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A Clash of Kings (summary)
By: George R.R. Martin
Summary By: Vincent Briscuso
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Prologue (Point-of-View: Maester Cressen)
Introduced: Maester Cressen* (Dragonstone’s maester, once maester to Lord Steffon Baratheon at Storm’s End, raised Robert, Stannis and Renly; killed by the very poison he used to try and kill Lady Melisandre);
Lord Stannis Baratheon (Lord of Dragonstone, now proclaimed as King, held Storm’s End for a year while besieged during the war 15 years before; defeated the Iron Fleet during Balon Greyjoy's Rebellion; prior master of ships on King Robert’s small council; brother of Robert and Renly, husband of Lady Selyse and father of Shireen, grandson of Princess of Rhaelle Targaryen; currently at the Wall making his seat at the Nightfort, in preparation to defend the realm from the Others);
Lady Melisandre (the Red Woman, a priestess of the god R’hllor and shadowbinder from Asshai);
Maester Pylos (young maester of the Citadel sent to replace old Maester Cressen);
Shireen (daughter of Lord Stannis and Lady Selyse);
Patchface (a fool, only survivor when Lord Steffon’s ship went down);
Lady Selyse Baratheon (of House Florent, now Queen; daughter of Ser Ryam Florent, niece of Lord Alester and Ser Axell, cousin of Delena Norcross [mother of Edric Storm]);
Ser Davos Seaworth (the Onion Knight, Davos Shorthand, former smuggler, knighted by Lord Stannis, captain of Black Betha, later Lord of the Rainwood and Hand of King Stannis);
Lord Ardrian Celtigar (Lord of Claw Isle, bannerman to King Stannis);
Lord Monford Velaryon* (Lord of the Tides, Master of Driftmark, bannerman to King Stannis, succeeded by his son Monterys; his house of ancient Valyrian blood; unknown relationship to Aurane Waters; perished during the Battle of the Blackwater);
Lord Duram Bar Emmon (Lord of Sharp Point, 14 years old, bannerman to King Stannis);
Ser Axell Florent (Castellan of Dragonstone, uncle of Queen Selyse);
Lord Guncer Sunglass* (Lord of Sweetport Sound, bannerman to King Stannis; sacrificed to the god R'hllor by Lady Melisandre);
Salladhor Saan (Lysene captain, self-styled Prince of the
First Mentioned: Lord Steffon Baratheon* (former Lord of Storm's End, father of Robert, Stannis and Renly, died when his ship sank returning from Volantis; his mother was Princess Rhaelle Targaryen, King Aegon V's daughter).
Maester Cressen is looking at the blood-red comet in the sky over Dragonstone, and considering whether it is an omen. A white raven had arrived from the Citadel, and it meant that the long summer was coming to a close, a summer that lasted just over 10 years. Shireen comes to visit the old maester with her fool Patchface. Shireen’s face is disfigured from a bout of greyscale as a child, that Maester Cressen was not able to treat sufficiently to prevent scarring. Shireen has been having nightmares of dragons come to eat her, and Cressen explains that Dragonstone was the westernmost outpost of the ancient Freehold of Valyria. While they are talking, Patchface begins singing "the shadows have come to dance (or stay) my lord", which Shireen says he has been singing all the time lately. Cressen remembers how Lord Steffon Baratheon found the fool while off in Volantis looking for a wife for Rhaegar at the behest of King Aerys. As they returned to Storm’s End, the ship sank killing everyone aboard, but Patchface washed up on shore 3 days later, and appeared dead. His skin was clammy cold, yet he coughed up water and lived, although he was broken in mind and body.
Cressen then learns that Ser Davos had returned last night and was in council with the king. Cressen is disturbed, because he was always asked for his counsel in these matters, but the king was ignoring him. Cressen goes to Stannis, and on the way meets Ser Davos. The Onion Knight tells him that all the Stormlords spurned him, for they had no love for Stannis and would not join his cause. Instead, they all supported Renly along with the Lords of the Reach. We learn Davos’ history, how he had been a notorious smuggler, but during the siege of Storm’s End he had saved the defenders by sailing past the Redwyne blockade in the dead of night and brought onions to Lord Stannis’ men. It had allowed them to survive, when they would have starved, until Lord Eddard lifted the siege. Stannis had knighted Davos for his deed, but also chopped off all the fingers on his left hand but the thumb for his previous misdeeds as a smuggler.
Cressen learns of Renly being named king, and worries for him. Cressen raised all three Baratheon children and grieves for them all. Davos says that Stannis has no hope with such a small army, yet the king will not relent and plans to sail against King’s Landing. Cressen then goes in to give counsel to Stannis, and we learn that the king has felt slighted all these years that Renly was given Storm’s End by their brother when by rights it should have been Stannis’. Cressen advises that Stannis join with Renly, but the King will not treat with him as long as his brother calls himself a king. He also advises that Stannis send Shireen to foster on the Eyrie to make alliance with the Arryns (and we learn that Lord Arryn had planned to foster Robert Arryn on Dragonstone with Stannis). The suggestion is overheard by Queen Selyse, who storms in and yells at the Maester for advising that Stannis needs help for the war. The Queen is wholly gone over to the god R’hllor of the red priestess Melisandre. The Queen believes the comet is an omen from the heart of fire, the god R’hllor who will aid Stannis in his conquest. Stannis is more interested in men than in the help of a god. When Selyse suggests that if Renly were to die, his army would join Stannis, Cressen is horrified and pleads with Stannis that fratricide is evil.
Cressen is sent away, and back in his chambers realizes that he must kill Melisandre before she can totally convert the King to her evil schemes. Cressen prepares a crystal that he plans to put in Melisandre’s drink, but then oversleeps. He enters the Great Hall to find Stannis and his bannermen at the feast table. Cressen is mocked by Melisandre and Patchface because he tripped, but is given a seat by Ser Davos. Davos tells the maester that Melisandre has seen victory in her flames, but Cressen tells the red woman that her god holds no power here. Cressen then proposes a toast, and both he and Melisandre drink the poisoned wine. The ruby at Melisandre’s throat glows, and she tells Cressen that R’hllor does have power here, as Maester Cressen dies from the poison.
Arya (I) {VI} pg 22/30 Return to Top
Introduced: Lommy Greenhands* (an orphan boy bound for the Wall; slain by Ser Gregor's men);
Hot Pie (another orphan boy, later a cook in Harrenhal, then runaway with Arya).
