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[[Arya Stark|Arya]] and [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] tell King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] very different stories concerning their [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 15|fight]] near the [[Trident]]. When [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] claims she does not remember, Queen  [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] demands the death of a [[direwolf]]. With [[Nymeria]] gone, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] is sentenced to death instead.
  
 
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After four days of searching, [[Vayon Poole]] comes to [[Eddard Stark|Ned]] with news that [[Arya Stark|Arya]] has been found unharmed. Ned is relieved that it was [[Jory Cassel]] who found her rather than Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]’s men. Unfortunately, the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] guards at the gate informed the queen, who had Arya brought directly before King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]].
  
After four days, [[Vayon Poole]] comes to Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] with the news that [[Arya Stark|Arya]] has been found. Eddard is relieved that it was [[Jory Cassel]] who found her, not the queen's men. Unfortunately, the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] guards at the gate had her brought directly before the king and queen. Eddard heads for the audience chamber himself, asking for [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to be brought as well.
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Ned rushes to the audience chamber of nearby [[Castle Darry]], which has been hosting the king’s party during the search. He is dismayed to find the chamber full of people, preventing a private and amicable solution. Ned also notes that very few in the crowd are likely to be sympathetic to the Starks; most are either Lannister men or loyal to the local lord [[Raymun Darry]], a prominent [[Targaryen]] loyalist who lost family and fortune at the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]]. However, Ned is relieved that neither [[Jaime Lannister]] nor [[Sandor Clegane]] are present.
  
Eddard arrives at the audience chamber and goes to Arya's side. After reassuring her, he turns angrily to the king, asking why Arya was not brought to him at once. [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] bridles at his tone, but [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] apologizes, saying he just wanted to get the business over with quickly. The queen wants justice to be done, and according to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s story, Arya and [[Mycah]] attacked him and beat on him with clubs before throwing his sword in the river.
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Arya apologizes to Ned profusely as she cries. Ned turns angrily to the king, demanding to know why Arya was not brought to him first. Queen Cersei bristles at his tone but Robert apologizes, explaining that he only wanted to finish the business quickly. Cersei then accuses Arya and [[Mycah]] of ambushing Joffrey with clubs while setting [[Nymeria]] to tear off his arm. When Joffrey affirms this, Arya calls him a liar.  After the king has listened to Arya’s side of the story, Lord [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] begins snickering and asks Joffrey how a skinny nine-year-old girl managed to disarm him with a broom handle. When Joffrey recounts a very different story, King Robert is exasperated.
  
Arya angrily denies the story, and Robert commands her to tell the truth to her king. Lord [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] is amused at the fate of [[Lion's Tooth]], and Robert angrily commands him to leave. Joffrey gives his own account, which differs strongly from Arya's. Eddard asks Sansa to tell her version, but she claims that it happened so fast that she didn't see. Arya angrily screams at her sister, then attacks her. Jory pulls her off and Cersei says that she is as wild as her wolf. Cersei wants her punished, but Robert says that he will punish Joffrey if Eddard will take care of Arya.
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Ned reminds the king that [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] was also present and has Sansa brought in to testify. However, Sansa—torn between her family and her love for Joffrey—claims she doesn’t remember. This infuriates Arya, who lunges at Sansa. Cersei uses this as an example of how wild Arya is, and insists she wants Arya punished. King Robert, even more exasperated, orders Ned to discipline Arya while he will discipline Joffrey. Unsatisfied, Cersei demands that Nymeria be killed and offers 100 gold dragons for her pelt. However, since Nymeria has disappeared, Cersei demands the skin of the other direwolf. When Ned protests, Robert only responds that a direwolf is not a pet and that the girl would be happier with a dog.
  
Cersei asks what will be done about the [[direwolf]]. [[Nymeria]] has not been found by the hunters, and Cersei offers a reward in gold for its pelt. Robert says he won't pay for it, and Cersei angrily retorts that he should be the one to get her the wolfskin. Robert says they don't have a wolf, and Cersei says that they do.
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Sansa finally realizes that they are talking about ''her'' [[Lady (direwolf)|direwolf]] and goes crying to Ned. In a final attempt to save the direwolf, Ned insists that the king execute the wolf himself but Robert only walks away. Ned refuses to let [[Ilyn Payne]] do the task. When Cersei voices suspicion about Ned’s intentions, Ned replies that the direwolf is from [[the North]] and deserves better than a butcher.
  
Eddard quickly realizes that they mean [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]]; Robert acquiesces and sends for Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]. Sansa and Arya both protest that Lady was innocent, and Eddard pleads for Robert to change his mind, but the king will not back down from his promise to his wife. Eddard asks Robert to do it himself, but the king leaves the hall. Eddard says that he will kill the wolf himself, despite Cersei's suspicions. He goes to where Lady has been chained up, and does the deed.
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With Sansa’s cries in his ears, Ned goes to Lady. As he sits beside the wolf waiting for his [[Ice|sword]], Ned considers the names his children chose for their wolves and finds that Sansa chose a good name for her well-behaved wolf. After the deed is done, Ned commands four guardsmen to return Lady’s body to [[Winterfell]] for burial, insisting that Cersei will never have her skin.
  
