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A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34

2013-06-30T14:14:11Z

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{{Infobox Chapter AFfC
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Cat of the Canals]]
| title = Cat of the Canals III
| place = [[Braavos]]
| page = 504
| previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 33|Jaime V]]
| current = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Arya III]]
| next = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 35|Samwell IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 22|Arya II]]
| arc next =
}}

==Synopsis==
Acclimated to the routine of Cat of the Canals, [[Arya Stark|Arya]] is learning the [[Braavosi tongue]] and trying to learn three new things that the [[Kindly Man]] told her she must everytime she is sent fort from the [[House of Black and White]]. Selling clams by day, she sleeps in a bed with [[Brusco]]'s daughters by night, and for three days during each black moon, she returns to the House of Black and White. She delivers all three things the Kindly Man wants her to learn, but he still sends her back to Brusco. He tells her of the [[Many-Faced God]]; especially how all religions are aware of Him, even if they don't worship Him. Even within [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] there exists [[the Stranger]], who the Kindly Man reveals is Him of Many Faces.

One night when the black moon begins, she meets [[Dareon]] after he departs the Happy Port. Arya is angered by the singer's abandonment of his vows as a [[Night's Watch|black brother]]. Returning to Brusco's, she gives him the coin she has collected selling his mollusks and a pair of new boots, then heads to the House of Black and White for three nights.

The [[Waif]] teaches her how to identify certain poisons like [[Sweetsleep]] and the [[Tears of Lys]], and then tells her the full story of how she came to the temple. She claims to be the eldest child from an ancient house, but when her stepmother had a true daughter, the woman tried to poison the Waif. When her father discovered this, he delivered two-thirds of his wealth to the House of Black and White, and soon after, his second wife was dead and the Waif now a servant in the temple. She reveals that she lied about part of that tale, but before Arya can guess which part, the Kindly Man visits her. She tells him the three new things she has learned, finishing with the knowledge that Dareon is dead- his throat was slit and his body dumped in the canal. When the Kindly Man asks who killed him, she replies, "Arya of [[House Stark]]." The priest again asks her who she is, to which she answers, "no one". But, as always, he tells her she lies, then asks the Waif to bring Arya some warm milk to help her sleep. Arya goes to bed, but upon awakening in the morning, she discovers that she is blind.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Kindly Man]]
*[[Brusco]]
*[[Dareon]]
*[[Waif]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Braavosi tongue]]
*[[House of Black and White]]
*[[Many-Faced God]]
*[[Faith of the Seven]]
*[[the Stranger]]
*[[Night's Watch|black brother]]
*[[Sweetsleep]]
*[[Tears of Lys]]
*[[House Stark]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Feast for Crows: Chapter 34]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Braavos]]

[[es:Festín de Cuervos-Capítulo 34]]
[[fr:A Feast for Crows, Chapitre 35, Cat des canaux]]
[[zh:群鸦的盛宴-章节 33]]

A Game of Thrones-Chapter 26

2013-06-30T14:01:57Z

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{{Infobox Chapter AGoT
| pov = [[Jon Snow|Jon]]
| place = [[Castle Black]]
| title = Jon IV
| page = 218 (US bantam HC)
| previous = [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 25|Eddard V]]
| current = [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 26|Jon IV]]
| next = [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 27|Eddard VI]]
| arc previous = [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 19|Jon III]]
| arc next = [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 41|Jon V]]
}} __NOTOC__

[[Samwell Tarly]] appears in the yard while [[Jon Snow|Jon]] is training the other recruits. When Ser [[Alliser Thorne|Alliser]] orders Sam beaten after he yields, Jon and his friends aid the new recruit. Later Jon talks with Sam and, afterwards, convinces the other recruits to go easy on Sam, despite Thorne’s commands.

==Synopsis==

[[Jon Snow|Jon]] is helping the other recruits with their swordsmanship when [[Samwell Tarly]], the fattest boy he has ever seen, enters the yard. Sam nervously says he has been told to come there for training and is immediately ridiculed by Ser [[Alliser Thorne|Alliser]], who says they are now sending pigs to man the wall. Although Sam has brought his own armor, none of it is black so he has to be reequipped, which requires some ingenuity by the armourer.

When Sam returns, Ser Alliser sends [[Halder]], a very strong boy, against him. It takes only a minute before Sam is on the ground with a broken helm, screaming that he yields. Thorne tells Halder to hit Sam with the side of the blade until he gets up. The initial hit is not hard enough, and Thorne insists that Halder can hit harder, and the next blow splits leather. Jon’s objections are initially stopped by [[Pypar|Pyp]], but Jon shakes him off, and states there is no honor in beating a beaten foe.

Jon helps Sam up, which Ser Alliser mocks as “defending his lady love.” Thorne sends Halder and two other boys to get past Jon to beat Sam. Jon braces himself for a hard fight; Ser Alliser has sent two boys against him before, but never three. To Jon’s surprise [[Grenn]] and [[Pypar|Pyp]] come to his aid. The boys going against Jon delay, and Jon attacks. Jon soon takes out Halder, but not before taking a damaging blow to his shoulder, and then goes to Pyp’s aid to take out his foe, and the last boy yields. Ser Alliser leaves in a fury.

Halder wrenches off his helmet and throws it across the yard and tells Jon he thought he had him. Jon admits that he almost did, and when Jon attempts to remove his helmet, his shoulder is painful. Sam, his head bloody where his helmet had been split, comes over and helps Jon remove the helmet gently. Sam introduces himself and Jon introduces himself and Grenn and Pyp; Sam thanks them. When asked why he did not fight back, Sam states that couldn’t because he is a coward. Jon and his friends are speechless—who would admit that he was coward? Seeing the response of Jon and his friends, Sam apologizes to them, stating he does not like being a coward. As Sam leaves for the armory, Jon tells him tomorrow he will do better, but Sam insists that he will not.

After Sam leaves, Grenn states nobody likes cowards, and is worried what others would think if they are associated with a coward. Pyp’s response is that if Grenn met a bear in the woods, he would be too stupid to run away. Grenn insists he would run faster than Pyp, then attacks Pyp when he realizes the trick.

For the recruits, mornings are for swordplay and afternoons for other work, which is varied so that the Watch can measure a recruit’s skills. That afternoon Jon is to spread gravel on top of the wall by himself. This gives him a chance to contemplate Sam. He thinks about [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]’s statement about men denying a hard truth and Sam’s admission that he is a coward.

When he enters the common hall where dinner is almost done, Jon passes his friends and joins Sam, who is sitting by himself. After some conversation, Jon asks Sam to join him outside to talk. Sam admits that he did not think the [[Night’s Watch]] would be like this; all the buildings are falling down, and it is so cold, and he hates being cold.

Jon leads Sam to [[the Wall]], and when Sam sees the wall, he asks if they need to climb that. Jon replies that there is a wench. Sam states he does not like heights and starts to cry. [[Ghost]] licks Sam’s face, which makes him laugh. They start talking and eventually Jon starts talking about [[Winterfell]]. Jon reveals a dream he’s been having, of returning to Winterfell to find it completely empty. As he is telling about the dream, he thinks about how several rangings have been made to find [[Benjen Stark]], but his trail just ended. He continues about dream, telling how he has descended the stairs to the crypt, and it is then that he wakes up.
Jon asks if Sam dreams of [[Horn Hill]]. Sam states that he does not, and that he hated it there. After a long while Sam tells of his father, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], who sent Sam to the Wall. Lord Tarly was disgusted that his eldest son was so plump, soft, and awkward, interested in music, books and dancing, wearing soft velvets. He became ill at the sight of blood. Many masters-of-arms came to Horn Hill to make him into the type of man his father wanted. Finally a second son, [[Dickon Tarly|Dickon]], was born and the Lord Tarly spent his time on his second son. On his 15th nameday, Sam says, he was escorted to his father in a wood. His father told him that he would not let Sam become the lord of Horn Hill and that Sam was to join the Night’s Watch or his father would arrange an accident. Jon tells Sam about some of the other recruits, and Sam eventually states he should get some sleep, and plods off.

Jon returns to the common room. His friends explain that they did not shun Sam; there were places on the bench but Sam was such a craven that he just passed them by. Jon persuades them all to not beat Sam, whatever Ser Alliser says. [[Rast]], however, says that if Thorne sends him against “Lady Piggy”, he will cut him off a ration of bacon, laughing. In the night, Jon—with Ghost and two others—visits Rast in his cell. With Ghost’s mouth around Rast's throat, Jon tells Rast that they know where he sleeps. After that, no matter what Ser Alliser does, he cannot get any of the recruits to do anything but tap Sam when they are put up against him. Sam later thanks Jon and calls him his first friend, Jon responding that they are not friends but brothers.

Jon now realizes that [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] are his father’s sons, but that he has never been one of them and that his true brothers are the outcasts of the Night’s Watch. He realizes his uncle was right, and wonders if he will ever see Benjen again to tell him.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Samwell Tarly]]
*[[Alliser Thorne]]
*[[Halder]]
*[[Pypar|Pyp]]
*[[Grenn]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Benjen Stark]]
*[[Randyll Tarly]]
*[[Dickon Tarly]]
*[[Rast]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Bran Stark]]
*[[Rickon Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Night’s Watch]]
*[[The Wall]]
*[[Winterfell]]
*[[Horn Hill]]
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/07/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-14 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
*[http://towerofthehand.com/books/101/027/index.html Summary of the chapter] on Tower of the Hand.

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Game of Thrones: Chapter 26]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jon Snow]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Castle Black]]
[[es:Juego de Tronos-Capítulo 26]]
[[fr:A Game of Thrones, Chapitre 27, Jon]]
[[ru:Игра престолов, Джон IV]]

A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 6

2013-06-25T14:40:54Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ADwD
| title = The Merchant's Man
| pov pagename = Quentyn Martell
| place = [[Volantis]]
| previous = Tyrion II
| next = Jon II
| bantam hc page = 83
| arc next = The Windblown
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Quentyn Martell]], son of the [[Doran Martell|Prince of Dorne]], is in [[Volantis]], disguised as a wineseller's servant. He and his servant are attempting to book a passage to [[Meereen]] aboard ship, but even in the massive port of Volantis they are unable to find a single ship willing to risk the trip to [[Slaver's Bay]] while there is war brewing and the slave trade and fighting pits are both terminated.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}<ref>Pages 85-86</ref> Quentyn is anxious trying to get to [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] in Meereen as his father commanded, intent on marrying her. He has heard that she is the most beautiful woman in the world.<ref>Page 84</ref>

Quentyn is accompanied by [[Gerris Drinkwater]], acting as his merchant master, and [[Archibald Yronwood]]. On the trip from [[Dorne]] aboard the [[Meadowlark]] they were attacked by corsairs from the [[Disputed Lands]], losing their Maester [[Kedry]], [[Willam Wells]] and his dear friend [[Cletus Yronwood]]. Quentyn feels their loss keenly, and feels in dire need of his missing maester's counsel.<ref>Page 87</ref>

Quentyn and Gerris meet with the captain of the ''[[Adventure]]'', a smuggler's ship, who only agrees to take them to Meereen if they are prepared to pay three times the normal fare - for each of them. Quentyn knows that the man simply plans to take their money and either kill them or enslave them the first chance he gets.<ref>Pages 86 and 94</ref>

The pair debate whether they should give up their quest and return to Dorne, or attempt to travel to Meereen overland via the [[demon road]].<ref>Page 89</ref> Quentyn is anxious not to have any more deaths on his conscience, but he feels his duty to Dorne and to his father is too important to turn back. They travel through the streets to the [[Merchant's House]] to meet with Archibald Yronwood. Along the way, they encounter a party of [[Windblown]] who are recruiting soldiers as they head to [[Yunkai]] to war against [[Astapor]] and [[Meereen]]. Quentyn tells him that they have no choice but to board ''Adventure'' - but Archibald says there is another way to Meereen, less honorable, but faster than the demon road...

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Quentyn Martell]]
*[[Doran Martell]]
*[[Daenerys Targaryen]]
*[[Gerris Drinkwater]]
*[[Archibald Yronwood]]
*[[Kedry]]
*[[Willam Wells]]
*[[Cletus Yronwood]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Volantis]]
*[[Meereen]]
*[[Slaver's Bay]]
*[[Dorne]]
*[[Meadowlark]]
*[[Disputed Lands]]
*[[Adventure]]
*[[Demon road]]
*[[Merchant's House]]
*[[Windblown]]
*[[Yunkai]]
*[[Astapor]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References}}

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Dance with Dragons 06]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Quentyn Martell]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Volantis]]

[[es:Danza de Dragones-Capítulo 6]]
[[fr:A Dance with Dragons, Chapitre 07, Le domestique du marchand]]

A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 1

2013-06-25T14:32:19Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ADwD
| pov = Tyrion
| place = the [[narrow sea]] - [[Pentos]]
| pov count = 1
| previous = Prologue
| next = Daenerys I
| bantam hc page = 16
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is in the cabin of a ship fleeing across the [[narrow sea]], perpetually drunk and wracked with guilt over his betrayal of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] and murder of [[Tywin Lannister|his father]], as well as his anxiety over the fate of [[Tysha]], who he now knows to be the only woman to have ever truly loved him.

Having escaped and found passage across the sea thanks to [[Varys]], he ponders where he might be going. He decides he would prefer to go to [[Dorne]] so he can raise his niece [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to the [[Iron Throne]]. Once the ship reaches port he is bundled into a barrel and smuggled off the ship, finding himself in [[Pentos]], in the home of [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]].

Tyrion spends a day wandering around Illyrio's home talking to his servants and plotting escape. He discovers [[Tyrion's mushrooms|a patch of poisonous mushrooms]] and picks them before passing out. He meets a courtesan of Illyrio's who has been assigned to him, threatening her before heading off to dinner with the Magister.

He is eventually served a dish of mushrooms and contemplates whether Illyrio is trying to poison, and whether it would not be best just to eat some and be done with it. Illyrio goads him before eating some of the mushrooms himself and asking Tyrion of his intentions. He informs Tyrion that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] is at the [[Wall]], and says that neither Stannis at the Wall or Myrcella in Dorne are viable candidates for support in the game of thrones. Mopatis claims that Westeros is in need of a savior from across the sea. When Tyrion asks who that would be, he replies "[[House Targaryen|A dragon with three heads]]".

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Tysha]]
*[[Varys]]
*[[Myrcella Baratheon]]
*[[Illyrio Mopatis]]
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Narrow Sea]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[Dorne]]
*[[Iron Throne]]
*[[Pentos]]
*[[Magister]]
*[[Tyrion's mushrooms]]
*[[Wall]]
*[[House Targaryen]]
}}

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Dance with Dragons 01]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place on the Narrow Sea]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Pentos]]

[[es:Danza de Dragones-Capítulo 1]]
[[fr:A Dance with Dragons, Chapitre 02, Tyrion]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 19

2013-06-24T16:27:38Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]
| title = Tyrion III
| place = [[King's Landing]]
| page = 209
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 18|Samwell I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 19|Tyrion III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20|Catelyn III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 12|Tyrion II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 32|Tyrion IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==

The [[small council]] meets to discuss the progress of the war, and [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] learns that [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] is still near death. [[Randyll Tarly]] [[Battle of Duskendale|defeated]] the northmen attacking [[Duskendale]], with [[Helman Tallhart]] reported dead, and [[Robett Glover]] fleeing west and being chased by [[Gregor Clegane]]. Tywin informs them that [[Daven Lannister]] is rounding up a new army and will join with men from the [[Golden Tooth]], and then march on [[Riverrun]] when [[Robb Stark]] returns north. They all agree that Robb will march for [[Moat Cailin]], for he is a king without a kingdom.