Arya is with Yoren and his recruits bound for the Wall, most of them criminals and orphans. Yoren cut her hair, told her to pretend to be a boy, and named her Arry. Hot Pie and Lommy Greenhands mock her and her sword, and she finally loses control and attacks Hot Pie. After beating him senseless, Yoren drags her off and whips her. He then tells her that Lord Eddard was supposed to take the black. Before leaving King’s Landing, a man came to him with a boy (obviously Gendry), some gold and a message that Lord Eddard was to take the black (Yoren does not reveal who the message was from nor whom the messenger was). That is why Yoren was waiting there near Arya, but something went wrong and Eddard was killed. Gendry calls the comet "the Red Sword", and Arya thinks of it as her father’s sword Ice with the tail her father’s blood.
Sansa (I) {VII} pg 28/38 Return to Top
Introduced: Lady Tanda Stokeworth* (a lady of the court in King's Landing, Lady of Stokeworth; died from complications of a fractured hip);
Falyse Stokeworth* (Lady Tanda’s elder daughter and heir, wife of Ser Balman Byrch; died during Lord Qyburn's "experiments");
Lollys Stokeworth (daughter of Lady Tanda; after being raped during the uprising in the streets of King’s Landing she marries the ex-mercenary Ser Bronn; later named Lady of Stokeworth by Bronn);
Lady Ermesande Hayford (an infant child; Lady of Hayford Castle; later married to Tyrek Lannister);
Morros Slynt (eldest son and heir of Lord Janos Slynt).
Ser Arys Oakheart escorts Sansa to the tourney on Joffrey’s name day. Ser Arys is the only Kingsguard who objected when Joff commanded him to hit her, and even when he did, he never hit her hard. Sansa also thinks of how Joff never commands the Hound to hit her. When Sansa joins Joff he informs her that Viserys Targaryen is dead. The jousting begins, but it is a pitiful tourney as most of the great knights are off at war or in open treason against Joff. When Ser Dontos Hollard is called to face Lothor Brune, he comes out drunk and half naked. The King commands he be drowned in wine, but Sansa tells him no. She quickly makes up a story that it is a curse to take a man’s life on your name day. Joff doesn’t believe her, but the Hound comes to her rescue, telling Joff, "What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year." Joff then agrees with Sansa’s suggestion that he make Dontos a fool and spare his life. Joff calls off the tourney in disgust, but he allows Tommen to ride against a quintain. As the prince is jousting, Tyrion and his clansmen arrive in King’s Landing. He gives his condolences to Sansa for the loss of her father, and Sansa offers her apologies for Tyrion being taken captive by her mother. Tyrion responds by saying, "A great many people are sorry for that, and before I am done, some may be a deal sorrier." When Tyrion tells her she is as loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves, Sansa slips and says "lions", but only Tyrion heard her, and gently takes her arm and tells her he intends her no harm.
Tyrion (I) {X} pg 39/53 Return to Top
Introduced: Vylarr (Captain of the Queen’s Household guards).
Tyrion arrives outside the council chambers, and has to threaten Ser Mandon Moore in order to get in. He shows the Queen their father’s letter proclaiming Tyrion Hand of the King. Tyrion notices Littlefinger’s dagger, and thinks to himself he has to have a talk with Lord Baelish, and soon. Cersei is disturbed by Tyrion’s presence, and rants that her father should have returned with his army. Tyrion asks for a word alone with his sister, and as the other counselors leave, Littlefinger tells Tyrion that the Tower of the Hand is cursed due to the death of the last two Hands (Jon Arryn and Ned Stark). Tyrion then gives him a history lesson: that 2 other Hands of King Aerys also died there (Lord Qarlton Chelsted and Lord Rossart), and two more were exiled (Lord Jon Connington and Lord Owen Merryweather), with only his father, Lord Tywin, leaving intact.
Alone, Tyrion tells Cersei he has a plan to rescue Jamie, which softens her somewhat. Tyrion learns that Cersei does not have Arya captive, only Sansa. He then asks her if she trusts the small council, because their father does not. All their counsel during Joff’s short reign has led to follies and disasters. He learns that Joff was instructed to allow Eddard Stark to take the black, but he took it upon himself to have Lord Eddard killed. Cersei tells him it was Lord Baelish’s idea to name Janos Slynt a lord, another foolish move in Tyrion’s eyes. He also learns that it was Varys who suggested that Ser Barristan be removed from his post as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Ser Barristan slew two of Janos’ gold cloaks while leaving the city. Tyrion warns her what the smallfolk will do if they see Ser Barristan the Bold leading Robb Stark’s or Renly’s army. Cersei says she hadn’t thought of that, and Tyrion tells her that their father did, and that is why Lord Tywin sent him. Tyrion tells her Joff might be more inclined to listen to him if he feels threatened, something Joff doesn’t feel with his mother. Tyrion then insinuates that he is hers, and will do nothing without her consent. When he asks Cersei who killed Jon Arryn, Cersei tells him she doesn’t know. She goes on to say that Eddard Stark asked her the same thing, hinting that Jon Arryn suspected her of… incest, Tyrion finishes for her, earning himself a slap in the face. Tyrion tells her he knew all along, and that he is not as blind as their father. Cersei explains how they killed King Robert, with Lancel giving him wine three times the normal potency before he faced the boar. Tyrion takes his leave, and asks Vylarr, his sister’s guard captain, to escort him to the Broken Anvil. Tyrion commands Vylarr to have the heads removed from the spikes on the wall and given to the silent sisters.
As they ride through the city, Tyrion notices the effect the war is having on the people. Vylarr tells him that very little food is coming into the city, but the Queen has had the City Watch tripled, has a thousand laborers building catapults and other defenses, and the Alchemists’ Guild has pledged ten thousand jars of wildfire. When Tyrion enters the brothel to visit Shae, he finds Varys already there. Varys admits that he had a sudden urge to meet his young lady. The eunuch calls the comet "the Red Messenger" and says it comes as a herald before a king, to warn of fire and blood to follow. Varys then poses a riddle to Tyrion, of a king, a priest and a rich man who each command a sellsword to kill the other two. Varys asks Tyrion who lives and who dies, and then takes his leave. Shae says it is the rich man who lives, but Tyrion is not so sure, saying it depends on the sellsword.
