The Remaining ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Trailer Teases the Misfit Heroes We Cannot Wait to Meet

The lanky man is Ser Duncan the Tall—or Dunk, the identify he’s nonetheless extra comfy with as he adjusts to his new life as a hedge knight. The child with the shaved head is Egg, who decides he’s going to be Ser Duncan’s squire and can not take no for a solution. These are the principle characters (performed by Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell) we’ll be spending time with in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which hits HBO in simply over a month and can return us to George R.R. Martin’s Westeros, however in a approach we’ve never seen it earlier than: from the standpoint of standard of us, as a substitute of the highborn types attempting to steal the Iron Throne from one another.

We get a recent take a look at the land of Sport of Thrones and Home of the Dragon within the remaining A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer, which simply arrived at the moment.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes place 72 years after Home of the Dragon however 100 years earlier than Sport of Thrones. (So, no dragons flying round.) The primary season will adapt The Hedge Knight, the primary of three Martin tales about Dunk and Egg’s adventures. The present’s already been renewed for a second season, excellent news for followers of The Sword Sword—now we simply want The Thriller Knight, possibly essentially the most thrilling story of the bunch, to get its personal season locked in. However even with out realizing we’re getting extra, The Hedge Knight guarantees to be a pleasant trip.

Years earlier than we meet him within the story, our very tall hero was saved from an unsavory life in Flea Backside by a sort (if dirt-poor) ageing knight who took him underneath his wing—and knighted the lad simply earlier than he handed. Now it’s as much as Dunk to make his personal approach on the earth, and he figures coming into a neighborhood match (with plenty of jousting) will likely be a option to earn some cash in addition to some reputation-building consideration.

After all, issues go awry sooner than you possibly can say “I used to be simply watching the puppet present,” and we meet a colourful array of characters, together with knights each scrappy and snooty and lords each corrupt and righteous.

It’s a scaled-down story, however there’s a bigger canvas afoot as properly. Martin paints an image of what life is like for the non-castle dwellers in Westeros, whereas additionally weaving in loads of intrigue that exhibits how the whims and clashing loyalties of the ruling courses have an effect on everybody throughout your complete nation—even a humble knight simply attempting to make a reputation for himself.

And if you already know Egg’s little secret already, don’t spoil it for anybody within the feedback! Allow them to benefit from the second when A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms arrives on HBO beginning January 18.

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