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Valar Rereadis: The Mystery Knight - Part 3

History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)

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Pretender Coinage: A Real History of Mystery Knights

Mystery Knights are a real historical phenomenon too, just like Pretender Coinage. Nina writes us an example of the young King Henry VIII who disguised himself along with a companion so they were double Mystery Knights. Edward III also twice disguised himself and competed in tournaments as a simple night named Sir Lionel. If you know of them, we might read them aloud because I do love hearing real world parallels.

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