Bran (I) {VIII} pg 52/70 Return to Top
Introduced: Farlen* (kennelmaster of Winterfell; killed by Theon Greyjoy);
Gage* (cook at Winterfell);
Hayhead* (Winterfell guardsman);
Little Walder Frey (only son and fourth child of Merrett Frey and Mariya Darry, ward of Lady Catelyn; brother of Lady Amerei Lannister [provided her marriage to Lancel is considered fulfilled], Fat Walda Bolton [wife of Roose Bolton], and Marissa; half-cousin [is there such a thing?] of Big Walder);
Big Walder Frey (eldest son of Ser Jammos Frey [second son of Lord Walder and his fourth wife], also a ward of Lady Catelyn; lower down in the succession order than his half-cousin Little Walder);
Palla* (a kennel girl; possibly still alive, a captive at the Dreadfort).
Bran has been dreaming often of wolves, dreams
where he is Summer and he and his brother hunt. Old
Arya (II) {VII} pg 61/81 Return to Top
Introduced: Jaqen H’ghar (Lorathi prisoner from the black cells of King’s Landing, then bound for the Wall, possibly an assassin of the Faceless Men);
Rorge* (criminal from the black cells bound for the Wall, missing his nose; later in service to Lord Vargo Hoat; then turns outlaw, leading the raid on Saltpans wearing Sandor Clegane's Hound's-head helm; slain by Brienne of Tarth);
Biter* (criminal from the black cells, a mute with sharpened teeth, later in with Rorge; killed by Gendry);
Praed*, Reysen* (recruits bound for the Wall; died fighting Ser Amory Lorch's men);
Cutjack, Tarber (recruits bound for the Wall, later run off on their own);
Dobber*, Kurz* and Koss* (criminals bound for the Wall; died in Ser Amory Lorch's attack).
Yoren and his recruits continue north nearing the God’s Eye. They stop at an inn, and Arya learns that the wolves in the area have grown bolder, and there is a great pack of hundreds of wolves led by a she-wolf. Arya thinks of Nymeria, and wonders if her direwolf hates her. Arya leaves the inn and is accosted by the 3 criminals chained in the wagon. The Lorathi, who names himself Jaqen H’ghar, asks her to get him more ale. She notices that the way he talks is similar to Syrio. The other two also start banging for more ale. Biter then lunges at her, but she hits him in the face with her wooden sword. Gendry tells her later that Yoren warned them not to go near those three, but Arya is not afraid. Arya challenges him to a fight, but they are interrupted by Gold Cloaks arriving at the inn, and Arya pulls Gendry down behind a hedge.
The officer says he has a warrant from the Queen for a certain boy, but Yoren tells him to be gone, that these men are all bound for the Wall. When the officer draws his sword, Yoren warns him he has 30 men to the gold cloaks five. The recruits then begin to pick up weapons, but Arya doesn’t want anyone dying for her. She reveals herself saying she’s the one they want, but the officer points behind her at Gendry, stating he’s the one they want. Yoren then puts his sword at the throat of the officer and tells them to leave. The gold cloaks depart, but the officer tells Yoren to hurry to the Wall, or they’ll have his head along with the bastard boy’s. Arya doesn’t understand why the Queen wants Gendry, and neither does he. Yoren tells them that from now on if they encounter gold cloaks, the two of them are to ride with all haste to the Wall..
Jon (I) {X} pg 70/93 Return to Top
Introduced: Ser Endrew Tarth* (new master-at-arms of Castle Black; killed during Styr's raid on Castle Black);
Conwy (a wandering crow of the Night’s Watch);
Thoren Smallwood* (senior ranger of the Night’s Watch; slain at the Fist of the First Men).
Legends:King Daeron II Targaryen (King Daeron the Good, Targaryen Dragonking who brought Dorne into the Seven Kingdoms by marrying the Dornish Princess Myriah; son of Queen Naerys and either King Aegon IV or Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, father of Baelor Breakspear, King Aerys I, Queen Aelinor, Rhaegel and King Maekar, grandfather of Valarr, Matarys, Daeron the Drunken, Aerion Brightflame, Maester Aemon, and Aegon V [Egg]; half-brother of Prince Daemon Blackfyre, Bittersteel, Lord Bloodraven, and Lady Shiera Seastar; was denied the ancient Targaryen blade ‘Blackfyre’ as Aegon IV gave it to his highborn bastard Daemon Blackfyre instead; died during the Great Spring Sickness);
Prince Maekar Targaryen (Prince of Summerhall, later King Maekar I, fourth son of King Daeron II, father of Daeron, Aerion Brightflame, Maester Aemon and Egg; referred to as the ‘Anvil’ during the Blackfyre Rebellion as many believe that it was Maekar and Baelor’s flanking of Daemon Blackfyre’s army as the ‘Hammer and the Anvil’ that won the battle of the Redgrass Field; killed in battle against an outlaw lord);
King Aerys I Targaryen (second son of King Daeron II, succeeded his father as King, younger brother of Baelor Breakspear, older brother of Rhaegel and Maekar; wed to his sister Queen Aelinor; named one of his grandfather’s bastards as his Hand, the highborn bastard of Aegon IV, Lord Bloodraven);
Prince Daeron Targaryen (Daeron the Drunken, eldest son of Maekar, brother of Aerion, Maester Aemon, Egg, Rhae, and Daella; died from a pox);
Prince Aerion Targaryen (the Monstrous, Aerion Brightfire, Aerion Brightflame, second son of Maekar, died in Lys drinking wildfire);
Prince Aegon Targaryen (called Egg, later King Aegon V Targaryen, Aegon the Unlikely, Aegon the Fortunate, fourth son of Maekar, who was himself a fourth son; former squire of the hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall, younger brother of Daeron, Aerion, and Maester Aemon, elder brother of Princesses Rhae and Daella; father of Prince Duncan the Small, King Jaehaerys II, and Princess Rhaelle Baratheon, grandfather of King Aerys II and Queen Rhaella; great-grandfather of Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys Stormborn);
King Aegon IV Targaryen (Aegon the Unworthy, elder son of King Viserys II, brother of Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, husband and brother of Queen Naerys and possible father of King Daeron II; legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed, including his 4 ‘Great Bastards’: Prince Daemon Blackfyre, Aegor Rivers [Bittersteel], Brynden Rivers [Lord Bloodraven], and Lady Shiera Seastar; gave the hereditary Targaryen Sword of Kings ‘Blackfyre’ to his bastard son Daemon instead of his trueborn son Daeron the Good).
Jon finds Sam in the basement library of the Night’s
Watch, a treasure trove with thousands of ancient books and accounts. Sam shows
Jon the accounts of a ranger from before the conquest, who wrote that they had
fought Giants beyond the Wall, and even traded with the children of the forest.