[[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]] reveals that [[Balon Greyjoy]] has sent letters with terms of alliance. Greyjoy wants the [[North]], but Tywin says they will not treat with Balon while other options may present themselves. [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] agrees to go to the [[Eyrie]] to marry [[Lysa Arryn]], and once he is consort, deliver [[the Vale]] of Arryn into Tywin's hands. Since Littlefinger will be leaving within a day, Tyrion is named [[Master of Coin|master of coins]]. [[Pycelle]] informs them that 300 [[Dornishmen]] ride for [[King's Landing]] in response to Tyrion's negotiations, despite the hatred between [[Dorne]] and [[Highgarden]] that has gone on for hundreds of years.

[[Mace Tyrell]] does not like the idea of Dornishmen riding across [[the Reach]]. Tyrion considers how the Lord of Highgarden talked like a general although he had never won a decisive battle. His victory over [[Robert Baratheon]] at [[Battle of Ashford|Ashford]] was won by Randyll Tarly and the [[Siege of Storm's End|siege of Storm's End]] lasted for a year without result until [[Eddard Stark]] relieved the castle.

[[Garlan Tyrell]] has been named Lord of [[Brightwater Keep]] since [[Alester Florent]] is a traitor. [[Varys]] brings word of a three-headed dragon being born in [[Qarth]], and that the [[Night's Watch]] is begging for help against a [[wildling]] army. [[Tywin Lannister|Lord Tywin]] does not want to hear about rumors of dragons, and is disinterested in news of wildlings, claiming that if [[the Wall]] is overrun, the [[House Stark|Starks]] and [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] will have a new enemy to deal with, even speculating they may be able to make a deal with [[Mance Rayder]], overriding the attempts of Varys and Tyrion to have gold cloaks who deserted during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] forced to take the black. He adjourns the meeting, asking Tyrion, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and Kevan to stay. Tyrion warns them not to trust Littlefinger with this quest to the Vale, but Tywin is resolute, believing it better to have Baelish ruling the Vale as opposed to the likes of [[Yohn Royce]] or [[Lyn Corbray]] and adds that Littlefinger has proven his loyalty, telling Tyrion that just the other day Baelish informed them of a plot by the Tyrells to bring [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to Highgarden and marry her to [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]]. The Hand is aware that should Mace Tyrell ask leave to bring Sansa to Highgarden, they must consent or else offend the Tyrells. Tywin wishes to circumvent this problem by offering Cersei's hand in marriage to Willas. Cersei adamantly refuses but her father has the final say, and Cersei storms out of the room in a fury. Tywin then tells Tyrion that he will wed Sansa Stark, further solidifying the Lannisters's position, because should [[Robb Stark|Robb]] die and Sansa and Tyrion have a son, the child will become Lord of [[Winterfell]].

Tyrion protests, arguing that a marriage to Sansa is worthless while the Greyjoys hold the north and questions why he isn't being forced into a marriage with Balon's [[Asha Greyjoy|daughter]], but Tywin counters that the [[Ironborn|ironborn]] won't rule the north, they will just plunder it, uniting the northmen against them, which the Lannisters can use to retake the north when Tyrion brings Ned Stark's grandson home to claim his birthright. Tyrion argues again, protesting that Sansa is still a child, but Tywin retorts with Cersei's testimony the girl has flowered. Tyrion suggests sending the girl back to [[Catelyn Stark|her mother]] as a gesture of goodwill that migth make Robb Stark bend the knee, but Tywin coldly retorts that if they do that, Sansa will be married off to one of the northern or Riverlords to shore up her brother's alliances. Tywin adds that this marriage is a reward for Tyrion's previous service and threatens that if Tyrion won't go through with it, they will marry Sansa off to Lancel or another of his cousins and find Tyrion another bride; the threat of being married to [[Lollys Stokeworth]], as well as the prospect of being made Lord of Winterfell if he is to be denied [[Casterly Rock]] is enough to cow Tyrion.

As a last attempt at protest, Tyrion argues that any claim Sansa might have to Winterfell will be made irrelevant when her brother gets a child from whichever Frey girl he marries, and learns to his surprise that Robb Stark has broken his pledge with the [[House Frey|Freys]] and married [[Jeyne Westerling]]. Ser Kevan reveals that [[Gawen Westerling|Lord Westerling]]'s [[Sybell Spicer|wife]] is a Spicer, a house of extremely low birth having descended from traders. Tyrion is confused by the lack of fury in his father's eyes at this betrayal by the Westerlings, a house sworn to Casterly Rock. Lord Tywin states, "Jeyne Westerling is her mother's daughter, and Robb Stark is [[Eddard Stark|his father]]'s son."<ref>Jeyne's mother had wed a man of much higher birth than herself, and Robb married Jeyne after deflowering her because he was as honorable as his father.</ref>

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Lancel Lannister]]
*[[Randyll Tarly]]
*[[Helman Tallhart]]
*[[Robett Glover]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
*[[Daven Lannister]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Kevan Lannister]]
*[[Balon Greyjoy]]
*[[Petyr Baelish]] Littlefinger
*[[Lysa Arryn]]
*[[Pycelle]]
*[[Mace Tyrell]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Garlan Tyrell]]
*[[Alester Florent]]
*[[Varys]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Mance Rayder]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Yohn Royce]]
*[[Lyn Corbray]]
*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Willas Tyrell]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Asha Greyjoy]]
*[[Catelyn Stark]]
*[[Lollys Stokeworth]]
*[[Jeyne Westerling]]
*[[Gawen Westerling]]
*[[Sybell Spicer]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Small Council]]
*[[Battle of Duskendale]]
*[[Duskendale]]
*[[Golden Tooth]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[Moat Cailin]]
*[[North]]
*[[Eyrie]]
*[[The Vale]]
*[[Master of Coin]]
*[[Dornishmen]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Dorne]]
*[[Highgarden]]
*[[The Reach]]
*[[Battle of Ashford]]
*[[Siege of Storm's End]]
*[[Brightwater Keep]]
*[[Qarth]]
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[Wildling]]
*[[The Wall]]
*[[House Stark]]
*[[House Greyjoy]]
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
*[[Winterfell]]
*[[Ironborn]]
*[[Casterly Rock]]
*[[House Frey]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/12/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-11 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 11]. Summary and commentary of the chapter by Leigh Butler, a first-time reader.
* [http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/03/re-read-tyrion-iii-tywin-tywin-tywin.html Re-read: Tyrion III: Tywin Tywin Tywin - Part I]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/03/re-read-tyrion-iii-tywin-tywin-tywin_3.html Re-read: Tyrion III: Tywin Tywin Tywin! -*_*- Part II]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 19]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Red Keep]]


[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 19]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 20, Tyrion]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 19]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 18

2013-06-24T16:00:28Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]]
| title = Samwell I
| place = between the [[Fist of the First Men]] and [[Craster's Keep]]
| page = 195
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 17|Arya III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 18|Samwell I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 19|Tyrion III]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 33|Samwell II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Samwell Tarly|Sam]] and the few survivors from [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men|the Fist]] are running south in the middle of night with a heavy snow falling. They are ringed by men with torches to keep the [[wight|wights]] away, but Sam is beginning to lag and is near exhaustion. He eventually falls in the snow, and cannot get back on his feet. He recalls the horror that occurred at the Fist, when the wights fell on the [[Night's Watch]]. [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] had commanded him to send ravens with warning, and Sam kept sending them with updates, but when it came time to send a raven with word that their end was near, Sam had already let the birds escape. The Watch held the Fist at first, using fire arrows to hold back the wights. But the dead were relentless and eventually overpowered the Watch, men dying by the score. Mormont had the survivors mount up and form a wedge, slashing past the wights and down off the Fist into the forest. Now they are running for [[the Wall]], pursued by the wights and perhaps the [[Others]].

[[Grenn]] tries to get Sam to his feet, but the fat steward is too tired. Finally [[Paul|Small Paul]] arrives and carries Sam, but the three of them have fallen far behind the survivors with their torches, and the cold sets in. Upon an undead horse, an Other appears from the swirling snow. The being kills Small Paul with its ice sword, but Sam stabs the Other with the [[dragonglass]] dagger that Jon gave him. The dagger causes the Other to melt away, body and armor, before Sam and Grenn's eyes. Grenn retrieves the icy cold [[obsidian]] dagger, and they once again run off to try and catch up with the other survivors.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Samwell Tarly]]
*[[Jeor Mormont]]
*[[Grenn]]
*[[Paul|Small Paul]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Battle of the Fist of the First Men]]
*[[Wight]]
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[The Wall]]
*[[Others]]
*[[Dragonglass]]
*[[Obsidian]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-10 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 10]. Summary and commentary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/02/re-read-sam-i-it-aint-over-until-fat.html Re-read: Sam I: It ain't over until the fat boy swings an obsidian blade +2, part 1]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/02/re-read-sam-i-it-aint-over-until-fat_14.html Re-read: Sam I: It ain't over until the fat boy swings an obsidian blade +2, part 2]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 18]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Samwell Tarly]]
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[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 18]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 19, Samwell]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 18]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 17

2013-06-24T15:56:04Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya III
| place = [[Riverlands]]
| page = 187
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 16|Sansa II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 17|Arya III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 18|Samwell I]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 13|Arya II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 22|Arya IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Hot Pie]] has decided to stay with [[Sharna]] as a baker at the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man|inn]]. The others depart for [[Riverrun]], or so [[Tom of Sevenstreams|Tom]] tells [[Arya Stark|Arya]]. [[Harwin]] tells Arya the tale of how they first rode out in search of [[Gregor Clegane]], and about all the men they lost when Gregor's men fell on them. Most of the 120 men from the original group are dead, including [[Lothar Mallery]] and [[Gladden Wylde]]. It was all a trap; Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] had planned for [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] himself to ride out and deal with Gregor, but [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] didn't know of the plan when he attacked Ned in the streets of [[King's Landing]]. As Eddard's leg was broken, he had to send others out. [[Beric Dondarrion|Dondarrion]] and his men learned a sharp lesson when the trap sprung. Dondarrion should have died, having been run through with a lance, but [[Thoros of Myr]] saved him. After Tywin became [[Hand of the King]] they became outlaws themselves but they kept fighting in the name of [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]]. They harried the foraging parties and attacked the baggage trains of Tywin's army, and their brotherhood began to grow as many flocked to their cause, mostly commoners uprooted by the war.

Later, they meet up with [[Greenbeard]] and learn that Jaime Lannister has escaped from Riverrun. When Arya discovers that they mean to bring her before Lord Beric rather than take her to Riverrun, she tries to ride off, but Harwin catches her. Her father's man is now a member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], and answers only to Beric and Thoros' Lord of Light, the god [[R'hllor]].

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Hot Pie]]
*[[Sharna]]
*[[Tom of Sevenstreams]]
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Harwin]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
*[[Lothar Mallery]]
*[[Gladden Wylde]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Beric Dondarrion]]
*[[Thoros of Myr]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Greenbeard]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Inn of the Kneeling Man]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Brotherhood Without Banners]]
*[[R'hllor]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-10 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 10]. Summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/02/re-read-arya-iii-to-ride-peaceful-and.html Re-read: Arya II, To Ride Peaceful and Shoot Straight]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 17]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in the Riverlands]]


[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 17]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 18, Arya]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 17]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 16

2013-06-24T15:50:55Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]
| title = Sansa II
| place = [[King's Landing]]
| page = 181
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 15|Jon II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 16|Sansa II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 17|Arya III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 6|Sansa I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 28|Sansa III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] is being fitted for a new gown provided by Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] tells Sansa that she does not fear [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], because [[Mace Tyrell|her father]] only conceded her hand in marriage with the provision that [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]] was named to the [[Kingsguard]]. Her brother will protect her from Joffrey.

When Sansa tells [[Dontos Hollard|Dontos]] about the [[Olenna Redwyne|Queen of Thorns]]'s plan to marry her to [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], the drunk man warns her that the Tyrells wish to wed her for her claim to [[Winterfell]], stating, "These Tyrells are only [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] with flowers." Dontos tells her that they will escape, as promised, on Joffrey's wedding day.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Margaery Tyrell]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*[[Mace Tyrell]]
*[[Loras Tyrell]]
*[[Dontos Hollard]]
*[[Olenna Redwyne]] Queen of Thornes
*[[Willas Tyrell]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[Winterfell]]
*[[House Lannister]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-9 Summary and analysis] of the chapter upon a first read, by Leigh Butler
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/01/re-read-sansa-ii-growing-into-game.html Re-read: Sansa II, Growing into the Game]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 16]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Sansa Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Red Keep]]


[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 17, Sansa]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 16]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 15

2013-06-24T15:47:21Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jon Snow|Jon]]
| title = Jon II
| place = [[Fist of the First Men]]
| page = 166
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|Catelyn II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 15|Jon II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 16|Sansa II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 7|Jon I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Jon III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Jon Snow|Jon]] is observing [[Mance Rayder|Mance]]'s host, taking note of all the [[giants]] and mammoths that make up the army. [[Tormund]] is telling Jon some tall tales about himself, when the eagle that was once [[Orell]] rakes Jon's face. [[Rattleshirt]] has arrived to bring Jon before Mance, this time at the [[Fist of the First Men]]. The king confronts Jon about how many men were at the Fist, and [[Jeor Mormont|who]] led. Jon, seeing how many of the [[Night's Watch|Watch]] died here and realizing Mance may kill him for lying, tells the truth. The situation is still tense. Jon feels that Mance may still have him killed because Jon lied to him previously. Briefly he thinks about attacking Mance but [[Ygritte]] saves him by telling them that they are lovers. The [[wildlings]] respect any man who steals his woman, and Rayder informs Jon that he will be leaving with [[Styr]] and [[Jarl]] on the morrow to climb the [[Wall]]. That night, Jon and Ygritte share a bed together.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Mance Rayder]]
*[[Tormund]]
*[[Orell]]
*[[Rattleshirt]]
*[[Jeor Mormont]]
*[[Ygritte]]
*[[Styr]]
*[[Jarl]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Giants]]
*[[Fist of the First Men]]
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[Wildlings]]
*[[Wall]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-9 Summary and analysis] of the chapter upon a first read, by Leigh Butler
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/01/re-read-jon-ii-membership-required.html Re-read: Jon II, Membership requiered]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 15]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jon Snow]]
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[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 15]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 16, Jon]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 15]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14

2013-06-24T15:44:08Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]
| title = Catelyn II
| place = [[Riverrun]]
| page = 155
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 13|Arya II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|Catelyn II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 15|Jon II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 2|Catelyn I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20|Catelyn III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] hears [[Robb Stark|Robb]]’s return from the west, and recalls that when [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] returned, dozens of men left after trampling Robb’s banner, all of them [[House Frey|Freys]]. She is brought before her son to explain why she released [[Jaime Lannister]]. [[Rickard Karstark]], whose sons [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark|Torrhen]] were killed by Jaime, is angry at her but Robb is more gentle and acknowledges that "love is not always wise". Thinking about her daughters whom she had hoped to trade for Ser Jaime, Catelyn agrees. Lord Karstark, however, is unappeased and leaves the room in a fury.

