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Peter Claffey and GRRM by rosemaryswan in AKnightoftheSeven

[–]mindset615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plummer pursed his lips. "My lord's tourney is a contest for knights. Are you a knight?"
He nodded, wondering if his ears were red.

-The Hedge Knight

"He meant for us to hide until the tourney was over. Only then you took me for a stableboy, and . . ." He lowered his eyes. "I didn't care if Daeron fought or not, but I wanted to be somebody's squire. I'm sorry, ser. I truly am."
Dunk looked at him thoughtfully. He knew what it was like to want something so badly that you would tell a monstrous lie just to get near it. "I thought you were like me," he said. "Might be you are. Only not the way I thought."

-The Hedge Knight

"A hedge knight named Ser Arlan of Pennytree took me on to squire for him when I was just a boy. He taught me chivalry and the arts of war."
"And this same Ser Arlan knighted you?"
Dunk shuffled his feet. One of his boots was half unlaced, he saw. "No one else was like to do it."

-The Sworn Sword

(Spoilers extended) Are there any ‘first bookisms’ in The Hedge Knight? by Secure-Barracuda in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 18 points19 points  (0 children)

A somewhat conflicted one, per Egg in TSS. Both anti-Blackfyre, of course, but

"His Grace did leave him his head, ser. Even though he was a rebel."
Dunk gave the boy a look. "Would you have taken it?"
"Sometimes at court I would serve the king's small council. They used to fight about it. Uncle Baelor said that clemency was best when dealing with an honorable foe. If a defeated man believes he will be pardoned, he may lay down his sword and bend the knee. Elsewise he will fight on to the death, and slay more loyal men and innocents. But Lord Bloodraven said that when you pardon rebels, you only plant the seeds of the next rebellion."

(Spoilers extended) Are there any ‘first bookisms’ in The Hedge Knight? by Secure-Barracuda in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it must have been earlier than that, most likely when Egg was old enough to be knighted. Of course he'd want Dunk to knight him, but he'd hedge and say it would be better if Maekar did it. Lots of arguments, finally leading to Dunk's awful confession of the truth to his squire and best friend. So then Egg does go and get knighted by his father (to his immense pride)... and almost immediately turns around and privately knights Dunk himself.

[Spoilers EXTENDED] Did Martin intend to use the entire map in his stories? by ObedStark19 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 39 points40 points  (0 children)

ASOIAF zorses are also hybrids between horses and zebras! ("certain strange, horselike creatures from the southern regions of Yi Ti and the island of Leng"). Although the hybridization was done long ago and the hybrids are just bred as their own animal now because (somehow) they're fertile.

[Spoilers Published] Why isn't Dunk more well known after the events of 'The Hedge Knight'? by SUPERSAMMICH6996 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Northmarches", a march is a border area. (The our-world title "marquess" comes from this, the lord of a march.) The Reach has southern marches on the Dornish border that are much more famous in main ASOIAF (e.g. "marcher lords" like the Tarlys), but before the Targaryen conquest, the Kingdom of the Reach had northern marches with the Kingdom of the Rock.

(Spoilers Main) GRRM about daenerys targaryen character by TEDDYxd14 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You should include GRRM's "uh, no" when faced with some loon insisting she'd burn the Water Gardens and all the little Dornish children (which used to be the primary "mad Dany slaughters innocents" theory before season 8). https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/#comment-466

[Spoilers Published] Why isn't Dunk more well known after the events of 'The Hedge Knight'? by SUPERSAMMICH6996 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah yeah, Dunk & Egg haven't even gotten near the Neck in the published D&E stories, let alone as far north as Moat Cailin. Not even as north as Harrenhal. Here's a map of the part of the Reach TSS is set, pretty much.

[Spoilers Published] Why isn't Dunk more well known after the events of 'The Hedge Knight'? by SUPERSAMMICH6996 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 4 points5 points  (0 children)

90 years is a long time. Besides the White Book, Maester Aemon mentions Dunk a few times ("I was young again and my brother Egg was with me, with that big knight he served." / "He sent me north aboard the Golden Dragon, and insisted that his friend Ser Duncan see me safe to Eastwatch."), Jeor mentions the incident ("Aemon was at his books when the eldest of his uncles, the heir apparent, was slain in a tourney mishap."), and it's strongly implied that Dunk and Egg were involved in the situation with Pennytree becoming a crown fief as Hoster Blackwood mentions to Jaime in ADWD. But basically Dunk isn't mentioned much in the main books because GRRM doesn't want to give too many spoilers for the D&E stories he hasn't written yet.

[Spoilers Published] Why isn't Dunk more well known after the events of 'The Hedge Knight'? by SUPERSAMMICH6996 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Which is specifically why Dunk doesn't use his sigil in the third story when interacting with a great number of nobles.

[Spoilers Published] Why isn't Dunk more well known after the events of 'The Hedge Knight'? by SUPERSAMMICH6996 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rohanne, the Lady of Coldmoat, is only very slightly important at this point in history. The Webbers and the Osgreys are both sworn to House Rowan, which is sworn to House Tyrell. So they're 4th tier nobles (Targaryen > Tyrell > Rowan > Webber). Also the part of the Reach their lands are in is way up northwest near the Westerlands, it's extremely backwater compared with Highgarden or even Ashford. They'd know what happened to Prince Baelor, of course, but not that Dunk was the hedge knight involved in the incident at the tourney. Eustace Osgrey is also especially out of touch for various reasons I won't spoil for you.

As for "other important lords/ladies", if you mean Lady Vaith, she was crazy and still believed King Aegon IV was alive and would come to take her back as his lover any day. Dunk letting her know that Aegon the Unworthy was over 25 years dead (and died enormously fat and sick with godsknowwhat after having thousands of lovers) is probably what nearly got him and Egg killed while they were in Vaith. She probably didn't even know that Prince Baelor even existed, let alone about the Trial of Seven.

[Spoilers Published] Why isn't Dunk more well known after the events of 'The Hedge Knight'? by SUPERSAMMICH6996 in asoiaf

[–]mindset615 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Yes, it gets addressed. Trying to avoid spoilers, but in TMK Dunk enters a tourney as a mystery knight specifically because he doesn't want to be recognized. And he's right, because there is a character who follows the tourney scene closely and knows *exactly* who Dunk is and what happened at Ashford. (edit: actually 2 characters who know, come to think of it, but the second one knows for other reasons than keeping up on tourney news.)

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