Look, let’s simply begin by saying it is a complete lot to placed on a ten-year-old child, even for a fortune teller out to make a fast buck. However the unlucky factor is… she’s additionally not fallacious. At the very least the place Egg is anxious. (You’ll be able to argue about whether or not Dunk technically finally ends up being extra rich than a Lannister, financially talking, or simply richer when it comes to status.) As a result of Egg will die horribly, alongside most of the individuals he cares about most.
To compound the tragedy of his loss of life additional, King Aegon V truly seems to be a reasonably nice ruler, as Targaryens go. Benevolent and approachable, he devotes an enormous a part of his reign to attempting to enhance the lives of the smallfolk he involves know by way of squiring for Dunk, granting them new rights and protections they’ve by no means had earlier than. (He spends the opposite half of his reign coping with continued rebellions and his cussed, intransigent youngsters. Even Targaryens can’t have all of it.)
However regardless of how unconventional Aegon’s strategy to the concept of kingship may be, he seems to be very very similar to the remainder of his household in a single particular and really unlucky approach. Like so many Targaryens earlier than (and after) him, he’s obsessive about dragons. Aegon’s fascination with the creatures that when outlined his household’s legacy doesn’t go as far as his brother Aerion’s — who actually believes he’s a dragon in human kind — however it’s nonetheless sufficient to finally carry concerning the finish of his life.
The fortune teller’s prophecy in “The Squire” refers to an occasion that can come to be referred to as the Tragedy at Summerhall. The previous seat of Aegon’s father, Summerhall is a fort within the Stormlands that the Targaryens usually use as a trip retreat. However in 259 AC, a catastrophic fireplace breaks out throughout a celebration to mark the start of the king’s first nice grandchild (Rhaegar, future father of Jon Snow in accordance with the Recreation of Thrones TV sequence), resulting in the deaths of, amongst others, King Aegon, his eldest son Prince Duncan Targaryen, and Ser Duncan the Tall, who’s by this level Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
The reason for the blaze stays unknown, although it’s usually accepted that it was associated to Aegon’s quest to revive dragons to the Seven Kingdoms and sure concerned an try to hatch the final of the household’s dragon eggs by sorcery, wildfire, or a mixture of each. (Some say blood sacrifice was additionally concerned.) The tragedy drastically weakens the Targaryen line and marks the start of the ultimate downward spiral for the household, leaving Viserys and Daenerys as basically the one members of their Home just some brief many years later.
