Does It Matter If Dunk Was Actually Knighted on ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’?

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms kicked off its run with a makeshift funeral: Dunk (Peter Claffey) buries Ser Arlan of Pennytree (Danny Webb), his longtime grasp, on a muddy hillside. It’s a turning level for the previous squire, who decides to take Ser Arlan’s sword and head to the close by match at Ashford to strive his luck. In spite of everything, he’s an actual knight now. Or… is he?

It’s unclear if Ser Arlan truly obtained round to knighting his protégé earlier than he handed. However Dunk’s nervousness when he’s teased by the steward at Ashford—who jokingly (however convincingly) warns him of the hideous torture that awaits any man who pretends to be a knight—suggests possibly the ceremony didn’t fairly come to move.

Later in episode one, “The Hedge Knight,” Dunk blurts out that the sword he carries is rightfully his, an announcement so odd even self-involved Ser Steffon Fossoway takes observe of it.

However, within the grand scheme of issues, does it actually matter if Ser Arlan knighted Dunk—or are the life classes and innate heroism that “Ser Duncan the Tall” carries inside him extra vital? A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner, Ira Parker, makes a strong level for the latter.

Talking on the official Sport of Thrones podcast (through Winter Is Coming), Parker mentioned it’s extra vital to think about what makes a great knight, somewhat than whether or not or not an official ceremony occurred.

“It’s not prefer it’s a straightforward factor to do. It’s not like anybody can simply get up and say, ‘I’m a knight; right here we go.’ You want issues. You want horses, you want armor, you want to have the ability to combat … These guys are skilled fighters,” Parker identified.

He continued. “I believe that’s finally, hopefully, what it comes right down to, whether or not or not you’ve gotten the identify and the arms and the armor… you don’t even should be a great particular person; you don’t even should be an ethical particular person. However in the event you attempt to assist out within the instant neighborhood, you don’t should go off and alter the whole course of historical past within the realm. You simply have to assist the man subsequent to you that’s struggling in the meanwhile. And I believe Dunk… as we are going to see, form of takes that as his guiding gentle, and , possibly will get him in a bit of little bit of hassle.”

You possibly can take a look at the total interview right here; it begins round 24 minutes in:

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