Editing Syrio Forel (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the new [[Hand of the King]], hires Syrio to teach his daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] how to use her sword, [[Needle]], believing the slender blade would suit the [[water dancer]] style of [[Braavos]]. In the [[Small Hall]] of the [[Tower of the Hand]], Syrio trains Arya using wooden swords filled with [[lead]]. He also mentors her on how to move and think like a warrior: to be perceptive, move with grace, and command her fear.{{Ref|AGOT|22}} Syrio teaches Arya to see with her ears, nose, and skin, and he covers her eyes with a black cloth and has her do spins and backflips.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

To improve Arya's speed, Syrio has her catch [[cat]]s in the [[Red Keep]], and he treats her scratches with [[Myrish fire]].{{ref|AGOT|32}} After Arya admits to venturing into the depths of the castle, Eddard is skeptical of Syrio's methods.{{ref|AGOT|32}}

At the feast after the [[Hand's tourney]], [[Sansa Stark]] asks her younger sister how her dancing has gone. Arya happily tells her she is sore all over, and shows a nasty bruise on her leg. Sansa states that she must be a terrible dancer. Eddard later offers to have [[Jory Cassel]] or someone else take over Arya's lessons, but the girl insists on remaining under Syrio's tutelage.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Lord Stark is willing to send Syrio with his daughters back to [[Winterfell]] when they are to leave [[King's Landing]],{{Ref|AGOT|44}} but the plans are interrupted by [[arrest of Eddard Stark|Eddard's arrest]] after the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] sends Ser [[Meryn Trant]] of the [[Kingsguard]] to apprehend Arya during her training with her supposed dancing master.{{ref|ACOK|3}} 

During their training session, Syrio tells Arya how he was chosen by the [[Sealord of Braavos]] to become [[first sword]]. When Meryn and five [[House Lannister guards]] arrive in the Small Hall, Syrio orders Arya to flee while he holds off the red cloaks. With only his wooden practice sword, he kills or disables all five guards and then faces Meryn. Arya screams at him to run away, but her teacher replies, "The first sword of Braavos does not run." Syrio rains down ineffective blows onto Meryn's plate armor until his wooden sword is cut in half. A crying Arya flees the Tower of the Hand, obeying Syrio's orders.{{Ref|AGOT|50}} According to a semi-canon source, Syrio is killed in King's Landing.{{ref|AWOIAF|Syrio Forel}}

Arya remembers Syrio's teachings while evading capture in King's Landing.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Arya continues using Syrio's guidance after escaping the capital.{{ref|ACOK|1}}{{ref|ACOK|5}}{{ref|ACOK|14}} [[Jaqen H'ghar]]'s speech reminds her of the bravo.{{ref|ACOK|5}} Arya hates Meryn for what he did to Syrio, and she adds the knight's name to the list of those she wants dead.{{ref|ACOK|26}}

Arya practices her swordplay in the [[godswood of Harrenhal]].{{ref|ACOK|47}} After stealing a dagger from Lord [[Roose Bolton]], she sharpens it the way Syrio had taught her.{{ref|ACOK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Recalling Syrio's words, Arya is unafraid after escaping [[Harrenhal]],{{Ref|ASOS|3}} and is observant while with the [[brotherhood without banners]]{{ref|ASOS|22}} and at [[Stoney Sept]].{{ref|ASOS|29}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Arya thinks of Syrio when she arrives at the [[House of Black and White]] in [[Braavos]],{{ref|AFFC|6}} and she uses his teachings while training as a novice at the temple.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}