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George R.R. Martin’s reputation does not often include serving up tales of honor, goodness, and chivalry, yet his personal favorite work is his series of Dunk & Egg novellas, following the adventures of an un-ironically good hedge knight and his young squire about a century before Game of Thrones starts. Amy Browning-Dill and Fr. David Subu join host Cindy Collins Smith to discuss the memorable characters, themes, and twists in season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - a fairly faithful rendering of Martin’s first Dunk & Egg novella. Was Ser Duncan’s master, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, a drunk or a bit of a holy fool? Is Aerion Brightflame pure evil or an example of a man consumed by his passions? And why did the greatest knight in the Realm stand with an unproven hedge knight in mortal combat?