A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Created by: Ira Parker, George R. R. Martin
Based on: Tales of Dunk and Egg by George R. R. Martin (Season 1 adapts the first novella, “The Hedge Knight”)
Cast and characters: Peter Claffey (Ser Duncan the Tall / “Dunk”), Dexter Sol Ansell (Prince Aegon Targaryen / “Egg”), Daniel Ings (Ser Lyonel Baratheon), Shaun Thomas (Raymun Fossoway), Tanzyn Crawford (Tanselle), Danny Webb (Ser Arlan of Pennytree), Henry Ashton (Prince Daeron “The Drunken” Targaryen), Daniel Monks (Ser Manfred Dondarrion)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (based on the Tales of Dunk and Egg) is a prequel that serves as a bridge between House of the Dragon and the original Game of Thrones series.
The series is set during an era of relative peace under Targaryen rule, following the death of the last dragons but decades before the fall of the dynasty. It follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg, a young Targaryen prince (Aegon V) who is the brother of Maester Aemon (from Game of Thrones) and the great-great-grandfather of Daenerys Targaryen.
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Season 1 – Episode 5
Episode title: In the Name of the Mother
Original release date: February 15, 2026 (HBO)
Episode plot: The trial of seven begins. In the first charge, Aerion knocks Dunk from his horse. In a series of flashbacks to Dunk’s childhood, he and his dear friend Rafe scavenge from a battlefield. They return to Flea Bottom in King’s Landing and steal from Alester, a member of the City Watch. Dunk and Rafe attempt to buy passage to the Free Cities, but cannot afford it. Alester corners them and takes their money. Rafe steals Alester’s dagger, but he notices and slits her throat. Arlan emerges from a tavern and kills Alester, saving Dunk, who then follows Arlan on his travels. In the present, Dunk and Aerion duel on foot until both men collapse from injury. After Dunk falls unconscious, Aerion declares him dead. Egg begs Dunk to get up, and the crowd chants for Dunk as he stands. Dunk and Aerion resume their duel until Dunk gets the upper hand. Aerion yields and withdraws his accusation. In the aftermath, Beesbury and Hardyng are confirmed as killed. Dunk emotionally pledges fealty to Baelor. Raymun and Pate help Baelor remove his helmet, which Maekar crushed with his mace during the trial. Baelor collapses from his injury and dies in Dunk’s arms.
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Transcript
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[horses huffing, neighing]
Do not panic. Remain in formation. Keep your mounts as long as you can. These men mean to see you dead. They will fight savagely.
[Humfrey Hardyng] As will we, my lord.
[Raymun retching]
[laughing]
Green fucking boys!
[Dunk and Raymun coughing]
What of the Kingsguard?
Take heart, Beesbury. I will handle the Kingsguard. Their oath forbids them to harm a prince of the blood.
Is that honorable, Your Grace?
The gods will let us know.
Mother loved you best, huh? Shame. No man fights so fierce as one neglected by his mother.
Be vigilant. Don’t die.
[Egg] Ser.
[Dunk] My lance, squire.
[Dunk] You best be here when I get back. Rob me, and I’ll hunt you down with dogs.
[Egg] Woof!
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[Ashford septon] May the Seven bear witness to our solemn and bloody offering. May they peer inside our mortal hearts and find the truth. May the Warrior grant victory to the innocent… and reveal the guilty in their falseness. May death sustain life.
[horses huffing, neighing]
[metallic rasping]
[inaudible]
[♪ bombastic, ominous music playing]
[horses whinnying]
[knights shouting]
[metallic rasping continues]
[Egg] [muffled] Up! Up! Go!
[horse whinnying]
[metallic rasping intensifies] Up! Up! Go!
Hyah!
[crowd roaring]
[metallic rasping continues]
[crashing] [grunting]
[horse whinnying]
[crowd groaning]
[grunting]
[♪ ominous music resumes]
[horse whinnying]
[groaning]
[shouting]
[flesh squelching]
[horse whinnying]
[thud] [horse whinnying]
[silence]
[blade thudding]
[birds squawking]
[spitting, gasping]
Fuck!
[wheezing]
Ma… ma…
[gasping and wheezing]
Ma…
[young Dunk] I’m sorry. [gasping]
[stifled grunting]
[Rafe] Don’t!
Ah!
[Rafe] What the fuck are you doing? He’s got a seal.
[young Dunk] He’s dying.
[Rafe] If we can get him off the hill, might someone pay us for his ransom. Quick!
[wheezing]
[both grunting]
[both grunting]
[labored gasping]
[Rafe] Fuck! Do you know any words?
[young Dunk] What’s that mean?
[Rafe] You see, when these bloody highborn spoil, you got– you gotta say words for them.
[young Dunk] Oh. Why?
[Rafe] So they don’t end up in no hell with the rest of us.
[young Dunk] I don’t know any words.
[Rafe] [sighs] Right. Check his mouth. I know a witch who pays copper for teeth.
[Rafe] I am your queen! Wipe my arse, liege. What? You never seen a man die before?
