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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Whore]]: Cersei try to do this to Tyrion. [[spoiler: Too bad she took the wrong girl...]]
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** Again Daenerys sees her brother Rhaegar talking to his wife about a [[TheChosenOne Prince That Was Promised]] and [[TitleDrop ''A Song of Ice and Fire'']], [[spoiler: which the identity and the future is the central point of the saga.]]
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** Again Daenerys sees her brother Rhaegar talking to his wife about a [[TheChosenOne Prince That Was Promised]]city with wildfire, and [[TitleDrop ''A Song of Ice and Fire'']], [[spoiler: which the identity and the future is the central point of the saga.that's why Jaime killed him.]]
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** Again Daenerys sees her brother Rhaegar talking to his wife about a [[TheChosenOne Prince That Was Promised]] and [[TitleDrop ''A Song of Ice and Fire'']], [[spoiler: which the identity and the future is the central point of the saga.]]
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** More notably with Renly, who quite simply wants the iron throne for himself. Stannis' motivations are left unexplored until ''AStormOfSwords'', when he confides in Davos that he feels [[ResignedToTheCall he has a duty to Robert and the Kingdom]] to claim the throne himself as Robert's true heir, rather than to let Cersei's son to wrongly inherit the throne.
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* WarIsGlorious: The mindset of Roose Bolton. [[spoiler:After Stannis' loss at the Blackwater, when it seems the Lannisters are clearly winning the war]], his lieutenants ask him whether they should change sides. He more or less remarks that he'd rather that the war lasts as long as possible, since he likes the current situation more than the peace that preceded.
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** [[spoiler:Yoren]]
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->''Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.''
-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister'''
The second book in GRRM's {{doorstopper}} ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fantasy series, released in 1998.
Joffrey Baratheon sits on the Iron Throne, but rumors that he is not the king's legitimate heir are spreading throughout the Seven Kingdoms. Everywhere, a king vies for a throne. Robb Stark, called the Young Wolf, battles to secure independence for the North and revenge for his executed father. The Baratheon brothers, Renly and Stannis, each march upon the Iron Throne with a different claim, while on the Iron Islands, Balon Greyjoy prepares a new rebellion, setting his sights on Winterfell. Robert Baratheon's death has set the stage for the War of the Five Kings.
While kings march across the Seven Kingdoms and the people of King's Landing grow more and more malcontent, Jon Snow and his sworn brothers of the Night's Watch travel deeper beyond the Wall, searching for the so called King-Beyond-The-Wall. Across the sea, Daenerys Targaryen begins her journey as a khaleesi, having to nurture and protect her dragons from those who would take them...
There are nine POV characters in this novel, with Maester Cressen narrating the prologue:
* Tyrion Lannister, the Hand of the King, and Sansa Stark, the king's betrothed and hostage provide insight in Joffrey's decadent court.
* Catelyn Stark follows the negotiations between the kings on the march and the tidings at Riverrun.
* Smuggler-turned-knight Davos Seaworth gives the events on Stannis's side of the battle.
* Arya Stark, now hiding herself among commoners, shows bits and pieces of the ravages of war and the suffering of the smallfolk.
* Theon Greyjoy and Bran Stark narrate the events on the Iron Islands and the North.
* Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen continue to give us glimpses beyond the Wall and across the sea respectively.
!This book provides examples of:
* AttemptedRape: A rioting mob tries to gang-rape Sansa but she is rescued by Sandor Clegane.
* BadassBoast: Two in succession, one doubling as a ShutUpHannibal, when Stannis refuses to fight in single combat for the castle of Storm's End.
--->'''Stannis:''' “Do you take me for an utter fool, ser? I have twenty thousand men. You are besieged by land and sea. Why would I choose single combat when my eventual victory is certain? I give you fair warning. If you force me to take my castle by storm, you may expect no mercy. I will hang you for traitors, every one of you.”
--->'''Ser Courtnay Penrose:''' “As the gods will it. Bring on your storm, my lord—and recall, if you do, the ''name'' of this castle.”
