Difference between revisions of "A Clash of Kings-Chapter 57"

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Jump to: navigation, search
m (typo "Mentionned" → "Mentioned")
m
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Infobox Chapter ACfK
 
{{Infobox Chapter ACfK
 
| pov = [[Sansa Stark]]
 
| pov = [[Sansa Stark]]
| place        = [[King's Landing]]
+
| place        = [[Red Keep]]
 
| title = Sansa V
 
| title = Sansa V
 
| page = 593
 
| page = 593
Line 12: Line 12:
  
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
[[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] is in the [[Red Keep]]'s royal sept. The [[battle of the Blackwater]] is underway and the people in the sept are waiting for the outcome.  
+
[[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] is in the [[Red Keep]]'s [[royal sept]]. The [[Battle of the Blackwater]] is underway and the people in the sept are waiting for the outcome.  
  
 
[[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] obliged her to see him off before. He made her kiss [[Hearteater|his sword]] promising that he would kill [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] with it. Sansa hopes that Joffrey will fight himself and get himself killed. She told him that her brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] was always in the thick of the fight. Joffrey replied that he will kill Robb as well.  
 
[[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] obliged her to see him off before. He made her kiss [[Hearteater|his sword]] promising that he would kill [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] with it. Sansa hopes that Joffrey will fight himself and get himself killed. She told him that her brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] was always in the thick of the fight. Joffrey replied that he will kill Robb as well.  
  
In the sept the people are singing. Sansa sings with them until they start praying for the victory of Joffrey. Silently Sansa prays for his defeat and goes away. As she leaves for Maegor's Holdfast she can hear the sound of battle.  
+
In the sept the people are singing. Sansa sings with them until they start praying for the victory of Joffrey. Silently Sansa prays for his defeat and goes away. As she leaves for [[Maegor's Holdfast]] she can hear the sound of battle.  
  
Within the holdfast Sansa enters the Queen's Ballroom, where there is almost every highborn woman in the city, along with a handful of old men and young boys. Sansa notices [[Ilyn Payne]]. She asks Cersei why Ser Ilyn has come. Cersei explains why they need him:
+
Within the holdfast Sansa enters the Queen's Ballroom, where there is almost every highborn woman in the city, along with a handful of old men and young boys. Sansa notices [[Ilyn Payne]]. When Sansa asks why Ilyn is present, Cersei states he would deal with treasonous guards and defend Cersei and Sansa if [[King's Landing]] is sacked.<ref group="N">Cersei has also tasked Ilyn with killing herself and Sansa if they are to be captured by Stannis's men.</ref>
:::-''"When the axes smash down those doors, you may be glad of him."''
 
:::-''"Won't your guards protect us?"''
 
:::-''And who will protect us from my guards? The queen gave [[Osfryd Kettleblack|Osfryd]] a sideways look. "Loyal sellswords are rare as virgin whores. If the battle is lost my guards will trip on those crimson cloaks in their haste to rip them off. They'll steal what they can and flee, along with the serving men, washer women, and stableboys, all out to save their own worthless hides. Do you have any notion what happens when a city is sacked, Sansa? No, you wouldn't, would you? All you know of life you learned from singers, and there's such a dearth of good sacking songs."''
 
:::-''True knights would never harm women and children. The words rang hollow in her ears even as she said them.''
 
:::-''True knights. The queen seemed to find that wonderfully amusing. "No doubt you're right. So why don't you just eat your broth like a good girl and wait for [[Symeon Star-Eyes]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]] to come rescue you, sweetling. I'm sure it won't be very long now."''
 
