Six years ago in kings landing, dunk had seen him with his own two. As eggs sworn shield, he accompanies him to the westerlands where they become involved in events that lead to the mysterious disappearance of lady rohanne. The first blackfyre rebellion,456 originally called the blackfyre rebellion. Black tom was a blackfyre supporter, and one wonders if the heddles had land and title that was taken from them after being on the wrong side of the first rebellion. Another dunk and egg tale, this one picks up about a year after the hedge knight leaves off. Mystery knight is a 2010 novella published as part of the 2010 anthology warriors. A knight of the seven kingdoms, also entitled tales of dunk and egg, is the. We also learn the impact of the first blackfyre rebellion, played out on a small. The four best possibilities for a game of thrones spinoff.
Tales of dunk and egg wikipedia republished wiki 2. In that battle, osgrey took the side of the black dragon, deamon blackfyre, the loser of the battle. Game of thrones dunk and egg prequel explained plot, release. They follow the adventures of dunk the future lord commander of the kingsguard, ser. It takes place as westeros tries to recover from the blackfyre rebellion, which. Six years ago in kings landing, dunk had seen him with his own two eyes, as he rode a pale horse up the street of. Why the dunk and egg series is a great idea nerdist. The book starts off with the two journeying on their way to the wall, when they meet some knights on the way who tell them about a tourney. Aegon and naerys have been dead for decades at this point, but the legitimization of. Where in the books is blackfyre rebellion described.
Dunk and egg in early development, and more game of. This is one of the factors that sparked the blackfyre rebellion, as all of the. Here, we have an embarrassment of riches, as dunk spends the whole novella i. Game of thrones battles from the books low level adobe animations but hopefully someone enjoys it also ser duncan the tall related stuff. Dunk and egg fight in the fourth blackfyre rebellion, where dunk is forced to kill his old friend, daemon iii blackfyre. The tales of dunk and egg are a series of prequel novellas written by george r. A series adaptation of tales of dunk and egg, a prequel to the events. A song of ice and fire asoiaf, and about 15 years after the blackfyre rebellion. Tales of dunk and egg wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Dunk and egg leaving stoney sept, to ask service with lord beron stark against greyjoy raids on the northern coast. Its easy to miss that lord walder frey was born before the second blackfyre rebellion, which saw. Contains some canon divergence and chapters of a sexual nature. That summer he was invited to serve as cupbearer at summerhall, for princess mariyah. I love the dunk and egg novellas for many reasons, but i had always.
With the last novella, the mystery knight, we are introduced to the blackfyre rebellion, and certain events that tie directly to stories and bloodlines in asoiaf. There are a lot of eyewitness accounts in the series of novellas, especially as baelor breakspear, maekar and bloodraven were all alive during that time. Dunk has returned to targaryen service after defecting from the golden company, his information regarding their movements and plans buying him a pardon from maekar and bloodraven. Egg had wanted to get a few hundred more of each so they could travel in comfort, but dunk had swindled him down. Im just lamenting that it wont happen because the only interesting conflict in the history of the blackfyre rebellions is the first one because its the only one that actually. He tried to surrender, but was killed through treacherous means. Dunk also befriends daemon iii blackfyre, the goodhearted and egglike grandson of daemon i. I want to see dunk and egg get caught up in the midst of a rebellion which actually is a threat to the targaryen dynasty. The mystery knight is the third story to be adapted into graphic novel format by ben avery and artist mike s. He is a clever biddable and obedient boy of 8 who does the work of a man grown, despite his sickly nature. The story begins with dunk and egg leaving stoney sept, to ask service with lord beron stark against greyjoy raids on the northern coast. The event is referenced heavily in the prequel novella series tales of dunk and egg and is also important to the main a song of ice and fire novels. All the members of house targaryen present in the tales of dunk and egg descend from king daeron ii and through him from aegon iv the unworthy and queen naerys.
As westeros reels from the blackfyre rebellion, which pi. Most of the material about the blackfyre rebellion comes from the tales of dunk and egg which start a little over a decade after the blackfyre rebellion. This one covers the time from his birth until the death of king daeron ii. Yet to make any kind of appearance in the tales of dunk and egg besides a mere mention. They plan on helping old lord stark fight off the invading krakens, little do they know, the old wolf is dead. Tales of dunk and egg is a series of novellas written by george r. Game of thrones dunk and egg prequel explained plot. Dont get me wrong, putting dunk and egg in the blackfyre rebellion would require a complete rewrite of his life and also a rewriting of the whole timeline. After the second blackfyre rebellion had died with a mouse fart, bloodraven had given them free reign with his master of gold. Dunk and egg in early development, and more game of thrones. Reading the books i didnt really put together what the war of the ninepenny kings was about. They had left off with 100 golden dragons, and 200 silver stags. The thief quickfinger attempted to steal dragon eggs for daemon, but was caught. A song of ice and fire house blackfyre characters tv.
Jet city comicsmike s miller dunk and egg met after the first blackfyre rebellion, the second great targaryen civil war. As westeros reels from the blackfyre rebellion, which pitted. Long story short, some targ bastards got legitimized upon their kingfathers death, and an uprising for the iron throne happened. This work is my version of the blackfyre rebellions, which may continue up until the current 300ac period. Like the sworn sword, the book takes place during the reign of aerys i and the aftermath of the blackfyre rebellion is examined in more detail. An explanation and exploration of the blackfyre rebellion, an event taking place in george r. Posts about dunk and egg written by lyanna spearwife.
It takes place in the same universe and continuity of a song of ice and fire but is set nearly a. Tales of dunk and egg is game of thrones at its most warm. The first of three bloodraven episodes and part 7 of our blackfyre rebellions series. Unlike the dance of the dragons, where mostly terrible people fought for. Egg was distraught after dunks defeat, as the hedge knight would have to forfeit to uthor his sword, armor, and horse, thunder. Martin and set within the same world of game of thrones. The adventures of dunk and egg are a series of novellas written by george r. The dunk and egg tales take place nearly one hundred years before the events of a song of ice and fire.
In his place are three shewolves fighting for their respective mens inheritence. The story begins almost two years after the hedge knight, dunk and egg are in the service to sir. As far as im concerned, daemon blackfyres rebellion is one of the most interesting events that we dont get to see unfold, and id have gladly bought every book on it, especially with such a dynamic pair of characters as dunk and egg in the middle of it. A new game of thrones prequel, the tales of dunk and egg, has a. Dunk and egg find themselves in the service of ser eustace osgrey, an old landed knight. Another got prequel, tales of dunk and egg, is in the works at.
After the disgrace of the failed blackfyre rebellion at white walls, dunk and egg decide to head up north. The first blackfyre rebellion left its mark upon westeros for years to come. During the second blackfyre rebellion, egg revealed his signet ring to maester lothar, who turned the boy over to lord ambrose butterwell and lord frey. On the way they encounter a septon beheaded for preaching treason. Osgrey is the last of his name, having lost his sons in the blackfyre rebellion. Most notably, imo, a living descendant of ser duncan, and a living targaryen blood relative of the line of aegon v minor spoiler mentioned below. Im confused by all the targaryens in tales of dunk and. The mystery knight is my favorite novella in the dunk and egg prequel series to date. You could also do it yourself at any point in time. Fighting alongside him is his son, the brash, young heir to tarth. How interwoven are a song of ice and fire and the dunk and egg. How interwoven are a song of ice and fire and the dunk and. Asking a man whether he had fought for the black dragon or the red was considered a dangerous question, 3 7 aegor rivers was able to recover the sword blackfyre from the battlefield and escaped to the free cities, together with daemons widow and remaining.
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