{"id":493610,"date":"2026-02-23T07:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493610\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:09:15","slug":"knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-finale-title-change-dorne-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493610\/","title":{"rendered":"Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Finale Title Change, Dorne Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/a>,\u201d now streaming on HBO Max.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe dust has settled from the trial of the seven, the wounded are patching up their injuries and \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d Season 1 has come to an end.<\/p>\n

\n\tDunk (Peter Claffey) is pretty banged up after his knights won in their down-and-dirty fight against Aerion Targaryen\u2019s (Finn Bennet) team. Even though Dunk was victorious, he feels guilty after Baelor Targaryen (Bertie Carvel), his teammate and heir to the Iron Throne, died after an accidentally fatal mace to the head from Baelor\u2019s own brother Maekar (Sam Spruell). <\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Baelor\u2019s funeral, Maekar asks Dunk to serve under him and take his son Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) as his squire, but Dunk says he\u2019s done with princes after all this. As the tourney wraps up and he\u2019s visited by the ghost of his mentor Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb), Dunk soon reconsiders and decides to take Egg away from the malevolent influence of his Targaryen family. Against Maekar\u2019s wishes, Dunk and Egg ride away together as knight and squire. Dunk honors Ser Arlan\u2019s tradition by nailing a penny to a tree before they depart, and Arlan\u2019s ghost rides with him then sets off on his own path.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn their new journey, Dunk and Egg discuss heading to Dorne, the southern, desert-covered region of Westeros. In the final scene, Maekar searches for Egg as his wagons take off \u2014 hinting that there may be some Targaryen crossover next season. <\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking with Variety, co-creator and showrunner Ira Parker reveals that Season 2 will cover George R.R. Martin\u2019s second \u201cDunk and Egg\u201d novella \u201cThe Mystery Knight,\u201d why Martin shot down one of the original titles of the show \u2014 and more.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteffan Hill<\/p>\n

\t\tTo start off, what\u2019s up with the \u201cA Knight of the Nine Kingdoms\u201d title at the end?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s maybe me getting a little too jokey. People may hate it or crucify me for that, but there\u2019s a bit of a lighter touch to these shows. And I\u2019m going to learn some things. People are going to have a reaction to it, and and I\u2019m going to have a reaction to it after not seeing it for a few months. And we\u2019ll see. I like it. Enough of the wonderful creatives that I worked with liked it, too. It came from an honest place. It\u2019s all true. It\u2019s nine kingdoms at that point. We want to make Westeros a fun place to hang out, even when terrible, terrible things are happening and everyone\u2019s sad, just like real life. You can still make jokes at a shiva, and it\u2019s OK. We need that relief. So even in a bad spot, Dunk and Egg are still Dunk and Egg again.<\/p>\n

\t\tSpeaking of titles, was the show ever going to be called \u201cThe Tales of Dunk and Egg\u201d like the novellas?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tEarly on, George was like, \u201cJust don\u2019t call it \u2018Dunk & Egg\u2019 \u2014 it sounds like \u2018Laverne & Shirley.\u2019 It sounds like a sitcom.\u201d I said, \u201cOh, absolutely fine.\u201d As it got really late in the game when we were putting the final touches in the post-production process, I did sort of waver a little bit. I said, \u201cEveryone\u2019s just gonna call it \u2018Dunk & Egg,\u2019 so why don\u2019t we call it that?\u201d Then I was talked down by my assistant that it wasn\u2019t a wise idea. And I agree. It\u2019s nice to see a show called \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,\u201d and come there to find out that it is just a little lighter and has some fun, rather than setting people up with \u201cDunk & Egg\u201d and you sort of know what you\u2019re gonna get. I hope.<\/p>\n

\t\tAre Dunk and Egg going to Dorne in Season 2?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThey do go to Dorne. How much of that we cover, I\u2019ll leave up to people to tune in for Season 2. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m supposed to talk about it yet. For the most part, we\u2019re following the books. So Season 1 was \u201cThe Hedge Knight.\u201d Season 2 is \u201cThe Sworn Sword.\u201d Hopefully, if we get to Season 3 it\u2019ll be \u201cThe Mystery Knight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tThe novellas are each their own separate story, but will we see any of the Season 1 characters returning for Season 2? It looks like Aerion and Maekar could be looking for Egg at the end.\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe one thing about this show, the nobles, the kings and queens are all terribly interesting. So many times you want to go and write for them, but the truth is that\u2019s not what this show is. There are a lot of shows, within this world and other worlds, that definitely cover that part. And we\u2019re not that. We are bottom-up. We are in Dunk\u2019s POV. Even minor lords and ladies, we don\u2019t allow ourselves to go behind the scenes in their POVs. For better or for worse, that is the storytelling lens that we have set up for this show. Whether or not somebody will come in and out of Dunk\u2019s world again, I would say probably. Westeros is a \u2014 yeah. Yes. That\u2019s all I\u2019ll say. Yes.<\/p>\n

\t\tWill Season 2 also be six episodes?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tYeah. It really was the perfect amount for us. Honestly, HBO was wonderful. They said anywhere between 30 minutes and 60 minutes is fine, which gives us a very large target to hit. We could let them be what they needed to be based on the source material.<\/p>\n

\t\tHow much of the Blackfyre Rebellions will we learn about in Season 2?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Blackfyre Rebellions are in and out of their lives for Dunk and Egg, all the way up until pretty late I\u2019d say. The Second Blackfyre Rebellion factors in pretty heavily into one of the books, and obviously we make a few mentions to it in Season 1. But I\u2019d say it\u2019s important background and informs a lot of the characters that they come in contact with. Essentially, we are 15 years outside of a massive civil war, and so there\u2019s still a lot of those lingering resentments. There are certainly a lot of open wounds left. One of the promises I made to George very early on is that I really wouldn\u2019t create story. We are adding to the character and the world. We\u2019re writing this TV show as if George had written a novel instead of a novella. So we\u2019re just filling out things that he naturally probably would have done. <\/p>\n

\n\tBut we don\u2019t send people on any side quests, and we try not to get too bogged down in history. These are nice, little contained journeys. It\u2019s an action adventure series, almost. It\u2019s Dunk and his squire having fun and adventures, getting into trouble. Even if we do take two years between seasons, there are no cliffhangers. We\u2019ve told a story and wrapped it up. Hopefully you\u2019ve enjoyed it, and you can come back and see their journey next time.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis interview was edited and condensed for clarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[99162,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-493610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}