* BadMoonRising: A red comet is on the skies of Westeros from the beginning of the book. It is widely considered an omen, but everyone interprets it differently.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Teased when Theon flirts with Asha before he realizes that she's his sister. She's just playing along with it to see what kind of man he's grown into, and isn't particularly happy when he gropes her, but enjoys teasing him about it afterward.
* TheCavalry: Renly's ghost and the joint Lannister-Tyrell forces that came to rescue King's Landing during Stannis's siege.
* CavalryBetrayal: The Flayed Man's host pulls this twice in the same chapter. They betray Ser Roderik and slaughter the men he has brought to retake Winterfell. Then, when Theon allows them inside to thank them, they burn Winterfell to the ground.
* CometOfDoom: The red comet is interpreted differently based on superstition, but in reality it heralds the return of dragons into the world.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: When Rodrik Cassel's men attacked Ramsay Bolton and his accomplice, Reek, [[spoiler:Ramsay traded clothes with him and sent him out riding. The men killed him, believing him to be Ramsay, while the real Ramsay pretended to be Reek, and had to be left alive to confess Ramsay's crimes.]]
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:Ramsay Bolton]] turns up at the end of the book and [[spoiler:destroys Winterfell with an army he's managed to recruit from the Dreadfort.]]
* DramaticIrony: When Arya, in the guise of Nan, Roose Bolton's cupbearer, wished that the princess to whom Elmar Frey had been betrothed would die, neither she nor Elmar were aware that she herself was the princess in question.
* ElCidPloy: In the Battle on the Blackwater, the "ghost of Renly" is actually Garlan Tyrell wearing his king's armour to inspire the allied troops and confuse the enemy.
* FeedTheMole: Tyrion shares his plans with three people he suspects are in the employ of Cersei. However, he told each person something different, and when Cersei confronts him, her response inadvertently reveals the source of the leak.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hallyne the Pyromancer, an alchemist, tells Tyrion that their increased efficiency at creating wildfire is because their spells are more effective, and not seen since the days of the last dragons, hinting at the relationship between dragons and magic in the world.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Maester Cressen, who sought to poison Melisandre. Since her BloodMagic allows her to foresee any attempt to harm her directly, she was aware that Cressen would attempt to kill her with poisoned wine. She whispers to Cressen that he can spill the wine instead of sharing it with her but he refuses. They both drink; Cressen dies but Melisandre is protected by her magic.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When both Baratheon brothers attempt to claim the throne back from the Lannisters, [[spoiler:they decide to attack each other rather than their common enemy]]. Catelyn notes that "somewhere, Cersei was laughing." In fact, when Tyrion informs Cersei, she's so happy that she ''dances'' with him.
* KillThePoor: It is mentioned offhandedly that [[TheCaligula Joffrey's]] proposed solution to beggars and starving poor people in King's Landing is to kill them. He at one point brings a crossbow to the castle walls and uses it to [[KickTheDog shoot at the people outside the gates begging for food]].
* LyingToThePerp: Tyrion uses this to work out which of the Council members is spying for Cersei, after narrowing it down to Littlefinger, Varys, and Grand Maester Pycelle (he's fully aware that none of them are trustworthy, but he and Cersei are at daggers drawn by this point). He gets ample dirt on each of them but works out that it's Pycelle he's after.
* NearRapeExperience: During the Battle of the Blackwater, after running away from the flames, Sandor Clegane slipped into Sansa's room and waited for her. He did indeed intend to rape her, but stopped himself and ended up taking nothing more than a song.
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Sansa uses this to save a drunk Ser Dontos from Joffrey's wrath by noting that it's bad luck to kill someone on your name day and it would be "crueler" if he were made into a fool rather than executed.
* PowderKegCrowd: During the starvation, the hungry poor people of King's Landing become this when King Joffrey deliberately provokes them by telling the Hound to kill anyone that gets between him and someone who threw shit at Joffrey.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Balon Greyjoy's assault on the North seems to be of questionable strategic value, but since his primary goal was to pay back the Starks for putting down his previous rebellion and killing his sons, it succeeded admirably.
