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[[File:Natascha Roeoesli Sansa hairnet.jpg|[[Sansa Stark]] examining the silver hair net after [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's poisoning]] - art by Natascha Röösli. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
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[[File:Natascha Roeoesli Sansa hairnet.jpg|thumb|400px|right|[[Sansa Stark]] examining the silver hair net after [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's poisoning]], by Natascha Röösli © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''silver hair net''' is a [[w:hairnet|hair net]] gifted to [[Sansa Stark]], made of [[silver]] and what appears to be [[amethyst]]s.{{ref|acok|65}}
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The '''silver hair net''' is a [[w:hairnet|hair net]] gifted to [[Sansa Stark]], made of [[silver]] and what appears to be [[amethyst]]s.{{ref|ACOK|65}}
  
==Description==
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==Appearance==
The hair net looks like a silvery spiderweb. Its fine-spun silver wire strands are so thin and delicate, that the net seems to weigh no more than a breath of air. Small gems are set where any two strands cross. The gems, so dark they drink the [[moon]]light, are supposedly rare black amethysts from [[Asshai]], which are a deep true purple in daylight.{{ref|acok|65}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} However, the "amethysts" are in fact the [[strangler]], a choking [[poison]] in the form of deep purple crystals.{{ref|ACOK|0}}
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The hair net looks like a silvery spiderweb. Its fine-spun silver wire strands are so thin and delicate, that the net seems to weigh no more than a breath of air. Small gems are set where any two strands cross. The gems, so dark they drink the [[moon]]light, are supposedly rare black amethysts from [[Asshai]], which are a deep true purple in daylight.{{ref|acok|65}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} However, the "amethysts" are in fact the [[strangler]], a choking [[poison]] in the form of deep purple crystals.{{ref|ACOK|0}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
After the award ceremony for the [[battle of the Blackwater]], the [[fool]] Ser [[Dontos Hollard]]  meets [[Sansa Stark]] in the [[Red Keep]]'s [[godswood]]. Under the secret orders of [[Petyr Baelish]],{{Ref|aSoS|61}} Dontos gives Sansa a silver hair net, set with gems he claims are black amethysts from [[Asshai]]. He says that the hair net is [[magic]], that will give Sansa justice, vengeance for King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s execution of her father [[Eddard Stark]], and take her home to [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|65}}
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After the award ceremony for the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Ser [[Dontos Hollard]]  meets [[Sansa Stark]] in the [[godswood]] of the [[Red Keep]]. Dontos gives Sansa a silver hair net, set with gems he claims are black amethysts from [[Asshai]]. He says that the hair net is [[magic]], that it will give Sansa justice, vengeance for King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s execution of her father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], and will take her home to [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|65}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
In [[King's Landing]], Dontos reminds Sansa that she must wear the silver hair net the night of King Joffrey's [[Purple Wedding|upcoming wedding]], and afterwards they will escape.{{ref|ASOS|16}}  
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Dontos reminds Sansa that she must wear the silver hair net the night of King Joffrey's upcoming wedding to [[Margaery Tyrell]], and afterwards they will escape.{{ref|ASOS|16}}  
  
In the [[Riverlands]], [[Arya Stark]] and the [[brotherhood without banners]] camp overnight at [[High Heart]] to meet with the [[ghost of High Heart]] to hear her tell the future. The old woman relates several of her [[dream]]s, including one of a [[Sansa Stark|maid]] at a [[Purple Wedding|feast]] with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.{{Ref|aSoS|43}}
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In the [[riverlands]], [[Arya Stark]] and the [[brotherhood without banners]] camp overnight at [[High Heart]]. They meet with the [[ghost of High Heart]] to hear her tell the future. The old woman's dreams says she dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.{{Ref|ASOS|43}}
  
As instructed, Sansa wears the silver hair net for the wedding feast, with a matching gown of silvery satin and purple felt. [[Tyrion Lannister]], Sansa's husband, notices that her handmaid [[Shae]] has arranged her hair artfully within the silver and purple gemstone net. But when they arrive at the feast, Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] says that the wind has disturbed Sansa's hair, and tucks the loose strands back into place and straightens the hair net.{{ref|ASOS|60}}
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As instructed, Sansa wears the silver hair net for the [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding feast]], with a matching gown of silvery satin and purple felt. [[Tyrion Lannister]], Sansa's husband, notices that her handmaid, Tyrion's secret lover [[Shae]], has arranged the girl's hair artfully within the silver and purple gemstone net. When they arrive at the feast, Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] says that the wind has disturbed Sansa's hair, and she tucks the loose strands back into place and straightens the hair net.{{ref|ASOS|60}}
  
