A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reveals Egg's Targaryen twist and these are the clues you missed
Egg isn't just a lowborn stableboy... he's a Targaryen prince
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 ends with a huge twist with Egg… but it was obvious, if you noticed all the clues.
Dunk (aka Ser Duncan the Tall) stumbled upon Egg in the opening episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off.
There was nothing especially remarkable about him. He was a bold, admittedly well-spoken stableboy who wanted to be a squire.
However, if you didn’t catch the hints about his true identity, you’ve probably been left gobsmacked by the ending of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3.
***Warning: spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 and book spoilers ahead***
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3 ending explained: Egg is a Targaryen
In the closing sequence of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 3, Dunk races to defend Tanselle from Aerion ‘Brightflame’ Targaryen.
After the day’s jousting, Tanselle puts on a show that features the slaying of a dragon. Aerion (who sees himself as a dragon in human form) takes great offence, believing that the dragon “ought never lose” and showing such a thing constitutes treason.
So, he orders his men-at-arms to wreck the place, and Aerion breaks Tanselle’s fingers.
This is when Dunk rushes in. He punches Aerion and kicks him in the face, until he’s held back by the prince’s guards.
Dunk loosened Aerion’s tooth, so he wishes to punish Dunk by knocking all of his out in a curb stomp.
Thankfully, Egg arrives just in time and orders the guards to leave Dunk alone.
“You impudent little rat. What’s happened to your hair?” Aerion asks. “I cut it off, brother. I didn’t want to look like you,” Egg replies.
Egg is Aegon Targaryen
In the books (and, as episode 3 suggests, the show), Egg is actually Aegon V Targaryen, the youngest son of Prince Maekar I.
Don’t worry, we won’t spoil what happens to him in the coming episodes or the distant future.
We can say this: he has two brothers, Daeron and Aemon (aka, Master Aemon from Game of Thrones!), and two sisters, Daella and Rhae.
His uncle, Baelor (who was introduced in episode 2), is also Hand of the King to Daeron II, Aegon’s grandfather.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms dropped clues about Egg’s Targaryen secret
If you didn’t suspect Egg was actually a Targaryen all along… you should have been paying closer attention.
Some of the clues weren’t as easy to catch. For example, in episode 1, Egg calls Duncan, “My Lord.”
Game of Thrones scholars may remember Tywin telling Arya in season 2, “Low-born girls say m’Lord, not my Lord. If you’re going to pose as a commoner, you should do it properly.”
Secondly, given that the drunkard in episode 1 is obviously Daeron, that should have been a big hint in itself.
Thirdly, at the end of episode 1, Dunk tells Egg that his full name is Ser Duncan the Tall. “Never heard of him,” Egg says, and Dunk asks if he knows every knight in the Seven Kingdoms.
“The good ones,” he says. Why would a stableboy be so au fait with the knights in Westeros?
Fourthly, when the Targaryens ride into Ashford in episode 2, Egg asks Dunk if he can leave and go back to camp. Now, it’s clear that he feared he’d be recognised by his family.
Fifthly, he sings a song in episode 3 about the heritage of the Targaryens (specifically, Baelor and Maekar I) and the Blackfyre Rebellion. Is this a common song, or is it something he learned in his early youth as a Targaryen prince? Either way, it was another clue.
Also, a fortune teller says Egg will “be king, and die in a hot fire and worms shall feed upon your ashes”. Whether or not this comes true remains to be seen, but your Targaryen senses should have been tingling.
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