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[[File:Melee at Tourney of the Hand.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[Thoros of Myr]] is victorious in the melee.<Br>Art by Jason Engle, © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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[[File:Tourney of the Hand.jpg|thumb|The Hand's tourney as depicted in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
[[File:Tourney of the Hand.jpg|thumb|350px|The Tourney of the Hand, as depicted in the TV Series.]]
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The '''Hand's tourney'''{{ref|AGOT|27}}{{ref|AGOT|29}}{{ref|AGOT|34}} is a [[tourney]] held in [[King's Landing]] to celebrate the naming of [[Eddard Stark]] as [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]].
  
The '''Tourney of the Hand''' was held in [[King's Landing]] to celebrate the naming of [[Eddard Stark]] as Hand of the King to [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]]. The tournament would contest of a joust, melee and archery contest. The prizes were 40,000 [[Currency#Seven_Kingdoms|gold dragons]] for the winner of the joust, 20,000 dragons for the runner up of the joust, 20,000 dragons to the winner of the melee and 10,000 to the winner of the archery contest. Eddard dissapproved of the high winnings commanded by Robert.{{Ref|AGOT|20}} The surrounding roads, inns{{Ref|AGOT|28}} and the city{{Ref|AGOT|27}} became busy.
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
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The [[tournament]] contests of a joust, melee and archery contest. The prizes are forty thousand [[Currency#Seven_Kingdoms|gold dragons]] for the winner of the joust, twenty thousand dragons for the runner-up of the joust, twenty thousand dragons to the winner of the melee, and ten thousand dragons to the winner of the archery contest. Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the new [[Hand of the King]], disapproves of the high winnings commanded by King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|20}} The surrounding roads, inns,{{Ref|AGOT|28}} and the city of [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|AGOT|27}} become busy. Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] forbids the participation of the [[knights of the Vale]].{{ref|AGOT|34}} Eddard and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] convince Robert not to participate in the melee.{{ref|AGOT|30}}
  
