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[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] and his [[Mountain clans|clansmen]] are assigned to the van under the command of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. When he returns to his tent that night Tyrion finds his new servants and a whore, [[Shae]] that Bronn found for him. Tyrion wakes to horns—[[Robb Stark]]’s host made a night march and is preparing for battle. In the fight, the clansmen do well, and Tyrion captures a knight. The enemy is routed, but then Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] learns that the Stark boy is headed with most of the horse to [[Riverrun]].
 
  
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[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] and his [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]] are assigned to the vanguard under the command of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. Returning to his tent, Tyrion is greeted by a whore named [[Shae]], whom [[Bronn]] has found for him. Before dawn, Tyrion is roused by the call to arms. In the ensuing [[battle on the Green Fork]], Tyrion and his clansmen do well and the enemy is routed. Afterward Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] learns that Robb Stark has tricked him.
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==Synopsis==   
 
==Synopsis==   
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A long table draped with a golden cloth has been set up on a hill overlooking the [[kingsroad]] for Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and his chief knights and lords bannermen to take their evening meal. [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], arriving late, is embarrassed as he waddles up to the table. Lord Tywin mocks that he will charge Tyrion with burying the dead if he arrives as late to battle as he does to table. Tyrion replies sourly that surely a peasant or two could be found for him to kill.
  
A long table draped with a gold cloth has been set up on a hill over the [[Kingsroad]] for Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and his chief knights and lords bannermen for the evening meal. [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], arriving late, is embarrassed as he waddles up to the table. After giving his pardons, his father tells him that Tyrion should be charged with burying the dead, the battle will be finished when he arrives. Tyrion responds that a peasant or two could be saved for him.
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The news from Ser [[Addam Marbrand]] is that [[Robb Stark]] has moved south from the [[Twins]] with [[House Frey]]’s levies in tow and is now no more than a day away. Tyrion mockingly protests that he is about to eat and Tywin asks if the thought of coming to grips with Robb unmans him. Tyrion jests that he would prefer to come to grips with the roast pig, which is far more tender and better smelling than Robb.  
  
The news from Ser [[Addam Marbrand]] is that [[Robb Stark|Stark boy]] has moved south from [[The Twins]] with [[House Frey|Frey’s levies]]. Tyrion states that he is about to eat, and Tywin asks if the thought of facing the Robb unmans him. Tyrion replies he would prefer coming to grips with the roast pig, which Tyrion is looking forward to, which is tenderer than Robb, and smells better. Lord [[Leo Lefford]] who had had to supply the weapons for the [[Mountain clans]] uses this opportunity to quip that he hopes that the steel that was provided the 300 clansmen was not wasted, and Tyrion assures him that it will be put to good use. Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], who Tyrion knows is giving Tywin’s thoughts, tells Tyrion that the clansmen will be put in the vanguard since they seemed so ferocious. Tyrion tells about a fight the previous night over a sausage caused wounds and a death, and still is not settled. Tywin uses this as an example of how they have a poor commander since he cannot maintain discipline; [[Jaime Lannister|his brother]] could always make men follow him eagerly, but Tyrion had to use gold and his name to get men to follow him. Tywin then tells Kevan that because they have no discipline, maybe they should not be in the vanguard, and Tyrion states he will lead the vanguard only to learn that he will be under Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who commands the vanguard. Tyrion excuses himself after only eating one bite.
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The army’s quartermaster, Lord [[Leo Lefford]], who has had to supply Tyrion’s 300 [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen]], uses this opportunity to quip that he hopes the clansmen are braver than Tyrion or else they have wasted good steel. Tyrion assures him that the arms and armor will be put to good use. Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], who Tyrion knows is giving voice to Lord Tywin’s thoughts, takes the opportunity to inform Tyrion that he and his clansmen will fight in the vanguard since they seem so ferocious. Tyrion stresses the ferocity of the clansmen by recounting their recent lethal fight over a sausage.  
  
Tyrion gets lost in the camp, and only finds the clansmen when he follows the sounds of [[Shagga]]’s laughter in the dark. [[Conn]] calls for him to share their meat, and tells them to send for him when it is cooked. From there he finds his tent where Bronn is sharing wine his new servants—a groom, a body servant, and a squire (“Podrick Payne”)—and slim dark haired girl of no more that 18. The girl, [[Shae]], is a whore that Bronn had found for him.  
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Lord Tywin uses this as evidence of a poor commander who cannot maintain discipline. Tyrion knows that [[Jaime Lannister|his brother]] could always make men follow him eagerly, but Tyrion lacks such charisma and must use gold and his family name to get men to follow him. Tywin then tells Kevan that because the clansmen have no discipline, maybe they should not be in the vanguard. When Lord Tywin suggests that he should guard the baggage instead, Tyrion angrily agrees to command the vanguard, only to learn that he will not command, but be under Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. Disgusted, Tyrion excuses himself after only eating one bite of the delicious pork.
  
