Editing Torture (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''=== 
The [[Tickler]] is one of the [[Mountain's men]], the group that captures [[Arya Stark]], [[Gendry]], and [[Hot Pie]] in the [[riverlands]]. The Tickler tortures [[smallfolk]] on the orders of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], trying to gain information on the whereabouts of Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] and any food and valuables they might know the locations of.{{Ref|aCoK|26}} For this, Arya adds him to [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_Death|her list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Roose Bolton]] delivers a piece of [[Theon Greyjoy]]'s skin to [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]], and his mother, [[Catelyn Stark]]. Blamed for the [[sack of Winterfell]], Theon is reportedly being [[flay]]ed alive by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, at the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

At the [[inn at the crossroads]], [[Sandor Clegane]] warns the innkeeper that the Mountain's men plan to torture him to find out where he keeps his gold.{{Ref|ASOS|74}} Gregor cuts off [[Vargo Hoat]]'s limbs piece by piece over an extended period of time.{{ref|ASOS|74}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The singer [[Marillion]] is tortured into confessing that he killed [[Lysa Arryn]].{{Ref|AFFC|10}}

[[Qyburn]] joins the court at [[King's Landing]]. Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] has Qyburn torture the [[Blue Bard]] in the black cells, to convince him to give evidence against Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{Ref|aFfC|39}} The torture so breaks his mind that even after the Blue Bard is delivered to the [[High Sparrow]] and whipped, he persists in the story that Cersei and Qyburn had taught him.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

During his torture, the Blue Bard is forced to list those he claims are Queen Margaery's secret lovers. Among them is Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] who, under Cersei's instructions, goes to the High Sparrow to confess.{{ref|AFFC|39}} The High Sparrow has Osney tortured to verify his confession. Under that duress, Osney tells a different story, which implicates Cersei in the death of the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|previous High Septon]] and in having sexual relations with Osney.{{ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Falyse Stokeworth]] dies screaming in the [[black cells]] due to Qyburn's torture and experiments.{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}} Lord Regent [[Kevan Lannister]] visits Cersei in her cell, and tells his niece that Qyburn is still in charge of the dungeons where most of the accused lovers of Margaery are held. Cersei is pleased to hear this, as Qyburn can do wonders and horrors with his torture.{{ref|ADWD|54}}

In [[Meereen]], Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] orders an investigation, permitting [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] to torture a wineseller when she discovers that three [[freedmen]] were among the slain by the [[Harpy's Sons]].{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

[[Old Bill Bone]] tells Frog (Prince [[Quentyn Martell]]) that [[Pretty Meris]] can stretch out a man's dying for a [[moon]]'s turn. [[Books]] tells Frog a rumor that Daenerys has had envoys tortured.{{Ref|ADWD|25}} When Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]], Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], and Quentyn discuss the possibility of deserting the [[Windblown]], Gerris's mentioning of being given to Meris as punishment gives Quentyn pause.{{Ref|ADWD|25}} 

According to Ser [[Justin Massey]], Ser [[Clayton Suggs]] would gamble with the torturers at [[Dragonstone]] and lend them a hand in the questioning of prisoners, especially if the prisoner were a young woman.{{ref|ADWD|62}}

Penny tells [[Tyrion Lannister]] that her brother [[Oppo]] decided they should leave [[King's Landing]] before someone wondered if they had had some part in [[Purple Wedding|the death]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I baratheon]] and decided to torture them to find out.{{Ref|ADWD|33}} Outside [[Meereen]] Tyrion witnesses a group of [[Tolos]]i slingers torture and kill three [[slave]]s.{{Ref|ADWD|47}}

Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in terror of him. {{Ref|ADWD|12}} [[Asha Greyjoy]], who is a captive with [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s army, barely recognizes her brother at the [[crofters' village]].{{Ref|ADWD|62}}