Dunk and Tanselle Could Reunite If ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Goes Beyond the Books

a knight of the seven kingdoms‘The first season was mostly about Dunk’s (Peter Claffey) emergence as the Hedge Knight destined to be him – accompanied by traumatic violence, a major upending of Westeros’s royal line of succession, and making significant amounts of friends and enemies along the way. But there was also a brief glimpse of romance for our very tall, very awkward hero as Dunk developed a crush on puppeteer Tanselle (Tanzin Crawford), a relationship that was destroyed due to messy Targaryen interference.

or was it? George RR Martin’s three crosses Sting and Egg Stories In the novels, Tansel only appears in the first story, “The Hedge Knight”. It ends with Dunk and Egg talking about heading to Dorne, where we know Tansel also went after escaping from Ashford Meadow. But the second story, “The Sworn Sword”, doesn’t actually tell us what happened there. The third story, “The Mystery Knight”, is another tournament-focused story, but without any puppet distractions.

For his part, Claffey hopes Dunk will get “Tensele Too-Tall” again. Speaking to journalist Marco Spagnoli (via Winter Is Coming), the actor mentioned some insider information he found under his helmet, which was likely direct from Martin and a knight of the seven kingdoms Producer Ira Parker.

“Obviously we know the first, second and third novels, so we know how those things will originate,” Claffey said. “And the reason Dunk and Egg set out to go to ‘The Sworn Sword’ is, second, to go to Dorne to seek out Tansel and his company. But without trying to spoil anything, if we go too far… I’m pretty sure you’ll probably see Tansel and Ser Duncan the Tall together in the same room again.”

The adaptation of “The Sworn Sword” is currently in production, with some of the lead characters announced earlier this week. And it should be noted that HBO has only officially renewed a knight of the seven kingdoms For one more season. While a third season seems inevitable at this point, given the show’s success and the fact that Martin’s source material story already exists, it’s still not certain that it will continue beyond that.

However, given that both Parker and Martin are on record in supporting Dunk and Egg’s adventures going forward, the outlook is good on that front. That’s it, I don’t get it Very Excited about shipping the Dunk and Tansel; As scholars of Westeros history already know, He The special couple doesn’t actually end up together.

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