 
==Joust==
 
==Joust==
   
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[[File:Cristi Balanescu Lashing Out II.png|© FFG|thumb|350px|right|[[Gregor Clegane]] vs. [[Sandor Clegane]]<br>Art by Cristi Balanescu © Fantasy Flight Games]]
* [[Jory Cassel]] defeated [[Horas Redwyne]]
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*{{COA|House Cassel|small}}[[File:House Redwyne.svg|30px]] [[Jory Cassel]] defeats Ser [[Horas Redwyne]]
* [[Jory Cassel]] defeated a member of [[House Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Cassel|small}}{{COA|House Frey|small}} [[Jory Cassel]] defeats a member of [[House Frey]]
* [[Lothor Brune]] defeated [[Jory Cassel]]. After 3 tilts Lothor was awarded the victory.
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*[[File:House Brune (Brownhollow).svg|30px]]{{COA|House Cassel|small}} [[Lothor Brune]] jousts [[Jory Cassel]]. After three tilts Lothor is awarded the victory.
* Ser [[Meryn Trant]] defeated [[Harwin]] of [[Winterfell]]
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*{{COA|Kingsguard|small}}{{COA|House Stark|small}} Ser [[Meryn Trant]] defeats [[Harwin]] of [[Winterfell]]
* Ser [[Balon Swann]] defeated [[Alyn]] of [[Winterfell]]
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*{{COA|House Swann|small}}{{COA|House Stark|small}} Ser [[Balon Swann]] defeats [[Alyn]] of [[Winterfell]]
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] defeated Ser [[Andar Royce]]
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*{{COA|Kingsguard|small}}{{COA|House Royce|small}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] defeats Ser [[Andar Royce]]
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] defeated Lord [[Bryce Caron]]
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*{{COA|Kingsguard|small}}{{COA|House Caron|small}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] defeats Lord [[Bryce Caron]]
* Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] defeated a unnamed rider
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*{{COA|Kingsguard|small}}{{COA|Unknown|small}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] defeats an unnamed rider
* Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] defeated another unnamed rider
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*{{COA|Kingsguard|small}}{{COA|Unknown|small}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] defeats another unnamed rider
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] defeated Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
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*{{COA|Kingsguard|small}}{{COA|Kingsguard|small}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] defeats Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
* Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] defeated  an unnamed rider
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*[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]]{{COA|Unknown|small}} Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] defeats an unnamed rider
* Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] defeated Ser [[Hugh]] of [[the Vale]], killing him
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*[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]]{{COA|Unknown|small}} Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] defeats Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], killing him
* Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] defeated Ser [[Balon Swann]]
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*[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]]{{COA|House Swann|small}} Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] defeats Ser [[Balon Swann]]
* [[Sandor Clegane]] defeated Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
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*[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]]{{COA|House Baratheon|small}} [[Sandor Clegane]] defeats Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
* Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] defeated a hedge knight in a checkered cloak, after the knight disgraced himself by killing his horse
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*{{COA|House Dondarrion|small}}{{COA|Unknown|small}} Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] defeats a hedge knight in a checkered cloak, after the knight disgraces himself by killing his horse
* [[Thoros of Myr]] defeated Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]
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*{{COA|Unknown|small}}{{COA|House Dondarrion|small}} [[Thoros of Myr]] defeats Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]
* Ser [[Aron Santagar]] jousted against [[Lothor Brune]], but after 3 tilts they were awarded a draw
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*{{COA|House Santagar|small}}[[File:House Brune (Brownhollow).svg|30px]] Ser [[Aron Santagar]] jousts against [[Lothor Brune]], but after three tilts they are awarded a draw
* Lord [[Jason Mallister]] defeated Ser [[Aron Santagar]]
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*{{COA|House Mallister|small}}{{COA|House Santagar|small}} Lord [[Jason Mallister]] defeats Ser [[Aron Santagar]]
* Ser [[Robar Royce]] defeated [[Lothor Brune]]
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*{{COA|House Royce|small}}[[File:House Brune (Brownhollow).svg|30px]] Ser [[Robar Royce]] defeats [[Lothor Brune]]
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeated Ser [[Meryn Trant]],{{Ref|aGoT|30}} knight of the [[Kingsguard]].
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*{{COA|House Tyrell|small}}{{COA|Kingsguard|small}} Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeats Ser [[Meryn Trant]],{{Ref|aGoT|30}} knight of the [[Kingsguard]].
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeated another knight of the Kingsguard
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*{{COA|House Tyrell|small}}{{COA|Kingsguard|small}} Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeats another knight of the Kingsguard
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeated a third knight of the Kingsguard
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*{{COA|House Tyrell|small}}{{COA|Kingsguard|small}} Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeats a third knight of the Kingsguard
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeated Ser [[Robar Royce]]
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*{{COA|House Tyrell|small}}{{COA|House Royce|small}} Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeats Ser [[Robar Royce]]
  
 
====Semi-Finals====
 
====Semi-Finals====
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeated Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] in the semi-final tilt. Ser Loras rode a mare in heat that distracted Ser Gregor's stallion.
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[[File:A Champion ArisesCristi Balanescu.JPG|350px|thumb|''"I am no ser," the [[Hound]] replied, but he took the victory, and the champion's purse, and, for perhaps the first time in his life, the love of the commons.''{{ref|AGOT|30}}<br>Art by Cristi Balanescu © Fantasy Flight Games]]
* [[Sandor Clegane]] defeated Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in the semi-final tilt
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*{{COA|House Tyrell|small}}[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]] Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] defeats Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] in the semi-final tilt. Loras rides a mare in heat that distracts Gregor's stallion.
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*[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]]{{COA|Kingsguard|small}} [[Sandor Clegane]] defeats Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in the semi-final tilt
  
 
====Final====
 
====Final====
* [[Sandor Clegane]] was supposed to face Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] in the final tilt, but Ser Loras in gratitude to the Hound for saving his life from his brother Gregor yielded the match.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}
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*[[File:House Clegane.svg|30px]]{{COA|House Tyrell|small}} [[Sandor Clegane]] is supposed to face Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] in the final tilt, but Loras, in gratitude to the Hound for saving his life from his brother Gregor, yields the match.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}
  
 
==Archery Competition==
 
==Archery Competition==
[[Anguy]] of the [[Dornish Marches]] defeated Ser [[Balon Swann]] and Prince [[Jalabhar Xho]] at a hundred paces after all other competitors had been defeated at shorter ranges.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}
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*{{COA|Unknown|small}}{{COA|House Swann|small}}{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[Anguy]] of the [[Dornish Marches]] defeats Ser [[Balon Swann]] and Prince [[Jalabhar Xho]] at a hundred paces after all other competitors are defeated at shorter ranges.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}
  