Tyrion had told Bronn to find him a young one with a pretty face and to be sure to tell her who he is and what he is; he did not like the eyes of the girls sometimes hired to please him when they see him for the first time. He liked the girl Bronn had found. He invites her into his tent. When he asks if she is a maiden she tells him that finding out will cost him double, and Tyrion decides they will get along fine, and tells her that her duties which includes sleeping with him, serving him, and not sleeping with anyone else. When he entered her, she expressed delight, which pleased Tyrion, who thought that if it was not genuine, it was so well done it did not matter. It was a good feeling being with a woman after near a year.
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Tyrion gets lost in the camp but finds his way by following the sounds of [[Shagga]]’s laughter in the dark. [[Conn]] calls for him to share their meat and Tyrion agrees to join them when it is cooked, doubting that will be before the battle. When he reaches his tent, he finds Bronn sharing wine with his new servants—a groom, a body servant, a squire named [[Podrick Payne]], and a slim young dark-haired whore named [[Shae]]. Tyrion told Bronn to find him a young one with a pretty face and to be sure to tell her who and what he is, so as to avoid the displeasing look of revulsion that sometimes greets him. He likes the girl Bronn has found.
  
He sneaks out of the tent without waking Shae. Outside he asks Bronn where he found the whore and is told that he took her from a knight with a dagger—all the pretty ones were taken. Tyrion states that he did not ask him to make an enemy, but will keep her. When he asks for the name of the knight, not wanting to be beside him in battle, Bronn tells Tyrion he will be beside him in battle. Tyrion then tells him that if he survives the battle, Bronn can name his reward, and Bronn asks who would want to kill Tyrion. Tyrion answers his father, who has put him in the van. Bronn then tells Tyrion that a small man with a big shield will give the archers fits would be great in the van.
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[[File:Shae by Amoka.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Shae, Tyrion Lannister’s new mistress.]]
  
Tyrion returns to the tent to find Shae, who immediately expresses pleasure when she puts her hand between his legs. When Tyrion asks her who she was taken from she tells him that the knight was a minor figure, and a small man. When Tyrion points out his size, she comments ‘’my giant of Lannister.’’
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Tyrion invites Shae into his tent. When he asks if she is a maiden, Shae tells him that finding out will cost him double and Tyrion decides they will get along fine. Tyrion explains that her duties besides sleeping with him include serving him and monogamy. When they have sex, Shae expresses pleasure, which pleases Tyrion, who decides he does not care if it is feigned. Tyrion also finds it good to be with a woman after nearly a year of enforced abstinence.
  
Tyrion wakes to Shae’s cries and then hears battle horns. Outside Bronn informs him that the Stark boy had come down the Kingsroad at night, and they are forming up for battle a mile north. Tyrion had a fine suit of armor crafted for his body in [[Casterly Rock]], and so his squire and Shae help him into the oddments ill-fitting armor that could be found. Tyrion asks Shae to weep for him if he dies, and she asks how he will know. He is then helped onto his heavily armored horse and then given his battle axe. Shea tells him he looks fearsome, and Tyrion instructs his squire to take her safely home if they lose. As the sun rises and he rides north, the clansmen fall in behind him.
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Afterward, he sneaks out of the tent without waking Shae. Outside, he asks Bronn where he found her and is told that she was stolen from a knight because all the pretty ones were taken. Tyrion comments that he did not ask Bronn to make him an enemy, but agrees to keep Shae. When Tyrion asks for the name of the knight so he can avoid him in battle, Bronn insists that Tyrion will have him for protection. Tyrion then tells Bronn that if they both survive the battle, he can name his reward. Bronn asks who would want to kill Tyrion and Tyrion explains who has put them in the vanguard. Bronn only laughs and jests that a small man with a big shield will give the enemy archers fits.
  