Sam also found a book about the language of the children and other works that
even the Citadel doesn’t have. Sam is afraid to accompany the men on
their mission, but Jon reassures him that Mormont is taking 200 men, and they
will be met by 100 more from the
In the Lord Commander’s chambers, Thoren Smallwood is demanding that he should have the command on the march, and that Mormont should stay at Castle Black. Mormont dismisses him, telling him he is not First Ranger until Ben Stark is found dead, and then it will be the Lord Commander’s decision who replaces him. Sam gives Mormont the maps, and tells him Maester Aemon is choosing the ravens that will go with them. Mormont tells Jon Maester Aemon's story, how he was the third son of Maekar, who was the fourth son of King Daeron II. King Daeron, Maester Aemon’s grandfather, sent him to the Citadel when he was a boy. The Crown Prince, Baelor, died in a tourney mishap <see The Hedge Knight summary>, and his two sons died from the Great Spring Sickness along with King Daeron, so the King’s second son Aerys succeeded him. After King Aerys I died without issue, the crown passed to Maekar. King Maekar was killed in battle against an outlaw lord, and his two eldest sons, Daeron and Aerion, were already dead. A Great Council was convened to decide on the succession, and passed over Aerion’s infant son, and then offered the throne to Aemon. The Maester refused, saying he swore a vow to serve even though the High Septon offered to absolve him. Aegon was then named King, called the Unlikely because he was the fourth son of a fourth son. Maester Aemon came to the Wall in order to protect his brother. Mormont explains to Jon why he spoke of this, because both Jon and Maester Aemon have something in common, a king for a brother. Jon swears he will not attempt to join Robb, that he will be troubled but keep his vows.
Catelyn (I) {XII} pg 81/107 Return to Top
Introduced: Ser Robin Ryger (captain of the guard at Riverrun; later joins the Night's Watch following the fall of Riverrun);
Ser Cleos Frey* (eldest son of Ser Emmon Frey and Genna Lannister, brother of Ser Lyonel, Tion, and Red Walder, father of Tywin and Willem Frey, cousin to Tyrion, Jaime and Cersei; slain by the Bloody Mummers).
First Mentioned: Ser Stafford Lannister* (cousin of Lord Tywin, brother to the late Lady Joanna; father of Ser Daven Lannister; slain at Oxcross by Lord Rickard Karstark).
Legends: King Harren the Black (King of the Iron Islands and the Riverlands, built Harrenhal as his castle taking 40 years and finally moving in the day Aegon the Conqueror landed; slain along with his family by dragonfire as Aegon’s dragons burned his host within the walls of Harrenhal; grandson of King Harwyn Hardhand who had taken the Riverlands from Arrec the Storm King, their line descended from King Qhored when the ironmen had intermarried with the Andal invaders).
Robb is wearing his newly forged crown, and has Ser Cleos Frey brought before him. He tells Ser Cleos that he intends to send him as messenger to King’s Landing with a peace offer. Robb informs him that he will not be granted freedom because he chose to fight for the Lannisters, even though his grandfather pledged Robb his support. As Robb begins to list the conditions of the peace offer, Lord Rickard Karstark silently leaves the room. Robb’s proposal is obviously going to be rejected, as it is too harsh, all in the favor of the Starks. Afterwards, Ser Edmure tells Robb that they should be marching on Harrenhal, not offering peace. Robb tells him they lack the strength. Catelyn had told Robb that he should have offered sweeter terms, but it was all she could do just to convince him to make this offer. Robb tells his mother she should return to Winterfell, that she could travel with Theon to Seagard and then take ship home. Catelyn warns Robb not to send Theon as envoy to treat with his father, because Balon Greyjoy would be more likely to yield his longships to Robb if they kept Theon as hostage. She warns him that Balon Greyjoy is not a man to be trusted, and he may aspire to wear a crown again.
Robb dismisses his mother, stating his decision about sending Theon is final. Cat meets her uncle Brynden at her father’s bedside, and learns that he has made peace with his brother. Cat tells him that the Greatjon says the old gods have unfurled a red flag of vengeance for Ned, and Edmure believes the comet is an omen of victory for Riverrun, but she is not convinced. The Blackfish claims it represents blood, and when Cat asks whose blood, theirs’ or their enemies’, her uncle says, "Was there ever a war where only one side bled?" Ser Brynden has dire tidings of the war, and reveals that the river lords are losing. He tells her that Ser Gregor crushed the Darry castle and killed the lord who was only a child, the last of the Darry line. Ser Brynden warns that Lord Tywin seeks to provoke them to battle, by butchering innocents and eating their harvest while he waits secure in Harrenhal. He reveals that Ser Stafford Lannister is raising another army at Casterly Rock. Cat suggests that if Lord Tywin had to leave Harrenhal to face another threat, they could meet him on fair ground. Her uncle picks up her meaning, that someone should go to treat with King Renly.
Tyrion (II) {XI} pg 93/122 Return to Top
Introduced: Ser Jacelyn Bywater* (called Ironhand, former captain of the River Gate, later Commander of the City Watch, later still Lord Jacelyn Bywater; lost his hand during Balon Greyjoy's Rebellion; killed by his own men during the Battle of the Blackwater).
First Mentioned: Allar Deem* (Lord Janos Slynt’s sergeant, sent to the Wall, presumed dead).
Tyrion
is having Lord Janos Slynt for a guest, and
getting him drunk. Tyrion asks who should succeed him when he
leaves the
City Watch to take up residence at Harrenhal, and Slynt suggests Allar
Deem.
Tyrion mentions Ser Jacelyn Bywater, knighted at Pyke after losing his
hand in
the battle, but Slynt says he is too rigid and too honorable! Tyrion
learns
that Slynt sent Allar Deem to kill a young whore and her infant
daughter Barra,
a bastard of King Robert. Tyrion asks him who ordered him to kill the
whore’s
bastard, but Slynt will not reveal the answer, priding himself on doing
a deed
with never a question asked. Tyrion suggests the Night’s Watch
could use men
like him and Allar Deem. When Tyrion questions him about Lord
Eddard’s
death, Slynt says even Varys was surprised by the King’s
decision, and we learn
Varys had helped persuade Cersei to allow Ned to take the black. Slynt
calls
Lord Stark a traitor for trying to buy him, to which Tyrion retorts,
"Little
dreaming that you had already been bought." Slynt gets angry at this,
telling Tyrion he has no right to question his honor.
