After meeting Prince Baelor again, Dunk chooses trial by combat rather than mutilation for his attack on Aerion, who demands a 'Trial of Seven' (in which two parties of seven knights contend on horseback). Dunk rushes to defend Tanselle and attacks Aerion when the royal guard arrests Dunk, Egg reveals that he is actually Prince Aegon Targaryen, Aerion's younger brother. When Dunk retires into the Fossoways' tent to drink with Raymun, Egg reveals that Tanselle is being beaten by Prince Aerion, who is offended at the notion of the puppet knight defeating a dragon. After several spectacular tilts, Baelor's nephew, Prince Aerion Targaryen, disgraces himself by killing Ser Humfrey Hardyng's horse. Dunk watches the first day of competition, with Egg on his shoulders. Forbidden to use Ser Arlan's coat of arms, Dunk commissions an attractive young puppeteer named Tanselle to paint a new one. Without proof of his knighthood, he is nearly barred from competition until Prince Baelor Targaryen vouches for him. At Ashford, Dunk sells one of his horses for a suit of armor by the smith Pate, and befriends Ser Steffon Fossoway's squire and cousin, Raymun Fossoway. En route, he gains his own squire in a boy nicknamed 'Egg'.

Upon the death of a nomadic 'hedge knight', Ser Arlan of Pennytree, his squire Dunk adopts Ser Arlan's armor as his own, as well as his equipment, three horses, and remaining money, in hope of winning more gold at the town of Ashford, under the name of 'Ser Duncan the Tall'. Following the termination of the partnership between Dabel Brothers and Devil's Due, the graphic novel has been republished in various editions. Devil's Due published the complete limited series as a graphic novel in June 2004. Miller, produced by Roaring Studios (now Dabel Brothers Productions) and published by Image Comics and Devil's Due between August 2003 and May 2004. The story was later adapted into a six-issue comic book limited series by Ben Avery, drawn by Mike S. The first novella was originally published Augin the Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. A collection of the existing three novellas, with illustrations by Gary Gianni, was published as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on October 6, 2015. Three novellas have been published – The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010) – and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series. They follow the adventures of 'Dunk' (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall) and 'Egg' (the future King Aegon V Targaryen), some 90 years before the events of the novels.

Martin, set in the world of his A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Tales of Dunk and Egg is a series of fantasy novellas by George R.

The Sworn Sword by George R.R. Martin