“Are There No True Knights Among You?” - Honor and Goodness in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

George R.R. Martin’s reputation does not often include serving up tales of honor, goodness, and chivalry, yet his personal favorite work is his series of Dunk & Egg novellas, following the adventures of an un-ironically good hedge knight and his young squire about a century before Game of Thrones starts. Amy Browning-Dill and Fr. David Subu join host Cindy Collins Smith to discuss the memorable characters, themes, and twists in season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - a fairly faithful rendering of Martin’s first Dunk & Egg novella. Was Ser Duncan’s master, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, a drunk or a bit of a holy fool? Is Aerion Brightflame pure evil or an example of a man consumed by his passions? And why did the greatest knight in the Realm stand with an unproven hedge knight in mortal combat?