In privacy, Robb introduces his mother to his new bride. Catelyn immediately realizes that, as Robb was pledged to marry a Frey, he has insulted the Freys and broken the alliance. But with his "love is not always wise" speech Robb has made it impossible to blame him, as Catelyn disobeyed him because of her love for her daughters.

Robb tells her how he met his wife. He had taken a wound storming [[the Crag]], and [[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]] nursed him back to health. The night he was told his brothers were murdered, Jeyne consoled him and they slept together. Robb married her the next morning. As the [[House Westerling|Westerings]] were vassals of [[House Lannister]], Jeyne has taken her family with her to escape the revenge of the Lannisters. Catelyn notices that [[Grey Wind]] is not with her son, because Jeyne is afraid of the wolf, and the beast growls whenever her uncle, [[Rolph Spicer]], is near. Catelyn does not like that and convinces him to send Ser Rolph off on some errand, for Grey Wind should always be near him. She considers what it may take to appease [[Lord Walder Frey]] after this slight. The loss of the Freys is strongly felt by Robb, and there was nothing that could be done when [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]] and [[Black Walder Frey|Black Walder]] led their men back to [[the Twins]].

Edmure tells [[Brynden Tully|his uncle]] about his victory against the Lannisters but the latter interrupts him and both the Blackfish and Robb berate Edmure for his actions. Edmure was told to not to engage the Lannisters because Robb wanted them to come West. His plan was to hold them there so that the Lannisters would be unable to defend [[King's Landing]] against [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s invasion. Edmure's attack delayed [[Tywin Lannister]] long enough for messengers to reach him, allowing the Lannister host to turn around, link up with [[Mace Tyrell]]'s army and arrive at King's Landing to turn the tide at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Edmure ruined their whole plan, and admits that he must make amends. Robb plans to retake [[the North]], but first he must win back the Freys.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Edmure Tully]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Rickard Karstark]]
*[[Eddard Karstark]]
*[[Torrhen Karstark]]
*[[Jeyne Westerling]]
*[[Grey Wind]]
*[[Rolph Spicer]]
*[[Lord Walder Frey]]
*[[Ryman Frey]]
*[[Black Walder Frey]]
*[[Brynden Tully]] Brynden the Blackfish
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Mace Tyrell]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[House Frey]]
*[[the Crag]]
*[[House Westerling]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[The Twins]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
*[[The North]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-8 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 8]; summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2013/01/re-read-catelyn-ii-fallout-mom-and.html Catelyn II: Fallout Mom and the Leftfield King]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 14]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Catelyn Tully]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Riverrun]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 15, Catelyn]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 14]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 12

2013-06-22T16:13:43Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]
| place = [[King's Landing]]
| title = Tyrion II
| page = 132
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 11|Jaime II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 12|Tyrion II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 13|Arya II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 4|Tyrion I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 19|Tyrion III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is waiting in [[Varys]]’ room when the eunuch walks in. The Spider reveals that [[Tywin Lannister]] means to restore [[Pycelle]] as [[Grand Maester]], since the archmaesters of the [[Citadel]] claim that “only the conclave can unmake a Grand Maester”. When the conclave meant to send Maester [[Gormon Tyrell|Gormon]], Lord Tywin acted at once, not wishing another [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] on the [[Small Council]].

Tyrion is surprised to learn that Varys has whisperers even in the Citadel, where the conclave always meets in secrecy. He finds out that [[Boros Blount]] has been restored to the [[Kingsguard]], and that [[Mandon Moore]] had been brought to [[King's Landing]] by [[Jon Arryn]]. Tyrion asks Varys to bring [[Shae]] to the eunuch’s chambers so that no one will notice their meeting. He realizes that he cannot trust Varys any further, but hopes to use him this one last time. When he meets Shae, he means to send her away to protect her from his father, but Tyrion once again cannot bear to part with her. He also knows he must deal with the singer [[Symon Silver Tongue]] if he means to keep Shae in King’s Landing.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Varys]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Pycelle]]
*[[Gormon Tyrell]]
*[[Boros Blount]]
*[[Mandon Moore]]
*[[Jon Arryn]]
*[[Shae]]
*[[Symon Silver Tongue]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Grand Maester]]
*[[Citadel]]
*[[House Tyrell]]
*[[Small Council]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[King's Landing]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-7 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 7]; summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/11/re-read-tyrion-ii-caught-in-riddle.html Re-read: Tyrion II caught in riddle]. Summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 12]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Red Keep]]

[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 12]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 13, Tyrion]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 12]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 11

2013-06-22T16:07:53Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]
| place = [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]]
| title = Jaime II
| page = 120
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10|Davos II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 11|Jaime II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 12|Tyrion II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 1|Jaime I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 21|Jaime III]]
}}

==Synopsis==

[[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]], and [[Cleos Frey|Cleos]] stop at the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]] to eat. The innkeep mentions the [[Beric Dondarrion|Lightning Lord]], and we learn that Lord Beric and [[Thoros of Myr|Thoros]] are still together raiding in the [[Riverlands]]. The innkeep recommends they abandon their skiff and ride for [[King's Landing]]. Brienne buys the inn’s horses for three gold and their skiff, getting robbed blind according to Jaime. The [[husband]] of the innkeeper recommends they follow a specific path to avoid outlaws, and they ride off. Jaime is impressed that Brienne takes the opposite path, realizing they might have been set up.

That night, Jaime reminisces of how he became a [[Kingsguard]]. [[Cersei Lannister|His sister]] was brought to court by [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], who was [[Hand of the King|Hand]] at the time. He hoped to wed her to prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. Jaime was squiring for [[Sumner Crakehall]], and was knighted by [[Arthur Dayne]] during the battle against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]. Cersei later informed him that their father meant to wed him to [[Lysa Arryn]], and she told him that if he took the white cloak, they could be together in King’s Landing. They did it behind their father’s back, and Tywin could not object to King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]’ wishes. Tywin then resigned as Hand and took Cersei back to [[Casterly Rock]], unknowingly ruining their plan, for Jaime was now stuck in King’s Landing as a sworn brother of the Kingsguard.

Years later, when Aerys made the mistake of admitting Tywin’s army, the Mad King called for the former Hand’s head. Alone in the throne room, Aerys had one final plan, but Jaime arrived in his golden armor, the blood of Lord [[Rossart]] on his blade, and killed the King. Jaime had hoped to slip out unnoticed, but his father’s men entered the throne room, and they thought Jaime meant to give the throne to his father, but Jaime told them he didn’t care who was proclaimed king. He was waiting on the iron throne to see who would come to claim the kingdom, but it was [[Eddard Stark]] who found him there. Eddard said nothing but he saw the blood of the king Jaime had sworn to protect on Jaime's hands. If only his father’s men hadn’t found him standing over Aerys’ body…

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Brienne of Tarth]]
*[[Cleos Frey]]
*[[Beric Dondarrion]] Lightning Lord
*[[Thoros of Myr]]
*[[Husband]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Viserys Targaryen]]
*[[Sumner Crakehall]]
*[[Arthur Dayne]]
*[[Lysa Arryn]]
*[[Aerys II Targaryen]]
*[[Rossart]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Inn of the Kneeling Man]]
*[[Riverlands]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Kingswood Brotherhood]]
*[[Casterly Rock]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-6 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 6]; summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/10/re-read-jaime-ii-two-kingslayers-travel.html Jaime II: Two Kingslayers travel together when...]; summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 11]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jaime Lannister]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Inn of the Kneeling Man]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 11]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 12, Jaime]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 11]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10

2013-06-22T15:58:28Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]]
| place = Aboard the ''[[Shayala's Dance]]'' in [[Blackwater Bay]] - [[Dragonstone]]
| title = Davos II
| page = 109
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 9|Bran I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10|Davos II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 11|Jaime II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 5|Davos I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25|Davos III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] learns that his son [[Devan Seaworth|Devan]] is alive, and that mainly only the [[House Florent|Florents]] remain to King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. Many of his other bannermen who were captured during [[Battle of the Blackwater|the Battle]] bent the knee to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. He also learns that Lord [[Guncer Sunglass]] was sacrificed to the fire by [[Melisandre]] as an offering to [[R'hllor]]. [[Salladhor Saan|Salladhor]] tells Davos that Lord [[Alester Florent|Alester]] is now [[Hand of the King]], but Stannis remains in the [[Dragonstone#Stone Drum|Stone Drum]] and sees no one but Melisandre.

Davos plans to kill Melisandre because he blames her for the defeat and the death of his sons. He reveals as much to Salladhor who tries to talk him out of it. When put ashore, he meets [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]] and [[Edric Storm]]. The boy greatly resembles [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], and he reveres his father. Edric says that his uncle Stannis should never have chopped off Davos’s fingers, but the Onion Knight knows that Robert was a different man than Stannis. Before Edric can talk further, Ser [[Axell Florent]] arrives and takes Davos into custody for plotting to kill Melisandre.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Davos Seaworth]] Onion Knight
*[[Devan Seaworth]]
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*[[Guncer Sunglass]]
*[[Melisandre]]
*[[Salladhor Saan]]
*[[Alester Florent]]
*[[Shireen Baratheon]]
*[[Edric Storm]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Renly Baratheon]]
*[[Axell Florent]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[House Florent]]
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
*[[R'hllor]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Dragonstone#Stone Drum|Stone Drum]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AoL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-6 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 6]; summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/09/re-read-davos-i-thinking-about-it-lot.html Davos II: Thinking about it a lot while strolling]; summary and analyses of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.

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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Davos Seaworth]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place on the Blackwater Bay]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Dragonstone]]
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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 11, Davos]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 10]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 9

2013-06-22T15:51:31Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Bran Stark|Bran]]
| place = [[Wolfswood]] - [[Tumbledown Tower]]
| title = Bran I
| page = 100
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 8|Daenerys I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 9|Bran I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10|Davos II]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Bran II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
While hiding in the [[Tumbledown Tower]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]] gains the ability to open his third eye at will, and become [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] again warns him not to spend too much time as Summer, neglecting his body and forgetting what he should do when in contact with his [[direwolf]]. They have been traveling north; staying away from civilization for fear that Bran might be seen, especially by the [[ironmen]] or [[House Bolton|Bolton men]]. Jojen insists they make for the [[Wall]] so that Bran can find the [[three-eyed crow]], because Jojen can teach him no more.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Bran Stark]]
*[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]
*[[Jojen Reed]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Tumbledown Tower]]
*[[Direwolf]]
*[[Ironmen]]
*[[House Bolton]]
*[[Wall]]
*[[Three-eyed crow]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/09/re-read-bran-i-smells-like-song.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-5 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 5] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Bran Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in the Wolfswood]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Tumbledown Tower]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 9]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 10, Bran]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 9]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 8

2013-06-22T15:47:56Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]
| place = Aboard the ''[[Balerion (ship)|Balerion]]'' on the [[Jade Sea]]
| title = Daenerys I
| page = 86
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 7|Jon I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 8|Daenerys I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 9|Bran I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23|Daenerys II]]
}}

==Synopsis==

[[Illyrio Mopatis|Illyrio]]’s three ships are sailing for [[Pentos]], and [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] is watching her [[Dragon|dragons]] fly over the ocean. [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan]] tells her that [[Balerion]] was 200 years old when he died during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]]. Arstan then speaks of [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], how bookish he was as a child, always reading. Then one day he read something in a scroll that made him want to be a warrior, and he began training fiercely. Arstan admits that Rhaegar was a great warrior, but he won no battles.

Later, [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah]] tells her that Arstan is more than he seems, and warns her not to trust him. The knight advises her to sail for [[Astapor]] and buy [[Unsullied]], the best trained fighting force in the world. He tells the tale of the [[Three Thousand of Qohor]], where a small army of Unsullied defeated a huge ''[[khalasar]]'' trying to pillage [[Qohor]]. The Unsullied are eunuch slaves trained to obey orders absolutely, and they feel no pain. Daenerys agrees that she will force Captain [[Groleo]] and Strong [[Belwas]] to change course. Ser Jorah then grabs her by the waist and kisses her. Dany tells him he should not have done so, but Jorah talks of her vision in the [[House of the Undying]], and how the dragon having three heads may mean that she should take two more husbands.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Illyrio Mopatis]]
*[[Daenerys Targaryen]]
*[[Barristan Selmy|Arstan]]
*[[Balerion]]
*[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] Jaehaerys the Conciliator
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
*[[Jorah Mormont]]
*[[Groleo]]
*[[Belwas]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Pentos]]
*[[Dragon]]
*[[Astapor]]
*[[Unsullied]]
*[[Three Thousand of Qohor]]
*[[Khalasar]]
*[[Qohor]]
*[[House of the Undying]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/09/re-read-daenerys-i-nudity-and-naivety.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-5 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 5] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 08]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Daenerys Targaryen]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place on the Summer Sea]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 8]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 09, Daenerys]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 7

2013-06-22T15:41:37Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jon Snow|Jon]]
| place = [[Frostfangs]]
| title = Jon I
| page = 74
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 6|Sansa I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 7|Jon I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 8|Daenerys 1]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 15|Jon II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Jon Snow|Jon]] is brought before [[Mance Rayder]], since [[Rattleshirt]] doesn’t trust him. In the King’s tent, Jon mistakes [[Styr]] for Mance Rayder. But it is the gray-haired man playing the lute who is the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]]. Rattleshirt reveals his misgivings about Jon to the king, but Mance wishes to speak with Jon alone.

Mance indicates that he has seen Jon twice before, once when he was still a [[Night's Watch|black brother]] and Jon just a boy, and again during King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]’s visit to [[Winterfell]]. Mance had disguised himself as a singer in order to see King Robert and get the measure of [[Benjen Stark]], who was a bane to the [[wildlings]]. Testing Jon, he asks why he deserted the Night’s Watch, but Jon asks him to tell his story first. The king explains that he had been wounded in a hunt and treated by an old wildling woman. She mended his cloak with burgundy fabric which was rare for wildlings to have and hence very valuable to part with. When Mance returned to the Watch, they replaced his cloak with a new black one emphasizing the importance of the black uniform and not recognizing the symbolism of her gift. Mance came to resent the restriction to the new black cloak of the Night’s Watch.

Jon, knowing now that Mance was at Winterfell, asks, "And did you see where I was seated Mance? Did you see where they put the bastard?" The king then accepts Jon as member of the [[free folk]].

