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Ser Duncan the Tall: Future Love Interests (Spoilers Extended)

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Future Love Interests of Ser Duncan the Tall

I know I've taken a quick look at some of his possible bastards/descendants in the story, but I thought it would be fun to look at the different characters that Dunk was interested in (or they were interested in him in the potential upcoming novellas.

They were making such an uproar than they woke Dunk from a pleasant dream involving Tanselle Too-Tall and the Red Widow. -The Mystery Knight

Background

GRRM has previously (I know) indicated that he would like to release 9-12 novellas, possibly in sets of three, a number of which are already named:

But I do have notes and fairly specific ideas for a number of them. There's the one set in the north that people have been calling "The She-Wolves of Winterfell," though that will not actually be the title. After that -- or maybe before, if I jump around in time -- there will be "The Village Hero," "The Sellsword," "The Champion," "The Kingsguard," "The Lord Commander," and several more in between. -SSM, How Many Seasons: 19 March 2015

If you are interested in upcoming (I know) D&E novellas, please check out: Speculating on Dunk & Egg

Love Interests

Finished Books

  • The Hedge Knight - Tanselle Too-Tall (GRRM mentioned there was a good chance we would see her again)
  • The Sworn Sword - Rohanne Webber (The Red Widow)
  • The Mystery Knight - Daemon II Blackfyre (John the Fiddler, Duncan didn't even realize Daemon was hitting on him)

Confirmed Titles/Working Titles

  • The She-Wolves of Winterfell - Young Nan

While this weirwood vision is not confirmed to be Nan/Dunk, it does fit the timeline:

Then there came a brown-haired girl slender as a spear who stood on the tips of her toes to kiss the lips of a young knight as tall as Hodor. -ADWD, Bran III

If interested: What We Know: The She Wolves of Winterfell.

  • The Village Hero - Betha Blackwood (Egg)

While one of the (numerous) patterns in D&E is a love interest for Dunk, it could potentially switch here, as we know that Egg's future wife lives in Raventree Hall.

Once you get this far out, it is much harder to come up with options since we know so little about the situations but here are my best guesses:

  • The Sellsword - A female member of House Blackfyre, or a camp follower
  • The Champion - Lyonel Baratheon's Daughter
  • The Kingsguard/The Lord Commander

Keep in mind that we do know that Brienne is a descendant of Dunk and that recently House Tarth was infused with Targaryen blood (working theory is Dunk and one of Egg's sisters, resulting in a falling out between Dunk & Egg for a bit).

It should also be noted that the potential exists for Tanselle (mentioned by GRRM), Rohanne (I think its more likely her disappearance is because her last husband is a serial killer, not because she abandoned her young children to run off with Dunk) and Daemon II (imprisoned in the Red Keep and likely doesn't die for about 7 years) all to reappear in another novella.

The last D&E (if we get them) is potentially going to be titled "Summerhall" and while the potential exists for one or more of his previous love interests to appear (or for a new one to pop up), but I hope the focus is on the tragedy.

TLDR: There seems to be someone interested in Dunk in each of the novellas so far, and based on the names of future novellas, I thought looked at some female characters surrounding these potential plotlines and came up with some guesses for some future love interests of Dunk.

Posted Mar 9, 2022, 1:32 PM UTC

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