* RuleOfThree: Jaqen's life debt to Arya plays out as a [[WastefulWishing "wasting the first two of your three wishes"]] plot familiar to lots of {{genie}} stories. Jaqen promises her he will take three lives in exchange for saving him along with two other prisoners. Arya uses the first two names to have cruel men killed, but they are unimportant in the grand scheme of things or even Harrenhal itself. The third name turns out to be [[spoiler:Jaqen H'ghar himself, forcing him to help her liberate the Northeners imprisoned in Harrenhal so that she would take back the name.]]
* SadisticChoice: King Joffrey Baratheon is very fond of these. When he punished a minstrel for mocking his parents, he gave him the choice of keeping his fingers or tongue.
* ShamefulStrip: Joffrey orders his Kingsguard to strip Sansa when Robb humiliates the Lannisters in battle, and has her beaten into the bargain. Thankfully, Tyrion intervenes ([[PragmaticVillainy no point spoiling the hostage]]).
* TheSiege: The Battle of Blackwater at the end of the book has Stannis's army (reinforced by lords who previously supported [[spoiler:Renly]]) attacking King's Landing. A combination of Wildfire and [[spoiler:the timely arrival of Tywin's forces saves the city.]]
* SurpriseIncest: Played with in-universe by Asha Greyjoy when she comes on to Theon, who doesn't recognize her after [[SheIsAllGrownUp having not seen her since she was a little girl]].
* TitleDrop: Daenerys has a vision when visiting the House of the Undying in which she sees her brother Rhaegar say of his son, "He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire." The phrase "ice and fire" is also used in the Reeds' loyalty oath to Bran.
* VisionQuest: The House of the Undying; Daenerys is drugged and left to navigate the OhLookMoreRooms {{Bizarrchitecture}} of the building, and has several {{Psychic Dreams|ForEveryone}} as she does so. [[spoiler:In reality, it's a MobileMaze she's supposed to get lost in and/or be driven mad by, as the Warlocks want to keep her there forever so as to harness her dragons' power.]]
* WastefulWishing: Arya wastes the chance to kill ''anyone'' on petty tormentors instead of enemy commanders. Interestingly, she ''does'' consider killing Lannister commanders at first, but decides against it when she remembers her father telling Robb and Jon than a man should kill his true enemies [[HonorBeforeReason face to face, without using deception or intermediaries.]]
* WhamEpisode: Toward the end, just as it looks like ser Rodrik will liberate Winterfell, [[spoiler:the men of the Dreadfort slaughter his forces and burn Winterfell to the ground.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Ramsay Bolton managed to [[spoiler:go from fleeing for his life disguised in his servant's filthy clothes to capturing and sacking Winterfell]] through what amounted to a series of clever improvisations.
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->''Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.''
-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister'''
The second book in GRRM's {{doorstopper}} ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fantasy series, released in 1998.
Joffrey Baratheon sits on the Iron Throne, but rumors that he is not the king's legitimate heir are spreading throughout the Seven Kingdoms. Everywhere, a king vies for a throne. Robb Stark, called the Young Wolf, battles to secure independence for the North and revenge for his executed father. The Baratheon brothers, Renly and Stannis, each march upon the Iron Throne with a different claim, while on the Iron Islands, Balon Greyjoy prepares a new rebellion, setting his sights on Winterfell. Robert Baratheon's death has set the stage for the War of the Five Kings.
While kings march across the Seven Kingdoms and the people of King's Landing grow more and more malcontent, Jon Snow and his sworn brothers of the Night's Watch travel deeper beyond the Wall, searching for the so called King-Beyond-The-Wall. Across the sea, Daenerys Targaryen begins her journey as a khaleesi, having to nurture and protect her dragons from those who would take them...
There are nine POV characters in this novel, with Maester Cressen narrating the prologue:
* Tyrion Lannister, the Hand of the King, and Sansa Stark, the king's betrothed and hostage provide insight in Joffrey's decadent court.
