A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24

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Bran II
A Storm of Swords chapter
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POV Bran
Place the North
Page 274 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Bran I
Daenerys II  ← Bran II →  Davos III

Bran III

Synopsis

Traveling north to the Wall, Bran and his companions meet a Liddle in the hills. The man indicates that the Bastard of Bolton is offering gold for wolfskins and for word on the walking dead. Later, Meera tells a story of a hero who might have been a crannogman, during the year of the false spring. This crannogman had left Greywater Watch and visited the Green Men on the Isle of Faces. Returning home, he stopped at Harrenhal for the great tourney. Three squires accosted him and mocked him for his short stature, knocking him to the ground until he was rescued by a she-wolf. The story names no names, but from their references, we know who they are.

The story tells of Jaime Lannister being named to the Kingsguard, despite his father's absence (Tywin had recently resigned as Hand). The Wild Wolf had asked Ashara Dayne, one of princess Elia's ladies-in-waiting, to dance with his shy brother. The pup offered the crannogman some armor so that he could take his vengeance on the squires during the tourney, but the little man turned him down. The crannogman prayed to the Old Gods, and the next day at the tourney, a mystery knight called the Knight of the Laughing Tree defeated the knights whose squires had wronged the crannogman. Instead of collecting a ransom from the three defeated knights, the mystery knight asked them to teach their squires honor. The Knight of the Laughing Tree disappeared before he could be unmasked, despite the fury of King Aerys. The tourney was won by prince Rhaegar, but Meera ends the story by saying that what happened next is a sadder tale that deserves its own telling. Bran has never heard this story before, and both Reeds are surprised that Lord Eddard never related it to him.

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