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Mance Rayder]]
*[[Rattleshirt]]
*[[Styr]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Benjen Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[King-Beyond-the-Wall]]
*[[Night's Watch|Black Brother]]
*[[Winterfell]]
*[[Wildlings]]
*[[Free Folk]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/08/re-read-jon-i-beware-balrog.html Analyses of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-4 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 4] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 07]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jon Snow]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place on the Frostfangs]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 7]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 08, Jon]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 7]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 5

2013-06-22T15:31:02Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]]
| place = A small island in [[Blackwater Bay]]
| title = Davos I
| page = 54
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 4|Tyrion I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 5|Davos I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 6|Sansa I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10|Davos II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] has washed up on the shore of a small island in [[Blackwater Bay]]. He remembers swimming beneath the chain boom, and then getting caught by the current and gulping seawater. But, somehow, he is alive, and believes [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] still have some use for him. Despairing over the loss of four of his sons in the sea battle, he contemplates dying on the island, but decides instead to live. A [[Lys|Lyseni]] ship rescues him, one of [[Salladhor Saan]]’s fleet.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Davos Seaworth]]
*[[Salladhor Saan]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Blackwater Bay]]
*[[Faith of the Seven]]
*[[Lys|Lyseni]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/07/re-read-davos-i-rock-in-wet-place.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-3 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 3] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 05]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Davos Seaworth]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place on the Blackwater Bay]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 5]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 06, Davos]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 5]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 4

2013-06-22T15:28:50Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]
| place = [[King's Landing]]
| title = Tyrion I
| page = 43
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 3|Arya I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 4|Tyrion I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 5|Davos I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 12|Tyrion II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], recovering from his wounds, learns from [[Bronn]] (who is now Ser Bronn of the Blackwater) that Ser [[Addam Marbrand]] was named Commander of the City Watch since Lord [[Jacelyn Bywater|Jacelyn]] was killed by his own men during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. He finds that much has changed in [[King's Landing]] under [[Tywin Lannister|his father]]’s rule. He also realizes that his father has seen to it that Tyrion received little of the credit for saving the city. He asks Bronn to learn more about Ser [[Mandon Moore]], trying to discover if his sister sent the [[Kingsguard]] to kill him. [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] has returned [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] to the city, and the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]], now all [[Knight|knights]], are no longer working for Tyrion. His cousin [[Tyrek Lannister|Tyrek]] still has not been found, and is feared dead.

Tyrion forces himself to dress and visit his father, despite his near captivity in [[Red Keep#Maegor's Holdfast|Maegor's Holdfast]] by his sister. Lord Tywin reveals that some battles are won by quills and ravens, and is in the process of composing letters. The [[Hand of the King|Hand]] tells his son that Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] and [[Robett Glover]] are marching on [[Duskendale]], but he has sent Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] and Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]] to deal with them. Tyrion seeks a little gratitude from his father, but Lord Tywin tells him, "Mummers and monkeys require applause." Tyrion states that he wants [[Casterly Rock]], as he is heir by rights since [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] is a sworn brother of the Kingsguard. Tywin will never let Tyrion have the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]’s ancestral seat, however, and warns him that he will hang the next whore Tyrion takes to bed.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Bronn]]
*[[Addam Marbrand]]
*[[Jacelyn Bywater]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Mandon Moore]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Tommen Baratheon]]
*[[Tyrek Lannister]]
*[[Helman Tallhart]]
*[[Robett Glover]]
*[[Randyll Tarly]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[House Kettleblack]]
*[[Knight]]
*[[Red Keep#Maegor's Holdfast|Maegor's Holdfast]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Duskendale]]
*[[Casterly Rock]]
*[[House Lannister]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/06/re-read-tyrion-i-wounds-of-betrayal.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-3 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 3] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 04]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Red Keep]]

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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 05, Tyrion]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 3

2013-06-22T15:20:29Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| place = Somewhere in the [[Riverlands]]
| title = Arya I
| page = 35
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 2|Catelyn I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 3|Arya I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 4|Tyrion 1]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 13|Arya II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Arya Stark|Arya]], [[Gendry]], and [[Hot Pie]] are using the map she stole from [[Roose Bolton]] to find the [[Trident]]. She plans to follow the [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] to [[Riverrun]], but they seem to be lost. Fearing pursuit, they ride for long hours and exhaust themselves. Arya falls asleep and dreams through the eyes of a wolf. In the dream, she and her pack ravage four members of the [[Bloody Mummers]], killing three and tearing off [[Iggo]]’s arm. Was the dream real?

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Gendry]]
*[[Hot Pie]]
*[[Roose Bolton]]
*[[Iggo]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Trident]]
*[[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[Bloody Mummers]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/06/re-read-arya-i-little-by-little-one.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-2 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 2] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 03]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in the Riverlands]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 3]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 04, Arya]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 3]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 2

2013-06-22T15:17:45Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]
| place = [[Riverrun]]
| title = Catelyn I
| page = 27
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 1|Jaime I]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 2|Catelyn I]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 3|Arya I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|Catelyn II]]
}}

==Synopsis==
Ser [[Desmond Grell]] is [[castellan]] of [[Riverrun]] while [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] is off at battle and he has confined [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] to [[Hoster Tully|her father]]’s rooms for releasing [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]] without the consent of King [[Robb Stark|Robb]] or Edmure. She is aware Grell has dispatched Ser [[Robin Ryger]] to bring back Jaime, and hopes that he fails. Her father's room smells of death and it makes Cat think of Ned and her two youngest boys. Lord Hoster is having fever dreams and mumbling, "Forgive me...the blood...oh, please...Tansy..." "Dead." "…you’ll have others…sweet babes, and trueborn…" Catelyn recalls that [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]] has had five miscarriages since her marriage and deduces that Lysa must have miscarried before marrying as well. She realizes that [[Jon Arryn]] had no heir at the time of her and Lysa's twin betrothals. He was older than their father and as a soiled bride, "Lysa was the price Jon Arryn had to pay for the swords of [[House Tully]]." She does not know who the father of the original miscarriage might have been. Catelyn writes a letter to Lysa pleading for her to come to Riverrun before their father passes away saying, "He needs your forgiveness," but she realizes Lord Hoster will be gone before the raven even makes it to [[The Eyrie]]. Catelyn goes to the [[sept]] and lights three candles. One for the [[Father (the Seven)|Father Above]] for her own father. One for the [[Crone (the Seven)|Crone]] "who let the first raven into the world when she peered through the door of death" and one for the [[Mother (the Seven)|Mother]] for Lysa and all the children they had both lost.

Later, Edmure returns to Riverrun, informing Catelyn that he turned away the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], but that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] lost the [[Battle of the Blackwater|battle]] for [[King's Landing]] and that [[Highgarden]] and [[Dorne]] have both declared for [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. Edmure scolds Catelyn for freeing Jaime and tells her [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] will never free Catelyn's daughters, but Catelyn claims [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] will be held to the word he spoke in open court and the Kingslayer gave his word as well. Edmure dismisses the Kingslayer's words as worthless and informs Catelyn that Tyrion took an axe to the head and is most likely dead. Edmure has sent three ravens informing [[Roose Bolton|Lord Bolton]] that Jaime has escaped in the hopes of capturing him at [[Harrenhal]]. Catelyn despairs because if Jaime is believed to have escaped instead of being released as part of a prisoner swap, the Lannisters have no reason to free Catelyn's daughters.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Desmond Grell]]
*[[Edmure Tully]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Hoster Tully]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]] Kingslayer
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Robin Ryger]]
*[[Lysa Arryn]]
*[[Jon Arryn]]
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Roose Bolton]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Castellan]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[House Tully]]
*[[The Eyrie]]
*[[Sept]]
*[[Father (the Seven)|Father Above]]
*[[Crone (the Seven)|Crone]]
*[[Mother (the Seven)|Mother]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Highgarden]]
*[[Dorne]]
*[[Harrenhal]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/06/re-read-catelyn-i-in-boring-room.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-2 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 2] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 02]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Catelyn Tully]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Riverrun]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 2]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 03, Catelyn]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 2]]

A Storm of Swords-Prologue

2013-06-22T15:05:26Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Chett]]
| place = [[Fist of the First Men]]
| title = Prologue
| page = 1
| previous = [[A Clash of Kings-Appendix|Appendix]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Prologue|Prologue]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 1|Jaime I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next =
}}

==Synopsis==

[[Chett]]’s hatred of [[Jon Snow]] and [[Samwell Tarly]] for usurping his cushy position as steward to [[Maester Aemon]] has boiled over. He and [[Lark]] the Sisterman are conspiring to desert the [[Night's Watch]], along with [[Small Paul]] and about a dozen other sworn brothers. The traitors plan to kill Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] and several other officers to prevent anyone from actively seeking them out after they desert.

[[Thoren Smallwood]] and his party are the only of the three rangings to return so far, and they have seen the size of [[Mance Rayder]]’s army. Thoren wishes to give battle to Mance’s army, mainly because there are so few warriors in it, it's composed of mostly women and children. Chett and his men plan to kill in the dead of night, and flee to places of safety, leaving Thoren Smallwood and [[Ottyn Wythers]] as senior rangers. Thoren won’t search for them because he wants to lead the attack, and Wythers would rather flee to the Wall and could not care less about deserters. That evening, the Watch gathers before Mormont and his senior men, who announce that they will march in force against the [[wildling]] army, which is about ten days away. Mormont acknowledges that they might all die and has his men reaffirm their oaths to the Night's Watch and Chett worries that some of his deserters may lose their resolve.

Late in the night, Chett awakens to find it snowing. The desertion plans are ruined because the turn cloaks can be easily tracked in the fresh snow. Chett still seeks to get some satisfaction from the night and creeps over to the sleeping Sam Tarly, with the intention of murdering him. Then a ranger in the distance sounds his horn. Sam awakens, and he and Chett hear the horn blow three times. Both men are shocked at the the realization of what three horn blows mean, a signal that has not been used in hundreds and thousands of years. Three horns mean [[Others]]. Chett looks down and realizes he has wet himself.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Chett]]
*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Samwell Tarly]]
*[[Maester Aemon]]
*[[Lark]]
*[[Small Paul]]
*[[Jeor Mormont]]
*[[Thoren Smallwood]]
*[[Mance Rayder]]
*[[Ottyn Wythers]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[Wildling]]
*[[Others]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].

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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV miscellaneous|A Storm of Swords: Prologue]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in the Fist of the First Men]]

*[http://slynt.blogspot.nl/2012/05/re-read-prologue-storm-of-swords.html Analyses and summary of the chapter] in the course of a 10th reread by Slynth.
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-1 Review and summary] by Leigh Butler.
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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 01, Prélude]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]
| title = Catelyn III
| place = [[Riverrun]]
| page = 225
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 19|Tyrion III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20|Catelyn III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 21|Jaime III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 14|Catelyn II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|Catelyn IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Robb Stark|Robb]] stands with all his bannermen attending as the bodies of [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]] are laid before him. The [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]] brings Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] and four of his men to Robb as prisoners.

Rickard, who was overcome with grief and anger, sought vengeance for the loss of his two sons. After [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] released Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] from captivity, he and his men murdered Willem Lannister and Tion Frey in their cells at [[Riverrun]] killing two guards at the process. Robb orders Rickard's accomplices to be hanged and sentences Rickard to death, knowing that he must perform the execution himself, as both the [[House Stark|Starks]] and [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] are descended from the [[First Men]].

The rest of the Karstark men had already departed Riverrun to seek out and kill Jaime Lannister, also offering gold and the hand of [[Alys Karstark|Rickard's daughter]] in marriage to anyone who could turn the Kingslayer over to them. [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] urges Robb to hold Lord Karstark hostage and not to let word get out to the [[House Frey|Freys]] or [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] about the deaths of the two squires. But Robb feels he has been betrayed by the murder and has no choice but to kill the man whose two sons died defending his life. Robb carries out the sentence in the [[godswood]]. That night, [[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]] comes to Catelyn for advice in comforting Robb, and the young woman promises that she will soon bear Robb's son if the gods answer her prayers.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Willem Lannister]]
*[[Tion Frey]]
*[[Jon Umber (Greatjon)]]
*[[Rickard Karstark]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]] Kingslayer
*[[Alys Karstark]]
*[[Edmure Tully]]
*[[Jeyne Westerling]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[House Stark]]
*[[House Karstark]]
*[[First Men]]
*[[House Frey]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[Godswood]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/12/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-12 A first-time reader's summary and commentary] of the chapter, by Leigh Butler
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 20]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Catelyn Tully]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Riverrun]]

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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 21, Catelyn]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 20]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 22

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya IV
| place = [[High Heart]] - [[Acorn Hall]]
| page = 246
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 21|Jaime III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 22|Arya IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23|Daenerys II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 17|Arya III]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 29|Arya V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
The outlaws first visit Lord [[Lymond Lychester]] and then the [[Lady of the Leaves]] in search of word on Lord [[Beric Dondarrion|Beric]]'s whereabouts. But none have seen him, only hearing rumors that he was dead--hung once, killed by [[Vargo Hoat]], [[Amory Lorch]], and twice by [[Gregor Clegane]]. The same rumors [[Arya Stark|Arya]] had been hearing at [[Harrenhal]]. But [[Lem]] and [[Tom of Sevenstreams|Tom]] know that Beric is still alive.

The outlaws plan to ransom Arya at [[Riverrun]] after they meet up with Beric and [[Thoros of Myr]]. They arrive at [[High Heart]], an ancient hill sacred to the [[Children of the Forest]]. Thirty-one mighty [[weirwood]]s had stood at the top of the hill, but only their stumps remained from after the [[Andal|Andals]] chopped them down. Yet Arya could still feel the power of the place. The [[Ghost of High Heart|old dwarf woman]] speaks in private to Lem, Tom and [[Greenbeard]], but Arya overhears the conversation. The woman has dreams while sleeping among the weirwood stumps, and tells them she had dreamed of "a shadow with a burning heart killing a golden stag";<ref>A likely reference to the death of [[Renly Baratheon]]</ref> of "a man without a face, waiting on a swaying bridge, on his shoulder perched a drowned crow with seaweed hanging from its wings";<ref>A likely reference to the death of [[Balon Greyjoy]]</ref> and of "a raging river and a woman that was a fish…dead with red tears on her cheeks, but when her eyes did open, I woke from terror."<ref>A likely reference to the death of [[Catelyn Tully]]</ref>

At [[Acorn Hall]], Lady [[Ravella Swann|Smallwood]] informs them that Thoros had been through recently, and that [[House Karstark|Karstark]] men were searching for the [[Jaime Lannister|Kingslayer]]. Arya and [[Gendry]] go off to the smithy, and the former apprentice explains that Thoros was a charlatan, using regular swords with [[wildfire]] to make his flaming sword.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Lymond Lychester]]
*[[Lady of the Leaves]]
*[[Beric Dondarrion]]
*[[Vargo Hoat]]
*[[Amory Lorch]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Lem]]
*[[Tom of Sevenstreams]]
*[[Thoros of Myr]]
*[[Ghost of High Heart]]
*[[Greenbeard]]
*[[Renly Baratheon]]
*[[Balon Greyjoy]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Ravella Swann]] Lady Smallwood
*[[Jaime Lannister]] Kingslayer
*[[Gendry]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Harrenhal]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[High Heart]]
*[[Children of the Forest]]
*[[Weirwood]]
*[[Andal]]
*[[Acorn Hall]]
*[[House Karstark]]
*[[Wildfire]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References}}

* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/01/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-13 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords part 13]. Summary and analyses of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 22]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in the Riverlands]]

[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 22]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 23, Arya]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 22]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23

2013-05-25T14:12:58Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]
| title = Daenerys II
| place = [[Astapor]]
| page = 257
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 22|Arya IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23|Daenerys II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Bran II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 8|Daenerys I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27|Daenerys III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] and one of the master slavers in [[Astapor]] are discussing the purchase of [[Unsullied]] through a [[Missandei|translator]]. Dany is pretending not to know [[High Valyrian]] speech, but she understands everything the slaver is saying to the translator. [[Kraznys mo Nakloz|Kraznys]] demonstrates the loyalty of the Unsullied, how the eunuchs follow every command given them and feel hardly any pain. Both Daenerys and [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan]] are horrified by the conditions the Unsullied live under, and the brutality of their training. The slaver indicates he has 8,000 Unsullied currently for sale. Daenerys informs him she will spend the night considering the offer.

