WARNING! This text comprises SPOILERS for The Hedge Knight novella, on which A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is predicated!With Ser Duncan the Tall’s story lastly being expanded with a derivative collection on HBO, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms offers the proper alternative to make clear his familial connection to a beloved Recreation of Thrones character. Not like in Home of the Dragon, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ story will function and reference acquainted faces from the unique collection, extra urgently setting the stage for Game of Thrones’ returning characters and future descendants.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms places one other highlight on House Targaryen’s family tree, however is extra intimately involved with the tales and views of the smallfolk as Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) enters the tourney at Ashford. Nonetheless, it’s by means of this occasion that Dunk grows considerably nearer to the Targaryen household and the Aristocracy in Westeros, which might lastly present context for Duncan’s relationship to the noble Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie).
George R.R. Martin Confirmed That Brienne Of Tarth Is A Descendant Of Ser Duncan The Tall
Over a decade in the past, George R.R. Martin had teased that Ser Duncan the Tall had a couple of descendants alive throughout Game of Thrones’ timeline, and that we had already met at the least one in all them. After loads of Recreation of Thrones fan theories and extra clues from the writer as to whom the thriller descendant was, Martin lastly confirmed at Balticon 2016 that Brienne of Tarth is a descendant of Ser Duncan the Tall (by way of Vanity Fair).
Brienne had lengthy been a frontrunner for theories associated to Dunk’s descendant, not simply due to descriptions of her character’s tall bodily look and aptitude for swordfighting and fight, but additionally due to refined clues featured in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books.
Some telling particulars included Dunk and Egg’s similarities to Brienne and Pod, Brienne’s household possessing a protect with Dunk’s unique arms, and Martin utilizing the phrase “thick as a fortress wall” to individually describe each Duncan and Brienne. Additional similarities embody the 2 having tragic backstories, with Brienne dealing with fixed mockery for her look and Dunk rising up orphaned in Flea Backside, and making the unlikely rise to Commander of the Kingsguard.
Nevertheless, Brienne is unaware of her true connection to Ser Duncan the Tall by means of Game of Thrones’ series ending. It’s doable that she’ll uncover their familial relationship within the upcoming The Winds of Winter novel, although, and thus maybe she later learns the reality after the occasions depicted in Recreation of Thrones’ eight seasons.
Whereas Brienne and Dunk are confirmed to be associated, the how of their connection continues to be to be decided, which Martin famous would “be revealed in time.” Whether or not he meant for that to be disclosed in Martin’s long-delayed The Winds of Winter novel or one other Dunk and Egg novella is unclear, however A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms can now beat them to the punch.
One widespread idea about how Duncan and Brienne are associated claims that Dunk could have had an affair with and impregnated King Aegon V “Egg” Targaryen’s sister, Rhae. Martin’s novels verify Rhae married and had youngsters, however do not reveal the idenetity of her husband. That opens up the door for her to have doubtlessly married a Tarth, with Dunk and Rhae’s baby (and Brienne’s ancestor) being handed off as her husband’s.
Others have proposed that Brienne’s connection to Dunk comes from her mom’s aspect, claiming Brienne’s mom was the bastard daughter of Dunk and Rhae, who later married Lord Selwyn Tarth. Since there’s nonetheless no affirmation about their connection from the books, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ future seasons could lastly have the ability to make clear this by means of Dunk doubtlessly interacting with Egg’s sisters or members of Home Tarth.
A Main Concept Claims One other Iconic GOT Character Is Ser Duncan The Tall’s Descendant
Brienne was lastly confirmed as Ser Duncan the Tall’s descendant, however she isn’t the one one on the market throughout Recreation of Thrones. It’s additionally lengthy been theorized that Hodor is a descendant of Duncan, which is predicated on Dunk and Egg’s travels to Winterfell within the upcoming novella beneath the working title The She-Wolves of Winterfell, at which period Previous Nan, Hodor’s great-grandmother, could be a younger lady.
A Music of Ice and Hearth additionally makes observe of Bran having a imaginative and prescient of a younger lady in Winterfell kissing a knight as tall as Hodor, which some imagine to be Dunk and Previous Nan or one other of Hodor’s feminine ancestors. The idea can be extra becoming given Previous Nan used to inform Bran tales about Ser Duncan the Tall when he was a younger boy, with a doable romance with Dunk giving her extra private data of the knight.
It could take fairly a while earlier than A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ timeline reaches the purpose of Dunk and Egg’s travels to Home Stark’s house of Winterfell, because the collection would should be renewed by means of at the least season 3 or 4. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless doable that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms can formally verify or debunk the Previous Nan and Dunk idea earlier than Martin’s deliberate novella arrives.
Supply: Vanity Fair
