A Clash of Kings-Chapter 2

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A Clash of Kings
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Chapters
Arya 1 Sansa 1 Tyrion 1
POV Characters
Arya Sansa Tyrion
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Synopsis

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 Joffrey never commands the Hound to hit her. When Sansa joins Joffrey 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 Joffrey. 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. Joffrey doesn’t believe her, but the Hound comes to her rescue, telling Joffrey, "What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year." Joffrey then agrees with Sansa’s suggestion that he make Dontos a fool and spare his life.

Joffrey 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.

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