A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Confirms Miserable Sport of Thrones Principle

The Tragedy at Summerhall is likely one of the most mysterious occasions in Game of Thrones historical past. Little or no is understood in regards to the tragedy apart from the truth that sorcery was concerned in some capability, Rhaegar was born as Summerhall burned, and that each Ser Duncan the Tall and King Aegon V Targaryen burned to dying within the flames. The one identified document of Summerhall’s burning comes from Maester Corso, who wrote in a letter earlier than his dying,

“The blood of the dragon gathered in a single …… seven eggs, to honor the seven gods, although the king’s personal septon had warned … … pyromancers … … wild hearth … … flames grew uncontrolled … towering … burned so sizzling that … … died, however for the valor of the Lord Comman …”

Though A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms continues to be 50 years out from the Tragedy at Summerhall the place each Dunk and Egg will finally lose their lives, Episode 3’s prophecy has not solely spoiled their fates, however appears to have confirmed a long-standing fan idea: Egg turns into one more Targaryen Mad King and is chargeable for the Tragedy at Summerhall.

Ser Jaime Lannister, Ser Duncan the Tall, and Ser Arlan of Pennytree from Game of Thrones and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Confirms Egg’s Destiny in Episode 3’s Prophecy

In a model new scene that wasn’t within the books in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 3, Dunk and Egg are accosted by a fortuneteller who predicts their future. For Dunk, the fortuneteller reveals that he “shall know great success and be richer than a Lannister.” Whereas the claims about changing into richer than a Lannister are skeptical at finest, anybody who’s watched Sport of Thrones or learn the A Track of Ice and Fireplace books is aware of that Dunk does certainly know nice success as he ultimately turns into the best Lord Commander of the Kingsguard in Westeros historical past. Dunk being Dunk, nevertheless, simply laughs her off and tells the fortuneteller to learn Egg’s future.

“You shall be king, and die in a hot fire, and worms shall feed upon your ashes, and all who know you shall rejoice in your passing.”

Egg’s prediction is much extra chilling, and provides away the ending to A Knight of the Seven Kingdom’s remaining season. Egg will turn into king (often called Aegon the Unlikely), and can die in a hearth (the Tragedy at Summerhall). Neither of that is new data, however what’s new is that everybody who is aware of Egg “shall rejoice” in his dying. This isn’t only a throwaway line or a coincidence, particularly in an episode that dedicates a whole scene to Raymun Fossoway warning Dunk in regards to the risks of Targaryen insanity. Egg was a popular King, particularly by the smallfolk, so for everybody who is aware of him to welcome his dying means he needed to do one thing terrible to earn such scorn – and that one thing terrible realistically occurred at Summerhall.

The Tragedy at Summerhall Was a Dragon Revival Ritual Gone Horribly Incorrect

Within the books, it’s revealed that Egg turns into obsessive about dragons close to the tip of his reign, attempting to be taught as a lot as attainable about Valyrian lore and even expeditions to Asshai to be able to be taught extra about dragon historical past. As a result of reality Summerhall burns down in a sizzling hearth and prices each Dunk and Egg their lives, many followers have theorized that Egg was attempting to revive dragon eggs in a magic ritual that went wildly uncontrolled, doubtless involving human sacrifices. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ new prophecy appears to lend credence to this concept.

Notably, Rhaegar was born in the course of the Tragedy at Summerhall. If one takes the ritual sacrifice idea at face worth, then Egg burning down Summerhall truly parallels the start of Dany’s dragons. In Season 1 of Game of Thrones, Daenerys burns Drogo’s still-living comatose physique and intends to die with him. As a substitute, she survives the flames and her three dragons are born out of a blood-sacrifice. It is also price mentioning Mirri Maz Duur incanted a spell whereas burning alive which doubtless enhanced the blood magic’s impact.

Rhaegar is called the Final Dragon in-universe, and is the daddy of whom many imagine to be The Prince That Was Promised – Jon Snow. Egg might not have been in a position to revive dragons, however his ritual led to the start of the person who would father the particular person chargeable for uniting most of Westeros towards the Lengthy Night time and stopping Daenerys on the top of her insanity. Sadly, it is doubtless Egg meant to sacrifice child Rhaegar contemplating how a lot everyone hates him upon his dying. To cite Stannis, “Sacrifice isn’t simple, Davos. Or it’s no true sacrifice.”

Egg Could Have Had a Good Motive to Burn Down Summerhall

The Night King raising an army of Wights at the Battle of Winterfell in Game of Thrones

Whereas Summerhall’s burning is greater than doubtless an accident on Egg’s half, his motivations might not have been fully merciless. King Aegon V Targaryen was beloved by the smallfolk, however was not significantly appreciated by lords and nobles on account of his pro-smallfolk insurance policies. It is fully attainable the explanation Egg tried to revive the dragons was to provide himself an influence supply that might forestall future kings and lords to undo all the great he’d achieved for the smallfolk in his reign. That stated, the prophecy’s wording makes it sound as if even the smallfolk grew to hate Egg, lending extra hearth to the thought he tried to sacrifice his family, additional sullying the Targaryens’ fame.

Duncan the Tall vs Lyonel, and Lyonel Baratheon in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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House of the Dragon famously launched the Prophecy of Ice and Fireplace, which stipulates that the realm have to be united underneath a Targaryen for the incoming Lengthy Night time: the invasion of the White Walkers from Past the Wall. Whereas the prophecy is misplaced by the point of Sport of Thrones, it is attainable the prophecy was misplaced with Egg. In a determined bid to hatch dragons for the Lengthy Night time, Egg’s sacrifice goes incorrect. Each Dunk and Egg will go to the Wall in future seasons of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, so there is a excessive probability Egg learns of the White Walkers lengthy earlier than he is king. No matter his motivation, although, Egg is destined to go down in historical past as a villain who value the realm its best knight in a useless tragedy.