As dusk descends over the Ashford tournament, Dunk and his runaway squire, Egg, recover from the horror they just witnessed and prepare for Dunk's upcoming combat in the tournament. But Dunk's first combat takes an unexpected, and potentially deadly, form when he chooses to defend a helpless puppeteer, Tanselle (a girl Dunk has more than a passing interest in) from the brutal hand of Aerion, a prince of the blood of the dragon. When the dust settles, lies are revealed, lives are destroyed, true natures are exposed, and Dunk finds himself with an opponent he cannot hope to defeat, the law of the realm! SPOILERS Ser Arlan of Pennytree, a hedge knight decades past his prime, is dead. Dunk, his squire, buries him and pays his last respects. After some thought, Dunk decides to continue to Ashford and compete in the tourney as a knight, a title to which he has no claim. Nevertheless, he takes Ser Arlan's armor, money and three horses, and travels on to an inn down the road. Here he meets up with a young orphan boy named Egg. Egg begs Dunk to take him to the tourney with him, but Dunk refuses, so Egg secretly follows him to Ashford. — Description from Comic Vine community (comicvine.gamespot.com).
