It’s no secret that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is more important of a story than we realize. In fact, the first time we heard Ser Duncan the Tall’s name was in Game of Thrones, when Joffrey remarks that Ser Duncan had four whole pages written about him in a history book. So we know he goes down in history, but at the beginning of his spinoff, he’s just a big guy whose former boss called him “thick as a castle wall and slow as an aurochs.”
But by the end of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 5, Ser Duncan’s actions have indirectly caused a seismic shift in history — one that would eventually put his squire, young Egg, onto the Iron Throne. Here’s how.