At the battlefield, Lord Tywin commands the reserve in his armor that puts Jaime’s to shame, and Ser Kevan the center. With their long sleepless march, Tyrion wonders what the Stark boy was thinking. Tyrion spies the massive Ser Gregor with the vanguard massing on the left. Bronn, looking at Ser Gregor, states that you always follow the big man into battle since he attracts all the archers, which Tyrion finds amusing. They hear Ser Gregor tell his men that if anyone ran he would cut them down himself, and commands Tyrion to the left and they are to hold the river. When Tyrion’s clansmen reach the river, Tyrion commands them to keep themselves between the enemy and the river. Then the clansmen start shouting “Halfman.
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Tyrion returns to the tent to find Shae. When Tyrion asks whom Bronn has taken her from, she tells him that the knight was a minor figure and a small man. Tyrion mockingly asks if she takes him for a giant, but Shae insists she does, calling him ‘’my giant of Lannister.’’
  
Although the van is all mounted, it is made up of misfits and sweepings, including half trained boys. Tyrion notes that Ser Gregor’s men were unfit to hold the left, and wonders what his father was thinking. When the enemy appears, the numbers seem so great, but he knows that his father had more. He also notes that, despite his father being sure they would not be there, the Frey’s are among the enemy. When the first Lannister arrows fly, the enemy charges, and Ser Gregor orders the charge, and the clansmen quickly leave Tyrion in their dust. Ser Gregor’s charge is stopped by the spears except the mountains, whose horse crashes through the shield wall as it dies. Shagga rides through the line right behind the Mountain. The northmen’s line is crumbling under the assault. Then Tyrion and Bronn are in the fight, and Tyrion successfully defeats a number of northerns, including a close fight with a tall northern that Tyrion only overcomes because his horse bits his cheek, giving Tyrion the opening to kill him. Then a knight with a morning star comes at him, wounds and unhorses him. The knight calls for Tyrion to yield, but Tyion used the spike on his helmet to eviscerate the horse, and it falls on the knight disabling and trapping him. The knight yields to Tyrion. Tyrion can now see that the battle had moved beyond him the northerners were pushed against the hills being pelted by arrows. Finally Bronn rides up, and then Tyrion sees his father ride by to break the northerners. Tyrion finds the remnants of his clansmen, about half live.
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Tyrion wakes before dawn to battle horns and Shae’s cries. Outside, Bronn informs him that the [[House Stark|Stark]] host has come down the kingsroad at night and they are forming up for battle a mile north. Tyrion’s well-fitting suit of armor is at [[Casterly Rock]], so Podrick Payne and Shae help him into the ill-fitting oddments that have replaced it. Tyrion asks Shae to weep for him if he dies, but she only asks how he will know. He is helped onto his heavily-armored horse and given his battle-axe. Shae tells him he looks fearsome, but Tyrion disagrees. He instructs his squire Podrick to take her safely home if they lose. As the sun rises and he rides north, the clansmen fall in behind him.
  
Tyrion searches for his father and finds him sipping wine as his armor is removed. Tywin tells him that his clansmen fought well, Tyrion asks if that surprised him, and that they were supposed to be butchered. Tywin states that he expected the left to collapse and for the Stark boy to attack, and then fall into a trap. Tyrion asks his father why he was not informed, given that he ruined his plans, and is told that the does not trust a man that consorts with savages and [[Mercenary|sellswords]]. Tywin states that the Stark boy proved more cautious than expected, but it is a victory. Then Tywin notes that Tyrion is wounded, the blood soaking his right arm, and Tyrion asks if he can call for his [[maester|maesters]].
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On the [[battle on the Green Fork|battlefield]], Lord Tywin commands the reserve in his magnificent armor that puts Jaime’s to shame. Ser Kevan commands the center and Ser Addam Marbrand the right, where Lord Tywin has massed his armored knights. The northmen will be tired after their long sleepless march; Tyrion wonders what Robb Stark was thinking.  
  
Ser Addam then rides up with the news that Lord [[House Cerwyn|Cerwyn]], Ser [[Wylis Manderly]], [[Harrion Karstark]] and four [[House Frey|Freys]] were captured while Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] is dead. The bad news follows: Lord [[Roose Bolton]] escaped, and the Stark boy crossed with most of the horse at the Twins and is riding hard to [[Riverrun]]. Tyrion remembers his father’s words that the Stark boy would be more brave than wise.
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Tyrion spies the massive Ser Gregor Clegane with the vanguard massing on the left. Bronn, looking at Ser Gregor, states that it is best to follow a big man into battle since he attracts all the archers, which Tyrion finds amusing. They hear Ser Gregor tell his men that if anyone runs he will cut them down himself. Tyrion receives his orders to hold the left of the left next to the river. When Tyrion’s clansmen reach the [[Green Fork]], Tyrion commands them to keep themselves between the enemy and the river. Then the clansmen raise their battle cry of “Halfman!”
  
