Editing Edmure Tully (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Enife EdmureTully.jpg|thumb|350px|Edmure by Enife ©]]
Edmure takes command of the [[riverlands]] due to the [[illness]] of his father, Lord [[Hoster Tully]]. To prevent the [[Seven Kingdoms]] from learning that Hoster is dying, Edmure is forbidden from even informing his sister, [[Catelyn Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

When Edmure hears that Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] is massing forces at [[Casterly Rock]], Edmure sends Lords [[House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest|Vance]] and [[Clement Piper|Piper]] to guard the mountain pass.{{ref|AGOT|40}} In response to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s raids into the riverlands, Edmure spreads his forces along the border;{{ref|AGOT|43}} Lord [[Walder Frey]] is late in responding to Edmure's summons.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Edmure wants to retaliate against the [[Westerlands|westermen]], but Lord Hoster insists the river lords receive permission from King [[Robert I Baratheon]] first. The [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], sends a detachment under Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] to apprehend Gregor.{{ref|AGOT|43}}

After the death of King Robert and the accession of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], Edmure is called upon to present himself before the Iron Throne and swear allegiance.{{ref|AGOT|57}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and his brother, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], defeat Edmure's scattered border forces{{ref|AGOT|56}} and Gregor [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushes]] Beric.{{ref|AGOT|55}} Tywin's son, Jaime, smashes Vance and Piper below the [[Battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth|Golden Tooth]] and then advances to [[Riverrun]], where he takes Edmure prisoner before its walls in a [[Battle under the walls of Riverrun|crushing defeat]].{{ref|AGOT|56}}

While Jaime besieges Riverrun, Edmure's nephew, [[Robb Stark]], marches south with [[north]]men, [[House Frey|Frey]]s, [[House Mallister|Mallisters]], and other warriors.{{ref|AGOT|63}} Robb captures Jaime in the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]]{{ref|AGOT|63}} and then destroys Jaime's army in the [[Battle of the Camps]], during which Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] leads a sortie from Riverrun which rescues Edmure.{{ref|AGOT|69}} Edmure is wounded in the neck during one of the battles.{{ref|AGOT|71}} During the war council held at Riverrun, the northern and river lords proclaim Robb to be [[King in the North]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Edmure thinks the [[red comet]] is an omen of victory for Riverrun, and he convinces King Robb to give the river lords leave to return to their castles and defend their lands.{{ref|ACOK|7}} When Robb decides to take his northern horse west into the [[westerlands]], he tasks Edmure with holding Riverrun and guarding his rear. Edmure shelters the frightened [[smallfolk]] in Riverrun when [[Tywin Lannister]] burns and pillages through the riverlands, although this reduces Riverrun's supplies.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}

After Lord [[Roose Bolton]] takes the [[crossroads]], Edmure commands Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] to leave the [[Twins]] and aid Roose in retaking [[fall of Harrenhal|Harrenhal]] from Tywin. Edmure, Lord Blackwood, and Lord [[Jonos Bracken]] believe Tywin can be caught between Riverrun and Harrenhal once Robb returns from the west.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}

[[Tyrion Lannister]] includes four false envoys in the party escorting Ser [[Cleos Frey]] from [[King's Landing]] back to Riverrun.{{ref|ACOK|25}} While Edmure is wenching north of the [[Tumblestone]], the plotters attempt to free Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] from his Riverrun captivity, with a [[mummer]] imitating Edmure's voice. [[plot to free Jaime Lannister|The scheme]] fails when [[Long Lew]] spotted Edmure's returning boat, however. Edmure hangs the four plotters and the [[House Lannister guards|red cloaks]] that aided them. Edmure moves Jaime to the dungeon and places Cleos in Jaime's old tower cell.{{ref|ACOK|39}}

During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Edmure defends a crossing of the [[Red Fork]] against the Lannisters in a fierce battle fought at [[Stone Mill]]. Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] manages to cross, suffering heavy losses, but is pushed back when Edmure sends in his reserves.{{ref|ACOK|45}}{{ref|ASOS|14}} The smallfolk within Riverrun celebrate Edmure's victory and Robb's [[storming of the Crag]].{{ref|ACOK|55}}

