'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' co-creator says Maekar finale will be addressed in season 2

Ira Parker says Prince Maekar’s season one ending will be addressed in future episodes

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms co-creator Ira Parker has said the season one finale’s closing moment involving Prince Maekar “will be addressed” as the series moves forward.

The first season concluded with Prince Aegon “Egg” Targaryen joining Ser Duncan the Tall on the road, before a final scene showed Maekar discovering his son had fled against royal orders. The sequence does not appear in George R. R. Martin’s original Dunk and Egg novellas.

“I would say we are attempting to be as compartmentalised as possible,” Parker told Entertainment Weekly. “That's the nature of the novellas. It's not that there are uncertain strings that are pulled all the way through, but every season, Dunk and Egg are in a new place, we set up a story, we tell you the story, and we close out the story. So this is a little bit of a thread, but I don't want to start getting into two big ripple effects that change the nature of the story we're allowed to tell in [season] 2 that make it too big. It will be addressed, but hopefully it will not detract from anyone's enjoyment of 'The Sworn Sword.'”

Season one adapted The Hedge Knight, while season two, now in production in Belfast, will draw from The Sworn Sword. Further seasons have not been formally commissioned, though Parker confirmed he has discussed a long-term ending with Martin.

“I have pitched George my ending, if we get all the way to the end of all of his stories that he's done,” Parker said. “And he hasn't told me no yet out of hand. So who knows?”

Addressing fan speculation around a hooded fortune teller who prophesies Egg’s fate, Parker added, “I paid extremely close attention to what we were showing.”