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Although the van is all mounted, it is comprised of misfits and sweepings, including half-trained boys. Tyrion notes that the force is unfit to hold the left, and wonders what his father was thinking. When the enemy appears, their numbers seem great, but Tyrion knows that his father has more. He also notes that the Freys are among the enemy.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/10/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-30 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
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*[http://towerofthehand.com/books/101/063/index.html Summary of the chapter] on Tower of the Hand.
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[[File:Black Ears.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Tyrion’s mountain clansmen ride to battle.]]
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The northerners charge and are answered first by the Lannister bowmen. Ser Gregor orders the charge, and the clansmen quickly leave Tyrion in their dust. The charge nearly breaks against the [[House Karstark|Karstark]] spearmen opposing them, but Ser Gregor’s horse crashes through the shield wall as it dies. The monstrous knight rises from his fallen mount and begins slaying men all around. Before the gap in the enemy line can close, Shagga rides through right behind Ser Gregor, followed by the other clansmen.
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The northmen’s line begins to crumble under the assault. Then Tyrion and Bronn are in the fight and Tyrion successfully defeats a number of enemies, including a close fight with a tall northerner whom Tyrion only overcomes because his horse bites the man’s cheek, giving Tyrion the opening to kill him. Then a knight with a morning star comes at Tyrion, wounding and unhorsing him. The knight calls for Tyrion to yield, but Tyion uses the spike on his helmet to eviscerate the horse, which falls on the knight, disabling and trapping him. The knight yields to Tyrion. Tyrion can now see that the battle has moved past him. The northerners are being pushed against the hills and pelted by arrows. Finally, Bronn rides up and Tyrion sees his father ride by with the reserves to break the northerners. Tyrion finds the remnants of his clansmen, of whom perhaps half, including [[Conn]] and [[Ulf son of Umar]], are dead.
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Tyrion searches for his father and finds him sipping wine as his armor is removed. Lord Tywin tells him that his clansmen fought well. Tyrion asks if that surprised him and if they were supposed to be butchered. Lord Tywin admits that he expected the left to collapse, hoping that Robb Stark would press into the breach where they might capture him. Tyrion demands to know why he was not informed. His father declares that a feigned rout is always less convincing and that he is not in the habit of trusting men who consort with [[Vale mountain clans|savages]] and [[sellsword]]s. Lord Tywin continues that the Stark boy proved more cautious than expected, but it is a victory. Then Tywin notes that Tyrion is wounded and Tyrion asks that he call for his [[maester]]s.
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At that moment, Ser Addam Marbrand rides up with the news that Lord [[House Cerwyn|Cerwyn]], Ser [[Wylis Manderly]], [[Harrion Karstark]], and four [[House Frey|Freys]] were captured and Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] killed. The bad news follows: Lord [[Roose Bolton]] has escaped, and Robb has crossed with most of his horse at the Twins and is riding hard for [[Riverrun]]. Tyrion remembers his father’s words that the Stark boy would be more brave than wise and thinks that he would laugh if it didn't hurt so much.
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==Character List==
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'''Appearing:'''
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*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
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*[[Tywin Lannister]]
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*[[Leo Lefford]]
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*[[Kevan Lannister]]
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*[[Shagga]]
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*[[Conn]]
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*[[Bronn]]
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*[[Podrick Payne]]
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'''Appearing:'''
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*[[Shae]]
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*[[Lewys Lydden]]
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*[[House Serrett|Lord Serrett]]
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*[[Gregor Clegane]]
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*[[Chella]]
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*[[Timett]]
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*[[Ulf son of Umar]] (dead)
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*[[Addam Marbrand]]
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'''Mentioned:'''
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*[[Walder Frey]]
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*[[Robb Stark]]
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*[[Jaime Lannister]]
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*[[Ilyn Payne]]
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*[[Jyck]]
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*[[Robert Baratheon]]
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*[[Lysa Tully|Lysa Arryn]]
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*[[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Stark]]
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'''Mentioned:'''
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*[[Eddard Stark]]
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*[[Medger Cerwyn]]
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*[[Wylis Manderly]]
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*[[Harrion Karstark]]
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*[[Halys Hornwood]]
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*[[Roose Bolton]]
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|}
  
==References and Notes==
 
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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Game of Thrones: Chapter 62]]
 
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Game of Thrones: Chapter 62]]
 