Tyrion threatens him, saying that he should thank the gods it
was Tyrion he had to deal with, and
not his lord father. Tyrion tells him his children will inherit lands
and his
eldest son will be named Lord Slynt when he comes of age, but Janos is
bound for the
Wall. Slynt is enraged, and tells Tyrion he will speak to the King
about this,
but Ser Jacelyn Bywater takes Slynt into custody.
Tyrion tells Bywater that Slynt and six others will board ship for Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, and that it would not be taken amiss if Allar Deem should get swept overboard. Varys meets Tyrion afterward, and Tyrion accuses the eunuch of not telling him that it was his sister who sent the gold cloaks after the whore’s bastard. Tyrion is upset that he hands out justice for the sorry likes of Slynt and Deem while his sister continues on her savage course. Tyrion knows he cannot touch his sister, yet. Varys tells Tyrion he could not save the baby girl, but he had taken steps to save another bastard, this one an older boy (Gendry). Tyrion again talks with Varys about Eddard’s death, aware that Slynt and Ser Ilyn had carried out the King’s sentence without hesitation, almost as if they expected it. Varys then asks Tyrion about the answer to his riddle, and Tyrion says the sellsword holds the true power. Varys asks, "If it is the swordsmen who rule in truth, why pretend kings hold the power?" That day at Baelor’s Sept, neither the godly High Septon, nor the lawful Queen Regent, nor the ever-knowledgeable Varys could prevent Lord Eddard’s death. He asks who truly killed Eddard: the King who gave the command, Ser Ilyn who swung the sword, or another? Varys departs after telling Tyrion about prophets in the streets foretelling doom and causing problems. When Bronn arrives, Tyrion remarks that he probably replaced one of Littlefinger’s men with one belonging to Varys when he made Ser Jacelyn the Commander of the City Watch. He asks Bronn if he would kill an infant girl without question if he were commanded to. Bronn replies, "Without question? No. I’d ask how much."
Arya (III) {VIII} pg 104/136 Return to Top
Introduced: Murch* (recruit bound for the Wall).
Gendry is telling the others that he doesn't know why the Queen wants him. All he knows is that one day Master Mott came to him and told him he was to join the Night’s Watch. Yoren has decided to avoid the Kingsroad and they travel along the western shore of the God’s Eye. They then come upon a holdfast that was burning the night before. They find a little girl and her badly injured mother as the only survivors. Later at night, Arya goes off to make water where no one will notice, and she is surprised by a wolf. The wolf stares at her, but then bounds off into the woods. She goes to tell Yoren of the wolves in the forest, and the old man tells her he has been bringing men to the Wall for 30 years, always by the Kingsroad, but he should have taken ship this time.
Davos (I) pg 111/145 Return to Top
Introduced: Allard* (second son of Ser Davos, captain of the Lady Marya; sunk with his ship in Blackwater Bay);
Dale* (eldest son of Ser Davos, captain of the Wraith; went down with his ship in Blackwater Bay);
Septon Barre (priest of the Seven at Dragonstone, later imprisoned);
Ser Hubard Rambton* (knight sworn to Dragonstone; killed trying to stop Melisandre from burning the statues of the seven gods);
Devan (fifth son of Ser Davos, squire of King Stannis).
Legends: Azor Ahai (legendary hero of the god R’hllor; forged Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes);
Nissa Nissa (Azor Ahai's wife who died in the forging of Lightbringer).
Melisandre and the Queen’s men are burning
the statues of the seven gods in the sept at Dragonstone as a sacrifice to R’hllor.
Those who tried to stop this blasphemy were either killed, like Ser Rambton, or
imprisoned, like Lord Sunglass and Septon Barre. Davos remains steady during
this event, because he believes he owes everything to
Stannis, and is forever loyal. Melisandre has Stannis draw a near-molten sword
from the conflagration, naming the sword Lightbringer and Stannis Azor Ahai
come again. The sword is a burning mess, and Stannis has to drop it. Later,
Davos meets Salladhor Saan at a tavern, and the Lyseni pirate tells him that the red priests in
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Introduced: Aeron Greyjoy (called Damphair, a priest of the Drowned God, uncle of Asha and Theon, youngest brother of Lord Balon, Euron Crow's Eye, and Victarion; his ship sunk during the Rebellion, but he washed up on the shores of Lannisport, where he was imprisoned at Casterly Rock; after his drowning, he returned a fanatical priest);
Helya (keeper of the castle at Pyke);
Lord Balon Greyjoy* (Lord of the Iron Islands, Son of the Sea Wind, Lord Reaper of Pyke, 10 years prior proclaimed himself King of the Iron Islands but his rebellion was overthrown by King Robert, later again proclaimed himself King of the Iron Islands and then the North, father of Rodrik, Maron, Asha, and Theon, elder brother of Euron Crow’s Eye, Victarion and Aeron Damphair, husband of Lady Alannys of house Harlaw).
First Mentioned: Rodrik Greyjoy* (eldest son of Lord Balon, slain by Lord Jason Mallister during the raid of Seagard);
Maron Greyjoy* (second son of Lord Balon, slain at Pyke during Greyjoy’s Rebellion).
Legends: King Urron Redhand (legendary High King of the Iron Islands who made the throne hereditary by killing all the other kings of salt and rock, his line extinguished a thousand years later by the Andal invaders, and thereafter the ironmen intermarried with the Andals).
Theon is nearing Lordsport on the ship Myraham,
and considers the
Even Theon’s validity as
heir to Pyke is put to the question by his uncle, who reminds Theon of his
older sister Asha. Theon hated Lord Eddard, and had only gotten along with
Robb, considering himself more a hostage than a ward
during the 10 years he spent at Winterfell. He is still confident in the letter
he carried from Robb, which contained the plan Theon had devised himself. At Pyke, Theon is
ushered into a long-disused room in the
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Introduced: Drogon (largest of Daenerys' three young dragons, named after Khal Drogo; of black and scarlet scales);
Viserion (one of Dany's dragon of cream-and-gold scales; named after her brother Viserys);
Rhaegal (one of Dany’s young dragons, of green and bronze scales; named for her brother Prince Rhaegar);
Xaro Xhoan Daxos (Merchant Prince of the Thirteen from Qarth);
Pyat Pree (warlock from Qarth);
Quaithe (a masked shadowbinder from Asshai by the Shadow).
