Halloween Costume Idea For Bald Men
Egg spends A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms travelling as a squire while hiding that he is actually a Targaryen prince. The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, set roughly a century before Game of Thrones, and premiered on HBO in January 2026, with a second season already confirmed (Wikipedia). The bald cap is the one item this costume cannot skip, since it is the only thing that separates Egg from a generic medieval squire.
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People look at the bald cap first, and if the edge shows at the hairline the whole thing reads as a costume rather than a character. Getting that blend right before the cape goes on is the only part of the assembly that actually matters. The specific failure at a party is pulling the hood down too early, since the reveal only works once per person. Keep it up when you arrive and drop it when someone asks who you are.
There is a moment in the show where Egg is asked his name directly and just says “Egg,” nothing else, no explanation. He has been a prince his whole life, and this is the one word he chose for himself instead.
Spirit gum keeps the edge down for the whole night
Body heat and movement cause a bald cap edge to lift by mid-evening without it. Apply spirit gum at the hairline before the foundation blend, not after, and check the back edge occasionally since that is where lifting usually starts first.
Hood up is the default, not the big reveal
Most people will want to walk in bald right away, but Egg spends most of the show hooded. Arriving hood-up and dropping it only when someone asks “who are you supposed to be?” gets a much more specific reaction than starting bald from the door.
The Essential Duo
Strong pairing for anyone who has actually watched the show. The size contrast between the small bald squire and the towering hedge knight makes the relationship readable at a glance, and the two costumes are different enough that they do not compete for attention. Outside the show’s fanbase the duo is not yet widely known, so save it for events where people have seen A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Group Idea: Targaryen Dynasty
Might work, but this one spans three different HBO series. Each character is from a different era of the same bloodline, which is the conceptual thread, but Egg’s plain squire clothing sits far enough from Daemon’s armor and Rhaenyra’s court dress that the group needs explaining to read as a unit instead of three unrelated medieval costumes.
Group Idea: Westeros Across the Centuries
Strong if someone is willing to be the character the crowd does not immediately recognize. Arya and Jon Snow are two of the most recognized faces from the entire franchise, so they carry the group on their own, and Egg adds a deeper-cut layer for anyone who knows the wider timeline. It works even if nobody at the party has seen A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Duo Idea
Might work, but this pairing only lands with people who know exactly where each character sits on the Targaryen family tree. Viserys is an established, easily recognized figure from House of the Dragon, while Egg is a hooded squire most of the time, so the connection depends entirely on someone explaining the bloodline out loud.
Four of these six pieces are things most people already own or can find secondhand. Two need dedicated purchases.
A silicone or latex cap in a pale, warm skin tone is the most convincing option. Avoid anything too pink or too grey against your own skin.
Six pieces: a brown medieval linen shirt, a dark hooded travel cape, a wooden practice sword on a leather belt, and brown medieval boots, all built around a bald cap. The bald cap and the hooded cape are the two items that actually make it Egg instead of a generic medieval squire.
Among people who watch A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms it works well, but the show premiered on HBO in January 2026 and has not built the audience Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon has yet, even with a second season already confirmed. At a general party expect to explain who Egg is more often than not.
Egg does not get big speeches. His defining moment is smaller than that: asked his name, he answers with a single word, “Egg,” and offers nothing else. A prince who picked one syllable over his full title says more about him than a monologue would.
Egg is the nickname of Aegon Targaryen, a young prince disguised as a common squire, traveling with the hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall in HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. He is based on George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, set roughly a century before Game of Thrones.
Dexter Sol Ansell plays Egg. The series premiered on HBO in January 2026 and was renewed for a second season before the first one finished airing.
His bald head is a Targaryen trait that would give away his royal identity, so the hood stays up around strangers. For the costume, that means arriving with the hood up and dropping it only when someone asks who you are, rather than walking in bald from the start.
Ser Duncan the Tall is the obvious pairing since the size contrast between the small bald squire and the towering hedge knight reads clearly even without much explanation. For a bigger group, Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra Targaryen from House of the Dragon extend it into a wider Targaryen dynasty concept.
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