A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Will the second season be called A Knight of the Nine Kingdoms? Here’s what we know

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 concluded its six-episode run this week with "The Morrow". The thirty-minute episode was exclusively focused on the plotline that has been building since the closing minutes of the third episode: whether Dunk will take Egg up as his squire, even after learning the young boy's royal lineage.

The episode finally reveals that Dunk does take Egg as his squire as the two make their way to Dorne. As they ride on the horse, Dunk mules over where they can go in the seven kingdoms. This is when Egg corrects the hedge knight that there are nine instead of seven Kingdoms. This is when the screen goes black, and viewers see the title "A Knight of the Nine Kingdoms" instead of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms".

This changed title suggests that the second season will swap "Seven" for "Nine".

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The nine kingdoms explained:

Before Aegon the Conqueror's conquest, there were seven kingdoms consisting of:

1. The North
2. Mountain and Vale ( Later Vale of Arryn)
3. The Isles and the Rivers
4. The Rock (Later Westerlands)
5. The Reach
6. The Stormlands
7. Dorne

However, by the time of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, some kingdoms were separated. The Isles and the Rivers were first divided into the Riverlands and the Iron Islands. Moreover, the Crownlands became a part of the kingdom too, making the total count nine. Showrunner Ira Parker addressed the title change in the Variety interview after the finale aired:

"That’s maybe me getting a little too jokey. People may hate it or crucify me for that, but there’s a bit of a lighter touch to these shows. And I’m going to learn some things. People are going to have a reaction to it, and and I’m going to have a reaction to it after not seeing it for a few months. And we’ll see. I like it. Enough of the wonderful creatives that I worked with liked it, too. It came from an honest place. It’s all true. It’s nine kingdoms at that point. We want to make Westeros a fun place to hang out, even when terrible, terrible things are happening and everyone’s sad, just like real life. You can still make jokes at a shiva, and it’s OK. We need that relief. So even in a bad spot, Dunk and Egg are still Dunk and Egg again."

Ira Parker also reveals that A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms had a different name:

Parker also addressed the initial title of the acclaimed Game of Thrones spin-off. The Variety reporter asked Ira Parker:

"Speaking of titles, was the show ever going to be called “The Tales of Dunk and Egg” like the novellas?"

To this, the showrunner revealed that George R. R. Martin requested that the makers not use "Dunk & Egg" in any way. Parker's exact words were:

"Early on, George was like, “Just don’t call it ‘Dunk & Egg’ — it sounds like ‘Laverne & Shirley.’ It sounds like a sitcom.” I said, “Oh, absolutely fine.” As it got really late in the game when we were putting the final touches in the post-production process, I did sort of waver a little bit. I said, “Everyone’s just gonna call it ‘Dunk & Egg,’ so why don’t we call it that?” Then I was talked down by my assistant that it wasn’t a wise idea. And I agree. It’s nice to see a show called “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” and come there to find out that it is just a little lighter and has some fun, rather than setting people up with “Dunk & Egg” and you sort of know what you’re gonna get. I hope."

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