Arstan is against the use of slaves, when [[Sellsword|sellswords]] can be bought in the [[Free Cities]]; he insists that if Daenerys lands in [[Westeros]] at the head of a slave army, many of the realm's people will oppose her for no more reason than the abbhorence of slavery. Daenerys is, however, too proud to go back to [[Pentos]] as a beggar, not after seeing what it did to her [[Viserys Targaryen|brother]], how bitter and angry constantly begging for help left him.

Lonely since [[Khal Drogo|her husband's]] death and confused over [[Jorah Mormont|Ser Jorah's]] advances on her, Daenerys takes [[Irri]] as a lover one night, the [[Dothraki]] handmaiden more than willing to sexually pleasure her [[Khaleesi]], but Daenerys finds no release, only guilt over treating her handmaid as a bedslave.

The next morning, when Ser Jorah comes to speak with her, Daenerys snaps at him; she despises Astapor and has only contempt for the Unsullied, but she still recognizes that they are too useful to pass up. Ser Jorah also gives Daenerys more food for thought on hiring the Unsullied, pointing out that they don't rape nor put to the sword the population of cities they've conquered unless specifically ordered to, minimizing the bloodshed that will inevitably occur when Daenerys starts the war to reclaim her throne. He also points out their usefulness in answering Daenerys' query as to why Astapor has never been sacked, since any enemy attacking Astapor would face the city's entire garrison of Unsullied, there are few neighboring cities and nations that pose a threat, and the combination of the Unsullied's reputation and heavy bribes offered by Astapor's rulers are enough to dissuade passing Dothraki [[Khalasar|Khalasars]] from attacking the city.

Daenerys is tempted, knowing that Viserys would purchase as many Unsullied as he could, but she questions if she can be anything like her elder brother, to whom Arstan and Jorah keep comparing her, if the loyalty of her men is only based on being bought and paid for. Ser Jorah points out that [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]'s honor and the loyalty he inspired in his men didn't save him from dying at [[Battle of the Trident|the Trident]].

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Daenerys Targaryen]]
*[[Missandei]]
*[[Kraznys mo Nakloz]]
*[[Barristan Selmy]] Arstan
*[[Viserys Targaryen]]
*[[Khal Drogo]]
*[[Jorah Mormont]]
*[[Irri]]
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Astapor]]
*[[Unsullied]]
*[[High Valyrian]]
*[[Sellsword]]
*[[Free Cities]]
*[[Westeros]]
*[[Pentos]]
*[[Dothraki]]
*[[Khaleesi]]
*[[Khalasar]]
*[[Battle of the Trident]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/01/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-14 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 14]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 23]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Daenerys Targaryen]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Astapor]]

[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 23]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 24, Daenerys]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 23]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24

2013-05-25T14:01:01Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Bran Stark|Bran]]
| title = Bran II
| place = [[the North]]
| page = 274
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23|Daenerys II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Bran II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25|Davos III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 9|Bran I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 40|Bran III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
Traveling north to [[the Wall]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and his companions meet a [[House Liddle|Liddle]] in the hills. The man indicates that the [[Ramsay Snow|Bastard of Bolton]] is offering gold for wolfskins and for word on the walking dead. Later, [[Meera Reed|Meera]] tells a story of a hero who might have been a [[Crannogmen|crannogman]], during the [[281 AL|year of the false spring]]. This crannogman had left [[Greywater Watch]] and visited the [[children of the forest|Green Men]] on the [[Isle of Faces]]. Returning home, he stopped at [[Harrenhal]] for the [[Tourney at Harrenhal|great tourney]]. Three squires accosted him and mocked him for his short stature, knocking him to the ground until he was rescued by a [[Lyanna Stark|she-wolf]]. The story names no names, but from their references, we know who they are.

The story tells of [[Jaime Lannister]] being named to the [[Kingsguard]], despite [[Tywin Lannister|his father]]'s absence (Tywin had recently resigned as [[Hand of the King|Hand]]). The [[Brandon Stark|Wild Wolf]] had asked [[Ashara Dayne]], one of princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]]'s ladies-in-waiting, to dance with his [[Eddard Stark|shy brother]]. [[Benjen Stark|The pup]] offered the crannogman some armor so that he could take his vengeance on the squires during the tourney, but the little man turned him down. The crannogmen prayed to the [[Old Gods]], and the next day at the tourney, a [[mystery knight]] called the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] defeated the knights whose squires had wronged the crannogman. Instead of collecting a ransom from the three defeated knights, the mystery knight asked them to teach their squires honor. The Knight of the Laughing Tree disappeared before he could be unmasked, despite the fury of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]]. The tourney was won by prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], but Meera ends the story by saying that what happened next is a sadder tale that deserves its own telling. Bran has never heard this story before, and both Reeds are surprised that Lord Eddard never related it to him.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Bran Stark]]
*[[Ramsay Snow]]
*[[Meera Reed]]
*[[Lyanna Stark]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Brandon Stark]]
*[[Ashara Dayne]]
*[[Elia Martell]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Benjen Stark]]
*[[Knight of the Laughing Tree]]
*[[Aerys II Targaryen]]
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[the Wall]]
*[[House Liddle]]
*[[Crannogmen]]
*[[281 AL|year of the false spring]]
*[[Greywater Watch]]
*[[children of the forest|Green Men]]
*[[Isle of Faces]]
*[[Harrenhal]]
*[[Tourney at Harrenhal]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Old Gods]]
*[[mystery knight]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/01/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-14 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 14]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 24]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Bran Stark]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in the North]]

[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 24]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 25, Bran]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 24]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25

2013-05-25T13:46:58Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]]
| title = Davos III
| place = [[Dragonstone]]
| page = 285
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Bran II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25|Davos III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Jon III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10|Davos II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36|Davos IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Davos Seaworth|Davos]], imprisoned beneath [[Dragonstone]], is visited by [[Melisandre]]. The Red Woman tells Davos that her purpose is to keep darkness at bay. When Davos asks about the shadow she birthed, she tells him that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] is too weak, and should she draw more life-energy from him he would die. Melisandre tells Davos that there are only two gods, [[R'hllor]] and the [[Great Other]], whose name cannot be spoken. They are opposites, white and black, good and evil, fire and ice. The Other is the god of Darkness, the Soul of Ice and his war with R’hllor is everywhere and everlasting. Melisandre claims that the [[Others|Other’s]] servants often hide in plain view, but the priests of R’hllor can see through falsehoods. She explains that she saw in the flames that Davos wanted to murder her. Davos admits to this, blaming her for the death of his sons who died in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Melisandre speaks of a prophesy, which portends that [[Azor Ahai]] will be born again in the light of R’hllor, and she is convinced that Stannis is the embodiment of this prophecy: "When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone." Melisandre departs, telling him that he (Davos) has served R’hllor once and will do so again.

Later, [[Axell Florent]] brings his brother [[Alester Florent|Alester]], Stannis’ [[Hand of the King|Hand]], and tosses him into the cell with Davos. Lord Florent is a defeated man, and he tells Davos that his nephew [[Imry Florent|Imry]] died with the fleet, and that most of Stannis’ bannermen were captured at the battle and bent the knee to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. He is now condemned as a traitor for writing a letter he planned to send to Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], offering peace and suggesting that Stannis would swear fealty to Joffrey but would remain Lord of Dragonstone and [[Storm's End]], and that the Florents would get [[Brightwater Keep]] back. In addition, he offered [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]]’s hand in marriage to [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Alester rants about Melisandre’s talk of a stone dragon, "madness, sheer madness. Did we learn nothing from [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightfire]], from the nine mages, from the alchemists? Did we learn nothing from [[Summerhall]]? No good has ever come from these dreams of dragons." Davos knows Stannis well and tells Florent that Stannis would rather die a king than bend his knee, and that he would never consent to wed his daughter to Tommen, a child born of incest.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Davos Seaworth]]
*[[Melisandre]]
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
*[[Azor Ahai]]
*[[Axell Florent]]
*[[Alester Florent]]
*[[Imry Florent]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Shireen Baratheon]]
*[[Tommen Baratheon]]
*[[Aerion Targaryen]] Brightflame
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Dragonstone]]
*[[R'hllor]]
*[[Great Other]]
*[[Others]]
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Storm's End]]
*[[Brightwater Keep]]
*[[Summerhall]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/01/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-15 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 15]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 25]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Davos Seaworth]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Dragonstone]]

[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 25]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 26, Davos]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 25]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26

2013-05-25T13:39:01Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jon Snow|Jon]]
| title = Jon III
| page = 294
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25|Davos III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Jon III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27|Daenerys III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 15|Jon II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30|Jon IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
The night before the planned attempt to scale [[the Wall]], [[Jon Snow|Jon]] tells [[Ghost]] that he cannot come with him, and that they will meet again at [[Castle Black]]. [[Styr|The Magnar]] forces Jon to tell him more about the patrols the [[Night's Watch]] use along the Wall. [[Jarl]] and Styr plan to climb the Wall between [[Stonedoor]] and [[Greyguard]], where a hill rests against the Wall, making for a shorter climb. Later, Jon and [[Ygritte]] spend time in a cavern which supposedly leads from the [[Haunted Forest]] all the way beneath the Wall and beyond, but no one since [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], the legendary [[wildling]] twin kings, knows the way. As they make love, Ygritte asks Jon to stay with her and hide in this cavern forever.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Styr]] The Magnar
*[[Jarl]]
*[[Ygritte]]
*[[Gendel]]
*[[Gorne]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[the Wall]]
*[[Castle Black]]
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[Stonedoor]]
*[[Greyguard]]
*[[Haunted Forest]]
*[[Wildling]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/01/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-15 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 15]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 26]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jon Snow]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place Beyond the Wall]]


[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 26]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 27, Jon]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 26]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27

2013-05-25T13:32:26Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]
| title = Daenerys III
| page = 304
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Jon III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27|Daenerys III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 28|Sansa III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 23|Daenerys II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Daenerys IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] tells the slavers that she wants all eight thousand [[Unsullied]], plus all the slave boys in training, whether they’ve been cut yet or not. In order to pay the slave masters, Daenerys offers all three of her ships as well as [[Drogon]], for the price of a dragon is incalculable. Daenerys frees [[Missandei]] and takes her into her service, revealing that she can speak [[High Valyrian]]. We learn that [[Valar Morghulis]] means ‘all men must die’.

That night, [[Quaithe]] appears to Daenerys, seemingly in a dream, telling her again, "To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow." When the time for the deal to be brokered arrives, Daenerys swings the slaver’s whip in [[Kraznys mo Nakloz|Kraznys]]’ face, and releases Drogon on him, shouting, "Drogon! Dracarys!" This is the sign for her followers to attack the slavers. With the help of the Unsullied who obey her as she is now their owner she has the slavers killed. The other slaves join her and soon [[Astapor]] is conquered.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Daenerys Targaryen]]
*[[Drogon]]
*[[Missandei]]
*[[Quaithe]]
*[[Kraznys mo Nakloz]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Unsullied]]
*[[High Valyrian]]
*[[Valar Morghulis]]
*[[Astapor]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-16 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 16]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Daenerys Targaryen]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 28

2013-05-25T13:28:38Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]
| title = Sansa III
| place = [[King's Landing]]
| page = 316
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27|Daenerys III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 28|Sansa III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 29|Arya V]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 16|Sansa II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 59|Sansa IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] is dressing in the gown [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] had made for her, thinking to herself what it would be like to marry [[Willas Tyrell]]. However, her daydreams are shattered when the Queen reveals that she is to marry [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] that very afternoon. Sansa does her duty, realizing there is no way out. Tyrion apologizes to her, saying that it was his [[Tywin Lannister|father]]’s wish to see them wed. During the ceremony, Sansa does not bend to allow Tyrion to place his cloak over her shoulders, causing embarrasment for the dwarf. At the feast, [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] comforts Sansa, saying that Tyrion will make a good husband, "He is a bigger man than he seems." When the time comes to have them bedded, Tyrion demands that there will be no bedding. He has to threaten [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] to keep him from making the tense moment worse. In bed that night, Tyrion realizes that Sansa is petrified at the thought of losing her maidenhood to him, and he tells her that he will not touch her until she wants him to.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Willas Tyrell]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Garlan Tyrell]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-16 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 16]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Sansa Stark]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 29

2013-05-24T15:06:48Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya V
| page = 327
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 28|Sansa III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 29|Arya V]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30|Jon IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 22|Arya IV]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 34|Arya VI]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[File: Mustamirri_thereisthehound.JPG‎‎|Arya and Gendry look out the window to see what all the noise is about - by mustamirri ©|left|thumb|250px]]
[[Harwin]] tells [[Arya Stark|Arya]] about the [[Battle of the Bells]], where [[Eddard Stark|her father]] defeated [[Jon Connington|Lord Connington]], the [[Hand of the King|Hand]] in a fierce battle fought in the streets of [[Stoney Sept]]. [[Robert Baratheon]] was injured and hiding in the city when the Hand’s army invaded the town. Many credit Robert with the victory, but the King always said that Eddard had won that battle. Arya is disturbed to find [[North|Northmen]] being starved in cages, and gives one of them water. They were [[House Karstark|Karstark]] men captured by the [[Mad Huntsman]].