Edmure is among the family and friends for whom [[Sansa Stark]] sings a prayer during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|ACOK|57}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Ian Kirkpatrick Sir Edmure Tully.jpg|thumb|350px|Edmure on the walls of [[Riverrun]], by Ian Kirkpatrick © Fantasy Flight Games]]
While Edmure is away from [[Riverrun]], his sister, [[Catelyn Stark]], frees Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and sends him back to [[King's Landing]] with [[Brienne of Tarth]] and Ser [[Cleos Frey]], hoping that [[Tyrion Lannister]] will in return free Catelyn's daughter, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]]. Edmure's castellan, Ser [[Desmond Grell]], confines Catelyn to Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s chambers.{{ref|ASOS|2}} Once Edmure returns to the castle, he sends [[raven]]s offering a reward of a thousand [[currency|gold dragons]].{{ref|ASOS|2}} [[Rymund the Rhymer]] writes a verse about Edmure's victory at the Stone Mill.{{ref|ASOS|14}}

[[Robb Stark]], [[King of the Trident]], returns to Riverrun from the westerlands. While Robb publicly praises Edmure in the Great Hall for Stone Mill, the king and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] berate Edmure in a private audience chamber for disrupting Robb's plan. According to them, Edmure, in defending the Red Fork, unknowingly thwarted Robb's plans. Robb argues he wanted Tywin to cross the river and then be trapped in the [[westerlands]] by the Stark and Frey cavalry there. However, Robb did not reveal this plan to Edmure beforehand. By pushing Tywin's army back, Edmure inflicted enough of a delay for messengers from [[Bitterbridge]] to reach Tywin with word of what was happening to the south, allowing Tywin to turn his army around and aid the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and his grandson, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Edmure offers to lead the van in the next battle.{{ref|ASOS|14}}

After Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] murders the young [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]], two of Robb's prisoners, as well as some of [[House Tully guards|Riverrun's guards]], Edmure advises Robb to keep Rickard as a hostage. The king instead chooses to behead his bannerman in Riverrun's godswood.{{ref|ASOS|20}}

Edmure succeeds his father as Lord of Riverrun when Hoster dies, but Edmure takes the loss hard. He fails to ignite Hoster's funeral boat with three fire arrows, although Brynden succeeds in doing so. Edmure is offended when Lord [[Walder Frey]] sends a cripple, [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar Frey]], and a bastard, [[Walder Rivers]], as emissaries to Riverrun.{{ref|ASOS|35}} With Robb having broken his alliance with [[House Frey]] by wedding [[Jeyne Westerling]], Edmure agrees to wed one of Walder's daughters, [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]], to make amends for the [[Battle of the Fords]] and for Robb's marriage.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

The [[Brave Companions]] capture Jaime, chop off his sword hand,{{ref|ASOS|21}} and bring him to Lord [[Roose Bolton]] at [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ASOS|31}} Instead of returning Jaime to Edmure and Robb, Roose sends him on to King's Landing,{{ref|ASOS|44}} hoping that Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] will not blame Roose for the actions of [[Vargo Hoat]].{{ref|ASOS|37}}

At [[Hag's Mire]] during the journey to the [[Twins]], Edmure is present when Robb plans his [[siege of Moat Cailin]] and announces a successor;{{ref|ASOS|45}} according to a semi-canon source this is Robb's half brother, [[Jon Snow]].{{ref|AWOIAF|Robb Stark}}

Edmure, Robb, Catelyn, and their retinue receive [[guest right]] when they arrive at the Twins. Edmure had thought Walder would offer him an ugly or half-witted girl just to spite him and Robb, but Roslin turns out to be beautiful.{{ref|ASOS|49}} Edmure is considerate to his new bride, but Roslin has a fixed smile{{ref|ASOS|51}} and cries before the wedding{{ref|ASOS|49}} and at the ensuing feast.{{ref|ASOS|51}} Edmure and Roslin leave the hall to consummate the marriage in the [[bedding]] custom. Edmure is distracted by fiddlers outside his guest chamber, and by Roslin within.{{ref|AFFC|38}} Meanwhile, Freys and [[House Bolton|Boltons]] attack the guests remaining in the hall in what becomes known as the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}} Edmure's sister, Catelyn, and his nephew, King Robb, are murdered, along with numerous others.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

Edmure is taken prisoner by his new father-in-law, Walder Frey.{{ref|ASOS|53}} His closest friend, Ser [[Marq Piper]], is also held captive at Riverrun,{{ref|ASOS|62}} while [[Patrek Mallister]] is used by [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder Frey]] to force the surrender of Lord [[Jason Mallister]] at [[Seagard]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}{{ref|AFFC|38}}

After the death of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], the new king, his brother [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I]], issues bills of [[w:Attainder|attainder]] against Edmure and his uncle, Brynden Tully. Riverrun is to be granted to Ser [[Emmon Frey]] once the castle is surrendered by Brynden the Blackfish.{{ref|ASOS|71}} 