During the wedding feast, King Joffrey appears to choke on a piece of his wedding pie, and dies, unable to breathe. Tyrion is arrested for the crime of [[kingslaying]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} In the chaos of the assassination, Sansa flees to the godswood as she had been instructed by Dontos, and changes into the darker, simpler clothing she had previously hidden there. When she removes her hair net, she notices that one of the black amethysts is missing, with a dark smudge in the silver socket where the stone had fallen out. Terrified, Sansa realizes that the "magic" of the hair net must be related to Joffrey's murder, that the amethysts must not truly be amethysts. When she hears Dontos arriving in the godswood, she hides the hair net in the pocket of her cloak. Sansa confronts Dontos, saying he must have taken the amethyst from her hair net and poisoned Joffrey, but he denies it. They then escape the Red Keep to [[Petyr Baelish]]'s [[Merling King|ship]] in [[Blackwater Bay]], where Dontos is killed on Petyr's orders.{{ref|ASOS|61}}
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During the wedding feast, King Joffrey begins choking while eating pigeon pie and drinking [[wine]] from his [[wedding chalice]]. Bystanders and the [[Kingsguard]] are unable to help, and the boy king dies, unable to breathe. Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] has her brother Tyrion arrested for the crime of [[kingslaying]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}
  
At the [[House Baelish]] [[Drearfort|tower]] in the [[Fingers]], Sansa confronts Petyr about Joffrey's death, accusing him of commanding Dontos to poison him. Littlefinger laughs, and says that the alcoholic Dontos's only job was to help Sansa escape the castle, and make sure she wore the silver hair net to the wedding feast. Petyr says that someone must have straightened her hair net that night, and Sansa realizes it must have been Lady Olenna who took the "amethyst" from the net and used it to poison Joffrey's [[wine]].{{ref|ASOS|68}}
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In the chaos of Joffrey's death, Sansa flees to the godswood as she had been instructed by Dontos, and changes into the darker, simpler clothing she had previously hidden there. When she removes her hair net, she notices that one of the black amethysts is missing, with a dark smudge in the silver socket where the stone had fallen out. Terrified, Sansa realizes that the "magic" of the hair net must be related to Joffrey's murder, that the amethysts must not truly be amethysts. When she hears Dontos arriving in the godswood, she hides the hair net in the pocket of her cloak. Sansa confronts Dontos, saying he must have taken the amethyst from her hair net and poisoned Joffrey, but he denies it. They then escape the Red Keep to [[Merling King|a ship]] in [[Blackwater Bay]], where Dontos is killed by order of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|ASOS|61}}
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At [[Drearfort|the tower]] of [[House Baelish]] in the [[Fingers]], Sansa confronts Petyr about Joffrey's death, accusing him of commanding Dontos to poison the king. Littlefinger laughs, and says that the alcoholic Dontos's role was to make sure Sansa wore the silver hair net to the wedding feast and help her escape the castle. Petyr says that someone must have straightened her hair net that night, and Sansa realizes it must have been Lady Olenna who took the "amethyst" from the net and used it to poison Joffrey during the celebration.{{ref|ASOS|68}}
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|I dreamt of a [[Sansa Stark|maid]] at a [[Purple Wedding|feast]] with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.{{Ref|aSoS|43}}|the [[ghost of High Heart]]}}
 
 
 
{{Quote|It is a [[ship]] I need, not a net for my hair.{{ref|ACOK|65}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}
 
{{Quote|It is a [[ship]] I need, not a net for my hair.{{ref|ACOK|65}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}
  
{{Quote|It's [[magic]], you see. It's justice you hold. It's vengeance for [[Eddard Stark|your father]]. It's ''[[Winterfell|home]]''.{{ref|ACOK|65}}|[[Dontos Hollard]], to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|It's [[magic]], you see. It's justice you hold. It's vengeance for [[Eddard Stark|your father]]. It's [[Winterfell|home]].{{ref|ACOK|65}}|[[Dontos Hollard]], to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
  
{{Quote|'''[[Sansa Stark]]:''' You said I must wear the hair net. The [[silver]] net with... what sort of stones are those?<br>
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{{Quote|I dreamt of [[Sansa Stark|a maid]] at [[Purple Wedding|a feast]] with purple serpents in her hair, [[Strangler|venom]] dripping from their fangs.{{Ref|ASOS|43}}|[[ghost of High Heart]] to the [[brotherhood without banners]] and [[Arya Stark]]}}
'''[[Dontos Hollard]]:''' [[Amethyst]]s. Black amethysts from [[Asshai]], my lady.<br>
 