* Catelyn Stark follows the negotiations between the kings on the march and the tidings at Riverrun.
* Smuggler-turned-knight Davos Seaworth gives the events on Stannis's side of the battle.
* Arya Stark, now hiding herself among commoners, shows bits and pieces of the ravages of war and the suffering of the smallfolk.
* Theon Greyjoy and Bran Stark narrate the events on the Iron Islands and the North.
* Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen continue to give us glimpses beyond the Wall and across the sea respectively.
!This book provides examples of:
* AttemptedRape: A rioting mob tries to gang-rape Sansa but she is rescued by Sandor Clegane.
* BadassBoast: Two in succession, one doubling as a ShutUpHannibal, when Stannis refuses to fight in single combat for the castle of Storm's End.
--->'''Stannis:''' “Do you take me for an utter fool, ser? I have twenty thousand men. You are besieged by land and sea. Why would I choose single combat when my eventual victory is certain? I give you fair warning. If you force me to take my castle by storm, you may expect no mercy. I will hang you for traitors, every one of you.”
--->'''Ser Courtnay Penrose:''' “As the gods will it. Bring on your storm, my lord—and recall, if you do, the ''name'' of this castle.”
* BadMoonRising: A red comet is on the skies of Westeros from the beginning of the book. It is widely considered an omen, but everyone interprets it differently.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Teased when Theon flirts with Asha before he realizes that she's his sister. She's just playing along with it to see what kind of man he's grown into, and isn't particularly happy when he gropes her, but enjoys teasing him about it afterward.
* TheCavalry: Renly's ghost and the joint Lannister-Tyrell forces that came to rescue King's Landing during Stannis's siege.
* CavalryBetrayal: The Flayed Man's host pulls this twice in the same chapter. They betray Ser Roderik and slaughter the men he has brought to retake Winterfell. Then, when Theon allows them inside to thank them, they burn Winterfell to the ground.
* CometOfDoom: The red comet is interpreted differently based on superstition, but in reality it heralds the return of dragons into the world.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: When Rodrik Cassel's men attacked Ramsay Bolton and his accomplice, Reek, [[spoiler:Ramsay traded clothes with him and sent him out riding. The men killed him, believing him to be Ramsay, while the real Ramsay pretended to be Reek, and had to be left alive to confess Ramsay's crimes.]]
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:Ramsay Bolton]] turns up at the end of the book and [[spoiler:destroys Winterfell with an army he's managed to recruit from the Dreadfort.]]
* DramaticIrony: When Arya, in the guise of Nan, Roose Bolton's cupbearer, wished that the princess to whom Elmar Frey had been betrothed would die, neither she nor Elmar were aware that she herself was the princess in question.
* ElCidPloy: In the Battle on the Blackwater, the "ghost of Renly" is actually Garlan Tyrell wearing his king's armour to inspire the allied troops and confuse the enemy.
* FeedTheMole: Tyrion shares his plans with three people he suspects are in the employ of Cersei. However, he told each person something different, and when Cersei confronts him, her response inadvertently reveals the source of the leak.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hallyne the Pyromancer, an alchemist, tells Tyrion that their increased efficiency at creating wildfire is because their spells are more effective, and not seen since the days of the last dragons, hinting at the relationship between dragons and magic in the world.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Maester Cressen, who sought to poison Melisandre. Since her BloodMagic allows her to foresee any attempt to harm her directly, she was aware that Cressen would attempt to kill her with poisoned wine. She whispers to Cressen that he can spill the wine instead of sharing it with her but he refuses. They both drink; Cressen dies but Melisandre is protected by her magic.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When both Baratheon brothers attempt to claim the throne back from the Lannisters, [[spoiler:they decide to attack each other rather than their common enemy]]. Catelyn notes that "somewhere, Cersei was laughing." In fact, when Tyrion informs Cersei, she's so happy that she ''dances'' with him.
