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Jan. 23rd, 2026 01:23 amPlayer Name: bii
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Are you over 18? yes
Do you have any other characters in game?: Siobhan Greenwood
Who invited you?: N/A
Character Name: Ser Duncan the Tall
Canon: Dunk and Egg novellas
Canon Point: immediately post-The Mystery Knight
Age: 19 or 20
History: here!
Is this character an AU? What type?: nope
Personality:
Dunk is, as the saying goes, pure of heart and dumb of ass.
“Dunk the Lunk, thick as a castle wall and as slow as aurochs,” is what his mentor and father figure, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, used to say of him and not entirely without reason. Though Dunk isn't actually stupid per se, given that he's been shown in the narrative to form logical and sound conclusions on the information he's been given. What Dunk is, however, is a simple and straightforward person, not given much to deception (with one glaring exception) and one who has a tendency to assume others will be honest with him in turn.
(Which given that he lives inside a series written by George Martin is probably his first mistake.)
Dunk is almost an idealist in some ways? It’s not that he doesn’t know how bad things can be, because he grew up as an orphan kid in a slum, but he does believe in all those things that the world around him would call polite fictions. He believes in honor and courtesy, in protecting the innocent and the powerless, in looking out for the people around him. Steely Pate called him “a knight who remembered his vows” and he was right about himwhether or not Dunk actually made those vows.
He’s very stubborn. He’ll keep trying at something long after anyone more sensible would have given up. He and Egg spent well near a year looking for Tanselle in Dorne before they finally turned back North. He can be especially stubborn when it comes to doing what he feels is right, even if it’s not the more ‘sensible’ choice, which is why he told Egg’s father that he’d take him on the road with him, rather than come back with them to Summerhall, and it’s why he didn’t take up Ser Uthor Underleaf on his offer to rig jousts for money—despite being very much in need of said money.
He’s not always the most observant man. Obvious things can and do go over his head. As mentioned before, he has a tendency to assume people will be just as honest with him as he is with them, which means he’s been tripped up by assumed names before, not the least Egg’s own.
He feels extremely responsible towards Egg and has since the moment he took the boy on as a squire, fantasizing about someday being able to afford a house for both of them someday literally the day after taking the on. Yes, sure, he threatens to give Egg a clout on the ear for various offensives, but it’s an empty threat for the most part. We only see him do it once, after Egg mouths off to the gate guards of the people Dunk is on the way to parley with.
What else? He’s frugal, which is very much informed by growing up on the streets and by spending the second half of his childhood following Ser Arlan on the road. He’s got utterly absurd amounts of rizz and absolutely no idea of what to do with the people he attracts, though at least he was able to kiss Rohanne Webber.
He really admired and respected Ser Arlan, his mentor. Ser Arlan was the one who attempted to teach him all those knightly virtues that Dunk managed to internalize along the way. He taught Dunk everything he knew about swordplay and heraldry. Dunk thinks about him often, even years later. When he says a few words after burying him, he calls him a ‘true knight.’
Dunk claims that Ser Arlan knighted him as he was dying… but it’s very broadly hinted that he did no such thing. In Dunk’s internal monologue, he reflects on wanting something so much you’d tell a monstrous lie to get close to it—and he’s very relieved when Lyonel Baratheon can knight Raymun instead of him. It’s clear that Dunk still feels guilty about the lie of his knighthood, but not enough to give up on it.
And given how Dunk tries so hard to fulfil the vows he never really swore, in a way couldn’t you say that he’s the truest knight of all?
Powers and Abilities: He’s strong as an aurochs, is decent with his sword, vaguely passable with his lance, and great at fighting dirty. He’s memorized a shitton of heraldryeven though he can’t actually read.
Inventory: His armor, his sword, his shield, his clothing, and his purse of money. Also Rohanne Webber’s hair. (Sshhh, it’s important.)
Sample: TDM
When presented with a choice, is the character more likely to stick with tried and true methods? Or make something new up on the fly? Dunk is not a wildly creative man. He will try what’s worked before first. (That said, he’s still flexible enough to go with something new if tried and true really isn’t working.)
What is more important to your character, preserving the past or forging a future? Forging a future, definitely. In every novella, he’s always looking ahead.
How does your character influence their own story? What about the stories of others? OH BOY DOES HE AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE’S STORIES. Without this guy rescuing people during the Tragedy At Summerhall, Rhaegar Targaryen wouldn’t have survived being born and like the entire main series wouldn’t have happened. Also, Baelor Breakspear probably would have been king if it wasn’t for Dunk’s Trial of Seven.
Are you alright with your character’s canon being used as a Recommended Reading?: Oh yeah, totally. Dunk and Egg are all the good parts of ASOIAF with about half the trauma of the main series.
Player Contact(s):
Are you over 18? yes
Do you have any other characters in game?: Siobhan Greenwood
Who invited you?: N/A
Character Name: Ser Duncan the Tall
Canon: Dunk and Egg novellas
Canon Point: immediately post-The Mystery Knight
Age: 19 or 20
History: here!
Is this character an AU? What type?: nope
Personality:
Dunk is, as the saying goes, pure of heart and dumb of ass.
“Dunk the Lunk, thick as a castle wall and as slow as aurochs,” is what his mentor and father figure, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, used to say of him and not entirely without reason. Though Dunk isn't actually stupid per se, given that he's been shown in the narrative to form logical and sound conclusions on the information he's been given. What Dunk is, however, is a simple and straightforward person, not given much to deception (with one glaring exception) and one who has a tendency to assume others will be honest with him in turn.
(Which given that he lives inside a series written by George Martin is probably his first mistake.)
Dunk is almost an idealist in some ways? It’s not that he doesn’t know how bad things can be, because he grew up as an orphan kid in a slum, but he does believe in all those things that the world around him would call polite fictions. He believes in honor and courtesy, in protecting the innocent and the powerless, in looking out for the people around him. Steely Pate called him “a knight who remembered his vows” and he was right about him
He’s very stubborn. He’ll keep trying at something long after anyone more sensible would have given up. He and Egg spent well near a year looking for Tanselle in Dorne before they finally turned back North. He can be especially stubborn when it comes to doing what he feels is right, even if it’s not the more ‘sensible’ choice, which is why he told Egg’s father that he’d take him on the road with him, rather than come back with them to Summerhall, and it’s why he didn’t take up Ser Uthor Underleaf on his offer to rig jousts for money—despite being very much in need of said money.
He’s not always the most observant man. Obvious things can and do go over his head. As mentioned before, he has a tendency to assume people will be just as honest with him as he is with them, which means he’s been tripped up by assumed names before, not the least Egg’s own.
He feels extremely responsible towards Egg and has since the moment he took the boy on as a squire, fantasizing about someday being able to afford a house for both of them someday literally the day after taking the on. Yes, sure, he threatens to give Egg a clout on the ear for various offensives, but it’s an empty threat for the most part. We only see him do it once, after Egg mouths off to the gate guards of the people Dunk is on the way to parley with.
What else? He’s frugal, which is very much informed by growing up on the streets and by spending the second half of his childhood following Ser Arlan on the road. He’s got utterly absurd amounts of rizz and absolutely no idea of what to do with the people he attracts, though at least he was able to kiss Rohanne Webber.
He really admired and respected Ser Arlan, his mentor. Ser Arlan was the one who attempted to teach him all those knightly virtues that Dunk managed to internalize along the way. He taught Dunk everything he knew about swordplay and heraldry. Dunk thinks about him often, even years later. When he says a few words after burying him, he calls him a ‘true knight.’
Dunk claims that Ser Arlan knighted him as he was dying… but it’s very broadly hinted that he did no such thing. In Dunk’s internal monologue, he reflects on wanting something so much you’d tell a monstrous lie to get close to it—and he’s very relieved when Lyonel Baratheon can knight Raymun instead of him. It’s clear that Dunk still feels guilty about the lie of his knighthood, but not enough to give up on it.
And given how Dunk tries so hard to fulfil the vows he never really swore, in a way couldn’t you say that he’s the truest knight of all?
Powers and Abilities: He’s strong as an aurochs, is decent with his sword, vaguely passable with his lance, and great at fighting dirty. He’s memorized a shitton of heraldry
Inventory: His armor, his sword, his shield, his clothing, and his purse of money. Also Rohanne Webber’s hair. (Sshhh, it’s important.)
Sample: TDM
When presented with a choice, is the character more likely to stick with tried and true methods? Or make something new up on the fly? Dunk is not a wildly creative man. He will try what’s worked before first. (That said, he’s still flexible enough to go with something new if tried and true really isn’t working.)
What is more important to your character, preserving the past or forging a future? Forging a future, definitely. In every novella, he’s always looking ahead.
How does your character influence their own story? What about the stories of others? OH BOY DOES HE AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE’S STORIES. Without this guy rescuing people during the Tragedy At Summerhall, Rhaegar Targaryen wouldn’t have survived being born and like the entire main series wouldn’t have happened. Also, Baelor Breakspear probably would have been king if it wasn’t for Dunk’s Trial of Seven.
Are you alright with your character’s canon being used as a Recommended Reading?: Oh yeah, totally. Dunk and Egg are all the good parts of ASOIAF with about half the trauma of the main series.