First Mentioned: Lynesse Hightower
(Ser Jorah Mormont's former second wife, youngest daughter of Lord Leyton Hightower,
great-niece of Ser Gerold Hightower, now concubine to a merchant prince from
Lord Leyton Hightower (the Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port, Lord of the High Tower, Defender of the Citadel, Beacon of the South; bannerman to the Tyrells; sometimes called the Old Man of Oldtown; four times married, his current wife is Lady Rhea of house Florent [youngest daughter of the late Lord Alester Florent]; father of Baelor Brightsmile, Malora the Mad Maid, Lady Alerie Tyrell, Ser Garth Greysteel, Lynesse, and Ser Gunthor, among others; the Hightowers are descendants of the First Men).
Dany believes the gods have sent the comet to show
her the way. Yet as her small khalasar crosses the red lands following the
trail of the comet, many die in the harsh climate, including Dany’s
handmaiden Doreah. When her dragons are not eating the meat she feeds them,
Dany remembers something Viserys had told her, that only men and dragons eat
cooked meat. From then on, she feeds them cooked meat, and the dragons begin to
grow. Dany recalls that Aegon’s dragons were named for
the gods of Old Valyria, but she chooses new names for hers. Finally,
they reach an ancient, deserted city that they name Vaes Tolorro, the city of
bones. Dany learns the true story of Jorah’s fall,
how he had been knighted by King Robert on Pyke, and shortly thereafter won a
tourney at Lannisport where he had met Lynesse, his second wife. But
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Introduced: Eddison Tollett (Dolorous Edd, steward and squire of the Night’s Watch and eventually steward to Lord Commander Jon Snow);
Jarmen Buckwell (senior ranger of the Night’s Watch; led an expedition into the Frostfangs, and returned to the Wall safely; his current status is unknown);
Ser Mallador Locke* (senior ranger; slain at the Fist of the First Men);
Bedwyck (called Giant, a fareyes of the Night’s Watch).
The Night’s Watch discovers the wildling village Whitetree deserted, as have all the other villages they’ve been through. The heart tree in the village is the largest Jon’s ever seen, and there are burnt bones in its mouth. The Night’s Watch has long known that the wildlings burn their dead, but only recently have they discovered why. Jon goes to see Sam after they search the village, and tells him that Mormont wants a raven sent to Maester Aemon with their progress so far. Mormont tells Jon that if Benjen had found all these villages empty, he would have tried to learn why, and someone or something might not have wanted him to find out.
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Introduced: Woth*, Qyle*, Gerren*, Urreg* (recruits bound for the Wall; killed by Ser Amory Lorch's force);
Ser Amory Lorch* (knight sworn to Casterly Rock, commander of Lord Tywin’s foragers; briefly Castellan of Harrenhal; fed to Vargo Hoat's bear).
Yoren’s band has come upon a burned-out holdfast, and searches it for boats, finding nothing. Yoren decides to camp for the night secure behind the walls. That night, Arya awakens to a wolf howling, and then wakes the others in warning. Outside the walls, Ser Amory Lorch’s men are demanding that the gates be opened in the name of the King. He accuses them of being in league with Lord Beric Dondarrion, and do not believe Yoren when he tells them they are members of the Night’s Watch and take no part in any wars. Ser Amory has his men fire the houses and then begin scaling the walls. Many from both sides die, and when all seems lost, Yoren tells Arya to escape through a hidden tunnel in the barn. Arya takes the little girl (whose mother died) with her and follows Hot Pie, Gendry and the injured Lommy into the tunnel. At the last minute, as the fires rage in the barn, Arya decides to save the 3 criminals chained in the wagon by throwing Rorge an axe. Arya then flees through the tunnel.
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Introduced: Ironbelly (a blacksmith);
Salloreon* (a master armorer, later imprisoned for treason; killed along with the other Antler Men by command of King Joffrey);
Alayaya (a whore, daughter of Chataya).
The Queen is furious upon learning that Stannis is circulating letters accusing her of incest. Despite her guilt, she does not want this reaching her son or her father, but there may be nothing to stop that. Tyrion advises that they let people talk, but without proof no one will believe it; Littlefinger goes further by suggesting they circulate their own vile rumor- that Shireen is really the daughter of the ugly Queen Selyse and the lackwit fool Patchface. While the other counselors wonder where Varys is, Tyrion takes his leave. He meets with many of the city’s smiths in his great hall, and asks them to stop forging armor and begin creating a giant chain. Several armorers complain, but Tyrion warns them that they will either forge a chain or wear one, the choice is theirs.
Tyrion then departs for Chataya’s brothel, and there learns that in the Summer Isles, being a whore is considered an honor. Tyrion follows Alayaya upstairs, and she shows him a secret staircase in the back of her wardrobe. Tyrion follows it down a tunnel and meets Varys, who is in disguise. Tyrion will take a horse to the mansion where he is keeping Shae safe, but first he and Varys talk. Varys makes it known that some of the Queen’s spies are really his. Tyrion asks how Stannis learned of the Queen’s incest, and the Spider responds that perhaps he read a book or looked at bastards’ hair, as Lord Eddard and Jon Arryn had; or perhaps someone whispered it to him. Tyrion asks Varys if it was he, but Varys denies it, and when Tyrion names Littlefinger, the eunuch tells him, "I named no name." When Tyrion remarks he sometimes considers Varys his best friend, but at other times his worst enemy, the Spider tells him he feels much the same way about him.
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Introduced: Lord Wyman Manderly (Lord of White Harbor, bannerman to the Starks, father of Ser Wylis and Ser Wendel);
Lady Donella Hornwood* (of house Manderly, widow of Lord Halys Hornwood, mother of Daryn, cousin of Lord Wyman Manderly; later forced to marry the Bastard of Bolton, who then had her killed);
Mors Umber (called Mors Crowfood, uncle to the Greatjon);
Hother Umber (called Hother Whoresbane, uncle to the Greatjon);
Leobald Tallhart* (castellan of Torrhen’s Square, younger brother of Ser Helman Tallhart, slain outside the gates of Winterfell by Ramsay Snow's treachery);
Cley Cerwyn* (only son of Lord Medger Cerwyn, later Lord of Castle Cerwyn; slain alongside the forces of Ser Rodrik Cassel and Leobald Tallhart when Dreadfort men led by the Bastard of Bolton betrayed them).
First Mentioned: Larence Snow (bastard son of the late Lord Hornwood, a ward of Galbart Glover at Deepwood Motte; now held by Asha Greyjoy's men);
Beren Tallhart (son of Leobald Tallhart and Berena Hornwood [sister of the late Lord Hornwood], nephew through marriage of Lady Hornwood);
Reek* (servant of the Bastard of Bolton, real name is Heke);
Domeric Bolton* (only trueborn son of Lord Roose Bolton).
