Editing Duncan the Tall (section)

===Wedding Tourney at Whitewalls===
[[File:The mystery knight by grr martin by marcsimonetti.jpg|thumb|Duncan as a [[mystery knight]], with his squire, [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Duncan and Aegon traveled to the [[riverlands]], where they visited [[Stoney Sept]]. Though they had been on their way to take up service with Lord [[Beron Stark]] against the [[ironborn]] on the [[north]]ern coast, they changed their destination after a chance meeting on the road. They encountered a group led by [[Gormon Peake]], [[Lord of Starpike]], Lord [[Alyn Cockshaw]], and a hedge knight named Ser [[Daemon II Blackfyre|John the Fiddler]]. The latter invited Duncan to attend the wedding of [[Ambrose Butterwell]], [[Lord of Whitewalls]] to [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|the daughter]] of [[Lord Frey]], [[Lord of the Crossing]], stating that the victor's prize at the celebratory [[wedding tourney at Whitewalls]] was to be a [[dragon egg]]. Though the company traveled on without him, Duncan decided to go as well, and he befriended the fellow hedge knights Ser [[Kyle the Cat]], Ser [[Maynard Plumm]], and Ser [[Glendon Ball]] on his way to [[Whitewalls]].{{Ref|TMK}}

At Whitewalls, Aegon became suspicious about the intentions of the wedding, and he informed Duncan that the majority of the nobles present had fought for [[House Blackfyre]] during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|Blackfyre Rebellion]]. Duncan later had an encounter with John the Fiddler, who told him that Duncan had appeared to him in a dream in which Duncan had worn the all white armor of the [[Kingsguard]]. The Fiddler said his dreams always came true, stating that he had dreamed his brothers dead once, and though they had not believed him, they had died. The Fiddler also informed Duncan that he had dreamed about a [[dragon]] hatching from an egg at Whitewalls.{{Ref|TMK}}

Duncan entered the joust as the Gallows Knight, a [[mystery knight]] named for the hanged man sigil on his shield, which he had bought to replace the one destroyed by the Longinch but had not had time to have painted with his own arms. Duncan was defeated in his first tilt by Ser [[Uthor Underleaf]], who confessed that someone had attempted to bribe him to kill Duncan in the final tilt. Whilst searching for Aegon, Duncan ran into Glendon, who had been far more successful than Duncan during the tourney, and invited him to come north after the tourney, which Glendon declined. Glendon told Duncan that Lord Peake had offered him a place at [[Starpike]], on the condition that Glendon would let the Fiddler win. Glendon had refused, angering Gormon. Duncan next ran into the Fiddler, and began to realize John's true identity, as well as that the tourney had been rigged as to make the Fiddler victorious.{{Ref|TMK}}

Lord Peake accused Glendon Ball of stealing the dragon egg, and the youth was imprisoned. When Duncan attempted to intervene, Alyn Cockshaw pulled him back, telling Duncan to follow him, if he wanted to find Aegon. Alyn attempted to kill Duncan out of jealousy for the attention the Fiddler had shown Duncan. Though injured, Duncan threw Alyn down a well to drown, an action witnessed by Maynard Plumm. Maynard helped Duncan see to his injuries and informed him of Aegon's location.{{Ref|TMK}}

Aegon falsely told Lord Butterwell that he and Duncan were spies sent to investigate the tournament and that his father, Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar Targaryen]], was on his way with an army. Frightened, Ambrose pled for his innocence. Ser [[Tommard Heddle]] attempted to seize Aegon in the sept, but was slain by Duncan in the combat that ensued. Duncan ordered Aegon to ride for [[Maidenpool]], and he confronted the Fiddler, calling him by his true name, [[Daemon II Blackfyre|Daemon]]. Duncan accused Lord Peake of bribing the contestants in Daemon's favor, and of falsely charging Glendon with the theft of the dragon egg. Furious about the accusations, Daemon challenged Glendon with a joust as a means of [[trial by combat]].{{Ref|TMK}}

Glendon defeated Daemon Blackfyre easily early the next morning, and moments later a loyalist army led by Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]], arrived at Whitewalls. Daemon was arrested, and those who had supported him executed or punished, causing the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] to be suppressed before it had even begun. Lord Brynden allowed Duncan and Aegon to continue their travels, and hinted as to how the dragon's egg had been stolen, leading Duncan to realize the involvement of the [[dwarf]]s who had performed at the wedding.{{Ref|TSS}}