When the Trial of the Seven started on the 5th episode out of 6, I was confused, because there isn’t that much to tell.
Turns out they created a whole Dunc backstory, how he was robbing the corpses, and tried to get a passage to Free Cities. None of that makes sense. Neither the final fight. In the novel, Dunc overpowers Prince Aerion, because a flail is useless prone.
Here, he’s engaging in a long swordfight, getting stabbed multiple times in addition to the spear wound he got early. Then prince throws a sword at him. Why is everyone
throwing long swords?!
Also, there are supposed to be 3 Kingguards. I don’t understand why they cared to depict only two. It doesn’t make any sense, as there’s entire point of the battle being 7 against 7.
The only change I appreciate is how they twisted the ending. I haven’t read the other novels yet, so maybe it is canon, but Egg in fact lied that his father agreed to Dunc’s terms, and just ran off with him.
