The next Brienne and Podrick and Arya and the Hound is here. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms brings back the odd couple dynamic seen throughout Game of Thrones for this prequel spinoff based on George R.R. Martin‘s novella trilogy of the same name (Season 1 adapts Tales of Dunk and Egg). Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell play the central duo. Ser Duncan the Tall is a hedge knight looking for a new nobleman to serve. Egg is the squire he didn’t ask for. Over the course of six episodes, they form an unlikely bond that reminds everyone around them what it really means to be noble.

Dunk and Egg have hearts of gold, and despite his attempts to deny it, Claffey’s character can’t help but want to keep the little guy around as he heads to a fated tournament in Ashford. Targaryens still have the Iron Throne in this series (premiering January 18 at 10/9c), but their control of the Seven Kingdoms is waning. They’re trying to improve their standing throughout the realm by attending the Ashford tournament. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is purely about the small folk of Westeros, not the nobles, but Targaryens and Baratheons, and other noble knights still influence the story. Getting the casting just right for Dunk and Egg was of the utmost importance.

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