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Legend:
- NOTE: There are major spoilers on this site! In fact, it will spoil EVERYTHING if you have not currently read AFFC. This site has been updated to reflect the repercussions and revelations in AFFC, and these changes affect the summaries in AGOT, ACOK and ASOS!! NEW: If you have not read AFFC (or ASOS), please scroll down to the bottom of the home page for Spoiler-Free versions of the summaries for AGOT, ACOK and ASOS.
- In case you don't know, AGOT= A Game of Thrones, ACOK= A Clash of Kings, ASOS= A Storm of Swords, and AFFC= A Feast for Crows. For the 2 Dunk and Egg novellas, THK= The Hedge Knight and TSS= The Sworn Sword.
- Characters marked with an asterisk (*) are deceased as of the latest novel. A character with 2 asterisks (**) is deceased but brought back to life by exceedingly rare sorcery or ability (there are only 2-3 characters that fit this denomination). A character with 3 asterisks (***) died, was raised, and finally died for good (there is only one such character that has this signification).
- Characters in bold are major characters in the overall plot (from my viewpoint). Most PoV (Point-of-View) characters are major characters, but not all. A character shown in both bold and Blue-lettering is both a major character and a PoV (example: Jon Snow). A character in both bold and italics is a minor PoV character (examples: Chett, Merrett Frey, Areo Hotah). A character only in bold lettering is someone who plays an important role in the story, though has never had a PoV (to date, anyway/ example: Sandor Clegane).
- First Mentioned lists key characters either: 1) deceased during the 38 years prior to the start of A Game of Thrones (the reference point would be approximately the beginning of King Jaehaerys II's reign in year 259, -or- right after the Tragedy at Summerhall, which we still have precious little info available); 2) deceased during the course of the novels without appearing; or 3) are important living characters who have been mentioned but have not yet appeared in the story.
- Legends refers to characters (either real, imagined, mythological or legendary) dead at least 38 years prior to the start of AGOT (many will be dead hundreds or even thousands of years, or may not have lived at all).
- Introduced characters is meant to list all characters who appear in the novels; while, for sake of brevity, First Mentioned refers only to key characters (since many meaningless characters are mentioned who never appear or are mentioned because they died in battle but are insignificant to the story).
- Reading
the information in parantheses next to the Characters names at the
start of each chapter will provide more information than the body of
the chapter may reveal. To keep each chapter summary concise, I try to
only cover the key events. Some of the more minor, but still
interesting revelations, about a character can be found in their
description. So if you have the time, it is worth reading the
information to get the full experience.
- This summary is meant to be updated as each new novel comes out. Thus, in A Storm of Swords, since Arstan was proven to be Ser Barristan, his introduction in AGOT has been altered to show he is Arstan; and the introduction on Arstan in the chapter he appears in ACOK has been removed. Similarly, since Mance Rayder finally appears, his listing under First Mentioned in AGOT will be removed, and he is now listed as an Introduced character in ASOS. For that reason, it can be worthwhile to go back and read the Character write-ups in previous novels, even if you just want to read the summaries for the most recent novel.
- One chapter in particular is different from most others, Daenerys IV in ACOK (chapter #49). Due to all the visions she sees in the House of the Undying, I thought it best to summarize each by number as the symbolism may be important to refer to later on.
- Please note a couple of differences in the summaries for "The Hedge Knight" and “The Sworn Sword” from Legends and Legends II respectively: ‘Characters’ lists everyone who appears or is mentioned in the story, asterisks (*) denoting characters who are either already dead, or who die in the novella. Characters not listed have already been described in other summaries (for example, Egg is listed in ACOK, where he is listed under legends; and similarly Daemon Blackfyre is listed in ASOS under legends and not in the ‘Characters’ section of TSS).
- Page
numbers are listed as U.S. Hardcover first/ U.S. paperback edition second.
For ACOK, the page number is the U.S. Hardcover edition (I will add the US
paperback page numbers when it is released). Starting with ACOK and
progressing through the novels, I will list a POV character’s
chapter number with the convention (x) {y}, where ‘x’ refers
to the character’s chapter number in the current novel, while ‘y’
signifies the character’s total number of chapters since the
beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire.
- Lastly, for the Prologues of the first three novels, the Epilogue for the 3rd, and several chapters in AFFC, I decided to include whose Point-of-View the chapter is told from (not that you can’t figure it out, but just for completeness). For example, next to the chapter title “Prologue” for ASOS, in parentheses you will see: (Point-of-View: Chett). This notation will be quite common in AFFC, as there are a number of chapters told from non-epic characters’ point-of-views. (Whereas, the Epic PoV characters we have been following throughout the novels, like Jon, Davos, Bran, etc., will remain in their original format)
- This summary is my work in its entirety, and is not sanctioned by G.R.R.M. The author is aware of my undertaking, and they are here with his consent. In most places, lines taken verbatim from the novel are quoted, and if you should find any lines that should be in quotes, please let me know so that I can adjust the text.
- To contact me, please e-mail me at VBKorik27@aol.com. My name is Vincent Briscuso, a.k.a. Hunter Rose on the message boards (although I rarely post on any boards in the last couple of years due to insufficient time to even browse them, much less post :oP ).
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