A Game of Thrones-Chapter 51

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Sansa IV
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POV Sansa
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Chapter chronology (All)
Sansa IIV
Arya IV  ← Sansa IV →  Jon VII

Sansa V

Sansa had sneaked out and told the queen about er father’s plans to send her away is locked into a room until the third day after her father was arrested. She is brought in front of the queen and Small Council. She wants so much to marry her beloved Joffrey and, and the king, is sure he will eventually pardon her father. To keep her relatives from ruining everything, she agrees to write letters to her mother and Robb.

Synopsis

Sansa is locked within a room with Jeyne Poole, who is useless, crying hysterically about her father. Sansa, thinking she was such a child, told her that she would ask the queen to let her see her father, but it did not seem to help. Sansa had wept the first day. She was use to the sound of steel in Winterfell, but knowing it was real was different, with the shouts for help and sounds of wounded men. When she pleaded for help, including from her gallant prince, but she got no answer. Then they had shoved Jeyne into the room with her, and she told her that they were killing everyone and the steps were slick with blood . The next day she could see the Lannister guardsmen patrolling the walls. The servants that brought them cloths, and food did not answer any questions. She kept asking to see the queen to what seemed to be useless. They hear bells tolling from the Great Sept of Baelor proclaiming the King’s death. She is afraid for her beautiful prince and her father and the night she dreams of Joffrey on the throne with her beside him and everyone she knew came before them and bent their knee.

Ser Boros Blount came for her on the third day. She knew her courtesies as a lady and complemented him. She was brought her before the Queen and Small Council in the council chambers, but her prince is not there as she had hoped. When the queen asks if her people had been taking good care of her and she affirms they have and thanks the queen for asking but no one will tell them what has happened. It is now that the queen discovers that Jeyne was put in with Sansa, and is concerned about what tales Jeyne has told Sansa. Sansa asks about Vayon Poole, not thinking anyone would kill a steward that does not even carry a sword. The queen asks what to do with Jeyne and Littlefinger states he will find a place for her. The queen then instructs that Jeyne is to be taken to Littlefinger’s apartments and to tell her that Littlefinger will take her meet her father, which should calm her down. Sansa asks where Vayon is, and where she is sending Jeyne; Sansa is anxious. She can feel Littlefingers eyes on her and she finds it creepy. The Queen tells Sansa that Joffrey loves her, but then informs her that her father is a traitor.The queen tells her that her father, who had sworn to the beloved King that he would protect his children, was planning to turn the kingdom over to Stannis Baratheon. She then shows her a document with the seal of Winterfell that had been taken off the captain of her father’s household guard. Sansa denies this can be true because her father was the king’s friend. The queen informs Sansa that she cannot allow her to marry her son, she is the daughter of a traitor; Sansa cannot understand why what her father had done should affect the marriage to her beloved betrothed. Cercei states that she knows she is innocent since Sansa had come to her with her father’s plan to take her away. Sansa states that she did this because she loves Joffrey.

She had felt so wicked sneaking away to the queen. She had wanted to go to the King, but the King always frightened her, being loud and rough voiced, and she believes he probably would have sent her back to her father. After having informed the queen of her father’s plans, Sansa had been locked in the room.

The Small Council discusses whether she could also turn out to be traitorous. Varys and Grand Maester Pycelle express the opinion that a child of a traitor would likely also become traitorous. Littlefinger points out how she reminds him of her mother. The queen states that she is not sure that Sansa can be trusted, after all her sister turned her wolf on Joffrey. Sansa replies that she is nothing like her traitorous sister; she only wants to be Joffrey’s wife. The queen then tells the council that if the rest of her kin prove loyal then that should rest some of the Council’s fears. The queen then asks that she write her lady mother and Robb about her father treason and how he betrayed his king. Sansa states she does not know what to say and the queen replies they will provide her the words. The important thing is that they keep the King’s peace; otherwise it will go hard on them. She also has to tell her mother that they are taking care of her and seeing to her every want. They need to come to King's Landing and pledge to the king. Sansa asks to see her father, and she is told that if she is loyal she should not want to see him. Sansa states that she is concerned about him and what will happen to him. She is told he is fine, and the king will decide his disposition. She realizes that the king is her gallant Joffery, and he would never hurt her father, and he was sure to listen to her pleas. Maybe he could be exiled for a few years, and then Joffrey could give him a pardon. However, if her mother or Robb did something treasonous it would all go wrong. She agrees to write the letters and ends up writing four letters: to her mother, Robb, her aunt, Lysa, and her grandfather, Hoster Tully.

It was only when she was drifting off to sleep that she realized she had forgotten to ask about her sister.

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