Game of ThronesPrequelDunk and EggSounds Like a Go at HBO

We lie with HBO has been process onseveral Game of Thrones - link spinoffsfor years . The first to get the go - ahead wasHouse of the Dragon — based on author George R.R. Martin ’s all-encompassing story of the Targaryen civic war that erupted some 300 years before the events ofGame of Thrones . That history was published asFire & Bloodback in 2018 . Now a second prequel has been officially announced , and it should n’t be surprising that it ’s based on the only other cloth GRRM has publish set in the world of Westeros : TheDunk and Egg novellas .

Set about 90 years before Game of Thrones , the stories follow Ser Duncan the Tall and his youthful gallant Egg as they trip through the countryside . The turn is that Egg is in secret Aegon V Targaryen , who later in life becomes the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Daenerys ’ swell - grandad . The reason a Targaryen prince is permit to wander around Westeros and serve a lowborn horse is because Aegon V was only the fourth boy of Prince Maekar Targaryen , who was himself the fourth Logos of King Daeron II Targaryen , making Egg very far removed from the Iron Throne at the time .

In the three novellas , Egg watches Duncan joust , duel , and embroil in baronial politics , Targaryen insurrection , and more . But mainly Egg sees how ill the feudalistic system treats the smallfolk as they travel through Westeros , which inspire him to be a more egalitarian king once he takes the throne . Over the last decennary , Martin has foretell he ’s outlined two more Dunk & Egg novelette — The Village Hero and the intriguingly titled She - Wolves of Winterfell — and has melodic theme for four more , but he ’s set them all away to work on The Winds of Winter .

Cover art from a deluxe illustrated edition of 2015 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Art by Gary Gianni

Cover art from a deluxe illustrated edition of 2015 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Art by Gary GianniImage: Subterranean Press

While there had initially been written report that HBO might develop Dunk & Egg asan animise series , Deadlinestates that the show will be live - action mechanism and helmed by Steve Conrad , who will write and executive get the show . Conrad ’s work admit the under - the - radar but acclaimed Amazon series Patriot , as well as AMC+ ’s wench - loaded , noir - comedy serial publication Ultra City Smiths .

Since House of the Dragon , which started filming month ago , still only has a release date of “ 2022 , ” it will probably be a long prison term before we see Ser Duncan and Egg coming down the expressway . More as it finally train …

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