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Trial Of Seven? 'Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' Just Invoked A Never-Seen Ancient Tradition

Dais Johnston

created: Feb. 6, 2026, 9 a.m. | updated: Feb. 13, 2026, 4:27 p.m.

But in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4, we learn of a new kind of trial by combat that we’ve never seen before. Spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4 ahead! Aerion Targaryen invokes an ancient trial by combat method in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4. In fact, this trial took place about 160 years before A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and centered around King Maegor I, Rhaenyra’s great-great-great-granduncle. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 4 is now streaming on HBO Max.

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