That night while asleep in the brothel, they hear a commotion, and watch as the Mad Huntsman brings someone as a prisoner into the city in chains. Arya recognizes the captive.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Harwin]]
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Jon Connington]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Mad Huntsman]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Battle of the Bells]]
*[[Hand of the King]]
*[[Stoney Sept]]
*[[North|Northmen]]
*[[House Karstark]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-17 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 17]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30

2013-05-24T15:02:12Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jon Snow|Jon]]
| title = Jon IV
| page = 336
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 29|Arya V]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30|Jon IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 31|Jaime IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Jon III]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 41|Jon V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:climbing spikes.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A [[wildling]] climbs [[the Wall]].<br>© Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Jon Snow|Jon]] is watching as [[Jarl]]’s men are competing with [[Styr|the Magnar]]’s to see who will reach the top of [[the Wall]] first. Many of the climbers fall to their death, including Jarl, but several eventually reach the top. As long rope ladders are dropped down to the base to allow the others to climb, Jon notices [[Ygritte]] with tears in her eyes. She tells him that they never found the [[Horn of Joramun]] which would have helped them bring the Wall down without a fight.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Jarl]]
*[[Styr]] The Magnar
*[[Ygritte]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[The Wall]]
*[[Horn of Joramun]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-17 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 17]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 31, Jon]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30

2013-05-24T15:00:55Z

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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 31

2013-05-24T14:58:29Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]
| title = Jaime IV
| page = 342
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30|Jon IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 31|Jaime IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 32|Tyrion IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 21|Jaime III]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 37|Jaime V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
On the way to [[Harrenhal]], [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]'s wound is infected, and he is feverish from the loss of his hand (which has been cut off by [[Zollo]]). At the camp some of the [[Brave Companions|Bloody Mummers]] come to rape [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]]. Jaime knows that if she resists they will probably kill her so he advises her to take her mind far away. He recalls that when [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] cooked Lord [[Rickard Stark]] alive while [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] died trying to rescue him, Jaime did the same. Brienne is stubborn and wants to resist. Jaime saves her again by yelling “sapphires” loud enough for the [[Vargo Hoat|Goat]] to hear. Brienne thanks him as Jaime considers the debt (revenge) that he owes to Vargo Hoat and his Bloody Mummers: a [[House Lannister|Lannister]] always pays his debts. Hoat presents the Kingslayer to [[Roose Bolton]], who is disgusted that the Mummers hacked off his hand. He has [[Qyburn]] cleanse the stump and bandage it. Jaime asks Qyburn to see to Brienne's wounds as well.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Jaime Lannister]] Kingslayer
*[[Zollo]]
*[[Brienne of Tarth]]
*[[Aerys II Targaryen]]
*[[Rickard Stark]]
*[[Brandon Stark]]
*[[Vargo Hoat]] Goat
*[[Roose Bolton]]
*[[Qyburn]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Harrenhal]]
*[[Brave Companions|Bloody Mummers]] Brave Companions
*[[House Lannister]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-18 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 18]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 31]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jaime Lannister]]
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[[Category:Chapters which take place in Harrenhal]]


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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 32, Jaime]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 32

2013-05-24T14:53:30Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]
| title = Tyrion IV
| page = 352
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 31|Jaime IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 32|Tyrion IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 33|Samwell II]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 19|Tyrion III]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 38|Tyrion V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] visits [[Symon Silvertongue]], and thinks to pay him to leave [[King's Landing]]. But the singer wishes to join the tournament of singers that will take place during [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]’s wedding. He blackmails Tyrion by indicating that he will tell about his relation with [[Shae]]. Tyrion promises him that one of the other singers will be removed, and [[Bronn]] will visit him in three days' time. Outside, Tyrion orders Bronn to kill Symon.

Later, [[Tywin Lannister|Tyrion's father]] shows him the two new [[Valyrian steel|Valyrian]] swords he had made for Joffrey and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. Master [[Tobho Mott]] reworked the metal, and the color of the blade on each sword is black and red. [[House Lannister]] has not had a Valyrian sword in hundreds of years, and try as he might, Tywin could never get any of the lesser houses to sell theirs. Where the steel for these new swords came from is not revealed. Tywin tells him that he must consummate his marriage to [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], and that [[Mace Tyrell]] rejected the marriage proposal between [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], probably because the [[Olenna Redwyne|Queen of Thorns]] told him to.

[[Pycelle]] brings dire tidings from [[the Wall]], and that [[Maester Aemon]] fears Lord [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] is dead. Tywin tells Pycelle to send a veiled message that no men shall be sent to the Wall unless [[Janos Slynt]] is considered for the post of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Tyrion thinks to himself that he should have had Slynt and Pycelle put to death when he had the chance.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Symon Silvertongue]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*[[Shae]]
*[[Bronn]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Tobho Mott]]
*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Mace Tyrell]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Willas Tyrell]]
*[[Olenna Redwyne]] Queen of Thorns
*[[Pycelle]]
*[[Maester Aemon]]
*[[Jeor Mormont]]
*[[Janos Slynt]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Valyrian steel]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[The Wall]]
*[[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-18 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 18]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Tyrion Lannister]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 33

2013-05-24T14:47:44Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]]
| title = Samwell II
| place = [[Craster's Keep]]
| page = 365
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 32|Tyrion IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 33|Samwell II]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 34|Arya VI]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 18|Samwell I]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|Samwell III]]
}}

==Synopsis==
Forty-four survivors have reached [[Craster's Keep]], of the 300 men [[Night's Watch|the Watch]] had at [[Fist of the First Men|the Fist]]. Some of the men are becoming ornery because there is so little food, and [[Craster]] seems to be hiding a larder. [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont]] speaks with [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]] about [[dragonglass]], noting in disgust that the Watch once knew the purpose of obsidian weapons. Their true enemies are the [[Others]], but they had forgotten.

Craster soon makes it clear he wants the crows gone, and several members start to accuse him of not sharing all his food. The argument worsens, until finally Craster attacks Clubfoot [[Karl]]. [[Dirk]] slits Craster’s throat, and when Mormont screams at them that there is no crime worse than murder at a host’s dinner table, [[Ollo Lophand]] stabs the Lord Commander. Sam watches in horror as the deserters begin to rape Craster’s wives, and sees the few men still loyal to the Watch flee because they are outnumbered. [[Grenn]], [[Bedwyck|Giant]], [[Edd Tollett|Dolorous Edd]], and a few others get away. Mormont, dying, commands Sam to return to the Wall with all haste and tell everyone what has happened. He also asks Sam to tell his son [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah]] that Mormont's dying wish is for Jorah to take the black. His last words to Sam are, "Tell Jorah. Forgive him. My son. Please. Go." Sam is approached by [[Gilly]], who has recently given birth to a son, and two of Craster's other (much older) wives. Gilly asks Sam to take her with him -- to flee on horseback someplace warm.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Craster]]
*[[Jeor Mormont]]
*[[Samwell Tarly]]
*[[Karl]]
*[[Dirk]]
*[[Ollo Lophand]]
*[[Grenn]]
*[[Bedwyck]] Giant
*[[Edd Tollett]] Dolorous Edd
*[[Jorah Mormont]]
*[[Gilly]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Craster's Keep]]
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[Dragonglass]]
*[[Others]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-19 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 19]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 33]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Samwell Tarly]]
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[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 34, Samwell]]
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 34

2013-05-24T14:42:52Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya VI
| page = 381
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 33|Samwell II]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 34|Arya VI]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|Catelyn IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 29|Arya V]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39|Arya VII]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Arya Stark|Arya]] and [[Gendry]] are blindfolded until they reach [[Hollow Hill]], the secret base of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners|forgotten fellowship]]. [[Sandor Clegane]] is brought bound before [[Thoros of Myr]], and Arya cannot believe how different the red priest looks. The Hound is to be judged by [[Beric Dondarrion]] and hanged if found guilty. Thoros is a changed man, no longer a fat priest with a fake flaming sword, saying, "I am not the false priest you knew. The [[Lord of Light]] has woken in my soul. Many powers long asleep are waking, and there are forces moving in the land."

When Dondarrion appears, Arya is appalled by his appearance. Once handsome, the man is now stick thin, missing an eye, with part of his skull crushed in, a noose scar around his neck, and a terrible wound through his chest. Dondarrion asks for charges to be made against Sandor, but the Hound spits at the accusations, laying them at the hands of his brother and others. But Arya accuses him of killing [[Mycah]], and the Hound does not refute that. The Lightning Lord sentences him to trial by battle, and it will be Dondarrion he faces. Before the fight, Thoros says a prayer to [[R'hllor]], and then Dondarrion cuts open his palm with his sword, causing the blade to take fire.

The fight ends with Clegane’s shield destroyed and his left arm in flames, but the Hound cuts Dondarrion from shoulder to breastbone. Sandor is screaming in pain and fear from the hideous burn to his arm. When Arya confronts him about Mycah, Clegane admits killing the boy, and suddenly Dondarrion appears, alive and leaning against Thoros, to tell Sandor he has gone to hell.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Gendry]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]] The Hound
*[[Thoros of Myr]]
*[[Beric Dondarrion]] Lightning Lord
*[[Mycah]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Hollow Hill]]
*[[Brotherhood Without Banners|Forgotten Fellowship]] Brotherhood Without Banners
*[[Lord of Light]]
*[[R'hllor]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-19 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 19]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35

2013-05-24T14:37:17Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]
| title = Catelyn IV
| place = [[Riverrun]]
| page = 392
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 34|Arya VI]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|Catelyn IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36|Davos IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 20|Catelyn IIV]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45|Catelyn V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Hoster Tully]] has finally passed away, and his family and bannermen are gathered for the funeral. [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar Frey]] and [[Walder Rivers]] have come to [[Riverrun]] to negotiate a meeting between [[Robb Stark|Robb]] and [[Lord Walder Frey]] that will hopefully restore the alliance. The Lord of Riverrun is placed on a funeral pyre boat launched by Robb, [[Tytos Blackwood]], [[Jonos Bracken]], [[Jason Mallister]], [[Marq Piper]], [[Karyl Vance]] and Lothar Frey. Lothar is invited to take the place that would be [[Desmond Grell]]'s as a gesture of goodwill towards House Frey, as an effort from Robb to apologize for his failure to keep his vow of marrying a Frey. [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] tries to launch a fire arrow at the ship to light it but he misses three times. He gives the bow to [[Brynden Tully]], who hits the boat, causing it to catch fire.

Later, Robb is devastated by the news from [[Battle of Duskendale|Duskendale]], shocked that [[Robett Glover]] and [[Helman Tallhart]] took it upon themselves to attack such an insignificant castle, losing nearly a third of Robb’s infantry. The king tells [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] of [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]’s marriage to the [[Tyrion Lannister|Imp]]. Catelyn begs him to bend the knee and make peace with the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], but Robb will not hear it. At dinner, Lothar tells them that his father received word from [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (Big)|Big Walder]] at the [[Dreadfort]], that [[Sack of Winterfell|Winterfell had been burned]] and [[Rodrik Cassel]] killed. Lothar remarks that the [[Ramsay Bolton|Bastard of Bolton]] rescued the survivors from [[Winterfell]], to Catelyn’s disbelief. Lothar brings his father’s terms that Robb appear in person to offer apology, and that Edmure marry [[Roslin Frey]] immediately. Robb dismisses Lothar and Bastard Walder, and when Edmure balks at not being able to choose his wife, the Blackfish reminds him that he must make amends for his blunder with the [[Battle of the Fords]].

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Hoster Tully]]
*[[Lothar Frey]] Lame Lothar
*[[Walder Rivers]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Lord Walder Frey]]
*[[Tytos Blackwood]]
*[[Jonos Bracken]]
*[[Jason Mallister]]
*[[Marq Piper]]
*[[Karyl Vance]]
*[[Desmond Grell]]
*[[Edmure Tully]]
*[[Brynden Tully]] Blackfish
*[[Robett Glover]]
*[[Helman Tallhart]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]] Imp
*[[Walder Frey (Little)]]
*[[Walder Frey (Big)]]
*[[Rodrik Cassel]]
*[[Ramsay Bolton]] Bastard of Bolton
*[[Roslin Frey]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Riverrun]]
*[[Battle of Duskendale]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[Dreadfort]]
*[[Sack of Winterfell]]
*[[Winterfell]]
*[[Battle of the Fords]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-20 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 20]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36

2013-05-21T19:08:24Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]]
| title = Davos IV
| page = 404
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|Catelyn IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36|Davos IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 37|Jaime V]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25|Davos III]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 54|Davos V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Axell Florent]] brings [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] before King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], taking the torch with him to leave [[Alester Florent|his brother Alester]] alone in the darkness. Axell tells Davos in private that he has seen Stannis’ victory in the flames, and if Davos does not help him become [[Hand of the King|Hand]], he will see the Onion Knight killed. Stannis proclaims that Alester will die for treason,<ref>Interestingly, Stannis also states that [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] '''died a traitor's death for trying to usurp [[Aegon II Targaryen|her brother]]'s crown'', revealing a definite and perhaps surprising opinion about the rights of succession from [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], the event that came to be known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]].</ref> and has Axell tell Davos of his plan to invade [[Claw Isle]]. Davos calls the plan a folly, and Stannis dismisses the enraged Axell. Stannis mentions that [[Barristan Selmy]] once told him that "the rot in [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]]' reign began with [[Varys]]", and that [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] should have killed the eunuch, and sent [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] to [[the Wall]] as Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] had suggested, but Robert listened to [[Jon Arryn]] instead.

Stannis then raises Davos to Lord and names him Hand. When Stannis mentions battle, Davos mistakes him to mean the continuance of the war, but [[Melisandre]] has entered the room and calls it "the great battle… Soon comes the cold, and the night that never ends". Stannis has also seen a vision in the flames, of men in black with torches on a high hill in the forest during snow, while all around them shapes were moving. Melisandre proclaims that Westeros must unite under King Stannis in order to defeat the one whose name must not be spoken. The King takes three leeches fat with the blood of [[Edric Storm]] and tosses them one at a time into a brazier, naming each of the false kings: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Balon Greyjoy]], and [[Robb Stark|Robb]]. Melisandre tells him that this is not the best way, for it both will and will not work. The better way is to sacrifice Edric Storm to the flames, for there is power in a king's blood: Melisandre believes that his death will wake the stone dragon, as prophesized, and the sacrifice of one life to save thousands of others is warranted, but Stannis will not hear of it.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Axell Florent]]
*[[Davos Seaworth]] The Onion Knight
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
*[[Alester Florent]]
*[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
*[[Aegon II Targaryen]]
*[[Viserys I Targaryen]]
*[[Barristan Selmy]]
*[[Aerys II Targaryen]]
*[[Varys]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Jon Arryn]]
*[[Melisandre]]
*[[Edric Storm]]
*[[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*[[Balon Greyjoy]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Hand of the King|Hand]]
*[[Dance of the Dragons]]
*[[Claw Isle]]
*[[The Wall]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The original synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
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*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-20 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 20]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.


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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 37

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]
| title = Jaime V
| page = 416
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36|Davos IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 37|Jaime V]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 38|Tyrion V]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 31|Jaime IV]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44|Jaime VI]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] are in the bathhouse in [[Harrenhal]], washing themselves before meeting [[Roose Bolton]]. Jaime feels dizzy in the hot bath, and begins to tell Brienne his story despite his own misgivings about revealing the tale. Jaime says, "[[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] would have bathed in wildfire if he’d dared. The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] were all mad for fire." After the [[Battle of the Bells]], Aerys realized that [[Robert Baratheon]] was no mere outlaw, and that the Targaryens faced their greatest threat since the [[Blackfyre Rebellion|Blackfyre Pretenders]]. He began to disperse his [[Kingsguard]] to take command of the army, recalled [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] from the south, and sent letters to [[Casterly Rock]]. But when [[Tywin Lannister]] never responded, Aerys commanded his pyromancers [[Rossart]], [[Garigus]] and [[Belis]] “to place caches of [[wildfire]] throughout [[King's Landing]].” Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted|Chelsted]], the current [[Hand of the King|Hand]], found out what was going on and tried to stop Aerys from continuing along his mad course, but Aerys had him killed and named the pyromancer Rossart, the man who had burned [[Rickard Stark]] alive, his Hand.

