The Story Behind Egg’s Song ‘The Hammer and the Anvil’ in A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS

Let me tell you about the Blackfyres – they were essentially Targaryens born out of wedlock, but with some serious noble bloodlines. It all goes back to King Aegon the Unworthy, who, on his deathbed, decided to make all his illegitimate children legitimate. Fast forward about fifteen years before the famous Tourney at Ashford, and those Blackfyres decided they deserved the Iron Throne and rose up in rebellion against their family.








