| Tyrion XI | ||||||
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| POV | Tyrion Lannister | |||||
| Place | King's Landing | |||||
| Page | 517 UK HC (Other versions) | |||||
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Tyrion continues preparing the defenses of King's Landing.
Synopsis
Tyrion dispatches his clansmen across the Blackwater Rush into the kingswood to raid Stannis's baggage trains, ambush his scouts, and perform night raids. Tyrion feels he can trust only about a quarter of the six thousand men in the City Watch, and feels unprepared for the coming battle. Passing through the fish market, he orders Bronn to start burning down the houses along the wall by the quay, feeling that the enemy could scale the wall easier by climbing on the roofs of the houses. Tyrion is aware that Winterfell has fallen to Theon Greyjoy.
At the Tower of the Hand, a dozen trader captains protest to Tyrion about the seizure of their ships.
Ser Balon Swann has been named to the Kingsguard to replace Ser Preston Greenfield, and Tyrion approves, but he does not approve of Cersei's choice of Ser Osmund Kettleblack to replace Ser Boros Blount. Boros was stripped of his white cloak after he surrendered Tommen immediately when Ser Jacelyn Bywater's men overtook them. Boros is rotting in Rosby's dungeon on the count of treason, since the Kingsguard are supposed to give their lives in defending the royal family. King Joffrey gives Balon and Osmund their white cloaks in the royal sept.
During the investiture, Tyrion recalls that Shae has entered the service of House Stokeworth as a bedmaid for Lollys. Tyrion has only allowed Shae to take a few dresses with her, with him keeping her finer attire and jewelry in his own chambers.
Tyrion has appointed the new High Septon, and since Stannis has burned the godswood at Storm's End, tells him to warn the people that Stannis next means to burn the Great Sept of Baelor.
Tyrion is visited in his solar by Hallyne from the Alchemists' Guild, and is surprised to learn that they have thirteen thousand jars of wildfire, way ahead of schedule. When Tyrion asks why, the pyromancer explains that their spells have been more potent of late, but is at a loss to explain why. He asks Tyrion if there are any dragons about, and elaborates something he heard a long time ago, that magic began to disappear from the world when the last dragon died.
Jacelyn returns to the capital with spearmen from the Rosby estates. He informs Tyrion that Tommen is safe and has adopted a fawn. Jacelyn has made arrangements for Tommen's safety in case the upcoming battle is lost, but he refuses to tell the Hand in case Tyrion is captured and tortured by the invaders.
Varys informs Tyrion of a plot by several merchants calling themselves Antler Men to arm commoners in the streets and seize the Old Gate. Tyrion writes the order for their arrest, one of them being the master smith Salloreon.
Character list
Mentions
References and Notes
- Analyses and summary of the chapter in the course of a 10th reread by Slynt.
- Review and summary by Leigh Butler.
- The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [1].