Overview
- Episode 1 is now streaming after the January 18, 2026 launch, with new installments arriving each Sunday through February 22 on HBO Max.
- The story is set about 90 years before Game of Thrones in a Westeros without living dragons.
- Peter Claffey stars as Ser Duncan the Tall, with Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, the young Aegon Targaryen.
- Season 1 tells a self-contained adventure drawn from The Hedge Knight, following a wandering knight and his squire across tournaments and trials.
- HBO Max plans to adapt a different Dunk and Egg novella each season, with fan site reporting that Martin has outlined ideas for many more tales.