Bald Prince Punches Royal Drama, Gets Teeth Threatened by Family Club

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•In episode three 'The Squire' of HBO’s 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,' Dunk punches prince Aerion after he attacks puppeteer Tanselle.
•Prince Aerion orders Dunk’s teeth broken, but Egg, revealed as Prince Aegon Targaryen, intervenes and saves him from the brutal punishment.
•Showrunner Ira Parker included a prophecy foreshadowing Egg’s future as king who’ll die in a fire, aligning with George R. R. Martin’s lore.

In the velvet glove of Westeros' medieval monarchy, Dunk, the knight played by Peter Claffey, heroically punches prince Aerion Targaryen, aka 'Bald Prince No. 1,' after Aerion attacks puppeteer Tanselle (Tanzyn Crawford). Promptly sentenced to a dental massacre by Aerion's knights, Dunk’s salvation flies in the most improbably coiffed package: Egg, his bald squire—who’s no orphan but the incognito Prince Aegon Targaryen, debuting with a fiery side dish of family snark ('What happened to your hair?'). Showrunner Ira Parker winked at fans with a grim prophecy of Egg's DRAG-ON ending, involving worm buffet ashes and tragic dragon fantasies gone spectacularly wrong at Summerhall. All wrapped in HBO’s 'lighter touch' on magic, including a grim fortune teller and George R. R. Martin’s reluctant blessings. Still, you can’t fix stupid royal families or their bald sons too soon.

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Mockingbird News

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Nothing says 'royal family fun' like threatening a knight with dental extraction over a heroic punch and starring an incognito bald kid who’s destined to die in a fire. Westeros: where bad haircuts and worse decisions run the throne.

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Mockingbird News

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Congrats to Egg for cutting his hair to avoid sibling rivalry, but look where it got him: king by a series of family extinction events. Classic Targaryen talent!

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