A Feast for Crows-Chapter 12

Cersei III
A Feast for Crows chapter
POV	Cersei Lannister
Place	King's Landing
Page	172 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Cersei II ↑
The Kraken's Daughter  ← Cersei III →  The Soiled Knight
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Synopsis

Cersei is remembering her concession to the Queen of Thorns to allow Tommen and Margaery to sleep in the same bed on their wedding night only, when Jaime arrives to speak to her. He asks if she still means to burn down the Tower of the Hand after the wedding, but she is determined to see it destroyed, and hopefully smoke out a few rats in the process. We begin to notice changes in Cersei, including weight gain and overindulgence in alcohol. Tommen's wedding is a modest affair compared to his brother's, and the ceremony goes over well enough. Afterwards, Kevan comes over to Cersei and mentions that Sandor Clegane is reported to have joined Beric Dondarrion's outlaws. The queen is already aware of this, having heard that outlaws have pillaged Saltpans and savagely raped the townswomen. The report mentioned that they were led by a huge man in a hound's head helmet.

Cersei suggests that Lancel hunt down the Hound, but her uncle scoffs that his son is not the man to deal with Clegane. When she then suggests that he go after Clegane himself, Ser Kevan responds, "When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with its master." Talking to Jaime, she wonders if Margaery is really a maiden, and he tells her that Mace Tyrell will be marching on Storm's End in a few days, while Garlan Tyrell will take half the Tyrell host to Brightwater Keep and then on to Highgarden, including Lady Alerie Tyrell and Lady Olenna. During the reception, Cersei recalls her visit to a woods witch when she was younger, and the old hag's words: Queen you shall be, until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all you hold dear. Drinking heavily during the feast, she begins to wonder if Margaery is the one in the hag's prophecy, which also mentions the valonqar.

When Tommen chokes on his wine accidentally, Cersei flees the hall for some air. She is met outside by Lady Taena, who informs her that one of Cersei's maids is a spy reporting to Margaery's cousins. Cersei assumes it is Senelle, and promises to reward Lady Merryweather if this is true. Asking why the beauty from Myr would venture this info, Taena responds that she wants what is best for her husband and son, and Cersei could provide advancement for her family. Back inside, Cersei refuses to dance with anyone, but takes note of how attractive the Bastard of Driftmark, Aurane Waters, is: with his silvery hair - a mark of house Velaryon which is descended from the Freehold of Valyria like the Targaryens - he almost resembles Prince Rhaegar.

Towards the end of the night, Cersei leads everyone outside to watch as the pyromancers set the Tower of the Hand on fire. As the green flames of wildfire consume the Tower, the queen regent compares the beauty of the spectacle to Joffrey. As the others begin to depart for bed, Cersei remains behind to watch the fires burn, arm in arm with Ser Osmund Kettleblack.

Character List

Appearing: Arryk Tommen Baratheon Blue Bard Butterbumps Lyle Crakehall Erryk Hallyne Alerie Hightower Osmund Kettleblack Cersei Lannister Jaime Lannister Kevan Lannister Lancel Lannister Taena Merryweather Moon Boy Pycelle Paxter Redwyne Gyles Rosby Mathis Rowan Senelle Balon Swann Jocelyn Swyft Tallad Meryn Trant Alla Tyrell Elinor Tyrell Garlan Tyrell Loras Tyrell Mace Tyrell Margaery Tyrell Megga Tyrell Olenna Tyrell Aurane Waters

Mentioned: Jon Arryn Ballabar Joffrey Baratheon Renly Baratheon Robert I Baratheon Stannis Baratheon Boros Blount Qarlton Chelsted Sandor Clegane Jon Connington Beric Dondarrion Melara Hetherspoon Vargo Hoat Damion Lannister Daven Lannister Joanna Lannister Tyrion Lannister Tywin Lannister Maggy the Frog Addam Marbrand Orton Merryweather Owen Merryweather Russell Merryweather Harwyn Plumm Ossifer Plumm Philip Plumm Viserys Plumm Qyburn Rorge Rugen Eddard Stark Dorna Swyft Aerys II Targaryen Rhaegar Targaryen Viserys I Targaryen Tanda Stokeworth Varys

Mentions

Events: Assassination of Tywin Lannister Purple Wedding War of the Five Kings Raid on Saltpans Siege of Storm's End (300) Wedding of Robert I Baratheon and Cersei Lannister Wedding of Tommen I Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell

Houses: House Arryn House Baratheon House Blount House Chelsted House Clegane House Connington House Crakehall House Dondarrion House Frey House Kettleblack House Lannister House Marbrand House Merryweather House Plumm House Redwyne House Rosby House Rowan House Stark House Stokeworth House Swann House Swyft House Targaryen House Trant House Tyrell House Velaryon

Places: Essos Free Cities Myr Westeros Crownlands Dragonstone Driftmark King's Landing Red Keep Black cells Maegor's Holdfast Maidenvault Royal sept Tower of the Hand Small Hall Reach Brightwater Keep Highgarden Longtable Riverlands Darry Quiet Isle Saltpans Trident Seven Kingdoms Stormlands Storm's End Westerlands Casterly Rock Lannisport

Terms: Alchemy Apple Archer Bannerman Bastard Bone Brass Castellan Cheese Chicken City Watch of King's Landing Crown Currency Dog Dragonflame Dwarf Fiddle Gold Guild of Alchemists Hand of the King Harp Honey Incest Iron Throne Ironborn Jade King Dragonking King's Peace Kingsguard Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Knight Lickspittle Lord Lord of the Arbor Lord of Blackhaven Lord of Goldengrove Lord of Longtable Lord of Rosby Lady of Stokeworth Lute Maester Grand Maester Magic Maiden Marriage Moss Myrish lace Oak Onyx Outlaws Page Pearl Pipes Poison Pyromancer "The Rains of Castamere" Rat Raven Rose Sept Septry The Seven Maiden Sheep Silk Singer Silver Spices Spy Stag Sun Tongue mutilation Valyrians Warden Warden of the West Wildfire Wine Wolf

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 8. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.