Editing True knight (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
Sansa Stark tells Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] that Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] is a true knight and wonders if he will win the [[Hand's tourney]]. Later, after witnessing [[Gregor Clegane]] say Ser [[Hugh of the Vale]] during the jousting, she tells his brother [[Sandor Clegane]] that he was no true knight.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}

Ser [[Marq Piper]] denounces Gregor Clegane as a false knight after he leads raids in the [[riverlands]], killing, raping, and pillaging.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

When Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] of the [[Kingsguard]] believes he failed in his duty after [[Kingship|King]] [[Robert Baratheon]] sustained a mortal wound from a [[boar]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] tells him that even the truest knights could not protect a king from himself.{{Ref|AGOT|47}}

When [[Cersei Lannister]] tells Barristan that he will be stripped of his white cloak and [[Jaime Lannister]] will take his place as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], he denounces Jaime as a false knight who profaned himself by killing the king he was sworn to defend, [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

Sansa tells Ser [[Meryn Trant]] he is no true knight when he arrives to escort her to the [[Great Hall (Red Keep)|throne room]] at Joffrey's request, following the execution of her father. Ser Meryn does not care about the insult.{{Ref|AGOT|67}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
When Sansa receives a letter telling her to come to the [[Godswood of the Red Keep|godswood]] if she wants to go [[Winterfell|home]], she wonders if a true knight is sent to save her, perhaps [[Horas Redwyne]], [[Hobber Redwyne]], [[Balon Swann]], or [[Beric Dondarrion]]. At the [[godswood]], she prays to the [[old gods]] to send her a true knight to champion her. On the way back from the godswood, she encounters Sandor Clegane, who tells her to sing her a song about knights and fair [[Maiden|maids]], recalling that she likes knights. Sansa specifies that she likes true knights, which the [[Hound]] mocks.{{Ref|ACOK|18}}

After Joffrey orders the Kingsguard knights Meryn Trant and [[Boros Blount]] to beat and strip her, Sansa thinks that all the knights who stood by while it happened were no true knights. These knights include [[Lancel Lannister]], Horas Redwyne, and Hobber Redwyne. Only Ser [[Dontos Hollard]], who is no longer a knight, tries to help.{{Ref|ACOK|32}}

Sansa attempts to thank Sandor Clegane for rescuing her during the [[riots in King's Landing]], but he is hostile and mocks her for thanking him as though he was a true knight in the tales she loves. Sansa tells him that true knights protect the weak, but he declares that there are no true knights nor any gods. Sansa tells herself the stories can't be lies, and there are true knights.{{Ref|ACOK|52}}

While singing hymns during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Sansa thinks that the Hound was no true knight but still saved her in the riots. Discussing what might befall them if the battle is lost, Sansa tells [[Cersei Lannister]] that true knights would never harm women or children, though the words sound hollow. Cersei is amused and tells her to wait for [[Symeon Star-Eyes]] or [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]] to rescue her.{{Ref|ACOK|57}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Upon coming across the corpses of [[Prostitution|tavern wenches]] slain for laying with the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] side, [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne]] of [[Tarth]] declares that no true knight would condone such butchery. [[Jaime Lannister]] counters that true knights see and do worse every time they go to war.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

After Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] kiss her without her permission, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] thinks to herself that to true knight would kiss a queen without her leave. She later tells him that if he were her true knight, he would never have brought her to the [[Slavery|slave]] markets of [[Astapor]].{{Ref|ASOS|23}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Creighton Longbough]] insists that Brienne ride with his part on the road, as a true knight must defend women. One of the [[sparrows]] denounces ser [[Illifer the Penniless]] and Creighton as false knights when he refuses them escort to [[King's Landing]] without payment.{{Ref|AFFC|4}}

Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] declares that Ser [[Lucamore Strong]], who secretly had three wives and sixteen children while a knight of the Kingsguard, was no true knight, no more than Ser [[Terrence Toyne]], who was caught in bed with his [[Aegon IV Targaryen|king's]] [[Bethany Bracken|mistress]].{{Ref|AFFC|13}}

Ser [[Hyle Hunt]] is declared a true knight by an old man after he tells the serjeants at the gate at [[Maidenpool]] to let the man and his wife pass. Brienne,{{Ref|AFFC|14}} who has previously been wronged by Ser Hyle,{{Ref|AFFC|20}} frowns at the declaration.{{Ref|AFFC|14}}

As she lets Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] touch her breast, Cersei tells him she thinks he is no true knight.{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

When Brienne asks him to help her bury [[Dick Crabb]], Hyle Hunt says that no true knight could refuse her beauty.{{Ref|AFFC|20}}

Ser [[Balman Byrch]] tells Cersei that Ser [[Bronn]] of the [[Battle of the Blackwater|Blackwater]], who has wed [[Falyse Stokeworth|his wife's]] younger [[Lollys Stokeworth|sister]], is no true knight. Cersei agrees and claims that he is a knight who would know true knighthood. Cersei convinces Balman to kill Bronn, and calls him a true knight when he understands her meaning and agrees.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}

Brienne thinks that Hyle Hunt is no true knight.{{Ref|AFFC|25}}

When Ser [[Lyle Crakehall]] declares his intent to hunt down Sandor Clegane, Lady [[Amerei Frey]] declares him a true knight for helping a lady in distress.{{Ref|AFFC|30}}

After her husband Ser Balman Byrch is killed by Bronn in single combat, [[Falyse Stokeworth]] says Bronn is no true knight.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In his account of his escape from [[King's Landing]] after being stripped of his white cloak, Barristan Selmy explains that a true knight such as himself is worth ten [[City Watch of King's Landing|guardsmen]].{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

Barristan tells his [[squire]]s&mdash;[[Tumco Lho]], [[Larraq]], the [[Red Lamb]], and three [[Ghiscari]] brothers&mdash;that chivalry is what makes a true knight, not their sword. Without their honor, they are only common killers, and it is better to die with honor than to live without it.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}