The Game of Thrones was a grand epic.
The House of the Dragon is promising to be another marvellous saga.
But this might just be the fairy tale that touches the heart with the simplicity that the soul always yearns for. In the world of fantasy, where magic and monsters prevail, the story of a simple aspirant is quite a welcome break.
A squire to a dead knight finds himself stranded with the sword of the deceased, three horses and a very uncertain future. Harbouring his cherished ambition of becoming a knight one day, Dunk, the squire, heads for a joust competition that will be hosting participating knights from near and far. But here he faces a tough challenge even before a game begins. The tournament was for knights only and Dunk was not a knight, let alone a famous one. He fabricated a claim of being a knight. But as this was not enough, he needed other knights of note to vouch for him.
Driven by hope but not so by despair, thus begins his interesting journey through the ranks of nobility, inside the tents of the lords and the commoner, traversing randomly, through the varied layers of the society, a queer journey that changed his life forever.
He is joined by the inconspicuous Egg, a lad of tender age, a character with a hint of mystery but a wish of squiring the knight in Dunk, a wish that he sticks to stubbornly, if not as a mule, at least as stubbornly as Dunk wished to be the knight of his dream.
Set about a century before the events of GoT, the story is of dreams to be conquered, friendships that are waged and courage against unforeseen odds.
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell teams up as the most unlikely partners, Dunk and Egg respectively, in their quest for adventure, driven by passion and fuelled by hope. Created by Ira Parker and George R R Martin, the refreshing pilot season of the series is a celebration of life amid betrayals and tragic twists, which are, but orders of any day at all ages.
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