  
 
==Character List==
 
==Character List==
Line 35: Line 30:
 
*[[Mandon Moore]]
 
*[[Mandon Moore]]
 
*[[Osmund Kettleblack]]
 
*[[Osmund Kettleblack]]
 
| style="width:33%;" |
 
'''Appearing:'''
 
 
 
*[[Tanda Stokeworth]]
 
*[[Tanda Stokeworth]]
 +
*[[Falyse Stokeworth]]
 
*[[Lollys Stokeworth]]
 
*[[Lollys Stokeworth]]
*[[Shae]], Lollys maid
+
*[[Shae]] (Lollys's maid)
*[[Falyse Stokeworth]]
 
 
*[[Ilyn Payne]]
 
*[[Ilyn Payne]]
 
*[[Osfryd Kettleblack]]
 
*[[Osfryd Kettleblack]]
 +
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
  
 
| style="width:33%;" |
 
| style="width:33%;" |
 
'''Mentioned'''
 
'''Mentioned'''
*Septa [[Mordane]]
+
*[[Tommen Baratheon]]
 
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
 
*[[Stannis Baratheon]]
*[[Arya Stark]]
 
*[[Tommen Baratheon]]
 
 
*[[Robb Stark]]
 
*[[Robb Stark]]
 
*[[Rickon Stark]]
 
*[[Rickon Stark]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
+
*[[Bran Stark]]
 +
*[[Arya Stark]]
 +
*[[Jon Snow]]
 +
*[[Catelyn Stark]]
 +
*[[Eddard Stark]]
 +
*[[Hoster Tully]]
 +
*[[Edmure Tully]]
 +
*[[Jeyne Poole]]
 +
*[[Robert I Baratheon]]
 +
*[[Mordane]]
 +
*[[Dontos Hollard]]
 +
*[[Jory Cassel]]
 +
*[[Luwin]]
 +
*[[Sandor Clegane]]
 +
*[[Symeon Star-Eyes]]
 +
*[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]]
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
==Notes==
 +
{{Notes}}
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==
Line 62: Line 70:
 
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/07/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-clash-of-kings-part-28 Review and summary] by Leigh Butler.
 
* [http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/07/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-clash-of-kings-part-28 Review and summary] by Leigh Butler.
  
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Clash of Kings: Chapter 57]]
+
[[Category:A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Clash of Kings: Chapter 57]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Sansa Stark|A Clash of Kings: Chapter 57]]
+
[[Category:A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Sansa Stark|A Clash of Kings: Chapter 57]]
 
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Red Keep]]
 
[[Category:Chapters which take place at the Red Keep]]
 +
 
[[es:Choque de Reyes-Capítulo 57]]
 
[[es:Choque de Reyes-Capítulo 57]]
 
[[fr:A Clash of Kings, Chapitre 58, Sansa]]
 
[[fr:A Clash of Kings, Chapitre 58, Sansa]]
 +
[[pt:A Fúria dos Reis - Capítulo 57]]

Latest revision as of 16:27, 18 June 2020

Sansa V
A Clash of Kings chapter
AClashOfKings.jpg
POV Sansa Stark
Place Red Keep
Page 593 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Sansa IV
Theon V  ← Sansa V →  Davos III

Sansa VI

Synopsis

Sansa is in the Red Keep's royal sept. The Battle of the Blackwater is underway and the people in the sept are waiting for the outcome.

Joffrey obliged her to see him off before. He made her kiss his sword promising that he would kill Stannis with it. Sansa hopes that Joffrey will fight himself and get himself killed. She told him that her brother Robb was always in the thick of the fight. Joffrey replied that he will kill Robb as well.

In the sept the people are singing. Sansa sings with them until they start praying for the victory of Joffrey. Silently Sansa prays for his defeat and goes away. As she leaves for Maegor's Holdfast she can hear the sound of battle.

Within the holdfast Sansa enters the Queen's Ballroom, where there is almost every highborn woman in the city, along with a handful of old men and young boys. Sansa notices Ilyn Payne. When Sansa asks why Ilyn is present, Cersei states he would deal with treasonous guards and defend Cersei and Sansa if King's Landing is sacked.[N 1]

Character List

Appearing:

Mentioned

Notes

  1. Cersei has also tasked Ilyn with killing herself and Sansa if they are to be captured by Stannis's men.

References and Notes