Editing Second Sons (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
The Second Sons and the [[Stormcrows]] are employed by [[Yunkai]] to defend against the threat of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. Commanded by [[Mero]], the Titan's Bastard, the Second Sons are placed on the left of the defensive line that faces Daenerys's army. Mero attends the parley with Daenerys and decides to mull her offer of switching sides or departing only on the condition that she give him a [[wagon]] of [[wine]]. While the Seconds Sons are drinking that night, however, Daenerys sends her forces on the attack. The Second Sons are too drunk to fight in the [[battle near Yunkai]], and Mero flees before he can be captured.{{Ref|ASOS|42}} 

The remaining Second Sons vote [[Ben Plumm|Brown Ben Plumm]] as their new commander and they join Daenerys's army for her [[siege of Meereen]]. Mero hides among the [[freedmen]] and tries to assassinate Daenerys in the camps outside [[Meereen]], but his attempt is thwarted by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]. Mero is then killed by an enraged mob of freedmen.{{Ref|ASOS|57}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Jamga Tyrion Second Sons.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Tyrion Lannister]] examining the company steel, by Jamga © Pygmalion]]
Daenerys, now [[Queen of Meereen]], sends the Second Sons south of the city to guard against any incursions by Yunkai.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}

After receiving word that [[siege of Astapor|Astapor is burning]], Daenerys recalls the Second Sons to Meereen. The queen disappoints Ben by stating she refuses to unleash her [[dragon]]s against Yunkai. Daenerys orders the Second Sons to scout for her enemies, and she gives bags of [[currency|gold]] to Ben so he can attempt to bribe sellswords employed by the Yunkai'i.{{ref|ADWD|30}}

[[Daario Naharis]], captain of the Stormcrows, informs Daenerys that the Second Sons have joined the Yunkishmen.{{ref|ADWD|36}} When a feast is held in Meeren to celebrate peace with Yunkai, Ben represents the Second Sons. He explains to the angry Daenerys that his men chose to join the Yunkai'i because they felt she would not be victorious with her dragons held back.{{ref|ADWD|50}}

Escaped slaves [[Tyrion Lannister]] and Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] join the Second Sons, accompanied by fellow escaped slave [[Penny]]. The company is on their fourth book, which Tyrion signs in blood.{{Ref|ADWD|66}}

Part of Tyrion's negotiations with Brown Ben for becoming a Second Son include becoming indebted to them. Just prior to signing their book Tyrion is handed a pile of roughly fifty to sixty promissory notes to sign. Tyrion remarks that only one in ten Second Sons receives a promissory note. He signs each note ''Tyrion of [[House Lannister]]'' and passes them one at a time to the paymaster, [[Tybero Istarion]], who dusts each one with fine sand.{{Ref|ADWD|66}}

The promissory notes for the serjeants promise to pay the bearer of the note one hundred [[currency|golden dragons]], while higher-ranked officers are to be paid one thousand gold dragons. The last three notes are made out by name to:
*[[Kasporio]], written in fine vellum, promising ten thousand dragons;
*Tybero, written in fine vellum, promising ten thousand dragons;
*Brown Ben Plumm, inscribed upon a sheepskin scroll, promising one hundred thousand dragons, fifty [[w:Hide (unit)|hides]] of fertile land, a castle, and a [[lord]]ship.{{Ref|ADWD|66}}

Tyrion observes the company steel is worse than what he fought in at the [[battle on the Green Fork]], but Jorah feels the sellswords have some sound equipment. Some of the armor in the wayns are what sellswords were wearing when they died and some of it is made to fit boys.{{Ref|ADWD|66}}

With the additions of Tyrion and Jorah, the Second Sons number five hundred fourteen members. Jorah joins up as a fighter while Tyrion is assigned to Tybero to help keep the books, count coin, and write contracts and letters. When Tyrion makes a jape about supervising camp followers, a displeased Ben tells Tyrion to stay away from the whores. The captain wants Tyrion to remain hidden within the camp until Meereen is taken and they are on their way to Westeros.{{Ref|ADWD|66}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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The Second Sons are ordered by [[Malazza]], the Girl General, to defend the [[Wicked Sister]] during the [[second siege of Meereen]]. A Yunkish messenger comes to the tent to inform them that [[Morghaz zo Zherzyn]], supreme commander of the Yunkai'i, wants them to defend the [[Harpy's Daughter]] instead, as the [[Unsullied]] are advancing toward the trebuchet while [[Bloodbeard]] and two Ghiscari legions stand against them. The Second Sons are informed that [[Gorzhak zo Eraz]] has been slain, cut down by the [[Tattered Prince]], meaning that the [[Windblown]] have gone over to Daenerys. When the messenger recognizes Tyrion as an escaped slave and demands he be turned over, Jorah kills the messenger. Brown Ben then announces that the Second Sons have always been the queen's men and that rejoining the Yunkai'i was just a plot.{{Ref|TWOW||[[Tyrion II (The Winds of Winter)|Tyrion II]]}}