Editing Godswood of the Red Keep (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Winona Nelson The Only Game that MattersII.JPG|thumb|[[Eddard Stark]] and [[Cersei Lannister]], by Winona Nelson © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After received word that his crippled son [[Bran Stark|Bran]] has awakened from his coma at [[Winterfell]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the new [[Hand of the King]], brings his daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], to the [[godswood]] of the [[Red Keep]] to pray before its [[heart tree]]. The girls fall asleep, but Eddard holds a vigil through the night.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

Lord Stark discovers that the children of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] were actually fathered by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], the twin of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], so he summons Cersei to the godswood for a private meeting. Ned advises the queen to flee the capital before Robert returns from his hunt in the [[kingswood]], but Cersei refuses.{{ref|AGOT|45}} Robert ends up mortally wounded by a [[boar]], and Cersei has [[arrest of Eddard Stark|Eddard arrested]] after her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] assumes the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|49}}

Although she is forbidden to leave the Red Keep, Sansa is given freedom of the castle by her Lannister captors. She prays for her imprisoned father in the [[royal sept]] and sometimes in the godswood as well.{{ref|AGOT|57}} Joffrey has Eddard executed at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{ref|AGOT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Sansa receives an unsigned letter telling her, "Come to the godswood tonight, if you want to go home". When the nervous girl arrives, she is surprised to find Ser [[Dontos Hollard]], whom King Joffrey has made a [[fool]]. At the heart tree, Dontos pledges himself to Sansa and vows to the [[old gods]] that he will send her home.{{ref|ACOK|18}}  When [[Sandor Clegane]] catches Sansa outside in the middle of the night, he disbelieves her claim that she was praying in the godswood for Joffrey. Sandor does not interfere when Sansa tells the same lie to Ser [[Boros Blount]], however.{{ref|ACOK|18}}

Sansa goes to the godswood each day so that she can secretly meet Dontos. On one occasion, Dontos tells Sansa that a friend of his is going to hire a ship to take them to safety.{{ref|ACOK|52}} When [[Tyrion Lannister]] asks about her frequent visits, Sansa says she is praying for an end to the [[War of the Five Kings]].{{ref|ACOK|32}} Cersei thinks that Sansa is praying for Joffrey's defeat, however, which she considers treason.{{ref|ACOK|60}}

After the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Dontos tells Sansa that they will escape [[King's Landing]] on the night of Joffrey's wedding to [[Margaery Tyrell]], and the fool gives Sansa a [[silver hair net]] with black [[amethyst]]s from [[Asshai]].{{ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Sansa happily tells Dontos of [[Olenna Tyrell]]'s plan to wed her to [[Willas Tyrell]], but the disgraced knight begs her to stick to their escape plan.{{ref|ASOS|16}} Instead of Willas, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] arranges for Sansa to marry his son, Tyrion.{{ref|ASOS|28}} Sansa continues to visit the godswood each night, with Tyrion thinking his reluctant wife is merely pious.{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|AGOT|58}}

Sansa hides clothing in the godswood the night before Joffrey's wedding. When the boy king begins choking to death during his [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]], Sansa flees the [[throne room]] for the forest. A drunken Dontos emerges from the darkness and reveals that the amethysts in Sansa's hair net contained [[strangler|poison]]. Sansa and Dontos escape the Red Keep, and [[Oswell Kettleblack|Oswell]] rows them to ''[[Merling King]]'' in [[Blackwater Bay]]. Sansa learns that Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] has been her her secret benefactor all along, and Littlefinger then has [[Lothor Brune]]'s men kill Dontos.{{ref|ASOS|61}} Petyr takes Sansa to the [[Vale of Arryn]],{{ref|ASOS|68}} and Tyrion is put on trial for Joffrey's murder.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brella]] tells [[Brienne Tarth]], who has been tasked by Jaime with finding and protecting Sansa, that the girl went to the godswood almost every night.{{ref|AFFC|9}}