 
==Mêlée==
 
==Mêlée==
[[Thoros of Myr]] won the mêlée after a brutal three-hour fight against nearly 40 other competitors. His flaming sword tended to frighten the mounts of the other competitors.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}
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[[File:Melee at Tourney of the Hand.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[Thoros of Myr]] is victorious in the melee.<Br>Art by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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*{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[Thoros of Myr]] wins the mêlée after a brutal three-hour fight against nearly forty other competitors. His sword, lit with [[wildfire]], tends to frighten the mounts of the other competitors.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}
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==Other Participants==
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{{Columns|2|
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} Ser [[Danwell Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} Ser [[Emmon Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} Ser [[Hosteen Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} Ser [[Jared Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} Ser [[Perwyn Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} Ser [[Theo Frey]]
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*{{COA|House Mallister|small}} [[Patrek Mallister]]
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*[[File:House Redwyne.svg|30px]] Ser [[Hobber Redwyne]]
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*{{COA|House Frey|small}} [[Martyn Rivers]]
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*{{COA|House Royce|small}} Lord [[Yohn Royce]]
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}}
  
 
==Other Attendees==
 
==Other Attendees==
[[Patrek Mallister]], Ser [[Hosteen Frey]], Ser [[Danwell Frey]], Ser [[Theo Frey]], Ser [[Perwyn Frey]], Ser [[Emmon Frey]], Ser [[Jared Frey]], [[Martyn Rivers]], Ser [[Hobber Redwyne]], Lord [[Yohn Royce]], [[Joss Stilwood]]
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{{Columns|2|
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*[[File:House Baelish (Harrenhal).svg|30px]] Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
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*{{COA|House Baratheon|small}} Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
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*{{COA|House Baratheon|small}} Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]
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*{{COA|House Baratheon|small}} King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
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*{{COA|House Brax|small}} a member of [[House Brax]] (the purple unicorn)
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*{{COA|House Crakehall|small}} a member of [[House Crakehall]] (the brindled boar)
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*{{COA|House Dayne|small}} Lord [[Edric Dayne]]
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*{{COA|House Lannister|small}} Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
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*{{COA|House Lannister|small}} [[Lancel Lannister]]
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*{{COA|House Lannister|small}} [[Tyrek Lannister]]
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*[[File:House Marbrand.svg|30px]] a member of [[House Marbrand]] (the burning tree)
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*{{COA|House Massey|small}} a member of [[House Massey]] (the triple spiral)
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*{{COA|House Mertyns|small}} a member of [[House Mertyns]] (the horned owl)
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*{{COA|House Baratheon|small}} [[Moon Boy]]
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*{{COA|House Stark|small}} Septa [[Mordane]]
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*{{COA|House Piper|small}} a member of [[House Piper]] (the dancing maiden)
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*[[File:House Poole.svg|30px]]  [[Jeyne Poole]]
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*[[File:House Prester.svg|30px]] a member of [[House Prester]] (the red ox)
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*{{COA|House Rambton|small}} a member of [[House Rambton]] (the white ram)
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*{{COA|House Stark|small}} [[Arya Stark]]
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*{{COA|House Stark|small}} Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
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*{{COA|House Stark|small}} [[Sansa Stark]]
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*{{COA|Unknown|small}} [[Joss Stilwood]]
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*[[File:WylCoA.png|32px]] a member of [[House Wyl]] (the black adder)
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}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|'''Jory''': The talk in the yard is we shall have a [[tourney]], my lord. They say that [[knight]]s will come from all over [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] to joust and feast in honor of your appointment as [[Hand of the King]].<br>
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'''Eddard''': Do they also say this is the last thing in the world I would have wished?{{Ref|AGOT|22}}|[[Jory Cassel]] and [[Eddard Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|As if the expense and trouble were not irksome enough, all and sundry insisted on salting Ned's wound by calling it "the Hand's tourney," as if he were the cause of it. And [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] honestly seemed to think he should feel honored!{{Ref|AGOT|27}}|thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|The Hand's tourney means rich [[lord]]s with fat purses.{{Ref|AGOT|28}}|[[Marillion]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|The splendor of it all took Sansa's breath away; the shining armor, the great chargers caparisoned in silver and gold, the shouts of the crowd, the banners snapping in the wind ... and the [[knight]]s themselves, the knights most of all.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] had staged it in [[Eddard Stark|her father's]] honor. High lords and fabled champions had come from all over [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] to compete, and [[King's Landing|the whole city]] had turned out to watch. She remembered the splendor of it: the field of pavilions along [[Blackwater Rush|the river]] with a knight's shield hung before each door, the long rows of silken pennants waving in the wind, the gleam of sunlight on bright steel and gilded spurs. The days had rung to the sounds of [[trumpet]]s and pounding hooves, and the nights had been full of feasts and song. Those had been the most magical days of her life, but they seemed a memory from another age now.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}
  
