Editing Bronn (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Marc simonetti bronnandvardis.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ser [[Vardis Egen]] dueling Bronn at the [[Eyrie]], by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Bronn and [[Chiggen]] are [[sellswords]] present when Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] arrive at the [[inn at the crossroads]]. When Catelyn calls for loyal men to help her arrest [[Tyrion Lannister]] for the attempted murder of her son, [[Bran Stark]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} the sellswords heed her call and help escort Tyrion along the [[high road]] to the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{ref|AGOT|31}} Tyrion notes that Bronn and Chiggen only came to Catelyn's aid because they are sellswords and are hoping for a reward.{{ref|AGOT|42}}

When the party comes under attack by [[Vale mountain clans|clans]] of the [[Mountains of the Moon]], Bronn cuts down several of the wildlings on horseback and then fights with two swords after being unhorsed.{{ref|AGOT|31}} He claims [[Jyck]]'s fine boots after the [[House Lannister guards|Lannister guard]] dies.{{ref|AGOT|31}} Bronn becomes closer to Tyrion,{{ref|AGOT|31}} to Catelyn's unease.{{ref|AGOT|34}} When they are attacked again the next night, Chiggen is mortally wounded and Bronn discreetly finishes him off, claiming to Catelyn that Chiggen died from his wounds.{{ref|AGOT|31}}

During Tyrion's trial at the [[Eyrie]], Bronn volunteers to champion him in [[trial by combat]],{{ref|AGOT|38}} in expectation of Lannister gold.{{ref|AGOT|42}} Bronn kills Ser [[Vardis Egen]], the champion of Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], in the [[godswood of the Eyrie]], thereby saving Tyrion's life while losing a tooth in the duel.{{ref|AGOT|40}}

While taking the high road back to the [[riverlands]], Bronn enters into Tyrion's service as a hired sword and Tyrion reveals he was briefly married to [[Tysha]].{{Ref|AGOT|42}} They are approached by clansmen, but Tyrion enlists them to his cause.{{ref|AGOT|42}}

After they join the host of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Bronn finds [[Shae]] for Tyrion amongst the camp followers, taking her from a [[knight]].{{ref|AGOT|62}} He and Tyrion take part in the [[battle on the Green Fork]].{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

When Tywin sends his son to [[King's Landing]] to act as [[Hand of the King]], Bronn accompanies Tyrion.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Pojypojy Bronn headshot.jpg|thumb|Bronn, by Pojypojy ©]]
[[Timett]] and Bronn remain close to Tyrion when they arrive in the capital during the [[tourney on King Joffrey's name day]].{{ref|ACOK|2}}

In [[King's Landing]], Bronn recruits a force of sellswords, eventually near eight hundred,{{ref|ACOK|49}} to protect [[Tyrion Lannister]], alongside the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]] and Tyrion's clansmen.{{ref|ACOK|8}} A freshly-shaven Bronn becomes the [[Captain of the guards|captain]] of [[House Lannister guards|Tyrion's guards]], wearing the crimson cloak of the Lannisters and the black breastplate of the City Watch.{{Ref|ACOK|17}} Bronn scoffs at the [[wight]] hand brought to the capital by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]], which has decomposed.{{ref|ACOK|25}}

Tyrion has Bronn find a thief, a poisoner, a mummer, and a murderer for his [[plot to free Jaime Lannister]] from captivity at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ACOK|25}} The scheme later fails, however, when the four are discovered by Ser [[Edmure Tully]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}

Bronn pairs with a [[Dorne|Dornish]] girl when Tyrion meets [[Shae]] at [[Chataya's brothel]].{{ref|ACOK|29}} When King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] has the [[Kingsguard]] beat [[Sansa Stark]] after the [[Battle of Oxcross]], Tyrion has Bronn and Timett protect the humiliated girl.{{ref|ACOK|32}}

Bronn protects Tyrion during the [[riot of King's Landing]], as well as afterward from an angry Ser [[Boros Blount]]. Tyrion assigns Bronn to protect the water wagons dealing with fires started by the rioters.{{ref|ACOK|41}}

With [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s host traveling north toward King's Landing, Tyrion orders Bronn to have the waterfront burned between the [[Blackwater Rush]] and the city walls.{{ref|ACOK|49}} Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] has Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] named to the Kingsguard, but the man is actually one of Bronn's informants.{{ref|ACOK|49}}

