Editing Patchface (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Patchface accompanies [[Shireen Baratheon]] when she visits Maester [[Cressen]] in his chamber at [[Dragonstone]] to see the [[white raven]] that had arrived from the [[Citadel]] to announce the end of summer. Later that day, when Cressen arrives at the castle's dinner feast, a dancing Patchface accidentally collides with the maester and knocks him over. [[Melisandre]], a [[red priestess]] of [[R'hllor]] and adviser to King [[Stannis Baratheon]], helps Cressen stand up, but after he dismisses her religious beliefs, she places Patchface's [[tin]] helm on Cressen's head, jesting about ''"a clever fool and a foolish wise man."'' The maester returns the helm to Patchface, but when Cressen again disparages the power of R'hllor, Queen [[Selyse Florent]] orders him to wear the fool's helm once more, and Stannis assents to his wife's command. Cressen attempts to kill Melisandre by sharing a cup of [[poison]]ed [[wine]] with her, but her [[magic]] causes [[strangler|the poison]] to have no affect on her. As Cressen dies, he hears the bells of Patchface's helm ring in his antlers, and imagines them saying ''"fool, fool."''{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Patchface is in attendance when Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre burn the statues of [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone's]] beach, singing about smoke and flames under the sea.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

At the [[Red Keep]], the [[small council]] meets to deal with Stannis's proclamation that the children of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] were not fathered by her husband, the late King [[Robert I Baratheon]], but rather her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] suggests spreading a false tale that Shireen, whose face is disfigured by [[greyscale]], was fathered by Patchface instead of Stannis, saying that the [[smallfolk]] will believe that Patchface's tattoos caused her disfigurement.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} [[Renly Baratheon]] insults Stannis by mentioning the rumor during [[siege of Storm's End (299)|their parley at Storm's End]].{{Ref|ACOK|31}} [[Davos Seaworth]] delivers Stannis's proclamation throughout the realm, but often finds that the rumor about Selyse and Patchface has arrived before he has, casting doubt on the true tale of Cersei's adultery. He tells Stannis that people gleefully share the rumor, whether they believe it or not.{{Ref|ACOK|42}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:patchface.jpg|thumb|350px|Patchface playing with [[Shireen Baratheon]], watched by [[Davos Seaworth]]. By M. Luisa Giliberti ©]] 
When Davos Seaworth is rescued from being marooned on the [[spears of the merling king]] after nearly drowning during the [[battle of the Blackwater]], he hopes he has not gone mad like Patchface. Later, when Davos returns to Dragonstone, he finds Patchface playing [[monsters and maidens]] with Shireen and her cousin, [[Edric Storm]].{{Ref|ASOS|10}}

Maester [[Pylos]] prevents Patchface from attending Shireen's lessons, as the bells of his fool's helm constantly ring loudly. During the lessons, Patchface waits faithfully outside the maester's chamber door.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When Stannis sails north to help the [[Night's Watch]] defend the realm from the [[wildlings]] and the [[Others]], Patchface accompanies Shireen and Selyse to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]]. The castle's [[Commander (Night's Watch)|commander]], [[Cotter Pyke]], writes to [[Jon Snow]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], that Patchface is a [[Lackwit|simpleton]]. At Eastwatch, Patchface receives a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur. His horned fool's helm now includes long brown flaps of squirrel fur that hang down over his ears.{{Ref|ADWD|44}}

When Selyse's entourage arrives at [[Castle Black]], she does not bother to introduce Patchface to Jon Snow, but Jon recognizes the fool from Cotter Pyke's letters. The [[giant]] [[Wun Wun]] is fascinated with the fool and his singing and dancing, but when Wun Wun reaches for him, Patchface backs away in alarm. The giant laughs loudly after Patchface falls into a snowdrift.{{Ref|ADWD|44}}

Patchface attends the [[wedding of Sigorn and Alys Karstark]], and [[Owen the Oaf]] dances with him during the feast. Melisandre tells Jon that she feels Patchface is dangerous. She says that she has often glimpsed the fool [[vision|in her flames]], sometimes with ''"skulls about him, and his lips are red with blood."''{{Ref|ADWD|49}}

When Jon brings [[Val]] to meet with Queen Selyse, Patchface is dancing in the queen's chambers. On Selyse's command, Patchface takes Shireen to her room.{{Ref|ADWD|53}}

When Jon announces a ranging to rescue [[free folk]] at [[Hardhome]], Patchface enthusiastically volunteers to lead it.{{Ref|ADWD|69}}