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The title of this page is conjecture based on information revealed in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels or related material and may be subject to change.
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- "Beside the name of Ser Duncan the Tall who as a hedge knight broke several of Prince Aerion Targaryen's teeth while defending a Dornish woman."
- ―Jaime Lannister
Tanselle[a] was a Dornish woman whom Ser Duncan the Tall defended from Prince Aerion Targaryen.
Biography[]
Background[]
Ser Duncan the Tall, who was still a hedge knight at the time, defended Tanselle from Prince Aerion Targaryen. Duncan broke several of Aerion's teeth in the process.[1]
Game of Thrones: Season 8[]
Duncan's defense of Tanselle from Aerion is mentioned in the hedge knight's entry in the Book of Brothers, which the new Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Brienne of Tarth flicks through.[2]
In the books[]
Tanselle is not mentioned in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. She appears in The Hedge Knight, the first of the Dunk & Egg novellas, in which she is the love interest of Ser Duncan the Tall.
Tanselle was tall and slim, with small breasts. Her hair was black and her skin tone resembled the color of olives. Due to her height, she was nicknamed "Tanselle Too-Tall".
Tanselle was a puppeteer whom Dunk gained an instant attraction to upon meeting her at the tourney at Ashford, at which he also befriended Egg, the boy who would grow up to become King Aegon V Targaryen. Dunk asked her to paint his shield after seeing her puppet show. While performing a skit in which the hero kills a dragon, she was attacked and insulted and had one of her fingers broken by Prince Aerion Targaryen, who took the dragon's death as a slight against House Targaryen and accused her of treason. Dunk came to her rescue, but was taken prisoner for striking one of the royal princes. Tanselle and her family left for Dorne as quickly as possible afterwards, but she left behind Dunk's painted shield.
At some point between the ending of The Hedge Knight and the start of The Sworn Sword, Dunk and Egg reached Prince's Pass and later Vaith in Dorne. They did not find her, and Dunk gave up hope that they would. Her fate after this is unknown.
Appearances[]
- – "The Kingsguard - Jaime Lannister" (mentioned)
- – "The Iron Throne" (mentioned in text)
References[]
- ↑ Histories & Lore: Season 4, Short 11: "The Kingsguard - Jaime Lannister" (2015).
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 6: "The Iron Throne" (2019).
Notes[]
- ↑ Conjecture based on information from the Dunk & Egg novellas; may be subject to change.
External links[]
- Tanselle on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight)