| Sansa V | ||||||
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| A Storm of Swords chapter | ||||||
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| POV | Sansa | |||||
| Place | King's Landing | |||||
| Page | 685 UK HC (Other versions) | |||||
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Sansa IV ↑ | ||||||
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↓ Sansa VI | ||||||
Synopsis
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Sansa has fled to the Godswood, and when she removes her hairnet, she notices that one of the black amethysts is missing. Dontos told her she must wear it for the wedding feast, but she now remembers that the amethysts are from Asshai, and that Dontos called the hairnet "magic". Dontos then appears in the godswood, and Sansa accuses him of murdering the King by using one of the amethysts. Dontos denies it, telling her Tyrion has already been arrested for poisoning the King. She dresses under a heavy cloak, and Dontos leads her to a secret stairway down to the river, where Oswell Kettleblack is waiting for them on a small skiff.
Oswell takes the pair to Merling King, where Sansa is shocked to find Lord Petyr Baelish. Once Sansa and Oswell board the ship, Dontos asks for his payment of ten thousand golden dragons, as promised by Petyr, before he rows back to the capital. Instead, Petyr commands Lothor Brune to kill the drunk, so three men step onto the gunwale, raise their crossbows, and fire. One bolt takes Dontos in the chest, while the others rip into his throat and belly. When it is done, Lothor tosses a torch on top of the corpse, burning the skiff with the drunkard.[1]
Littlefinger explains to her that the fool sold her for a promise of gold, and once he drank that up, he would sell her whereabouts to the Queen for more gold. He reveals that it was he who wrote the note so long ago, asking her to go to the godswood. Littlefinger also planned for the dwarf jousters at the wedding, and Sansa asks him why he should wish Joffrey dead. Littlefinger responds, "I had no motive. Always keep your foes confused. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose... Remember that when you come to play the game of thrones." He claims he had her mother's maidenhood and tells her that she could have been his daughter, had he and Catelyn wed, and therefore he must look out for Sansa.
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[edit]References and Notes
[edit]- The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[1]
- A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 37. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 61, Sansa V.