Edmure's remaining sister, [[Lysa Arryn]], is thrown to her death through the [[Moon Door]] of the [[Eyrie]] by their childhood friend, Lord [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast of Crows''===
[[File:Edmure Tully by mylestoyne.jpg|thumb|350px|Edmure at the [[siege of Riverrun]], by mylestoyne ©]]
Ser [[Ryman Frey]] brings Edmure to the [[siege of Riverrun]], whose castellan is Edmure's uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]]. Ryman threatens to hang Edmure if Riverrun does not surrender. Every day Edmure is made to stand at the gallows in sight of the castle, but Brynden refuses to surrender, and Ryman does not make good on his threats. The siege continues in this stalemate, until Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], is sent by [[Cersei Lannister|the crown]] to take over command from Ser Ryman. Ser [[Perwyn Frey]] has told Ser [[Daven Lannister]], [[Warden of the West]], that [[Roslin Frey]] is fond of Edmure and is now pregnant. Daven tells Jaime that Ser [[Emmon Frey]], the new titular [[Lord of Riverrun]], wants Edmure hanged, as he considers him a threat. Lady [[Genna Lannister]], Emmon's wife and Jaime's aunt, thinks Emmon may be correct, as she too considers Edmure a danger. She also sees a potential danger in Edmure's unborn child, as well as Brynden, as she feels their hold over Riverrun will not be safe as long as a male Tully heir remains alive. However, she believes if Edmure's unborn child is a girl, the child could marry her grandson, [[Tywin Frey]], which would unite the [[House Frey|Frey]], Lannister, and Tully lines, and would help pacify the Riverrun smallfolk.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Jaime parleys with Brynden, who refuses to end the siege or to exchange Edmure for [[House Westerling|the Westerlings]] within Riverrun. Brynden says that as Edmure is marked for death no matter what he does, the besiegers may as well kill him and be done with it. Taking command of the siege, Jaime sends Ryman back to the Twins and takes Edmure as his own prisoner, ordering Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to cut the rope with his sword, though Edmure intially thinks the [[King's Justice]] is there to execute him. Edmure is thin and filthy, wearing a soiled silken tunic in Tully colors, but Jaime's squire [[Lewys Piper]] draws a tub of bathwater for him, and his servant [[Pia]] gives him fresh clothes. Jaime reminds Edmure that he is lord of [[House Tully]], and explains that if he sends Edmure into Riverrun to yield the castle, the garrison and smallfolk will be spared, and Brynden will be allowed to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Edmure may also join the Watch, or if he prefers, he will live in comfort as a hostage at [[Casterly Rock]], with Roslin and their child. Jaime promises that Edmure's child, if a boy, will serve House Lannister as a page and squire, and will be granted lands when he is knighted; or if a girl, she will be granted a fine [[dowry]]. However, if Edmure does not yield Riverrun, Jaime threatens that he will use river lords in the first wave of the assault on the castle, where both the attackers and defenders would suffer great losses. He also threatens that when Roslin's child is born, Jaime will send the baby to Edmure in a [[trebuchet]]. Afterward, Jaime leaves Edmure to his bath, with the sole company of [[Tom of Sevenstreams]], playing "[[The Rains of Castamere]]".{{ref|AFFC|38}}

Having entered Riverrun, Edmure waits most of the day before surrendering the castle. In the confusion of the castle changing hands, it is not until the next morning that Jaime learns that Brynden Tully is not among the prisoners. Under further threats from Jaime that his and Roslin's captivity at Casterly Rock may be in an oubliette instead of comfort, Edmure confesses that he raised the Water Gate to allow Brynden to escape into the [[Red Fork]]. After Riverrun is handed over to Emmon Frey, Edmure is sent west with an armed escort to begin life as a hostage of [[House Lannister]]. Their group is joined by the Westerlings, and Ser [[Forley Prester]]'s best archers are to shoot Edmure and [[Jeyne Westerling]] if they attempt to escape.{{ref|AFFC|44}} 

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
During the [[siege of Raventree]], Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] requests information about Edmure's status. Jaime says that he is well, and that after Roslin gives birth, she and the child will be sent to join Edmure at Casterly Rock. He tells Tytos that as long as Edmure does not try to escape or plot rebellion, he will have a long life. Tytos says that it will be a life without honor, as men will say Edmure was afraid to fight. Jaime thinks that is unjust, as Edmure was afraid of the threat to his child by the son of [[Tywin Lannister]].{{Ref|ADWD|48}}