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
 
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
[[fr:A Game of Thrones, Chapitre 63, Tyrion]][[ru:Игра престолов, Тирион VIII]]
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[[Category:Chapters which take place by the Trident]]
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[[fr:A Game of Thrones, Chapitre 63, Tyrion]]
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[[pt:A Guerra dos Tronos - Capítulo 62]]
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[[ru:Игра престолов, Тирион VIII]]

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Tyrion VIII
A Game of Thrones chapter
AGameOfThrones.jpg
POV Tyrion Lannister
Place By the Green Fork of the Trident
Page 564 US HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Tyrion VII
Daenerys VII  ← Tyrion VIII →  Catelyn X

Tyrion IX

Tyrion and his clansmen are assigned to the vanguard under the command of Ser Gregor Clegane. Returning to his tent, Tyrion is greeted by a whore named Shae, whom Bronn has found for him. Before dawn, Tyrion is roused by the call to arms. In the ensuing battle on the Green Fork, Tyrion and his clansmen do well and the enemy is routed. Afterward Lord Tywin Lannister learns that Robb Stark has tricked him.

Synopsis

A long table draped with a golden cloth has been set up on a hill overlooking the kingsroad for Lord Tywin Lannister and his chief knights and lords bannermen to take their evening meal. Tyrion, arriving late, is embarrassed as he waddles up to the table. Lord Tywin mocks that he will charge Tyrion with burying the dead if he arrives as late to battle as he does to table. Tyrion replies sourly that surely a peasant or two could be found for him to kill.

The news from Ser Addam Marbrand is that Robb Stark has moved south from the Twins with House Frey’s levies in tow and is now no more than a day away. Tyrion mockingly protests that he is about to eat and Tywin asks if the thought of coming to grips with Robb unmans him. Tyrion jests that he would prefer to come to grips with the roast pig, which is far more tender and better smelling than Robb.

The army’s quartermaster, Lord Leo Lefford, who has had to supply Tyrion’s 300 clansmen, uses this opportunity to quip that he hopes the clansmen are braver than Tyrion or else they have wasted good steel. Tyrion assures him that the arms and armor will be put to good use. Ser Kevan, who Tyrion knows is giving voice to Lord Tywin’s thoughts, takes the opportunity to inform Tyrion that he and his clansmen will fight in the vanguard since they seem so ferocious. Tyrion stresses the ferocity of the clansmen by recounting their recent lethal fight over a sausage.

Lord Tywin uses this as evidence of a poor commander who cannot maintain discipline. Tyrion knows that his brother could always make men follow him eagerly, but Tyrion lacks such charisma and must use gold and his family name to get men to follow him. Tywin then tells Kevan that because the clansmen have no discipline, maybe they should not be in the vanguard. When Lord Tywin suggests that he should guard the baggage instead, Tyrion angrily agrees to command the vanguard, only to learn that he will not command, but be under Ser Gregor Clegane. Disgusted, Tyrion excuses himself after only eating one bite of the delicious pork.

Tyrion gets lost in the camp but finds his way by following the sounds of Shagga’s laughter in the dark. Conn calls for him to share their meat and Tyrion agrees to join them when it is cooked, doubting that will be before the battle. When he reaches his tent, he finds Bronn sharing wine with his new servants—a groom, a body servant, a squire named Podrick Payne, and a slim young dark-haired whore named Shae. Tyrion told Bronn to find him a young one with a pretty face and to be sure to tell her who and what he is, so as to avoid the displeasing look of revulsion that sometimes greets him. He likes the girl Bronn has found.

Shae, Tyrion Lannister’s new mistress.

Tyrion invites Shae into his tent. When he asks if she is a maiden, Shae tells him that finding out will cost him double and Tyrion decides they will get along fine. Tyrion explains that her duties besides sleeping with him include serving him and monogamy. When they have sex, Shae expresses pleasure, which pleases Tyrion, who decides he does not care if it is feigned. Tyrion also finds it good to be with a woman after nearly a year of enforced abstinence.

Afterward, he sneaks out of the tent without waking Shae. Outside, he asks Bronn where he found her and is told that she was stolen from a knight because all the pretty ones were taken. Tyrion comments that he did not ask Bronn to make him an enemy, but agrees to keep Shae. When Tyrion asks for the name of the knight so he can avoid him in battle, Bronn insists that Tyrion will have him for protection. Tyrion then tells Bronn that if they both survive the battle, he can name his reward. Bronn asks who would want to kill Tyrion and Tyrion explains who has put them in the vanguard. Bronn only laughs and jests that a small man with a big shield will give the enemy archers fits.