[young Dunk] Yeah. But not like that. He was crying for his mother.
[Rafe] Yeah, what’s she gonna do? Lift the fucking horse off his legs?
[horse neighing]
[Rafe] Shit, come on.
[Rafe] Right, come on. Come on. [grunting softly]
[young Dunk] I just don’t know why we’re in such a rush to leave anymore. The war is over. The Black Dragon is dead. Ferret said we’re all to get free bread now.
[Rafe] Are you stupid? Nothing’s over. Don’t you remember when Pudding killed Cedric’s little brother?
[young Dunk] That was an accident.
[Rafe] Aye. And we all figured that’d be the end to it, only for Cedric to come back a year later and near burn down half of Flea Bottom trying to kill Pudding. No one forgets shit. You hurt someone, they hurt you back. If you want to stay, fine. But Flea Bottom is full up on people hurting. It’s tinder waiting to catch.
[soldiers groaning, screaming]
[townsperson] Stay calm now. You’ll be alright.
[children chattering]
[townsperson coughing]
[chattering continues]
[Alester] Rafe. Dunk. What’s in the bag?
[young Dunk] Rats.
[Alester] Oh! Rats! Let’s see ’em, then.
[loud clamoring]
[baby crying]
[Alester] Fucking cunt!
[chickens clucking]
[young Dunk] You shouldn’t have done that. You know what Alester’s like.
[Rafe] Aye, and the evil bastard was about to steal our shit, so I stole his.
[young Dunk] That’s not what I meant.
[Rafe] Oh, is that not what you meant? I’m doing him a favor. This ale tastes as sour as the queen’s own brew. Come on.
[items clattering]
We’ll all be plundering that tomb for a dragon’s age. Hey! Daemon’s rebellion is over. Take your Blackfyre leather elsewhere.
[young Dunk sighs]
[coins jingling]
[young Dunk] Is it enough?
[Rafe] It’s enough.
[♪ muffled music playing faintly]
[Rafe] Hey, don’t lose your nerve now. The shit part’s done.
[young Dunk] I know.
[Rafe] We’ll be sailing off into all kinds of adventures. Don’t you want that?
[young Dunk] I do. I just…
[Rafe] What?
[young Dunk] What if the Free Cities are no better than here? What if they’re worse?
[Rafe] Then we’ll go someplace else.
[young Dunk] What if it’s all shit? Every place? What if this is the best there is?
[Rafe] That would be quite sad.
[young Dunk] And… what if my mother comes back for me? I’m not stupid. I know she’s dead. But what if she’s just trying to get away from wherever she is? Like we are? If I leave, then how will she find me?
[Rafe] You are fucking stupid sometimes. If your mother was alive, she’s not coming back for you.
[young Dunk] You don’t know that.
[Rafe] I know I never got nothin’ by waiting around. You want a family? Go out there, get a family.
[young Dunk] I just want to be with you.
[Rafe] ‘Cause you love me.
[young Dunk] Yeah.
[Rafe] Well… I love you too, don’t I? And I’m going. So, you best be coming with me. This city is too small for us, Dunk. Let’s show her our arse.
[baby crying]
[♪ soft music playing]
[Rafe] Right, come on, Dunk.
[goats bleating]
[Rafe] Dunk, get a move on.
[Rafe] Two fares to the Free Cities. What? Our silver don’t spend?
Price is double. You’re not the only ones who mean to get the fuck out of here.
Right. Move!
[Rafe] Wait, get off me!
[young Dunk] Rafe!
[Rafe] Fuck! I suppose you’re happy.
[young Dunk] What?
[Rafe] You’ve got plenty of time to wait around for your dead mother now.
[distant bell ringing]
[Rafe] I’m sorry.
[young Dunk] We’ll find a way.
[residents coughing, groaning]
[Alester] You got quick hands, girl. I used to have quick hands.
[pigs grunting]
[pigs continue grunting]
[Alester] I’ll have me ale-skin back.
[Rafe] I, uh, sold it.
[Alester chuckles]
[Rafe] No! [grunting] No, no.
[young Dunk] We can get it back!
[grunting]
[fabric tearing]
[thud]
[Alester] Oh, what’s that?
[coins jingling]
[grunting]
[Rafe] Fuck off! Give it back! Give it back!
[coins jingling]
Holding out on us.
[Rafe] That’s ours.
[Alester] Little gutter rats don’t have silver. Only little thieves.
[young Dunk] We didn’t thieve nothing. We earned that.
[Alester] Stealing from dead nobles is still stealing.
[young Dunk] And what’s stealing from us?
[grunting]
[Alester] That’s life.
Yeah.
[sighs]
Huh.
[young Dunk] Come on. Rafe, let’s go. Rafe!
Go on.
[Alester] Rafe.
[Rafe grunting]
[chuckles]
[Alester] You little cunt.
[grunting]
[young Dunk] No!
[gagging]
[shouting]
Ah! Fuck!
[shouting continues]
Stick him.
[screaming]
[Arlan of Pennytree] In the name of the Mother! Leave that boy be!