* KillThePoor: It is mentioned offhandedly that [[TheCaligula Joffrey's]] proposed solution to beggars and starving poor people in King's Landing is to kill them. He at one point brings a crossbow to the castle walls and uses it to [[KickTheDog shoot at the people outside the gates begging for food]].
* LyingToThePerp: Tyrion uses this to work out which of the Council members is spying for Cersei, after narrowing it down to Littlefinger, Varys, and Grand Maester Pycelle (he's fully aware that none of them are trustworthy, but he and Cersei are at daggers drawn by this point). He gets ample dirt on each of them but works out that it's Pycelle he's after.
* NearRapeExperience: During the Battle of the Blackwater, after running away from the flames, Sandor Clegane slipped into Sansa's room and waited for her. He did indeed intend to rape her, but stopped himself and ended up taking nothing more than a song.
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Sansa uses this to save a drunk Ser Dontos from Joffrey's wrath by noting that it's bad luck to kill someone on your name day and it would be "crueler" if he were made into a fool rather than executed.
* PowderKegCrowd: During the starvation, the hungry poor people of King's Landing become this when King Joffrey deliberately provokes them by telling the Hound to kill anyone that gets between him and someone who threw shit at Joffrey.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Balon Greyjoy's assault on the North seems to be of questionable strategic value, but since his primary goal was to pay back the Starks for putting down his previous rebellion and killing his sons, it succeeded admirably.
* RuleOfThree: Jaqen's life debt to Arya plays out as a [[WastefulWishing "wasting the first two of your three wishes"]] plot familiar to lots of {{genie}} stories. Jaqen promises her he will take three lives in exchange for saving him along with two other prisoners. Arya uses the first two names to have cruel men killed, but they are unimportant in the grand scheme of things or even Harrenhal itself. The third name turns out to be [[spoiler:Jaqen H'ghar himself, forcing him to help her liberate the Northeners imprisoned in Harrenhal so that she would take back the name.]]
* SadisticChoice: King Joffrey Baratheon is very fond of these. When he punished a minstrel for mocking his parents, he gave him the choice of keeping his fingers or tongue.
* ShamefulStrip: Joffrey orders his Kingsguard to strip Sansa when Robb humiliates the Lannisters in battle, and has her beaten into the bargain. Thankfully, Tyrion intervenes ([[PragmaticVillainy no point spoiling the hostage]]).
* TheSiege: The Battle of Blackwater at the end of the book has Stannis's army (reinforced by lords who previously supported [[spoiler:Renly]]) attacking King's Landing. A combination of Wildfire and [[spoiler:the timely arrival of Tywin's forces saves the city.]]
* SurpriseIncest: Played with in-universe by Asha Greyjoy when she comes on to Theon, who doesn't recognize her after [[SheIsAllGrownUp having not seen her since she was a little girl]].
* TitleDrop: Daenerys has a vision when visiting the House of the Undying in which she sees her brother Rhaegar say of his son, "He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire." The phrase "ice and fire" is also used in the Reeds' loyalty oath to Bran.
* VisionQuest: The House of the Undying; Daenerys is drugged and left to navigate the OhLookMoreRooms {{Bizarrchitecture}} of the building, and has several {{Psychic Dreams|ForEveryone}} as she does so. [[spoiler:In reality, it's a MobileMaze she's supposed to get lost in and/or be driven mad by, as the Warlocks want to keep her there forever so as to harness her dragons' power.]]
* WastefulWishing: Arya wastes the chance to kill ''anyone'' on petty tormentors instead of enemy commanders. Interestingly, she ''does'' consider killing Lannister commanders at first, but decides against it when she remembers her father telling Robb and Jon than a man should kill his true enemies [[HonorBeforeReason face to face, without using deception or intermediaries.]]
* WhamEpisode: Toward the end, just as it looks like ser Rodrik will liberate Winterfell, [[spoiler:the men of the Dreadfort slaughter his forces and burn Winterfell to the ground.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: Ramsay Bolton managed to [[spoiler:go from fleeing for his life disguised in his servant's filthy clothes to capturing and sacking Winterfell]] through what amounted to a series of clever improvisations.
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