Tyrion returns to the tent to find Shae. When Tyrion asks whom Bronn has taken her from, she tells him that the knight was a minor figure and a small man. Tyrion mockingly asks if she takes him for a giant, but Shae insists she does, calling him ‘’my giant of Lannister.’’

Tyrion wakes before dawn to battle horns and Shae’s cries. Outside, Bronn informs him that the Stark host has come down the kingsroad at night and they are forming up for battle a mile north. Tyrion’s well-fitting suit of armor is at Casterly Rock, so Podrick Payne and Shae help him into the ill-fitting oddments that have replaced it. Tyrion asks Shae to weep for him if he dies, but she only asks how he will know. He is helped onto his heavily-armored horse and given his battle-axe. Shae tells him he looks fearsome, but Tyrion disagrees. He instructs his squire Podrick to take her safely home if they lose. As the sun rises and he rides north, the clansmen fall in behind him.

On the battlefield, Lord Tywin commands the reserve in his magnificent armor that puts Jaime’s to shame. Ser Kevan commands the center and Ser Addam Marbrand the right, where Lord Tywin has massed his armored knights. The northmen will be tired after their long sleepless march; Tyrion wonders what Robb Stark was thinking.

Tyrion spies the massive Ser Gregor Clegane with the vanguard massing on the left. Bronn, looking at Ser Gregor, states that it is best to follow a big man into battle since he attracts all the archers, which Tyrion finds amusing. They hear Ser Gregor tell his men that if anyone runs he will cut them down himself. Tyrion receives his orders to hold the left of the left next to the river. When Tyrion’s clansmen reach the Green Fork, Tyrion commands them to keep themselves between the enemy and the river. Then the clansmen raise their battle cry of “Halfman!”

Although the van is all mounted, it is comprised of misfits and sweepings, including half-trained boys. Tyrion notes that the force is unfit to hold the left, and wonders what his father was thinking. When the enemy appears, their numbers seem great, but Tyrion knows that his father has more. He also notes that the Freys are among the enemy.

Tyrion’s mountain clansmen ride to battle.

The northerners charge and are answered first by the Lannister bowmen. Ser Gregor orders the charge, and the clansmen quickly leave Tyrion in their dust. The charge nearly breaks against the Karstark spearmen opposing them, but Ser Gregor’s horse crashes through the shield wall as it dies. The monstrous knight rises from his fallen mount and begins slaying men all around. Before the gap in the enemy line can close, Shagga rides through right behind Ser Gregor, followed by the other clansmen.

The northmen’s line begins to crumble under the assault. Then Tyrion and Bronn are in the fight and Tyrion successfully defeats a number of enemies, including a close fight with a tall northerner whom Tyrion only overcomes because his horse bites the man’s cheek, giving Tyrion the opening to kill him. Then a knight with a morning star comes at Tyrion, wounding and unhorsing him. The knight calls for Tyrion to yield, but Tyion uses the spike on his helmet to eviscerate the horse, which falls on the knight, disabling and trapping him. The knight yields to Tyrion. Tyrion can now see that the battle has moved past him. The northerners are being pushed against the hills and pelted by arrows. Finally, Bronn rides up and Tyrion sees his father ride by with the reserves to break the northerners. Tyrion finds the remnants of his clansmen, of whom perhaps half, including Conn and Ulf son of Umar, are dead.

Tyrion searches for his father and finds him sipping wine as his armor is removed. Lord Tywin tells him that his clansmen fought well. Tyrion asks if that surprised him and if they were supposed to be butchered. Lord Tywin admits that he expected the left to collapse, hoping that Robb Stark would press into the breach where they might capture him. Tyrion demands to know why he was not informed. His father declares that a feigned rout is always less convincing and that he is not in the habit of trusting men who consort with savages and sellswords. Lord Tywin continues that the Stark boy proved more cautious than expected, but it is a victory. Then Tywin notes that Tyrion is wounded and Tyrion asks that he call for his maesters.

At that moment, Ser Addam Marbrand rides up with the news that Lord Cerwyn, Ser Wylis Manderly, Harrion Karstark, and four Freys were captured and Lord Halys Hornwood killed. The bad news follows: Lord Roose Bolton has escaped, and Robb has crossed with most of his horse at the Twins and is riding hard for Riverrun. Tyrion remembers his father’s words that the Stark boy would be more brave than wise and thinks that he would laugh if it didn't hurt so much.

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