[grunting, shouting]
[gasping]
[shouting]
[pig squealing]
[gurgling]
[gurgling stops]
[grunting and shouting continue]
[flesh squelching]
[panting]
[sword scraping]
[Arlan of Pennytree][slurring] Get out of my way!
[young Dunk] [whispering] I’m sorry. [sobbing softly]
♪♪
[young Dunk sniffling]
[people chattering]
[♪ somber music playing]
[Arlan of Pennytree] Maybe I’ll have some of those apples.
Yes…
Oh, you old fool.
[Arlan of Pennytree] Sorry. I’m sorry.
[groaning]
[♪ soft music playing]
[Arlan of Pennytree] Hey, boys. Did you miss me? Yeah.
[crickets chirping]
[fire crackling]
[snoring softly]
[horse chortling]
[♪ soft music continues playing]
[singing in Dothraki]
[singing in Dothraki continues]
[shouting]
[singing in Dothraki continues]
[animal barking in distance]
[continues in Dothraki]
[retching]
[continues in Dothraki]
[whistling]
[Dunk retching]
[continues in Dothraki]
[continues in Dothraki]
[groaning]
[animal bleating]
[grunting]
[groaning]
[Arlan of Pennytree] Ah, you old fool! [groaning]
[panting]
[sighs]
[horse nickering]
[grunting]
[body thuds]
[Arlan of Pennytree] [voice echoing] Get up!
[muffled hoofbeats]
[metallic rasping]
[chain jingling]
[grunting]
[knights shouting]
[groaning]
[horse whinnying]
[cheering and applause]
[screaming]
[groaning and grunting]
[flesh squelching]
[screaming]
[gasping]
[shouting]
[screaming]
Come on!
[groaning]
[grunting]
[panting and groaning]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[grunting]
[exclaiming]
[breathing heavily]
[Aerion screaming]
[Maekar Targaryen] Aerion!
[shouting]
[horse whinnying]
[groaning loudly]
[Maekar] My boy! My boy!
[groaning]
[grunting]
[Egg] Get up. Get up, ser!
[crowd member] Get up, Dunk!
Yield.
[high-pitch ringing]
[Aerion] [muffled] Yield!
[blood trickling, squelching]
[muffled shouting] Yield!
[labored breathing]
[faint shouting]
[faint swords clanging]
[Egg] Get up. Get up, ser.
[panting]
He’s dead! It’s over!
[Egg] Get up, ser! Get up! Get up! Get up, Ser Duncan! Get up, ser. Get up!
Get up. [gasps]
[Egg] Waaaait!
[crowd murmuring]
[Dunk coughs]
[grunting and breathing heavily]
[faint scattered cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[♪ triumphant music playing]
[crowd chanting] Up! Up! Up! Up!
[cheering and applause]
[muffled audio]
[muffled grunting]
[muffled shouting]
[muffled] I yield. I yield.
[muffled heavy breathing]
[knights grunting]
[crowd cheering]
[muffled audio]
[metal clanging]
[muffled audio continues]
[Dunk] [muffled] Tell him!
[Dunk] [normal] Tell him! Tell him!
[Dunk] [muffled] Tell him!
[Aerion] I… I withdraw my accusation.
[crowd roaring]
[horn blowing]
[muffled cheering]
[crowd roaring]
[Raymun Fossoway] That’s it.
Come on.
Steady now. [grunting]
I’ll have to cut that mail off you.
[grunting]
[Dunk] The others. Has anyone died?
Beesbury and Hardyng, in the first charge.
[grunting] Gods be good.
The lance point drove the rings deep into his flesh.
[Dunk] One moment, I felt drunk. The next, like I’m dying.
[groaning]
We’ll get drunk, then we’ll pour, uh, boiling oil on it. That’s how the maesters do it.
[Baelor] Wine. Not oil. Oil will kill him. I’ll send Maester Yormwell to have a look at him when he’s done tending to my brother.
[Dunk] Your Grace. [grunting] I am your man. Please. Your man.
[Baelor] I need good men, Ser Duncan. The realm.
[Dunk groaning]
[groaning]
[Baelor] Ser Raymun, my helm, if you would be so kind.
At once, Your Grace.
[Steely Pate] Alright.
[Dunk grunting]
You’re alright. You’re alright.
[Baelor] Visor’s… visor’s cracked.
[Dunk groaning]
[Baelor] My fingers feel… fingers feel like wood.
[Raymun] Goodman Pate. A hand.
The helm, it’s crushed down the back, Your Grace.
It’s smashed into the gorget.
[Baelor] My brother’s mace, most like. He’s strong.
[chuckles]
[grunting]
[grunting] [squelching]
[softly] Gods be good.
[gasps]
[gasps]
[Egg] [softly] No.
[Dunk] No, no! No. No, no, Your Grace. Your Grace. Your Grace, get up, ser. Get up, ser! No! No! [sobbing] Please! [sobbing] I’m– I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Get up! I’m sorry.
[wailing]
[♪ soft music playing]
