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'''''The Bloody Hand''''' is a performance play put on by [[mummer]]s in [[Braavos]]. It was written by [[Phario Forel]].
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'''''The Bloody Hand''''' is a performance play put on by the [[mummer]]s of [[the Gate]] in [[Braavos]]. It was written by [[Phario Forel]].<ref name="mercy">[http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/ ''The Winds of Winter''], Mercy sample chapter</ref>
  
 
==About==
 
==About==
The play is likely based on events that have taken place in [[Westeros]]. It offers two kings, the fat one and the boy. [[Izembaro]] plays the fat one. It is not a large part, but has a fine speech as he lay dying, and a splendid fight with a demonic [[boar]] before that. The play opens in a lichyard. There is a wedding scene. There is rape scene in the second act.
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The play is likely based on recent events that have taken place in [[Westeros]]. It offers two kings, the fat one and the boy. [[Izembaro]] plays the fat one. It is not a large part, but has a fine speech as he lies dying, and a splendid fight with a demonic [[boar]] before that. The play opens in a [[lichyard]]. There is a [[wedding]] scene. There is rape scene in the second act.<ref name="mercy" />
  
 
===Characters===
 
===Characters===
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* the [[Robert Baratheon|fat king]] - played by [[Izembaro]]
 
* the [[Robert Baratheon|fat king]] - played by [[Izembaro]]
 
* the [[Joffrey Baratheon|boy king]]  
 
* the [[Joffrey Baratheon|boy king]]  
* the boar - played by Big [[Brusco]]
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* the [[boar]] - played by [[Big Brusco]]
 
* the [[Stranger (the Seven)|Stranger]] - played by [[Marro]]
 
* the [[Stranger (the Seven)|Stranger]] - played by [[Marro]]
 
* the [[Cersei Lannister|Queen]] - played by [[Lady Stork]]
 
* the [[Cersei Lannister|Queen]] - played by [[Lady Stork]]
* the maiden rape victim (possibly inspired by [[Shae]] or [[Sansa Stark]]) - played by [[Arya Stark|Mercy]]
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* the [[maiden]] rape victim (possibly inspired by [[Shae]] or [[Sansa Stark]]) - played by [[Arya Stark|Mercy]]
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
The mummers of [[the Gate]] perform ''The Bloody Hand'' in honor of the [[Harys Swyft|envoy]] from the [[Seven Kingdoms]].<ref>[http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/ ''The Winds of Winter''], Mercy sample chapter</ref>
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In Braavos, the mummers of [[the Gate]] perform ''The Bloody Hand'' in honor of [[Harys Swyft]], an envoy from the [[Seven Kingdoms]].<ref name="mercy" />
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|The seven-faced god has cheated me. My [[Tywin Lannister|noble sire]] he made of purest gold, and gold he made my siblings, [[Jaime Lannister|boy]] and [[Cersei Lannister|girl]]. But I am formed of darker stuff, of bones and blood and clay, twisted into this rude shape you see before you.}}  
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{{Quote|[[The Seven|The seven-faced god]] has cheated me. My [[Tywin Lannister|noble sire]] he made of purest [[gold]], and gold he made my siblings, [[Jaime Lannister|boy]] and [[Cersei Lannister|girl]]. But I am formed of darker stuff, of bones and blood and clay, twisted into this rude shape you see before you.<ref name="mercy" />|the dwarf}}  
  
{{Quote|Give me the cup, he told the Stranger, for I shall drink deep. And if it tastes of gold and lion's blood, so much the better. As I cannot be the hero, let me be the monster, and lesson them in fear in place of love.}}
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{{Quote|Give me the cup, for I shall drink deep. And if it tastes of gold and lion's blood, so much the better. As I cannot be the hero, let me be the monster, and lesson them in fear in place of love.<ref name="mercy" />|the dwarf, to the Stranger}}
  
{{Quote|Oh, no, no, no.}}
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{{Quote|Oh, no, no, no.<ref name="mercy" />|the maiden}}
  
{{Quote|Don't, oh don't, don't touch me.}}  
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{{Quote|Don't, oh don't, don't touch me.<ref name="mercy" />|the maiden}}  
  
{{Quote|Please, m'lord, I am still a maiden.}}
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{{Quote|Please, m'lord, I am still a maiden.<ref name="mercy" />|the maiden}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[es:La Mano Sangrienta]]
 
[[es:La Mano Sangrienta]]
 
[[fr:The Bloody Hand]]
 
[[fr:The Bloody Hand]]
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[[pt:A Mão Sangrenta]]

Revision as of 18:14, 29 December 2022

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The Bloody Hand is a performance play put on by the mummers of the Gate in Braavos. It was written by Phario Forel.[1]

About

The play is likely based on recent events that have taken place in Westeros. It offers two kings, the fat one and the boy. Izembaro plays the fat one. It is not a large part, but has a fine speech as he lies dying, and a splendid fight with a demonic boar before that. The play opens in a lichyard. There is a wedding scene. There is rape scene in the second act.[1]

Characters

Recent Events

The Winds of Winter

In Braavos, the mummers of the Gate perform The Bloody Hand in honor of Harys Swyft, an envoy from the Seven Kingdoms.[1]

Quotes

The seven-faced god has cheated me. My noble sire he made of purest gold, and gold he made my siblings, boy and girl. But I am formed of darker stuff, of bones and blood and clay, twisted into this rude shape you see before you.[1]

—the dwarf

Give me the cup, for I shall drink deep. And if it tastes of gold and lion's blood, so much the better. As I cannot be the hero, let me be the monster, and lesson them in fear in place of love.[1]

—the dwarf, to the Stranger

Oh, no, no, no.[1]

—the maiden

Don't, oh don't, don't touch me.[1]

—the maiden

Please, m'lord, I am still a maiden.[1]

—the maiden

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Winds of Winter, Mercy sample chapter