A Feast for Crows-Chapter 15

Samwell II
A Feast for Crows chapter
POV	Samwell Tarly
Place	sailing from Eastwatch to Braavos
Page	215 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Samwell I ↑
Brienne III  ← Samwell II →  Jaime II
↓ Samwell III

Synopsis

Maester Aemon cries aboard the Blackbird. Art by zippo514

Sam is trying his best to keep both Gilly and himself calm during the tumultuous sea trip to Braavos. The Night's Watch ship Blackbird will take them only so far as Braavos, and then Sam will need to find a tender there bound for Oldtown. Sam is hopeful that the others making the journey with him will find happiness when they reach their destination: Gilly and the babe at Horn Hill, Maester Aemon back at the Citadel, and Dareon in his new role as a recruiter. The old maester tells them the story of his sea trip to the Wall- how he traveled with Lord Commander Duncan the Tall as his honor guard, along with Brynden Rivers, Lord Bloodraven himself, who was sent by Egg to serve out the remainder of his life in the Watch.

As the trip progresses, Sam finds that nothing he says can console Gilly, and that Maester Aemon's health deteriorates. Dareon has nothing but scorn for the wildling girl, but Aemon tells Sam to look closely at the baby to find the source of Gilly's grief. When Sam realizes that the baby is actually Dalla and Mance Rayder's, not her own, he can't believe what Jon did. Maester Aemon states, "What threats the Lord Commander made, what promises, I can only guess." And while Sam understands that Jon did so to save the baby from Melisandre's fires, he remains shocked at what cost this will have for Gilly.

Character List

Appearing: Dareon Gilly Old Tattersalt Mance Rayder's son Aemon Targaryen Samwell Tarly

Mentioned: Coldhands Craster Dalla Duncan the Tall Melessa Florent Gilly's son Hyle Hunt Melisandre Jeor Mormont Nymeria Cotter Pyke Mance Rayder Desmera Redwyne Hobber Redwyne Horas Redwyne Paxter Redwyne Brynden Rivers Jon Snow Barthogan Stark Aegon V Targaryen Dickon Tarly Randyll Tarly Alliser Thorne Yoren

Mentions

Events: Conflict beyond the Wall Mutiny at Craster's Keep

Houses: House Hunt House Mormont House Redwyne House Stark House Tarly House Targaryen House Thorne

Places: Bay of Seals Essos Free Cities Braavos Narrow sea Shivering Sea Westeros Beyond the Wall Craster's Keep Haunted forest Whitetree North Skagos Reach Arbor Horn Hill Oldtown Citadel Redwyne Straits Seven Kingdoms Wall Eastwatch-by-the-Sea Nightfort Black Gate

Terms: Ale Apple "Autumn of My Day" Bear "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" Cannibalism Cod Crab Cupbearer "The Day They Hanged Black Robin" Dreams Eel Fiddle Firewine Fool Free folk Gold Gull Harp "Her Little Flower" Honey Horse Incest "Iron Lances" King King-beyond-the-Wall Knight Lord Lord of the Arbor Lord of Winterfell Lute Maester "Meggett Was a Merry Maid, a Merry Maid Was She" Mermaid "The Mermaid's Lament" "Milady's Supper" Moon Mummer Night's Watch Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Wandering crow Northmen Old Tongue Page Pig Prince Prostitution R'hllor Red wanderer Raven The Seven Mother Seven hells "Seven Swords for Seven Sons" Ships Arbor Queen Blackbird Golden Dragon Storm Crow Talon Singer Skagosi Smith Snake Squire Stewards "A Thousand Eyes, and One" Titan of Braavos Unicorn Wights

Referencess

• The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at [1]

External links

• A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 11. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.