Bran is being carried by Hodor to host Lord Wyman Manderly, and on the way the two Walders begin to mock Hodor. Bran defends him until Maester Luwin appears and reprimands the boys. Bran meets the obese Lord Wyman, and they discuss White Harbor minting coins for the North, building a fleet of ships, and the Lord even inquires about a marriage to the widowed Lady Hornwood. He wants to know if an exchange of hostages can be arranged so that his son Ser Wylis will be released by Lord Tywin. After him, Bran hosts Lady Hornwood, whose husband had died at the Green Fork, and son at the Whispering Wood. Lady Hornwood warns that Roose Bolton’s bastard is massing men at the Dreadfort and he seems intent on her lands. Lord Bolton had never acknowledged the boy, yet he used the name Bolton and it was whispered that he and his servant Reek hunted more than just deer.
It is obvious that the widow will need to remarry to hold her lands, but to who is the question. Luwin notes that the lady likes Ser Rodrik. Bran suggests that Lord Hornwood’s bastard, a ward of Galbart Glover, be named as heir. The uncles of the Greatjon come next, and Ser Rodrik tells them they are to begin lumbering wood for Lord Wyman’s shipwrights. When Leobald Tallhart feasts with Bran, he suggests his younger son Beren could take the name Hornwood, as his mother was sister to Lord Hornwood, and become heir. Maester Luwin believes he may be their best choice. Later, Cley Cerwin arrives, and when he mentions Cersei’s incest, Bran begins to have a flashback and feels like he’s falling. That night he dreams of the crow pecking at his forehead and urging him to fly, and then he sees a man with golden hair pushing him from a window.
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Introduced: Hallyne the Pyromancer (Wisdom of the Guild of Alchemists, later titled lord);
Ser Tallad (called Ser Tallad the Tall, a hedge knight sworn to King Joffrey).
Tyrion is having breakfast with Grand Maester Pycelle, and hands him two sealed letters to send by raven for Prince Doran Martell’s eyes only. When Pycelle goes up to the rookery, Tyrion looks at Pycelle’s potions, and steals one. Tyrion knows the Grand Maester is ultra curious, and lures him by stating the importance of the letters, but will not reveal what they contain. As Tyrion takes his leave, he thinks to himself one. Outside, Bronn is selecting recruits and sellswords, and points out a hedge knight named Tallad as the best of the lot. Bronn informs Tyrion of mobs gathering in the streets, and a black brother named Ser Alliser is demanding an audience, and he carries a dismembered hand in a jar. Tyrion tells him he will see Ser Alliser on the morrow.Littlefinger visits later, and when Tyrion points out the dagger, Petyr offers it to him. Littlefinger knows his lie caused Tyrion anguish, and doesn’t care. Tyrion is aware Littlefinger’s rise started as a tax collector appointed by Jon Arryn, but he eventually rose to master of coin, and replaced most of his predecessor’s men with those of his own choosing. Tyrion knew that Littlefinger was too secure in his post, and realized he probably couldn’t touch the man, even if Littlefinger was a traitor. Tyrion then sets Lord Baelish up by offering him lordship of Harrenhal if he brings a message to Lady Lysa Arryn, whom Petyr has boasted of taking her maidenhead. Tyrion tells him he will offer her Lord Arryn’s true murderer (to which Littlefinger is quite curious to know who), and his niece Myrcella as a ward to be betrothed to Lord Robert. Littlefinger is too greedy to pass up such a great position as Lord of Harrenhal and agrees to deliver the message. Tyrion thinks two.
Afterwards, Varys arrives and is aware of Tyrion’s proposal to Littlefinger. He then puzzles out most of Tyrion’s offer to Prince Doran Martell: a seat on the council, Tyrion’s nephew Tommen as ward, and the head of Ser Gregor Clegane who murdered his sister. When Varys asks what Lord Tywin would think, Tyrion replies, "My father would be the first to tell you that fifty thousand Dornishmen are worth one rabid dog." Varys cautions Tyrion that his sister will never consent to sending away both Tommen and Myrcella, and Tyrion warns that if his sister were to find out his plans, he would know Varys told her. He thinks to himself three.
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First Mentioned: Lord Tytos Lannister* (former Lord of Casterly Rock, father of Lord Tywin, Ser Kevan, Lady Genna Frey, Ser Tygett, and Gerion; grandfather of Jaime, Cersei, Tyrion, Lancel, Willem, Martyn Lannister, Ser Cleos Frey, Tion Frey, Tyrek Lannister, and Joy Hill; a man cut from a different cloth than his first-born son, as he was very lenient with his lords and ladies bannermen).
Legends: Florian the Fool (legendary fool who was the greatest knight of all, champion of Jonquil);
Jonquil (legendary lady love of Florian).
Sansa had found a note under her pillow telling her to come to the godswood that night if she wanted to go home. Mistrustful of who left it, Sansa eventually decides to go when she hears a commotion at the gate to the Red Keep. She slips unseen to the godswood, and there meets Ser Dontos. Hoping it would be a true knight come to rescue her, she is disappointed by the appearance of the old drunk fool. He deftly makes Sansa think of the legend of Florian and Jonquil, her favorite story. Now trusting Dontos, he promises to rescue her from the city when the time is right. After leaving the godswood, she runs into the Hound, who is drunk. Clegane tells her she looks like a woman, and asks her to sing to him, but then forgets he asked. He escorts her back to her room, and finds out from Ser Boros that a mob came to the gates seeking food from Tyrek’s wedding feast. Sansa asks him why he lets people call him ‘dog’, and he tells her of how his grandfather was kennelmaster at Casterly Rock and saved Lord Tytos Lannister’s life. Lord Tytos raised the Cleganes to lords from then on, and thus his brother Ser Gregor was a lord. The Hound leaves by telling her he will hear a song from her eventually.
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Introduced: Weasel (a girl found by Yoren’s band, later runs off and is never seen again).
Arya and Gendry had returned to the holdfast and
found Yoren dead, and met up with a few recruits who were still in the tower.
They are now living off the land, nearly starving as they
head north along the east shore of the God’s Eye. After Kurz dies from an
infection, Tarber and Cutjack run off, leaving Arya, Gendry, Hot Pie and the
now orphaned girl Weasel to carry the injured Lommy. When they spy a village up
ahead, Hot Pie and Lommy suggest they yield, but Arya and Gendry go off to
investigate. Alone, Gendry tells Arya that he knows she is a girl, and Arya
cannot trick him any further, revealing herself as Arya Stark. Gendry then gets
captured, and Arya goes back to get help. Hot Pie goes with her, but he yields
immediately, and they both get caught. The camp they get locked in has several
dead bodies hung outside, and is the camp of Ser Gregor Clegane. The Mountain’s
men force her to reveal their hiding place. When they get there Weasel is
gone, but Lommy is killed because none of the men intend to carry him.