All this time, Jaime remained in the throne room guarding the king and his secrets. After the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]], Aerys sent [[Rhaella Targaryen|his wife]] and Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to [[Dragonstone]], but kept [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and her children in the [[Red Keep]] because he thought that Prince [[Lewyn Martell]] had betrayed Rhaegar during the battle, and thus needed Elia and the children as hostages to ensure [[Dorne]]'s loyalty. With the wildfire in place, Aerys told Rossart, "The traitors want my city, but I’ll give them naught but ashes. Let Robert be king over charred bones and cooked meat." Aerys may have thought that the great fire would kill everyone, but transform him into a dragon, much as [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] had thought. When the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] appeared before King's Landing [[Varys]] advised to keep the gates closed. But on the advice of [[Pycelle]], Aerys let in the Lannisters, who proceeded to [[Sack of King's Landing|sack King's Landing]].

Jaime felt he had to act after the Mad King commanded him to bring him his father’s head. He killed Rossart, then returned to the Throne room and killed King Aerys. Days later he hunted down and killed the remaining two of Aerys’ pyromancers, Garigus and Belis, so that their secret would die with them. When Brienne asks why no one else knows this tale, Jaime tells her that the [[Kingsguard]] are sworn to protect the king’s secrets, and that [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] would never have believed his tale. Jaime then nearly passes out from the heat, and Brienne calls out for [[Qyburn]].

They are brought before Roose Bolton, who tells them he chose to wed [[Fat Walda Frey]] because [[Lord Walder Frey|her father]] offered him his bride’s weight in silver. When Brienne inquires after [[Arya Stark|Arya]], Bolton mysteriously states that she was lost for a time, but she has been found and is to be returned safely to the north. Bolton tells them he awarded Harrenhal to [[Vargo Hoat]] because the goat was a stranger to the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and did not know ‘the prize was poisoned’. He means the curse of Lord Tywin, for Hoat was not aware of what Tywin does to traitors such as the [[House Tarbeck|Tarbecks]] and the [[House Reyne|Reynes]]. Bolton explains that he has a small problem, because the goat wishes to return Jaime to [[Rickard Karstark]] to claim the Lord’s reward of [[Alys Karstark|his daughter]]’s hand in marriage. Vargo had Jaime’s hand chopped off to send as a grisly token to Lord Tywin, feeling he would be well safe in [[Karhold]]. What he doesn’t know is that [[Robb Stark|Robb]] has beheaded Lord Karstark, and the goat is now doomed. But since Vargo is in Bolton’s employ, Tywin might feel that Bolton was responsible for the maiming as well. Jaime agrees to carry word to his father absolving Bolton of all blame. But as for Brienne, Bolton tells her, "It would be unconscionable of me to deprive Lord Vargo of both his prizes."

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Brienne of Tarth]]
*[[Roose Bolton]]
*[[Aerys II Targaryen]] The Mad King
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Rossart]]
*[[Garigus]]
*[[Belis]]
*[[Qarlton Chelsted]]
*[[Rickard Stark]]
*[[Rhaella Targaryen]]
*[[Viserys Targaryen]]
*[[Elia Martell]]
*[[Lewyn Martell]]
*[[Aerion Targaryen]] Brightflame
*[[Varys]]
*[[Pycelle]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Qyburn]]
*[[Fat Walda Frey]]
*[[Lord Walder Frey]]
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Vargo Hoat]] The Goat
*[[Rickard Karstark]]
*[[Alys Karstark]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Harrenhal]]
*[[House Targaryen]]
*[[Battle of the Bells]]
*[[Blackfyre Rebellion]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[Casterly Rock]]
*[[Wildfire]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Hand of the King|Hand]]
*[[Battle of the Trident]]
*[[Dragonstone]]
*[[Red Keep]]
*[[Dorne]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[Sack of King's Landing]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[Seven Kingdoms]]
*[[House Tarbeck]]
*[[House Reyne]]
*[[Karhold]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-21 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 21]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]
| title = Tyrion V
| page = 428
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 37|Jaime V]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 38|Tyrion V]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39|Arya VII]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 32|Tyrion IV]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 53|Tyrion VI]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] has been sent to greet the 300 [[Dorne|Dornishmen]] with a small retinue. However, he is shocked when he finds that the Dornishmen are being led by Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] and not his brother, Prince [[Doran Martell|Doran]]. The Red Viper of Dorne has an infamous reputation for using poisoned weapons in battle. The man fought in the [[Free Cities]] and even formed his own [[sellsword]] company, he studied at the [[Citadel]] for a time, and most importantly, he crippled [[Willas Tyrell]] in a tourney. Though this was years ago, it has never been forgotten by the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], who will not be happy that this man is attending the marriage of one of them.

The Red Viper tells Tyrion the story of how he and [[Elia Martell|Elia]] traveled to [[Casterly Rock]] when Tyrion was an infant. It was just after the death of [[Joanna Lannister]]. [[Tywin Lannister]] was in mourning and ignored the Martells. Oberyn and Elia were disappointed to find out that Tyrion was only a dwarf, after the stories they had heard about him being Tywin’s monster son. The Red Viper then gets down to the point, asking Tyrion, "when will justice be served?" He warns Tyrion that he does not mean to stop after killing [[Gregor Clegane]]: "Before he dies, the Enormity that Rides will tell me whence came his orders, please assure your lord father of that." But Tyrion has a more subtle warning: The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] have tens of thousands of Tyrell men present as allies. And the Tyrells hate the Dornish, and especially Prince Oberyn for what he did to Willas.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Oberyn Martell]] The Red Viper
*[[Doran Martell]]
*[[Willas Tyrell]]
*[[Elia Martell]]
*[[Joanna Lannister]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Dorne|Dornishmen]]
*[[Free Cities]]
*[[Sellsword]]
*[[Citadel]]
*[[House Tyrell]]
*[[Casterly Rock]]
*[[House Lannister]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-21 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 21]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya VII
| page = 439
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 38|Tyrion V]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39|Arya VII]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 40|Bran III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 34|Arya VI]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 43|Arya VIII]]
}}

==Synopsis==
The [[Beric Dondarrion|Lightning Lord]]’s band is attacking a town held by several members of the [[Bloody Mummers]]. [[Arya Stark|Arya]] watches as Lord Beric and [[Thoros of Myr]] seem to be everywhere at once, both with flaming swords in hand. Afterward, they hang the Mummer called [[Septon]] [[Utt]] for his crimes. Arya is upset that Lord Beric let [[Sandor Clegane]] free after taking all his gold.

That night, Lord Beric is speaking to Arya and asks Thoros, "How many times have you brought me back now?" Thoros claims it is [[R'hllor]] who has restored his life six times, but the seventh may be the end of both of them. Beric reveals that he has trouble remembering his past, and would be unable to even find his ancestral home. Thoros believes that the Lord of Light is not done with Lord Beric yet, and that is why the red god has raised him from the dead so many times. The outlaws plan to ransom Arya back to [[Catelyn Tully|her mother]] or [[Robb Stark|brother]].

Later, [[Gendry]] joins the outlaws as a blacksmith, and is knighted by Lord Beric. Soon after, Sandor Clegane returns, claiming he killed the sentries. He demands his gold back, but is rebuffed by Thoros and commanded to leave. The Hound leaves realizing he cannot do anything, and they then discover that the sentries were only asleep. When some complain that the Hound will follow and murder them in their sleep, Lord Beric states, "Sandor Clegane would kill us all gladly, but not in our sleep."

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Beric Dondarrion]] Lightning Lord
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Thoros of Myr]]
*[[Utt]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]] The Hound
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Gendry]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Bloody Mummers]]
*[[Septon]]
*[[R'hllor]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-22 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 22]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 40

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Bran Stark|Bran]]
| title = Bran III
| page = 452
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39|Arya VII]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 40|Bran III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 41|Jon V]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Bran II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 56|Bran IV]]
}}
[[File:Queenscrown.jpg|[[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] try to make their way to Queenscrown holdfast. - by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|left]]
==Synopsis==
[[Bran Stark|Bran]] and the others reach a small, deserted village on a lake. There is a [[Queenscrown|holdfast tower]] on an island in the middle of the lake, and Bran tells them that Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] once stayed there. [[Brandon's Gift]] is a stripe of land south of the Wall to a distance of 25 leagues which was once given to the [[Night's Watch]] to support them. The [[New Gift]], given to the Watch by Queen Alysanne and her husband King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]], doubled that distance. Bran tells them there is a secret walkway just beneath the lake’s surface that will allow them to reach the tower.

They stay in the tower that night during a terrible thunderstorm, and Bran tells them that all the gates through the Wall were sealed when each of the castles had to be abandoned, leaving only three gates open at each of the manned castles. When [[Hodor]] starts to scream in fear of the thunder, Bran reaches out to him the way he does to [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]], and calms the big man. [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] spots men on the shore in the village, and Bran enters Summer to investigate.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Bran Stark]]
*[[Alysanne Targaryen]]
*[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]
*[[Hodor]]
*[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]
* [[Jojen Reed]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Queenscrown]]
*[[Brandon's Gift]]
*[[Night's Watch]]
*[[New Gift]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-23 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 23]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jon Snow|Jon]]
| title = Jon V
| page = 461
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 40|Bran III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 41|Jon V]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Daenerys IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 30|Jon IV]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 48|Jon VI]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Jon Snow|Jon]] is with [[Styr|the Magnar]]’s men nearing [[queenscrown|the village]] alongside the lake. He realizes that he must somehow escape and reach [[Castle Black]] before the raiders do, in order to warn them. The [[Thenn|Thenns]] captured an old man camped in one of the ruined houses, and Styr commands Jon to kill the man. Jon balks, but [[Ygritte]] slits the man’s throat with her dagger. As Styr begins to command his men in the old tongue, a crash of thunder sounds, and suddenly a [[direwolf]] is attacking the Thenns. Jon mistakes the wolf for [[Ghost]] for a moment, never realizing that it is [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. The direwolf slaughters several [[wildlings]], and in the confusion, Jon mounts the old man’s horse and begins to flee. He is hit with an arrow in the calf, believing the shot was fired by Ygritte. Jon gets away, forcing the horse to gallop for hours without rest, heading for Castle Black.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Styr]]
*[[Ygritte]]
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Queenscrown]]
*[[Castle Black]]
*[[Thenn]]
*[[Direwolf]]
*[[Wildlings]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-23 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 23]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]
| title = Daenerys IV
| page = 473
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 41|Jon V]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Daenerys IV]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 43|Arya VIII]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 27|Daenerys III]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 57|Daenerys V]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] and her army of [[Unsullied]] reach [[Yunkai]], to find the city guarded by a huge force including two [[sellsword]] companies. She knows that open battle will cost her many lives, even though her commanders feel she will win easily. Daenerys tells her men to invite the two sellsword Captains, as well as the Yunkish leader. The first to arrive are the three Captains of the [[Stormcrows]], who spurn her offer to join her, although she notices [[Daario Naharis]] smile at her as they leave. The Captain of the [[Second Sons]] also laughs at her offer, but does accept a wagonload of wine to bring to his men. The master slaver brings Daenerys chests full of gold hoping she will leave Yunkai alone, but she sends him off with his gold and a warning that she will attack in three days time.

After he leaves, Daenerys tells her commanders that they will attack that night, since none of Yunkai’s defenders will be expecting it. Soon after, Daario returns with the heads of the other two Stormcrow Captains, and swears the service of his company. [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah]] warns her not to trust the [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]], yet she commands the battle to commence as planned. During the fight, she asks [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan]] to tell her more of her brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. Whitebeard explains that the Prince was always melancholy, and a sense of doom hung over him. "He was born in grief, and that shadow hung over him all his days." Daenerys knows that it was the shadow of [[Summerhall]] that Arstan was referring to. Word arrives that her army won the battle easily during the night, with the help of the Stormcrows, and all the Second Sons too drunk to fight. Daenerys commandeds her men to spare any who threw down their swords, and promised to free any slaves. Once again, Daenerys’ army swells to even greater size. Daenerys rides on her white mare past all the newly freed people who call out to her as "Mother!"

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
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*[[Daenerys Targaryen]]
*[[Daario Naharis]]
*[[Jorah Mormont]]
*[[Barristan Selmy|Arstan]]
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
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*[[Unsullied]]
*[[Yunkai]]
*[[Sellsword]]
*[[Stormcrows]]
*[[Second Sons]]
*[[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]]
*[[Summerhall]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-storm-of-swords-part-24 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 24]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 42]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Daenerys Targaryen]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 42]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapiter 43, Daenerys]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 42]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 43

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya VIII
| page = 489
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Daenerys IV]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 43|Arya VIII]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44|Jaime VI]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 39|Arya VII]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 47|Arya IX]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:Prophecy.jpg|thumb|350px|left|The [[Ghost of High Heart]] tells some of her [[prophecies and dreams|dreams]].<br>© Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Gendry]] mentions that Master [[Tobho Mott|Mott]] considered [[Thoros of Myr|Thoros]] a false priest, and Thoros agrees. He was sent to the [[Seven Kingdoms]] to bring word of [[R'hllor]], but he spent his time eating and whoring. King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] was fond of him, and many enjoyed the sight of his flaming sword in melees. Lord [[Beric Dondarrion|Beric]] silences Thoros by saying, "Fire consumes. It consumes, and when it is done there is nothing left. Nothing." The outlaws reach [[High Heart]] again, and the ancient dwarf woman calls Beric the Lord of Corpses, for the stink of the grave is fresh on him. The [[Ghost of High Heart]] tells them her dreams: the [[Balon Greyjoy|kraken king]] is dead, and Lord [[Hoster Tully|Hoster]] too; the [[Vargo Hoat|goat]] sits alone in the [[Harrenhal|hall of kings]] in a fever "as the [[Gregor Clegane|great dog]] descends on him"; she dreamt of drums and pipes and screams [[Red Wedding|making a great clangor]]; and "of [[Sansa Stark|a maid]] at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow." Suddenly, she spots [[Arya Stark|Arya]], and calls her "blood child" and "dark heart", bidding her to leave. When Beric explains to the old dwarf woman that Arya is being brought to [[Riverrun]], she tells them to seek [[Catelyn Tully|her mother]] at [[the Twins]], for there is to be a wedding. She then demands a song as payment for her dreams, the same song she always requests from [[Tom of Sevenstreams|Tom]]; [[Jenny of Oldstones]].

Later, Arya speaks with [[Edric Dayne]], who is called Ned like [[Eddard Stark|her father]]. Edric tells her that he saw her father during the [[Tourney of the Hand|Hand’s tourney]] while he squired for Lord Beric. He reveals that Beric was promised to [[Allyria Dayne|his aunt]], “but that was before he died”, Arya thinks to herself. Ned tells her of [[Wylla]], the mother of [[Jon Snow]] and Edric’s wetnurse. She has been in the service of the [[House Dayne|Daynes]] for years, and Ned is surprised that Arya’s father never spoke of her nor of [[Ashara Dayne|Ashara]], Ned’s aunt. He tells Arya that her father and Ashara fell in love during the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], and that she killed herself after the war because her heart was broken. Arya does not believe the young Lord of [[Starfall]], believing her father only loved her mother. She asks [[Harwin]] about it, and he confirms that Eddard and Ashara may have fallen in love at Harrenhal, but at that time his brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] was betrothed to Catelyn. He claims that Ashara killed herself over grief for [[Arthur Dayne|her brother]], and tells Arya "Let it lie, my lady. They’re dead, all of them."

