A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Young Star Reveals Huge Spoiler For What Happens at Summerhall, as Told to Him By George R.R. Martin

An tremendous spoiler for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been dropped by the TV show's young star, revealing the fates of some its pb characters — arsenic told to him by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin.

Speaking to Decider, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Dexter Sol Ansell (who plays Egg) said helium had been told by Martin of what truly happened during the fated Tragedy astatine Summerhall — an lawsuit that TV viewers person already seen prophesised.

As Ansell begins his explanation, he's interrupted by his co-star Peter Claffrey (Dunk) who tries his champion to suggest this isn't precisely what happens. But it's wide this is accusation we're not yet expected to cognize — truthful work connected with just warning.

Firstly a enactment connected what the Tragedy astatine Summerhall is. As elaborate successful assorted A Song of Ice and Fire Books, a unspeakable occurrence astatine the Targaryen retreat of Summerhall is believed to assertion the lives of some A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' main characters — seemingly ending their stories. It's besides been suggested that the occurrence is magical successful nature, a effect of the Targaryen effort to hatch past dragon eggs.

This is the infinitesimal that viewers person already seen a luck teller uncover to Egg successful the series' 3rd episode, erstwhile he's told: "You shall beryllium king, and dice successful a blistery fire, and worms shall provender upon your ashes, and each who cognize you shall rejoice successful your passing." Which sounds beauteous concrete.

But the finer details of what happens astatine Summerhall person ne'er been precisely chronicled, and the deaths of some the show's main characters would decidedly beryllium a downbeat ending. But now, Ansell has said that each is not arsenic it seems — and this is your past informing to crook distant now.

"I bash cognize a spot astir erstwhile Egg is trying to marque dragons successful the Summerhall and past there's a immense fire," Ansell says, erstwhile asked if helium knew wherever his character's communicative was headed. "And we cognize from George..."

"We don't..." Claffrey cautiously interjects, "yeah we don't cognize if that's precisely what happens..."

"We cognize Dunk survives but we don't cognize if Egg survives yet," Ansell plunges on.

Claffrey past makes frantic gestures, and tries to add: "We don't cognize precisely what happens, but let's conscionable get this Season 1 retired of the mode and we'll see."

A Song of Ice and Fire fans person of people been digesting the quality of Dunk's endurance — and theorizing what the character's destiny whitethorn present be. Does helium simply vanish from history, possibly to spell mourn the evident decease of Egg? Or does helium proceed on, nether a antithetic sanction oregon alias? Unsurprisingly, the theories that Dunk is really a Game of Thrones quality we've already met are moving rampant.

"My guess: Because his king and person died nether his ticker (and helium volition beryllium bittersweet and traumatized by Summerhall) Dunk volition conscionable vanish from the nationalist and extremity up connected Tarth," wrote instrumentality Romy_90 connected reddit. "His shield ended up connected Tarth somehow, truthful helium volition astir apt unrecorded a fewer quiescent years connected the land earlier his death."

"Hilarious," noted Sleepy_C. "Biggest lore advancement successful a decennary connected a random greeting chat show... Dunk is Coldhands. Bloodraven reaches retired to him aft the Tragedy, helium travels northbound and dies beyond the Wall from his injuries sustained during the fires and is reanimated arsenic Coldhands."

How volition this each play retired connected screen, and wherever volition the amusement take to wrapper up the communicative of Dunk and Egg? All of this remains to beryllium seen, with respective much seasons of the bid planned. For much connected A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, cheque retired IGN’s afloat reappraisal of Season 1.

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