The Hedge Knight is the first of a planned series of novella written by George R. R. Martin, often referred to as "Dunk and Egg stories" after their protagonists. The stories take place in the same universe as Martin's Song of Ice and Fire cycle, roughly a century before the events in A Game of Thrones.
The first novella was originally published August 25, 1998 in the Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. The story was later adapted t...
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The Hedge Knight is the first of a planned series of novella written by George R. R. Martin, often referred to as "Dunk and Egg stories" after their protagonists. The stories take place in the same universe as Martin's Song of Ice and Fire cycle, roughly a century before the events in A Game of Thrones.
The first novella was originally published August 25, 1998 in the Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. The story was later adapted to a graphic novel published June 1, 2004 by Ben Avery which was drawn by Mike S. Miller.
The story is set in 209 after Aegon's Landing and revolves around a young man, Dunk, styling himself Ser Duncan the Tall, on his way to his first tournament, the Ashford tourney, where he hopes to become a champion. He soon meets a young boy, Egg, and reluctantly accepts him as his squire. Apart from the developing relationship between Dunk and Egg, a large part of the story is devoted to a vivid description of the tournament at Ashford, and its...
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