When the outlaws come upon a ruined town, Arya thinks the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] destroyed it, but she is told that the town was destroyed years before by Hoster Tully, because Lord [[House Goodbrook|Goodbrook]], the lord of the town, had fought for the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Later, Thoros sees in his flames that Riverrun will soon come under attack by the Lannisters again, and he believes the Ghost’s dream that Catelyn and Robb are at the Twins. That night, Arya sneaks off while everyone else is asleep, feeling that the outlaws cannot be her pack if they want to ransom her off to her [[Robb Stark|brother]], mother, or uncle [[Brynden Tully|Brynden]]. But she is captured by [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound]] while racing through the woods.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Gendry]]
*[[Tobho Mott]]
*[[Thoros of Myr]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Beric Dondarrion]]
*[[Ghost of High Heart]]
*[[Balon Greyjoy]]
*[[Hoster Tully]]
*[[Vargo Hoat]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Tom of Sevenstreams]]
*[[Jenny of Oldstones]]
*[[Edric Dayne]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Allyria Dayne]]
*[[Wylla]]
*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Ashara Dayne]]
*[[Harwin]]
*[[Brandon Stark]]
*[[Arthur Dayne]] Sword of the Morning
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Brynden Tully]] Blackfish
*[[Sandor Clegane]] The Hound
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Seven Kingdoms]]
*[[R'hllor]]
*[[High Heart]]
*[[Harrenhal|hall of kings]]
*[[Red Wedding]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[The Twins]]
*[[Tourney of the Hand]]
*[[House Dayne]]
*[[Tourney at Harrenhal]]
*[[Starfall]]
*[[House Lannister]]
*[[House Goodbrook]]
*[[House Targaryen]]
*[[Robert's Rebellion]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 43]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 43]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 44, Arya]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 43]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]
| title = Jaime VI
| page = 500
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 43|Arya VIII]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44|Jaime VI]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45|Catelyn V]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 37|Jaime V]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 62|Jaime VII]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:Mustamirri_I_only_rescue_maidens.jpg‎‎‎|I only rescue maidens - by mustamirri ©|left|thumb|200px]]
[[Roose Bolton]] has left [[Harrenhal]] to the [[Vargo Hoat|Goat]], but before marching for [[the Twins]] he told [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] to give his warm regards to [[Tywin Lannister|his father]]. Jaime responds, ''"So long as you give mine to [[Robb Stark]]."''

Jaime is now traveling for [[King's Landing]] under the protection of Steelshanks [[Walton]] and a host of [[Dreadfort]] men. [[Qyburn]] tells him that Lord [[Selwyn Tarth|Selwyn]] has promised Vargo Hoat 300 gold dragons for the safe return of [[Brienne of Tarth|his daughter]], but the goat wants more as he still believes there are sapphires in [[Evenfall Hall]].

One night, Jaime has a bizarre fever dream that he and Brienne are trapped in the dank caverns beneath [[Casterly Rock]]. He sees the shades of the other knights of the [[Kingsguard]] as well as Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], come to judge him for killing [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]. After the fire of his sword goes out, Brienne’s continues to burn, defending him from the shades.

When Jaime awakens, he commands Walton to return to Harrenhal saying that he "forgot something". Back at Harrenhal, the goat’s men open the gates, and Jaime finds that Brienne has been tossed into the bear pit with only a tourney sword.

Vargo Hoat, with a bandage around his face from where Brienne bit off his ear, will not pull the woman up. Jaime jumps into the pit to save Brienne, and holds off the bear long enough for Walton’s men to fill it with quarrels. The [[Brave Companions|Mummers]] are unable to stop them because Steelshanks outnumbers them two to one.

Vargo asks Jaime to tell his father that he had been merciful, and the Kingslayer promises that the goat will receive his ransom. When Brienne asks him why he came back, Jaime responds that he had dreamed of her.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Roose Bolton]]
*[[Vargo Hoat]] The Goat
*[[Jaime Lannister]] Kingslayer
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Walton]] Steelshanks
*[[Qyburn]]
*[[Selwyn Tarth]]
*[[Brienne of Tarth]]
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
*[[Aerys II Targaryen]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Harrenhal]]
*[[The Twins]]
*[[King's Landing]]
*[[Dreadfort]]
*[[Evenfall Hall]]
*[[Casterly Rock]]
*[[Kingsguard]]
*[[Brave Companions]] Mummers
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 44]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jaime Lannister]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 44]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 45, Jaime]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 44]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]
| title = Catelyn V
| page = 514
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44|Jaime VI]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45|Catelyn V]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|Samwell III]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 35|Catelyn IV]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 49|Catelyn VI]]
}}

==Synopsis==
Traveling in the rain to [[the Twins]], [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] recalls [[Robb Stark|Robb]] sending Ser [[Rolph Spicer]] to deliver [[Martyn Lannister]] to the [[Golden Tooth]] in an exchange of captives. We also learn that [[Robett Glover]] has been put on a ship at [[Duskendale]] as part of the agreement. Robb left [[Jeyne Westerling|his wife]] at [[Riverrun]], and only Ser [[Raynald Westerling]] travels with them. Robb has brought 3500 men with him, those who have been with him since the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and who will follow him to [[Moat Cailin]] after the wedding. Catelyn thinks to herself of [[Theon Greyjoy]] boasting about how he had almost crossed swords with Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and how much ill would have been undone if Theon had died in place of [[Rickard Karstark|Lord Karstark]]’s sons.

[[File:Here Lies Tristifer.png|350px|thumb|left|[[Catelyn]] and [[Robb]] come upon King [[Tristifer IV]]'s tomb.<br>Art by onionjulius]]
When they reach [[Oldstones]], Cat recalls that the ruins were once a great castle of the [[King of the Rivers and the Hills|River Kings]] during the [[House Mudd|Mudd Dynasty]]. The Mudds were [[First Men]], but during the time of King [[Tristifer IV Mudd|Tristifer IV]], the kingdoms of the First Men were falling before the onslaught of the [[Andals]]. Tristifer IV died when seven Andal kings joined forces against him.

Robb tells his mother that he plans to legitimize his brother [[Jon Snow|Jon]] and name him heir should he and Jeyne not have a child. Catelyn is stunned by this proclamation, and pleads with him not to make the mistake the [[House Targaryen|Tagaryens]] made when King [[Aegon IV]] legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed. The [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders]] plagued the Targaryens for five generations until Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] slew [[Maelys Blackfyre]] on the [[Stepstones]]. They both fear that [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] will give [[Tyrion Lannister|the Imp]] a son and thus control of [[Winterfell]] and agree that must be prevented. She pleads that Robb consider naming his sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]] as heir, but Robb insists that no one has seen Arya since [[Eddard Stark|his father's]] death and that his sister is likely also dead. Catelyn tells Robb that she cannot support his choice of Jon but Robb reminds her that he doesn't have to ask for her support, stating his reason as, "I'm the King."

[[Jason Mallister]] soon joins Robb’s force, bringing with him the captain of the [[Myraham]]. The man tells them that [[Balon Greyjoy]] fell to his death when a wind blew him off one of the bridges between the towers of [[Pyke]], and no sooner was he dead than [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow’s Eye]] returned and claimed the [[Seastone Chair]], naming himself King of the Iron Islands and the North. Knowing [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] and [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] will not stand still for this, Robb commands [[Maege Mormont]] and [[Galbart Glover]] to take men by longship and sail through the marshes of [[the Neck]] to seek out [[Howland Reed]]. Robb plans to march on Moat Cailin with 12,000 men once he joins with [[Roose Bolton]]. The [[crannogmen]] will guide a small force under Robb’s command across the swamps in order to reach Moat Cailin from the north. When Galbart warns him what should happen if the crannogmen were to fail him, Robb replies, "They will not fail. My father knew the worth of Howland Reed." Robb then announces that Catelyn will be taken to [[Seagard]] under the protection of Lord Jason after the wedding. He then calls his bannermen to fix their seals as witnesses to the decree naming his heir.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
*[[Rolph Spicer]]
*[[Martyn Lannister]]
*[[Robett Glover]]
*[[Jeyne Westerling]]
*[[Raynald Westerling]]
*[[Theon Greyjoy]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Rickard Karstark]]
*[[Tristifer IV Mudd]]
*[[Jon Snow]]
*[[Aegon IV]]
*[[Barristan Selmy]]
*[[Maelys Blackfyre]]
*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]] The Imp
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Eddard Stark]]
*[[Jason Mallister]]
*[[Balon Greyjoy]]
*[[Euron Greyjoy]] Euron Crow's Eye
*[[Victarion Greyjoy]]
*[[Asha Greyjoy]]
*[[Maege Mormont]]
*[[Galbart Glover]]
*[[Howland Reed]]
*[[Roose Bolton]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[The Twins]]
*[[Golden Tooth]]
*[[Duskendale]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]
*[[Moat Cailin]]
*[[Oldstones]]
*[[King of the Rivers and the Hills]]
*[[House Mudd]]
*[[First Men]]
*[[Andals]]
*[[House Targaryen]]
*[[House Blackfyre]]
*[[Stepstones]]
*[[Winterfell]]
*[[Myraham]]
*[[Pyke]]
*[[Seastone Chair]]
*[[the Neck]]
*[[Crannogmen]]
*[[Seagard]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from AoL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 45]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Catelyn Tully]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 45]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 46, Catelyn]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 45]]

Vhagar

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{{See homonyms | Vhagar (disambiguation)}}
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| image = [[File:Visenya riding Vhagar.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = [[Visenya Targaryen]] riding Vhagar into battle]]
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| Allegiance = [[Visenya Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Dragon]]
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'''Vhagar''' was one of the [[Dragon|dragons]] used by [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conqueror]] and his sisters during the [[War of Conquest]]. It was named for one of the gods of Old [[Valyria]].{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Vhagar was ridden by [[Visenya Targaryen]].{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

Its skull can be found in the [[Red Keep]] in [[King's Landing]]. One could ride a horse down its gullet.{{Ref|aGoT|13}} Vhagar's breath was so hot that is could melt the armor of a knight and cook him inside. {{Ref|aCoK|12}} Vhagar may have been female.<ref>Discussing [[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling]] with [[Haldon]] Halfmaester, [[Tyrion Lannister]] says to him that Vhagar was ridden by Prince [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], Aegon’s brother. He asks [[Haldon]], "Why would Ser [[Byron Swann]] want to slay her?" </ref> {{Ref|aDwD|8}}

==History==
Vhagar was named after a god of the [[Valyria|Valyrian Freehold]]. It was born on [[Dragonstone]] from a [[dragon egg|dragon's egg]].

During the battle that became known as the [[Field of Fire]], for the only time in history all three of the original Targaryen dragons took to the sky at the same time. Together, Vhagar, [[Meraxes]] and [[Balerion]] killed four thousand men, burning them alive. King [[Mern Gardener|Mern]] died, and with him [[House Gardener]]. The army was broken and Aegon I was victorious.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]] Vhagar was ridden by [[Aemond Targaryen]].{{Ref|aDwD|8}}

==References and Notes==
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[[Category:Dragons]]
[[es:Vhagar]]
[[fr:Vhagar]]
[[zh:瓦格哈尔]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]]
| title = Samwell III
| page = 528
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45|Catelyn V]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|Samwell III]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 47|Arya IX]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 33|Samwell II]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 75|Samwell IV]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Samwell Tarly|Sam]] and [[Gilly]] have reached what appears to be [[Whitetree]]. When Sam studies the carved face of the [[Weirwood|Heart Tree]] for a moment, he admits to himself that it is not the face he and his brothers saw when they started out on the ranging. Nor does he remember its red eyes weeping blood (sap). Sam prays earnestly to the [[Old Gods|old gods]] to protect them. He and Gilly camp in one of the [[Wildling|wildling]] huts for the night, but Sam is woken by shapes moving within. The corpse of Small [[Paul]] comes after Sam, and he tries to stab it with the [[Dragonglass|obsidian]] dagger, but it shatters upon contact with Paul’s chainmail. Despairing, Sam thrusts a burning stick from the campfire in the wight’s mouth, setting it on fire. Outside the hut, the wights begin to surround Gilly and her infant son after killing their horse. Thinking all is lost, a raven lands on Sam’s shoulder, and suddenly thousands of ravens fly from the branches of the [[weirwood]] tree to tear the wights to pieces. The raven perching on Sam's shoulder speaks, telling him to go, and he and Gilly begin to run south, but without their horse they fear they'll be overtaken by wights. Suddenly a voice calls out, "Brother! Here." From the falling snow appears [[Coldhands|a man]] dressed all in black astride a great elk. When Sam reaches up for the man’s bare hand, Sam notices his hand is black and cold as ice.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Samwell Tarly]]
*[[Gilly]]
*[[Paul]] Small Paul
*[[Coldhands]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Whitetree]]
*[[Weirwood]] Heart Tree
*[[Old Gods]]
*[[Wildling]]
*[[Dragonglass]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 46]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Samwell Tarly]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 46]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 47, Samwell]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 46]]

A Storm of Swords-Chapter 47

2013-05-18T19:35:14Z

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{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Samwell III
| page = 537
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|Samwell III]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 47|Arya IX]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 48|Jon VI]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 43|Arya VIII]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 50|Arya X]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Arya Stark|Arya]] attempts to kill [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound]] at night while the man is asleep, but Clegane awakens and takes the rock from her hands. They reach [[Lord Harroway's Town]], but find it flooded. Sandor promises to pay some ferryman to take them across the [[Trident]], but gives them only the parchment [[Beric Dondarrion|Lord Beric]] had given him promising reimbursement after the war. Arya tells Sandor that she had once been captured by [[Gregor Clegane|his brother]], and the Hound finds it amusing that Gregor never knew who he had caught. Clegane says, "I’ll be sure and tell him that, before I cut his heart out." She asks why he would kill his brother and the Hound asks didn't she ever want to kill a brother or sister? He realizes from Arya’s expression that the "wolf bitch" hates the "pretty bird"--Arya and her sister don't get along. Sandor admits that maybe he is a monster for killing so many but also tells her that he saved [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]’s life when the mob tried to kill her. The Hound informs her that he is taking her to [[the Twins]], and will ransom her to [[Robb Stark|Robb]] and perhaps join the Young Wolf’s service, because "even a dog gets tired of being kicked."

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]] The Hound
*[[Beric Dondarrion]]
*[[Gregor Clegane]]
*[[Sansa Stark]]
*[[Robb Stark]]
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Lord Harroway's Town]]
*[[Trident]]
*[[The Twins]]
}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Storm of Swords: Chapter 47]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Arya Stark]]
[[es:Tormenta de Espadas-Capítulo 47]]
[[fr:A Storm of Swords, Chapitre 48, Arya]]
[[zh:冰雨的风暴-章节 47]]