The Bloody Hand
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The Bloody Hand is a performance play put on by the mummers of the Gate in Braavos. It was written by Phario Forel.[1]
About
The play is likely based on recent events that have taken place in Westeros. It includes two kings, the fat one and the boy. Izembaro plays the fat one, which is not a large part, but has a fine speech as he lies dying, and a splendid fight with a demonic boar before that. The play opens in a lichyard. There is a wedding scene. There is a rape scene in the second act.[1]
Characters
- the Bloody Hand a.k.a. the demonic dwarf - played by Bobono
- the fat king - played by Izembaro
- the boy king
- the boar - played by Big Brusco
- the Stranger - played by Marro
- the Queen - played by Lady Stork
- the maiden rape victim (possibly inspired by Shae or Sansa Stark) - played by Mercy
Recent Events
The Winds of Winter
In Braavos, the mummers of the Gate perform The Bloody Hand in honor of Harys Swyft, an envoy from the Seven Kingdoms.[1]
Quotes
The seven-faced god has cheated me. My noble sire he made of purest gold, and gold he made my siblings, boy and girl. But I am formed of darker stuff, of bones and blood and clay, twisted into this rude shape you see before you.[1]
—the dwarf
Give me the cup, for I shall drink deep. And if it tastes of gold and lion's blood, so much the better. As I cannot be the hero, let me be the monster, and lesson them in fear in place of love.[1]
—the dwarf, to the Stranger
Oh, no, no, no.[1]
—the maiden
Don't, oh don't, don't touch me.[1]
—the maiden
Please, m'lord, I am still a maiden.[1]
—the maiden