A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1
Sitting in the minority who enjoyed the second season of House of the Dragon , talk of another Game of Thrones spin-off had me intrigued and then very hopeful when the trailer landed for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms . By this point, many of us had grown accustomed to the bleak and nihilistic tone to the series but here was something that looked humourous and almost, dare I say, optimistic. But would I have this optimism crushed the way of Robb Stark's grand plans? Set more or less a hundred years after HOTD and a hundred years prior to GOT, Westeros is still under Targaryen rule but the dragons are now long gone in a peace time of sorts. It's here we meet Dunk, a lowborn squire to a lowly hedge knight who dies and leaves him with three horses, and a sword. With little prospects or coin, he takes up his mentor's sword and heads to a jousting tournament with many of Westeros' highborn families where he hopes to prove himself as a worthy knight if anyone might vouch fo...