'''Sansa Stark:''' They're no amethysts. Are they? ''Are they?'' You lied.<br>
 
'''Dontos Hollard:''' Black amethysts. There was [[magic]] in them.<br>
 
'''Sansa Stark:''' There was ''murder'' in them!{{ref|ASOS|61}}}}
 
  
{{Quote|Silver and stones, that's all it was, silver and stone and magic.{{ref|ASOS|61}}|[[Dontos Hollard]], to [[Sansa Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|'''Sansa''': You said I must wear the hair net. The [[silver]] net with ... what sort of stones are those?<br>
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'''Dontos''': [[Amethyst]]s. Black amethysts from [[Asshai]], my lady.<br>
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'''Sansa''': They're no amethysts. Are they? Are they? You lied.<br>
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'''Dontos''': Black amethysts. There was [[magic]] in them.<br>
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'''Sansa''': There was murder in them!<br>
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'''Dontos''': Softly, my lady, softly. No murder. He choked on his pigeon pie. Oh, tasty tasty pie. Silver and stones, that's all it was, silver and stone and magic.{{ref|ASOS|61}}|[[Sansa Stark]] and [[Dontos Hollard]]}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 20:41, 12 January 2022

Sansa Stark examining the silver hair net after Joffrey's poisoning, by Natascha Röösli © Fantasy Flight Games

The silver hair net is a hair net gifted to Sansa Stark, made of silver and what appears to be amethysts.[1]

Appearance

The hair net looks like a silvery spiderweb. Its fine-spun silver wire strands are so thin and delicate, that the net seems to weigh no more than a breath of air. Small gems are set where any two strands cross. The gems, so dark they drink the moonlight, are supposedly rare black amethysts from Asshai, which are a deep true purple in daylight.[1][2] However, the "amethysts" are in fact the strangler, a choking poison in the form of deep purple crystals.[3]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

After the award ceremony for the Battle of the Blackwater, Ser Dontos Hollard meets Sansa Stark in the godswood of the Red Keep. Dontos gives Sansa a silver hair net, set with gems he claims are black amethysts from Asshai. He says that the hair net is magic, that it will give Sansa justice, vengeance for King Joffrey Baratheon's execution of her father, Lord Eddard Stark, and will take her home to Winterfell.[1]

A Storm of Swords

Dontos reminds Sansa that she must wear the silver hair net the night of King Joffrey's upcoming wedding to Margaery Tyrell, and afterwards they will escape.[4]

In the riverlands, Arya Stark and the brotherhood without banners camp overnight at High Heart. They meet with the ghost of High Heart to hear her tell the future. The old woman's dreams says she dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.[5]

As instructed, Sansa wears the silver hair net for the royal wedding feast, with a matching gown of silvery satin and purple felt. Tyrion Lannister, Sansa's husband, notices that her handmaid, Tyrion's secret lover Shae, has arranged the girl's hair artfully within the silver and purple gemstone net. When they arrive at the feast, Lady Olenna Tyrell says that the wind has disturbed Sansa's hair, and she tucks the loose strands back into place and straightens the hair net.[2]

During the wedding feast, King Joffrey begins choking while eating pigeon pie and drinking wine from his wedding chalice. Bystanders and the Kingsguard are unable to help, and the boy king dies, unable to breathe. Queen Regent Cersei Lannister has her brother Tyrion arrested for the crime of kingslaying.[2]

In the chaos of Joffrey's death, Sansa flees to the godswood as she had been instructed by Dontos, and changes into the darker, simpler clothing she had previously hidden there. When she removes her hair net, she notices that one of the black amethysts is missing, with a dark smudge in the silver socket where the stone had fallen out. Terrified, Sansa realizes that the "magic" of the hair net must be related to Joffrey's murder, that the amethysts must not truly be amethysts. When she hears Dontos arriving in the godswood, she hides the hair net in the pocket of her cloak. Sansa confronts Dontos, saying he must have taken the amethyst from her hair net and poisoned Joffrey, but he denies it. They then escape the Red Keep to a ship in Blackwater Bay, where Dontos is killed by order of Lord Petyr Baelish.[6]

At the tower of House Baelish in the Fingers, Sansa confronts Petyr about Joffrey's death, accusing him of commanding Dontos to poison the king. Littlefinger laughs, and says that the alcoholic Dontos's role was to make sure Sansa wore the silver hair net to the wedding feast and help her escape the castle. Petyr says that someone must have straightened her hair net that night, and Sansa realizes it must have been Lady Olenna who took the "amethyst" from the net and used it to poison Joffrey during the celebration.[7]

Quotes

It is a ship I need, not a net for my hair.[1]

—thoughts of Sansa Stark

It's magic, you see. It's justice you hold. It's vengeance for your father. It's home.[1]

I dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs.[5]

Sansa: You said I must wear the hair net. The silver net with ... what sort of stones are those?

Dontos: Amethysts. Black amethysts from Asshai, my lady.
Sansa: They're no amethysts. Are they? Are they? You lied.
Dontos: Black amethysts. There was magic in them.
Sansa: There was murder in them!

Dontos: Softly, my lady, softly. No murder. He choked on his pigeon pie. Oh, tasty tasty pie. Silver and stones, that's all it was, silver and stone and magic.[6]

References