During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Bronn is put in charge of having [[oxen]] within two [[winch towers]] pull Tyrion's massive chain tight across the Blackwater, which prevents [[royal fleet|Stannis's ships]] from escaping [[wildfire]].{{Ref|ACOK|59}} He receives [[knight]]hood after the battle,{{ref|ACOK|67}} one of the six hundred men knighted by Osmund, Ser [[Balon Swann]], and Ser [[Meryn Trant]] of the Kingsguard.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}{{ref|ASOS|4}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Bronn_by_Maloops.png|thumb|Bronn, by Maloops ©]]
While a wounded [[Tyrion Lannister]] recovers from his wounds, Bronn reveals that Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] put him forward for [[knight]]hood. Ser Bronn of the Blackwater takes as his sigil a green, flaming chain on a smoking grey field, in commemoration of his role in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. He wears soft leather boots, a wide with nuggets of silver, a wool doublet, and a pale green silk cloak.{{ref|ASOS|4}} Tywin, the [[Hand of the King]], brings his own guards to [[King's Landing]], and Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] dismisses the sellswords hired by Bronn for Tyrion.{{ref|ASOS|4}} 

Rather than the cheaper brothels he would previously have patronized, Ser Bronn is now able to visit [[Chataya's brothel]] on his own, sleeping with [[Alayaya]] and [[Marei]].{{ref|ASOS|12}} He investigates the late Ser [[Mandon Moore]], who attempted to kill Tyrion at the Blackwater,{{ref|ACOK|12}} and he attends the wedding of Tyrion and [[Sansa Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|28}}

Tyrion has Bronn discreetly kill the singer [[Symon Silver Tongue]] after Symon tries to blackmail Tyrion, with Symon ending up in a [[bowl of brown]] in one of [[Flea Bottom]]'s pot shops.{{ref|ASOS|32}} Bronn and [[Podrick Payne]] accompany Tyrion when he meets the retinue of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] from [[Dorne]].{{ref|ASOS|38}}

Tyrion is arrested after the death of his nephew, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], at his [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Cersei deprives her hated brother of an ally by arranging for Ser Bronn to wed [[Lollys Stokeworth]], as Lady [[Tanda Stokeworth]] is desperate for someone to wed her daughter. Bronn refuses to champion Tyrion a second time in a [[trial by combat]], as it would mean facing the monstrous Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{ref|ASOS|66}} Oberyn volunteers to champion Tyrion, but he is slain by the Mountain in single combat.{{ref|ASOS|70}}

At the [[Drearfort|Fingers]], Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] reveals to Sansa that the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers are actually in his employ, not Bronn's.{{ref|ASOS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Natascha Roeoesli Bronn.jpg|thumb|350px|Bronn by Natascha Röösli © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lady [[Tanda Stokeworth]] informs Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] that Bronn has given the name of [[Tyrion Tanner]] to the bastard son of his new wife, [[Lollys Stokeworth]], in dubious honor of his former employer, [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AFFC|16}}

The elderly Tanda shatters her hip while riding.{{ref|AFFC|24}} Bronn takes four knights into his household at [[Stokeworth|Castle Stokeworth]], although Lollys's elder sister, [[Falyse Stokeworth]], and her husband, Ser [[Balman Byrch]], tell Cersei that they are upjumped [[sellsword]]s. Cersei fears that Bronn is still in league with Tyrion, who vanished after the murder of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Cersei suggests that Falyse and Balman have Bronn die in a hunting mishap.{{ref|AFFC|24}} 

The chivalrous Balman instead challenges Bronn to single combat, planning to unhorse Bronn with his lance and then kill the stunned man on the ground. Bronn drives his lance through Balman's horse, however, which upends Balman and leaves him with crushed legs. When Balman asks for mercy, Bronn stabs him in the eye with his dagger and orders Falyse to leave Stokeworth. Claiming to be Lord Stokeworth, Bronn gives Falyse's clothes to Lollys.{{ref|AFFC|32}} To prevent the queen's involvement from becoming known, Cersei sends Falyse to Qyburn,{{ref|AFFC|32}} and the widow dies during his experiments.{{ref|AFFC|36}}{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}}

Tanda dies from a chill, with Lollys succeeding her as Lady Stokeworth and Bronn as her lord.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Exiled in [[Essos]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] uses Bronn as an example of his generosity while attempting to gain the favor of the [[Second Sons]].{{ref|ADWD|57}}