What would have happened if the blackfyre rebellion had. The battle of redgrass field, climactic battle of the first blackfyre rebellion the tales of dunk and egg begin 90 years before the war of the five kings, at the end of the reign of king daeron ii targaryen. What game of thrones spinoff do fans most want to see. The place where dunk and egg would almost surely work, though is on hbos extremely popular and successful online venue. Despite his bastard status, daemon believed himself the rightful heir to the iron. It is the third in the series of dunk and egg stories. Click on document tales of dunk and egg 1 the hedge knight.
The tales of dunk and egg works archive of our own. Daeron ii sits the iron throne of his ancestors, and bittersteel is growing restless for its taking long to convince daemon to rise up and claim the throne. George rr martin on the famous battle in dunk and egg duration. How interwoven are a song of ice and fire and the dunk and. The first of three bloodraven episodes and part 7 of our blackfyre rebellions series. Most of the material about the blackfyre rebellion comes from the tales of dunk and egg which start a little over a decade after the blackfyre rebellion. Its easy to miss that lord walder frey was born before the second blackfyre rebellion, which saw his father join only to back out just before things got nasty. The sworn sword february 12, 2016 february 19, 2016 ladyknitsalot a knight of the seven kingdoms, aegon the unlikely, blackfyre rebellions, dunk and egg, egg, gender, honour and chivalry, house blackfyre, house targaryen, knights, ser duncan the tall. A song of ice and fire reach houses in tales of dunk and. Even dunk sees osgrey as somewhat of a villain after discovering that he fought on the wrong side of the rebellion.
The first blackfyre rebellion,456 originally called the blackfyre rebellion,17 was a war fought between the loyalist forces of king daeron ii targaryen and the rebel forces of his halfbrother, daemon i blackfyre. He had collarlength black hair and eyes that caught the deep blue of his doublet. It features a completely different set of characters and events, some of which were only alluded to as noodle incident or great offscreen war in the main text but which are. Martin, set in the world of his a song of ice and fire novels. It is going to differ from the asoiaf wiki entry on the subject so bear with me. It takes place in the same universe and continuity of a song of ice and fire but is set nearly a century before the events of the main series. Legitimized by his father upon the latters death, daemon took the name blackfyre for himself, after the ancestral valyrian steel sword of house targaryen, which his father also bequeathed to him. Daemon ascends the throne and either exiles or kills the targaryen line. They follow the adventures of dunk the future lord commander of the kingsguard, ser duncan the tall and egg the future king aegon v targaryen, some 90 years before the events of the novels. Martin, who initially envisioned the series as a trilogy, has published five out of a planned seven volumes.
One of these newly legitimate bastards was daemon bl. Eustace recounts some of the battle where daemon blackfyre. What is the blackfyre house, and why is it significant. Ep octopon is a homage to house blackfyre and the blackfyre rebellion. Since there is a span of ten years between the death of aegon iv and the actual rebellion, this story is going to focus much more on how it happened rather than the actual rebellion. If youve not read the novellas as ahem leaked onto the net in pdf form. Oct 16, 2012 we wouldnt want hbo to skimp on quality but surely an episode of dunk and egg would cost exponentially less than an episode involving the cast, crew and manpower of game of thrones.
At their first meeting duncan was unaware of eggs true identity, until he used his. Why does the golden company raise the banners for a targaryen. But the one that really stands above the crowd is the blackfyre rebellion. Then finally, we learn about the blackfyre rebellion and how the old man was involved. Sep 12, 2017 8 actorscharacters currently in talks for blackfyre rebellion got spinoff. The simplest way to describe the series is as a prequel in the sense that they take place prior to roberts rebellion against the targaryen king aerys. In the a song of ice and fire novels, house blackfyre is mentioned, though it is extinct by the time the series takes place, and features more prominently in the tales of dunk and egg. The right column of the page gives the history of house blackfyre. The idea is that the rape of princess aelora at that masked ball is connected with a successful attempt on daemons life and an unsuccessful attempt on aerys i, bloodraven, maekar, or whoever else may attend. Baelor was also the elder brother of king aerys i targaryen, prince rhaegel targaryen, and king maekar i targaryen, and was hand of the king during his fathers reign. Dunk has taken to ser eustace a landed knight who fought at the redgrass field.
Martins epicfantasy setting of westeros is highly addictive, and for good. Daemon ii blackfyre, also known as daemon the younger,4 was the third son of daemon i blackfyre. Conflict arose when daemon, a bastard son of the late king aegon iv targaryen, claimed the throne of his older, true born brother, king daeron ii targaryen, which. The dance of the dragons was the most devastating war in the history of the seven kingdoms. The realm is still recovering from the first blackfyre rebellion thirteen years before, a great civil war that tore the seven kingdoms in. The dunk and egg tales just like the princess and the queen and the rogue prince are a great opportunity for the fans of a song of ice and fire series to go deeper into the history of westeros. Black tom was a blackfyre supporter, and one wonders if the heddles had land and title that was taken from them after being on the wrong side of the first rebellion. Daemon i blackfyre, born daemon waters, was a bastard son of king aegon iv targaryen and princess daena targaryen. The thief quickfinger attempted to steal dragon eggs for daemon, but was caught. Aegons conquest and the dance of the dragons could both be incredible dragonfilled spectacle. The realm is still recovering from the first blackfyre rebellion thirteen years before, a great civil war that tore the seven kingdoms in half. Scope3 the blackfyre rebellion and the role of the hand. The mystery knight is a novella published in 2010 as part of the warriors anthology, edited by george r. Dunk and egg are in service of a knight in the reach after living in dorne during the great spring sickness.
