After a day of training Bennis tells Dunk that the peasants will not be able to stand against Rohanne's knights.ĭiscussing the situation with Egg, the young boy suggests 'using his boot', in which he has hidden a ring with his father's personal sigil on it. However, they only manage to find eight men. He orders Bennis and Dunk to gather men from his three villages and train them to fight.

When Eustace hears how Bennis taught one of the workers a lesson, he is quick to realize that Lady Rohanne will not suffer such an insult.

When Eustace is done telling the hedge knights the story of Ser Wilbert, they inform him about the dam. When the workmen refuse to take down the dam, Ser Bennis cuts one of them with his longsword.Īt Standfast, Dunk and Bennis find Ser Eustace cleaning the shield of Ser Wilbert Osgrey, who lived in the time of King Gyles III Gardener and King Lancel IV Lannister. Upstream Dunk and Bennis they discover that a dam has been built on the order of Lady Rohanne Webber of Coldmoat. Suspicious, and unheeding of the warning by fellow sworn sword Ser Bennis of the Brown Shield, Dunk sends Egg ahead to Standfast and goes to investigate. Upon their return, they discover that a local stream has dried up while they were gone. Eustace is an old, done knight who dwells on the dual-losses of his family and its ancient honors.ĭunk and Egg return to Standfast from a short journey to Dosk for supplies. Dunk has sworn his sword to Ser Eustace Osgrey of Standfast in the Reach. The novella focuses on the difficult path of chivalry when taking part in petty feuds and casual injustices are part and parcel of what it means to be a sworn man in the feudal Seven Kingdoms.Ī year and a half after The Hedge Knight, the Seven Kingdoms are suffering from a terrible summer drought, which in turn had followed the Great Spring Sickness.

It was first published in the Legends II anthology series, a collection of short stories by authors such as Tad Williams, Orson Scott Card, and Neil Gaiman. Martin's Tales of Dunk & Egg, following the story of the hedge knight Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg, a year and a half after the events of The Hedge Knight. The Sworn Sword is the second in George R. See the References and Notes section for alternate editions' ISBNs ISBN 9780345475787 (Legends II: Dragon, Sword and King) Original novella in Legends II anthology released as standalone graphic novel prose novella republished in Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King

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