A Game of Thrones-Chapter 25

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Eddard V
A Game of Thrones chapter
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Chapter chronology (All)
Eddard IV
Bran IV  ← Eddard V →  Jon IV

Eddard VI

Synopsis

Ned is speaking with Grand Maester Pycelle in the maester’s solar. We learn that Pycelle was a young man forging his maester’s chain during the reign of King Maekar, and he mentions the foretold Great Summer, a fabled summer that never ends. Ned discovers that Jon Arryn was melancholy but healthy, and then suddenly became ill. Pycelle sent away Lord Arryn’s maester because he felt Maester Colemon didn’t understand the older body as well as Pycelle. On his deathbed, Jon Arryn called out Robert’s name several times and said "The seed is strong". The only ones in the room were Pycelle, Lysa Arryn and King Robert. When Ned asks Pycelle if poison had killed Jon Arryn, the Grand Maester rebuffs him, asking who would do such a thing? Ned replies that he heard poison was a woman’s weapon. Pycelle says poison is the preferred weapon of women, cravens and eunuchs. He tells Ned that Varys was born a slave in Lys, and that Ned shouldn’t trust him. On the way out, Ned also learns that the Queen was not in King's Landing when Jon Arryn died, and he asks to borrow the book Jon Arryn was reading just before his death.

Later, Littlefinger visits Ned in his solar, telling him that he has a lead for Ned. Lord Baelish reveals the name of Ser Hugh of the Vale, squire to Jon Arryn who was knighted after his Lord died, as well as three other servants of Jon Arryn still in King’s Landing. Littlefinger shows Ned two spies outside his window, one is Varys’s, the other is the Queen’s. He cautions Ned to send one of his men to question these servants, rather than doing it himself. Petyr departs, telling him that the smartest thing the Hand had done was not trust him.

References and Notes

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