Long story short, some targ bastards got legitimized upon their kingfathers death, and an uprising for the iron throne happened. Eustace recounts some of the battle where daemon blackfyre is slain. The hedge knight was published in robert silverbergs anthology. Before tyrion lannister and podrick payne there was dunk and egg. Baelor targaryen, popularly known as baelor breakspear, was king daeron ii targaryens eldest son and heir. Duncan goes on to personally slay daemon iii blackfyre in the 3rd blackfyre rebellion. The thing i liked the most in this short story was the fallout of the blackfire rebellion and the consequences it brought to the big and small houses alike. And his new book, collecting his dunk and egg stories, showcases just what a great setting it is. Oct 01, 2017 roberts rebellion and the tales of dunk and egg have been ruled out, but there are plenty of other options.
Blackfyre is the fabled handandahalf longsword of valyrian steel once wielded by aegon the conqueror. Martins a song of ice and fire and hbos game of thrones, featuring chapter and episode guides, character profiles, family trees, maps, essays, and more. The battle of redgrass field, climactic battle of the first blackfyre rebellion. You know that i am right, daeron, and that aerions plan is as stupid as it is cruel and unjust. I also have a draft of another post that bridges the war of the ninepenny kings to roberts rebellion, though im. Aegons conquest and the dance of the dragons could both be incredible dragonfilled.
Eustace is an old, done knight that emphasizes the duallosses of his family members as well as its ancient honors. During the second blackfyre rebellion, egg revealed his signet ring to maester lothar, who turned the boy over to lord ambrose butterwell and lord frey. To completely understand the mystery knight, you first need to read the hedge knight and the sworn sword. Game of thrones new spinoff series and season 8 youtube. The very worst targaryen king, aegon iv, fathered a slew of bastards and in a fuck you to his legitimate heir, who succeeded him as daeron ii, legitimized all of his bastards on his death bed. There are a lot of eyewitness accounts in the series of novellas, especially as baelor breaks. A very interesting post at the wild cards world official website from veteran tv writer and producer michael cassutt a longtime member of the wild cards consortium, and heavily involved in the present work on the two wild cards being developed at hulu discusses what. Aegon names his son and heir duncan, who is referred to as duncan the small. The mystery knight a tale of the seven kingdoms yumpu. May 20, 20 most of the material about the blackfyre rebellion comes from the tales of dunk and egg which start a little over a decade after the blackfyre rebellion.
The tales of dunk and egg begin 90 years before the war of the five kings, at the end of the reign of king daeron ii targaryen. When duncan the small breaks off his betrothal to lyonel baratheons daughter, baratheon starts a brief rebellion which is ended by ser duncan the tall besting him in personal combat. Dreams of warmth chapter 15 ruffedlemur a song of ice. They plan on helping old lord stark fight off the invading krakens, little do they know, the old wolf is dead.
Egg doesnt want to think about the consequences of his little speech. Egg was distraught after dunk s defeat, as the hedge knight would have to forfeit to uthor his sword, armor, and horse, thunder. He has 4 sons, the eldest being baelor breakspear, prince of dragonstone, protector of the realm and hand of the king since the. He slew all the sons of lady penrose save for the youngest, whom he spared as a kindness to her hotblooded. Another known valyrian blade owned by the family was dark sister, once wielded by aegons sister, visenya. This is my version of the events that led up to the blackfyre rebellion. Which got spinoff would be better, the dance of dragons or. The next morning, however, dunk finds that egg has manipulated eustace. Third blackfyre rebellion, murder of haegon blackfyre, dunk falls in love withknocks up one of eggs sisters, falling out with egg, flees westeros 7.
Tales of dunk and egg is a series of fantasy novellas by george r. A song of ice and fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the american novelist and screenwriter george r. He used the alias john the fiddler, a hedge knight, while traveling incognito through the seven kingdoms. Jun 30, 2018 with the recent announcements of the 5 game of thrones prequels that are in development, there has been a lot of speculation as to what they could be. It is the most famous of the several valyrian swords once owned by house targaryen,1 and provided the name for house blackfyre. In his place are three shewolves fighting for their respective mens inheritence. This one covers the time from his birth until the death of king daeron ii. Six years ago in kings landing, dunk had seen him with his own two eyes, as he rode a pale horse up the street of steel with fifty ravens teeth behind him. Roberts rebellion and the tales of dunk and egg have been ruled out, but there are plenty of other options. An explanation and exploration of the blackfyre rebellion, an event taking place in george r.
