A Feast for Crows-Chapter 14: Difference between revisions

Brienne III
	A Feast for Crows chapter
POV	Brienne of Tarth
Place	Maidenpool
Page	199 UK HC (Other versions)
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	Brienne II; ↑
	↓; Brienne IV

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Synopsis

Drawing near Maidenpool, Pod Payne can't seem to remember if Brienne is a knight or a lady, frequently calling her "My Lady. Ser." Brienne has taken up his training, abandoned since Aron Santagar was killed by the mob in King's Landing. They soon come upon a farmer and his wife, as well as their cart of eggs bound for Maidenpool. As they ride together, the farmer tells Brienne that the town has been mostly rebuilt, thanks to the hard hand of Randyll Tarly. The Maid of Tarth hopes she can slip through town without encountering the Lord of Horn Hill, as she owes him a debt but bears no liking for the man. At the gates of Maidenpool, the serjeant informs the farmer that he will take his eggs and wife, forcing Brienne to draw her sword. Outnumbered by the gate guards, she is spared fighting by the appearance of Hyle Hunt, a knight highly placed in Lord Tarly's army and a man whom Brienne despises.

Hunt begins to mock her, so Brienne warns him that she will sort him out in a melee someday, just as she did Red Ronnet Connington during the melee at Ashford. She asks him the location of the Stinking Goose, but Ser Hyle takes her to see Lord Randyll first. The commander of Mace Tyrell's vanguard is dispensing his harsh brand of justice when they come upon him. When she is brought before him, Lord Tarly asks her if she killed Renly, and then states he should ship her back to Tarth. But Brienne reveals the King's document that Jaime has given her, and she informs Tarly that she is seeking Sansa. He responds that Sansa is not in Maidenpool, nor would she be in the Vale, as Brienne has also assumed, since Lysa Arryn is dead.

Brienne is shocked to learn that Sansa's aunt is dead. She heads off to the tavern, sending Ser Hyle off when he attempts to apologize for his actions at Highgarden. Later, awaiting the arrival of Nimble Dick at the Stinking Goose, she recalls the hurtful game Hyle and his friends played at her expense. Brienne had gone to Highgarden to answer Renly Baratheon's call to banners, expecting to be ridiculed. But unbelievably, many of the young knights she met (Big Ben Bushy, Edmund Ambrose, Hyle Hunt, Red Ronnet Connington, Hugh Beesbury, Richard Farrow, Owen Inchfield, and Mark Mullendore) were exceedingly kind to her, going above and beyond the others to win her favor. Wary of their intentions, Brienne was still vulnerable thanks to hope, but she soon learned the truth. Randyll Tarly called her before him to reveal what he had learned of their game through his son Dickon. The knights involved had a burgeoning wager on who could claim her maidenhead. Tarly ended their game, but told her the fault lay with herself, claiming her being here encouraged them and that a war host is no place for a maiden.

When Dick Crabb finally arrives, Brienne offers to buy him drinks. Nimble Dick soon launches into his story, egged on by a steady bribe from Brienne. He explains how he offered to help a frightened fool^{[N 1]} make it across the Narrow Sea. The fool claimed he had two girls with him, but couldn't chance the ports in Maidenpool. So Dick took his coin and took him and the girls along the shore to an old, now-unused smuggler's cove, up past Crackclaw Point. Nimble Dick agrees to take her there for a large sum of coin, pointing out that he is from the area, and warns Brienne of the Whispers, a keep built by a mythical ancestor of his, Ser Clarence Crabb.

Character List

Mentions

Events: Greyjoy's Rebellion Riots in King's Landing Robert's Rebellion Battle of the Bells War of the Five Kings Battle of the Blackwater Battle at Duskendale	Houses: House Ambrose House Arryn House Baelish House Baratheon House Beesbury House Bettley House Bushy House Caron House Caswell House Clegane House Connington House Crabb House Cuy House Farrow House Frey House Hollard House Hunt House Inchfield House Lannister House Lefford House Leygood House Mooton House Mullendore House Payne House Royce House Santagar House Sarsfield House Serrett House Stark House Tarly House Tarth House Tully House Tyrell
Places: Essos Free Cities Tyrosh Narrow sea Summer Isles Westeros Crownlands Blackwater Rush Crackclaw Point Whispers Duskendale King's Landing Red Keep Duskendale road North Winterfell Reach Bitterbridge Highgarden Riverlands Maidenpool Stinking Goose Riverrun Trident Stormlands Nightsong Tarth Evenfall Hall Vale of Arryn Eyrie Gulltown Wall Westerlands Casterly Rock	Terms: Apple Arakh Archer Aurochs Bannerman Bastard Beetle Brave Companions Captain of the guards Cart Castle Cattle Centaur Chicken Crow Crown Currency Copper penny Golden dragon Silver stag Deer Dice Dog Ermine Evenstar Fool Ghosts Gold Goose Harp Heartsbane Honey Horn Horse Hound King Knight Hedge knight Household knight True knight Lance Lichyard Lion Lord Lord of Casterly Rock Lord of the Golden Tooth Lord of Highgarden Lord of Horn Hill Lord of Maidenpool Magic Maiden Man-at-arms Master-at-arms Monkey Others Outlaws Page Peacock Pig Pine Pipes Pirates Prostitution Rainbow Guard Salmon Sellsword Sept Septon Serjeant Silk Silver Singer Slate Smuggler Squire Stag Steel Steward Sun Wagon Wine Wizard Wolf Woods witch

Notes

↑ Brienne was hoping for the fool to be Ser Dontos Hollard, whom she expected to be with Sansa Stark at the time; we find out in the next Brienne chapter that it is instead Shagwell of the Brave Companions.

References

The synopsis was copied from AoL member vbkorik27 previously at [1].

External links

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 10. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[1] Brienne was hoping for the fool to be Ser Dontos Hollard, whom she expected to be with Sansa Stark at the time; we find out in the next Brienne chapter that it is instead Shagwell of the Brave Companions.

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