announced several future tales, stating an intention to chronicle the complete adventures of Dunk and Egg. The series has led to two well received graphic novel adaptations of ''The Hedge Knight''(2004) Knight'' (2004) and ''The Mystery Knight''(2010) Knight'' (2010) written and drawn by Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics respectively.
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''Dunk and Egg'' differs from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the main series]] by being [[LighterAndSofter significantly different]] in tone. The values of knighthood, the codes of chivalry and the honor of service in the same, is played straight for the most part. It's mainly a chronicle of perhaps the most unlikely friendship in the annals of Westeros, the relationship between a Knight and his Squire. A lowly hedge knight called Dunk of Flea Bottom and Aegon (called Egg by his friends), a Prince and a member of the Targaryen Royal Family. Dunk and Egg travel across Westeros swearing service to one lordly house or another, preferring to rest underneath the hedges of the countryside rather than the walls of the castle.
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''Dunk and Egg'' differs from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the main series]] by being [[LighterAndSofter significantly different]] in tone. The values of knighthood, the codes of chivalry and the honor of service in the same, is played straight for the most part. It's mainly a chronicle of perhaps the most unlikely friendship in the annals of Westeros, the relationship between a Knight and his Squire. A lowly hedge knight called Dunk of Flea Bottom and Aegon (called Egg by his friends), a Prince and a member of the Targaryen Royal Family. Dunk and Egg travel across Westeros swearing service to one lordly house or another, preferring to rest underneath the hedges of the countryside rather than the walls of the castle.
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The published novellas include:
# ''The Hedge Knight''(1998, published in Legends Anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Sworn Sword'' (2003, published in Legends II, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Mystery Knight'' (2010, published in Warriors, edited by Gardner Dozois)
An fourth novella tentatively titled ''The She-Wolves of Wintefell'' was announced but has been put on hold in favour of ''The Winds of Winter''. Martin has announced several future tales, stating an intention to chronicle the complete adventures of Dunk and Egg. The series has led to two well received graphic novel adaptations of ''The Hedge Knight''(2004) and ''The Mystery Knight''(2010) written and drawn by Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics respectively.
# ''The Hedge Knight''(1998, published in Legends Anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Sworn Sword'' (2003, published in Legends II, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Mystery Knight'' (2010, published in Warriors, edited by Gardner Dozois)
An fourth novella tentatively titled ''The She-Wolves of Wintefell'' was announced but has been put on hold in favour of ''The Winds of Winter''. Martin has announced several future tales, stating an intention to chronicle the complete adventures of Dunk and Egg. The series has led to two well received graphic novel adaptations of ''The Hedge Knight''(2004) and ''The Mystery Knight''(2010) written and drawn by Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics respectively.
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The published novellas include:
# ''The Hedge Knight''(1998, published in Legends Anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Sworn Sword'' (2003, published in Legends II, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Mystery Knight'' (2010, published in Warriors, edited by Gardner Dozois)
An fourth novella tentatively titled ''The She-Wolves of Wintefell'' was announced but has been put on hold in favour of ''The Winds of Winter''. Martin has announced several future tales, stating an intention to chronicle the complete adventures of Dunk and Egg. The series has led to two well received graphic novel adaptations of ''The Hedge Knight''(2004) and ''The Mystery Knight''(2010) written and drawn by Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics respectively.
# ''The Hedge Knight''(1998, published in Legends Anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Sworn Sword'' (2003, published in Legends II, edited by Robert Silverberg)
# ''The Mystery Knight'' (2010, published in Warriors, edited by Gardner Dozois)
An fourth novella tentatively titled ''The She-Wolves of Wintefell'' was announced but has been put on hold in favour of ''The Winds of Winter''. Martin has announced several future tales, stating an intention to chronicle the complete adventures of Dunk and Egg. The series has led to two well received graphic novel adaptations of ''The Hedge Knight''(2004) and ''The Mystery Knight''(2010) written and drawn by Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller and published by Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics respectively.
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'''Tales of Dunk and Egg''' is a series of short novellas written by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. It takes place in the same universe and continuity of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' but is set approximately a century before the events of the main series. Although a {{Prequel}}, the novella does not feature any of the major recurring characters in the main series and features a completely different set of characters and events, some of which were only alluded to as NoodleIncident or GreatOffscreenWar in the main text but which are explored in fuller detail here.