As someone new to a song of ice and fire i really appreciated this succinct history of the blackfyre rebellion. I love the dunk and egg novellas for many reasons, but i had always. Tales of dunk and egg is a series of novellas written by george r. From what i understand, george rr martin has plans for more of these, and they tend to be a bit more standalone in nature than his other writing. Addam, who died protecting his brother harrold in the blackfyre rebellion. The first blackfyre rebellion,456 originally called the blackfyre rebellion,17 was a war fought between the. After the disgrace of the failed blackfyre rebellion at white walls, dunk and egg decide to head up north. The westerosi year is 209ac and good king daeron has been ruling for 25 years while the realm prospers despite the blackfyre rebellion. It never went beyond a kiss or two, but it was addam she wept for after the redgrass field, not the husband she hardly knew. Dunk and egg meet up with some fellow hedge knights and after learning of a wedding feast dunk decides to come along in hopes of winning some money in a tournament.
Daemon blackfyre was a fairly honorable dude and was more appealing than the targaryens at the time. The tale starts virtually two years after the bush knight, dunk and also egg remain in the solution to sir eustace osgrey that holds a small tower but reminisces about his households old glory and also his very own prompt family memberss misfortune. House blackfyre is among the noble houses listed in the the lineage and histories of the great houses of the seven kingdoms in the books. After finally reading the dunk eggs novellas i find the blackfyre rebellion and the characters from that period to be some of the most interesting in all of a song of ice and fire. Baelor targaryen son of daeron ii a song of ice and. Grrm was writing adwd and the mystery knight at the same time, and already wrote the early. The event is referenced heavily in the prequel novella series tales of dunk and egg and is also important to the main a song of ice and fire novels.
If you discovered a song of ice and fire via the hbo series game of thrones, there is a good chance that you arent familiar with the other series that takes place in westeros, the tales of dunk and egg. Previous stories are the hedge knight and the sworn sword. The mystery knight is my favorite novella in the dunk and egg prequel series to date. As you can see in one of my previous posts on the possibilities, it is quite likely that we will see a lot of targaryen history come to light, including the first blackfyre rebellion. I am planning on doing the dance of the dragons, the war of the five kings show version, daenerys storyline in essos, and the age of heroes. Martin later began writing a series of prequel novels describing the war written as inuniverse history books, not pov character prose like the a song of ice and fire series or tales of dunk and egg prequels. Dunk flees to essos, joins the golden company, befriends daemon iii, meets bittersteel 8. The sworn sword is a solid sequel to the hedge knight. The third blackfyre rebellion featured the second duel between bittersteel and his halfbrother brynden rivers, who was called bloodraven. A light summer rain was falling as dunk and egg took their leave of stoney sept. He was killed by a common archer when he stopped to drink water on the eve of the battle of the redgrass field. At the end of the final battle, the pretender, haegon i, was dishonorably killed after he had surrendered and had given up his sword.
Where in the books is blackfyre rebellion described. Dunk and egg as required reading tweet if you discovered a song of ice and fire via the hbo series game of thrones, there is a good chance that you arent familiar with the other series that takes place in westeros, the tales of dunk and egg. Im actually working on finishing up a follow up post this week that bridges the blackfyre rebellion to the dunk and egg tales, and explores the lives of dunk and egg during and after the novellas currently released on them. Dunk as well as egg go back to standfast from a short journey to dosk for materials.
The blackfyre rebellion, which began in 195 al after the great bastard daemon blackfyre declared himself king and sought to overthrow his halfbrother daeron the good both due to the belief that his father had indicated a change in the succession through the gifting of the eponymous ancestral sword of aegon the conqueror and. From ser duncan the tall and his squire egg, to lord commander of the. Its potentially not as exciting, thrilling, or epic as an adaptation of either the dance of dragons or the blackfyre rebellion would be, but id choose it over them any da. To buy time for eggs escape dunk confronts the younger daemon blackfyre, and. Dunk and egg visited the inn at the start of the mystery knight 2011, before ferrying across to the secret blackfyre conspiracy tournament at whitewalls. Aegon v targaryen was a lord of the seven kingdoms and the fifteenth targaryen to sit the iron throne as king of the andals, the rhoynar, and the first men. Blackfyre rebellions history of westeros series duration. My first expectation was that the mystery knight would be dunk and when he enters the lists as the gallows.
Its easy to miss that lord walder frey was born before the second blackfyre rebellion, which saw. We also learn the impact of the first blackfyre rebellion, played out on a small. He later sent his army to deal with maelys blackfyre during the war of the. Six years ago in kings landing, dunk had seen him with his own two eyes, as he rode a pale horse up the street of. Baelor targaryen was born roughly around 169 al, to prince daeron i targaryen and princess myriah martell. Dunk has actually sworn his sword to ser eustace osgrey of standfast in the reach. Do you think that this hatred of the blackfyres is misplaced. Rise of blackfyre chapter 1 cregan, an a song of ice and fire. When duncan the small breaks off his betrothal to lyonel baratheons daughter, baratheon starts a brief rebellion which is. A young, naive but courageous hedge knight, ser duncan the tall towers above his rivals. He began the first volume of the series, a game of thrones, in 1991, and it was published in 1996.
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