Can A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Rekindle by the GoT Fun We Need?

HBO continues to chase the breakout success of Game of Thrones, but can it ever harness that spark ever again? The GoT universe has plenty of fertile content to work with, George RR Martin may be a serial procrastinator when it comes to finishing off the original books but there are plenty of short stories set in the same world showrunners can work with. The latest of which is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms starring Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall and the young Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, otherwise known as the future King Aegon V Targaryen.

This series stands out in this fantasy universe for being one of the only feelgood stories that won’t leave you feeling miserable and depressed. Dunk is a squire who loses his knight way too early, and decides to take his sudden inheritance and do his best with the legacy he’s been left. Three novellas currently exist, The Hedge Knight (1998), The Sworn Sword (2003), and The Mystery Knight (2010). The show seems to strike this same tone, having more levity than previous shows.

“This story takes place between the two shows that everyone has seen and that everyone loves, in a time when Targaryens don’t have their dragons anymore,” showrunner Ira Parker said during A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms spotlight panel at New York Comic Con 2025.

“I think the biggest thing about this show finding its place sandwiched between these two giants was just tone, tone, tone. These novellas are so lovely, and sweet, and they have so much hope. But they also have just brutal elements of this world that I think we’ve all come to love in Westeros where anything can happen. There is a level of unpredictability that resonates with people because that’s just how your life is.”

Parker assures us that the show is “very grounded, gritty, Earthy, ground up sort of feel. We’ve never had this perspective before of somebody who grew up in the slums of King’s Landing as an orphan, who came up in this world, didn’t have a name, didn’t have an inheritance, didn’t have any money, doesn’t have the best training in the world, and he’s just trying to make it. He’s trying to go out and do something hard that he’s never done before. He’s out of his comfort zone, and hopefully a lot of that will

resonate with a lot of our audience.”

Here’s hoping!