A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS Season 2 Is Headed to Dorne and Familiar Faces Could Return

The first chapter of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has wrapped, but Dunk and Egg aren’t hanging up their swords just yet. With the Season 1 finale now streaming on HBO Max, attention has already shifted to Season 2 and where the road will take our favorite hedge knight and his unlikely squire next.

If you’ve been following Egg’s ever-growing Westeros travel list, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that Dorne is on deck.

ShowrunnerIra Parkerrecently teased what’s ahead, confirming that the next run of episodes will continue adapting George R.R. Martin’s novellas. He told Variety:

"They do go to Dorne. How much of that we cover, I’ll leave up to people to tune in for Season 2. I don’t know if I’m supposed to talk about it yet. For the most part, we’re following the books. So season 1 was The Hedge Knight. Season 2 is The Sworn Sword."

That lines up cleanly with Martin’s structure. Each Dunk and Egg novella stands on its own, introducing new settings, conflicts, and characters while still moving the larger arc forward.

Season 1 adapted The Hedge Knight, and Season 2 will tackle The Sworn Sword, shifting the tone and location as Dunk and Egg find themselves pulled into a new regional dispute.

Dorne is a big deal in the Game of Thrones universe. It’s politically tense, culturally distinct, and visually striking. If the show leans into that heat-soaked atmosphere, Season 2 could look and feel very different from what we’ve seen so far.

But what about the characters we met in Season 1? With each novella functioning as a self-contained chapter, it would be easy for the series to move on entirely. Still, Parker hinted that the door isn’t closed.

He explained: "The one thing about this show, the nobles, the kings and queens are all terribly interesting. So many times you want to go and write for them, but the truth is that’s not what this show is," he said.

"There are a lot of shows, within this world and other worlds, that definitely cover that part. And we’re not that. We are bottom-up. We are in Dunk’s POV. Even minor lords and ladies, we don’t allow ourselves to go behind the scenes in their POVs.

“For better or for worse, that is the storytelling lens that we have set up for this show. Whether or not somebody will come in and out of Dunk’s world again, I would say probably. Westeros is a – yeah. Yes. That’s all I’ll say. Yes."

That approach is what makes A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms stand apart from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. This series stays grounded. We’re not jumping between war rooms and royal councils. We’re walking the dusty roads with Dunk, seeing the world from his limited, very human and grounded perspective.

So while we may not get sprawling palace intrigue, it sounds like Westeros is still small enough for old acquaintances to cross paths again. That could mean anything from a brief cameo to a more meaningful reunion, depending on how Dunk’s path winds through the Seven Kingdoms.

For now, all episodes of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 are streaming on HBO Max, and Season 2 is officially in the works. With Dorne on the horizon and the promise that familiar faces could pop back into Dunk’s orbit, the next leg of this journey is shaping up to be something special.

The road goes on, and I’ll be riding with them.