===Heraldry===
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==References==
* [[House Mertyns]] - the horned owl
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{{References|2}}
* [[House Prester]] - the red ox
 
* [[House Piper]] - the dancing maiden
 
* [[House Massey]] - the triple spiral
 
* [[House Marbrand]] - the burning tree
 
* [[House Crakehall]] - the brindled boar
 
* [[House Rambton]] - the white ram
 
* [[House Wyl]] - the black adder
 
  
==References and Notes==
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[[Category:House Baratheon]]
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[[Category:King's Landing|Hands tourney]]
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[[Category:Tourneys|Hands tourney]]
  
[[Category:Tourneys]]
 
[[Category:Crownlands]]
 
 
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[[es:Torneo de la Mano]]
 
[[fr:Tournoi de la Main]]
 
[[fr:Tournoi de la Main]]
 
[[ru:Турнир Десницы]]
 
[[ru:Турнир Десницы]]
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[[pt:Torneio da Mão]]

Revision as of 17:10, 26 July 2020

The Hand's tourney as depicted in Game of Thrones

The Hand's tourney[1][2][3] is a tourney held in King's Landing to celebrate the naming of Eddard Stark as Hand of the King to Robert I Baratheon.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

The tournament contests of a joust, melee and archery contest. The prizes are forty thousand gold dragons for the winner of the joust, twenty thousand dragons for the runner-up of the joust, twenty thousand dragons to the winner of the melee, and ten thousand dragons to the winner of the archery contest. Lord Eddard Stark, the new Hand of the King, disapproves of the high winnings commanded by King Robert I Baratheon.[4] The surrounding roads, inns,[5] and the city of King's Landing[1] become busy. Lady Lysa Arryn forbids the participation of the knights of the Vale.[3] Eddard and Ser Barristan Selmy convince Robert not to participate in the melee.[6]

Joust

Gregor Clegane vs. Sandor Clegane
Art by Cristi Balanescu © Fantasy Flight Games

Semi-Finals

"I am no ser," the Hound replied, but he took the victory, and the champion's purse, and, for perhaps the first time in his life, the love of the commons.[6]
Art by Cristi Balanescu © Fantasy Flight Games

Final

  • House Clegane.svgHouse Tyrell Sandor Clegane is supposed to face Ser Loras Tyrell in the final tilt, but Loras, in gratitude to the Hound for saving his life from his brother Gregor, yields the match.[2]

Archery Competition

Mêlée

Thoros of Myr is victorious in the melee.
Art by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games
  • Arms unknown Thoros of Myr wins the mêlée after a brutal three-hour fight against nearly forty other competitors. His sword, lit with wildfire, tends to frighten the mounts of the other competitors.[6]

Other Participants

Other Attendees

Quotes

Jory: The talk in the yard is we shall have a tourney, my lord. They say that knights will come from all over the realm to joust and feast in honor of your appointment as Hand of the King.
Eddard: Do they also say this is the last thing in the world I would have wished?[7]

As if the expense and trouble were not irksome enough, all and sundry insisted on salting Ned's wound by calling it "the Hand's tourney," as if he were the cause of it. And Robert honestly seemed to think he should feel honored![1]

—thoughts of Eddard Stark

The Hand's tourney means rich lords with fat purses.[5]

The splendor of it all took Sansa's breath away; the shining armor, the great chargers caparisoned in silver and gold, the shouts of the crowd, the banners snapping in the wind ... and the knights themselves, the knights most of all.[2]

—thoughts of Sansa Stark

King Robert had staged it in her father's honor. High lords and fabled champions had come from all over the realm to compete, and the whole city had turned out to watch. She remembered the splendor of it: the field of pavilions along the river with a knight's shield hung before each door, the long rows of silken pennants waving in the wind, the gleam of sunlight on bright steel and gilded spurs. The days had rung to the sounds of trumpets and pounding hooves, and the nights had been full of feasts and song. Those had been the most magical days of her life, but they seemed a memory from another age now.[8]

—thoughts of Sansa Stark

References