[[Sandor Clegane]] and his hunters return shortly afterward. Clegane says that they didn't find Arya, but they found her pet. He drops a corpse at Eddard's feet, which turns out to be not Nymeria, but Mycah.
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As he is returning, Sandor Clegane and his riders come back from the hunt. Clegane states that while they didn’t find Arya they did find her pet and drops a corpse at Ned’s feet. As he bends to uncover the corpse, Ned wonders how he will tell Arya. However, rather than Nymeria, the body turns out to be Arya’s friend Mycah, cut down from horseback. When Ned states that Clegane ran the boy down, the burned man responds, “He ran. But not very fast.
 
 
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* [http://blogoficeandfire.blogspot.com/2009/05/eddard-bran.html Humorous review of the chapter]
 
* [http://blogoficeandfire.blogspot.com/2009/05/eddard-bran.html Humorous review of the chapter]
 
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/05/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-9 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
 
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/05/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-9 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
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*[http://towerofthehand.com/books/101/017/index.html Summary of the chapter] on Tower of the Hand.
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Eddard III
A Game of Thrones chapter
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POV Eddard Stark
Place Darry
Page US HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Eddard II
Sansa I  ← Eddard III →  Bran III

Eddard IV

Arya and Joffrey tell King Robert very different stories concerning their fight near the Trident. When Sansa claims she does not remember, Queen Cersei demands the death of a direwolf. With Nymeria gone, Lady is sentenced to death instead.

Synopsis

After four days of searching, Vayon Poole comes to Ned with news that Arya has been found unharmed. Ned is relieved that it was Jory Cassel who found her rather than Queen Cersei’s men. Unfortunately, the Lannister guards at the gate informed the queen, who had Arya brought directly before King Robert.

Ned rushes to the audience chamber of nearby Castle Darry, which has been hosting the king’s party during the search. He is dismayed to find the chamber full of people, preventing a private and amicable solution. Ned also notes that very few in the crowd are likely to be sympathetic to the Starks; most are either Lannister men or loyal to the local lord Raymun Darry, a prominent Targaryen loyalist who lost family and fortune at the Trident. However, Ned is relieved that neither Jaime Lannister nor Sandor Clegane are present.

Arya apologizes to Ned profusely as she cries. Ned turns angrily to the king, demanding to know why Arya was not brought to him first. Queen Cersei bristles at his tone but Robert apologizes, explaining that he only wanted to finish the business quickly. Cersei then accuses Arya and Mycah of ambushing Joffrey with clubs while setting Nymeria to tear off his arm. When Joffrey affirms this, Arya calls him a liar. After the king has listened to Arya’s side of the story, Lord Renly begins snickering and asks Joffrey how a skinny nine-year-old girl managed to disarm him with a broom handle. When Joffrey recounts a very different story, King Robert is exasperated.

Ned reminds the king that Sansa was also present and has Sansa brought in to testify. However, Sansa—torn between her family and her love for Joffrey—claims she doesn’t remember. This infuriates Arya, who lunges at Sansa. Cersei uses this as an example of how wild Arya is, and insists she wants Arya punished. King Robert, even more exasperated, orders Ned to discipline Arya while he will discipline Joffrey. Unsatisfied, Cersei demands that Nymeria be killed and offers 100 gold dragons for her pelt. However, since Nymeria has disappeared, Cersei demands the skin of the other direwolf. When Ned protests, Robert only responds that a direwolf is not a pet and that the girl would be happier with a dog.

Sansa finally realizes that they are talking about her direwolf and goes crying to Ned. In a final attempt to save the direwolf, Ned insists that the king execute the wolf himself but Robert only walks away. Ned refuses to let Ilyn Payne do the task. When Cersei voices suspicion about Ned’s intentions, Ned replies that the direwolf is from the North and deserves better than a butcher.

With Sansa’s cries in his ears, Ned goes to Lady. As he sits beside the wolf waiting for his sword, Ned considers the names his children chose for their wolves and finds that Sansa chose a good name for her well-behaved wolf. After the deed is done, Ned commands four guardsmen to return Lady’s body to Winterfell for burial, insisting that Cersei will never have her skin.

As he is returning, Sandor Clegane and his riders come back from the hunt. Clegane states that while they didn’t find Arya they did find her pet and drops a corpse at Ned’s feet. As he bends to uncover the corpse, Ned wonders how he will tell Arya. However, rather than Nymeria, the body turns out to be Arya’s friend Mycah, cut down from horseback. When Ned states that Clegane ran the boy down, the burned man responds, “He ran. But not very fast.”

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