Editing Purple Wedding (section)

==Wedding Feast==
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The main wedding feast takes place in the evening within the [[Great Hall (Red Keep)|Great Hall]] of the [[Red Keep]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Additionally, the [[outer yard of the Red Keep|outer]] and middle wards of the castle are tented in silk and tables of food and casks of [[ale]] are made available for those unable to be accommodated within the throne room.{{ref|ASOS|60}} Margaery changes from her wedding gown into pale green [[samite]] with a tight-laced bodice that bares her shoulders and the top of her bosom.{{ref|ASOS|60}}

Seventy-seven dishes are planned for the dinner. [[Hamish the Harper]] is the first performer, premiering "[[Lord Renly's Ride]]" and also singing "[[A Rose of Gold]]", "[[The Rains of Castamere]]", "[[Maiden, Mother, and Crone]]", and "[[My Lady Wife]]". Hamish is followed by a trained [[bear]] and [[Pentos]]hi tumblers. [[Collio Quaynis]] sings "[[The Dance of the Dragons (song)|The Dance of the Dragons]]", a song of the [[Doom of Valyria]], "[[Bessa the Barmaid]]", and another version of "The Rains of Castamere". The fools [[Moon Boy]], [[Butterbumps]], and [[Dontos Hollard]] also perform for the guests. Further entertainment comes from [[pyromancer]]s, pipers, trained dogs, sword swallowers, and a juggler. [[Galyeon of Cuy]] sings a [[Battle of the Blackwater (song)|song]] of the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] with seventy-seven verses. Dancers from the [[Summer Isles]] also perform during the wedding feast.{{ref|ASOS|60}}

Tyrion is seated several seats away from the other [[House Lannister|Lannister]] attendees along with Sansa. Joffrey, while drunk, continually attempts to provoke his uncle, who is a [[dwarf]]. A pair of dwarf jousters enter the throne room atop [[Crunch|a dog]] and [[Pretty Pig|a sow]] and proceed to mock the [[House Stark|Starks]] and Joffrey's [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] uncles, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]; Joffrey encourages Tyrion to join them. After Tyrion refuses and embarrasses the boy king, Joffrey empties the large royal chalice of wine over his uncle and orders him to be his cupbearer. [[Alaric of Eysen]] is scheduled to perform, but the great ceremonial pie arrives, served by six cooks. Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] cuts the pie with [[Ilyn Payne's greatsword|his new greatsword]], allowing [[pigeon|doves]] to fly free from it.{{ref|ASOS|60}}

After deeply drinking wine from his wedding chalice, and eating two fistfuls from Tyrion's slice of pigeon pie, Joffrey begins to cough, each one more violent than the last. The knights [[Garlan Tyrell]], [[Meryn Trant]], and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] run to the aid of the choking Joffrey while the court and guests scatter, some fleeing and others looking on. Joffrey points at [[Tyrion Lannister|the Halfman]] in his dying moments (probably because he mistakenly believed his despised uncle to be responsible for his demise). Tyrion empties the wine remaining in the chalice onto the floor. After Joffrey is confirmed dead, Margaery is consoled by her mother, [[Alerie Hightower|Alerie]], that the boy choked to death. Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] insists that her son was [[poison]]ed, however, and orders the [[Kingsguard]] to arrest Tyrion and Sansa,{{Ref|ASOS|60}} although the scared girl had already fled from the feast.{{ref|ASOS|61}}