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Tyrion is visiting the Guildhall of the Alchemists,
and learns that the Wisdoms have over 7,000 vials of wildfire, 4,000 of them from
King Aerys’ day. The Mad King used the Pyromancers frequently to torture
people. Hallyne promises 10,000 will be ready when Tyrion needs them. After he
leaves, Bronn reports that Ser Jacelyn has his cousin Ser Cleos at the Gate of
the Gods. Ser Cleos delivers Robb’s peace terms, and when Tyrion returns
to his Tower, Cersei is waiting, and confronts him about
offering Myrcella to Prince Doran Martell. Tyrion now knows that Pycelle is the
Queen’s creature. Tyrion tells her that the Dornishmen have been fighting
against Storm’s End and Highgarden for a thousand years, yet Renly has
assumed Prince Doran’s allegiance. He feels that Dorne would help the Lannisters if
Prince Doran were given some indication that he could trust them. Myrcella as ward,
and the head of his sister’s murderer might make Prince Doran concede.
When Cersei tries to slap Tyrion again, he stops her hand, warning her not to
strike him again. Cersei breaks down crying, revealing something Tyrion had
known for a long time about his sister: that she wishes she were born a man and
thus could wield a sword. Tyrion shows her Robb’s peace terms, and he
realizes that she will now consent to the Dornish marriage.
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Introduced: Poxy Tym*,
Skittrick*, Alebelly* (guardsmen at Winterfell; killed when ironborn led by Theon conquer Winterfell);
Meera Reed (daughter of Lord Howland Reed, older sister of Jojen);
Bran is hosting the remaining lords in the North
for the harvest feast, when Meera and Jojen Reed arrive. Bran knows them as
Crannogmen, from the Neck, and the children of his father’s bannerman
Howland Reed. Many mock the crannogmen as frog eaters and thieves, but Maester
Luwin tells Bran that Howland Reed was a great friend of his father. Meera and
Jojen were sent by their father to renew their oaths, for Lord Howland has not
set foot from Greywater Watch in over 15 years, since the war ended. Jojen asks
Bran where the direwolves were, knowing of them even though he had just
arrived. The singers in the Great Hall sing of "The Night that Ended", where the Night’s Watch rode forth to
fight the Others in the
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Introduced: Shadd (soldier in Robb’s army);
Robin Flint* (battle companion of Robb, son of Lady Lyessa Flint; murdered at the Red Wedding);
Ser Colen of Greenpools (knight sworn to King Renly);
Ser Ronnet Connington (Red Ronnet, the Knight of
Lord Mathis Rowan (Lord of Goldentree, bannermen to the Tyrells);
Lord Randyll Tarly (Lord of Horn Hill, husband of Lady Melessa of house Florent, father of Samwell and Dickon, bannerman of the Tyrells, possesses the Valyrian blade ‘Heartsbane’; led Lord Mace Tyrell's vanguard to victory in numerous battles);
Lady Arwyn Oakheart (Lady of Old Oak, bannerlady to the Tyrells, mother of Ser Arys Oakheart);
Queen Margaery Tyrell (daughter of Lord Mace Tyrell, sister of Willas, Ser Garlan, and Ser Loras, wife of King Renly, later betrothed and married [for a matter of hours] to King Joffrey, then married to King Tommen; called 'the young queen' by Cersei);
Lady Brienne Tarth (often referred to as Brienne of Tarth, mocked as ‘The Beauty’, also called the Maid of Tarth; once a knight of King Renly’s Rainbow Guard, the Blue; daughter of Lord Selwyn the Evenstar; later sworn shield of Lady Catelyn, later possesses the Valyrian sword 'Oathkeeper');
Lord Caswell (minor lord of Bitterbridge);
Lucas Blackwood* (battle companion of Robb, son of Lord Tytos Blackwood; slain during the Red Wedding);
Ser Jon Fossoway (of the green apple Fossoways from New Barrel, knight sworn to the Tyrells, husband of Lady Janna of house Tyrell);
Josua and Elyas (sons of Lord Willum);
Lord Steffon Varner (bannerman to the Tyrells, joins King Stannis after Renly’s death);
Ser Guyard Morrigen* (member of King Renly’s Rainbow Guard, the Green; a knight of house Morrigen from Crow's Nest; slain during the Battle of the Blackwater by Ser Garlan the Galant, who was disguised as the ghost of King Renly);
Ser Mark Mullendore (knight sworn to Highgarden from Uplands, lost an arm in the Battle of the Blackwater);
Ser Tanton Fossoway (of the red apple Fossoways from Cider Hall).
First Mentioned: Lord Selwyn Tarth (called the Evenstar, father of Brienne, bannerman to Storm’s End, Lord of Evenfall Hall).
Catelyn and the men guarding her are nearing Renly’s
camp. She remembers Robb telling her she would be best suited to treat with the
king, that an alliance could turn the war, especially since all his messages to
his aunt Lysa have been ignored and the Eyrie will not stir. Cat is soon
escorted to King Renly, and sees the might of his army, near a hundred thousand
strong. They are holding a tourney, and Cat watches the folly until the victor
is declared. The last two standing were Ser Loras and Brienne, with Brienne the
victor. She asks to be made a member of the Rainbow Guard, and Renly grants her
request. The crowd mocks her as "the Beauty", but
in fact Brienne is quite ugly, and taller even than Renly, yet obviously a
fierce warrior. Cat is disturbed that Renly is holding a tourney when he should
be marching on King’s Landing. Renly greets her with courtesy and is very
cordial. Catelyn is invited to the feast after the tourney, and then walks
alone with Renly at the King’s behest. Renly inquires about Ser
Barristan, and is dismayed to learn he is not with Robb. He relates how he
offered 100 men to Ned during Robert’s last hours, and how Ned turned him
down. He reveals that Mace Tyrell has another 10,000 men at Highgarden, and
that he expects the Dornishmen to join him. Renly asserts that he must have
Robb’s loyalty, and that Robb must bend the knee. As they converse, a
rider comes to the gates with word that Storm’s End is besieged by King
Stannis.
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Introduced: Ser Ottyn Wythers* (senior ranger of the Night&rsquo