History Awesome / ASongOfIceAndFire

* Young Griff, aka [[spoiler:Aegon Targaryen VI]], winning over the entire leadership of the Golden Company by suggesting they completely abandon the plan they've been following which has been proven several times to not be working, and just take over Westeros on their own. Truly his father's son, [[spoiler:both of them.]]

* Young Griff, aka [[spoiler:Aegon Targaryen VI]], winning over the entire leadership of the Golden Company by suggesting they completely abandon the plan they've been following which has been proven several times to not be working, and just take over Westeros on their own.

* [[spoiler: Barristan trying to direct Drogon's attention away from Dany.]]
--> [[spoiler: Barristan]]: Me! Try me. Over here. Me!

* [[Spoiler: Barristan trying to direct Drogon's attention away from Dany.]]

** And, most memorably, "giving birth" to three dragons.

** Jon's public execution of [[spoiler: Janos Slynt]] for disobedience.

* Wyman Manderly, primarily known for being [[BigEater hugely fat]] and [[LovableCoward not particularly warlike, [[spoiler: explains his true plans for the Freys and Boltons to Davos Seaworth.]] ''The North remembers.''

* Wyman Manderly, primarily known for being [[BigEater hugely fat]] and [[LovableCoward not particularly warlike, [[spoiler: explains his true plans for the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Freys]] and [[PsychoForHire Boltons]] to Davos Seaworth.]] ''The North remembers.''

** For this troper her moment of awesome was her discouraging Vargo Hoat from raping her. By biting off his ear.

[[spoiler: Cersei proceeds to get imprisoned and unable to invoke a trial by combat she might actually win, guarded by the militant orders of the church against any rescue attempt. Her own actions are directly responsible for the restriction on her champions and the existence of said militant orders.]]

* Meta-example: take a look at the WallBanger section. After some deliberation, it was decided that ASongOfIceAndFire managed to break the fabric of reality and contain a positive WallBanger.

* Jaime to Ryman Frey who has been threatening to hang Edmure Tully over and over again (Ryman was the then heir to the Twins, and the Freys, while disliked even by their allies - for good reason - are very important for the Lannisters): "Only a fool makes threats he's not prepared to carry out. If I were to threaten to hit you unless you shut your mouth, and you presumed to speak, what do you think I'd do?"
-->"Ser, you do not unders-"
--> Jaime backhands him. With his golden hand.
** Later, he makes a threat to Edmure. Following a very ToThePain-esque speech about the extent to which Edmure's home and retainers will suffer if he does not relent (including diverting a river over the ruins of his castle so that no one will ever know anything had once stood there), he ends with "You wife may whelp before then. You'll want your child, I expect. I'll send him to you when he's born. With a trebuchet." Practically a Moment of Awesome for the author, seeing as Jaime opened the series with a very similar act, and yet we root for him.
** His [[ProphecyTwist final line]] in "A Feast for Crows."
* Speaking of Jamie and backhands, how about earlier when he backhands Ser Ronnet the same way for calling Brienne a freak? Especially since Jamie used to call her "wench" all the time, it makes his reaction even more freakin' golden (no pun intended):
** "You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne."

** Tyrion is a walking CMOA. A particular favorite is when, after escaping from a cell, he sneaks into the Tower of the Hand, [[spoiler: ambushes his own father, who has mistreated Tyrion his entire life for being a dwarf, and who most recently led to Tyrion getting imprisoned, and shoots him to death with a crossbow. While his father is taking a shit.]]

** When Tyrion turns table on a knight who just unhorsed him by ''head-stabbing his horse'' is also a CMOA

*** Of course, this being a WorldHalfEmpty, after Daenerys accomplishes the events described above, ItGotWorse. But instead of pulling a KarmaHoudini—or letting the author throw one on her behalf—she decides to stay and learn from her mistakes. For a girl of sixteen, that's another CMoA right there.

** Later, he makes a threat to Edmure. Following a very ToThePain-esque speech about the extent to which Edmure's home and retainers will suffer if he does not relent (including diverting a river over the ruins of his castle so that no one will ever know anything had once stood there), he ends with "You wife may whelp before then. You'll want your child, I expect. I'll send him to you when he's born. With a trebuchet." Practically a CMOA for the author, seeing as Jaime opened the series with a very similar act, and yet we root for him.

** Finally, she [[spoiler: turns her small group of Dothraki into a large group of warriors by freeing the Unsullied she just bought buy and ordering them to kill the men who owned them five minutes ago, then leading them on a rampage through the East, freeing slaves and leaving burning ruins of what had once been decadent, immoral, evil cities in her wake]] during A Storm of Swords. Put simply, she is the most badass fourteen-year-old in, well, EVER.

** "Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!"