Ep. 189: - Arya VIII | A Storm of Swords

<p><a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Gendry"; rel="nofollow">Gendry</a> mentions that Master <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Tobho_Mott"; rel="nofollow">Mott</a>considered <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Thoros_of_Myr"; rel="nofollow">Thoros</a> a false priest, and Thoros agrees. He was sent to the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Seven_Kingdoms&q…; rel="nofollow">Seven Kingdoms</a> to bring word of <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/R%27hllor"; rel="nofollow">R'hllor</a>, but he spent his time eating and whoring. King <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Robert_I_Barathe…; rel="nofollow">Robert</a> was fond of him, and many enjoyed the sight of his flaming sword in melees. Lord <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Beric_Dondarrion…; rel="nofollow">Beric</a>silences Thoros by saying, "Fire consumes. It consumes, and when it is done there is nothing left. Nothing." The outlaws reach <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/High_Heart"; rel="nofollow">High Heart</a> again, and the ancient dwarf woman calls Beric the Lord of Corpses, for the stink of the grave is fresh on him. The <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Ghost_of_High_He…; rel="nofollow">ghost of High Heart</a> tells them her dreams: the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Balon_Greyjoy"; rel="nofollow">kraken king</a> is dead, and Lord <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Hoster_Tully"; rel="nofollow">Hoster</a> too; the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Vargo_Hoat"; rel="nofollow">goat</a> sits alone in the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Harrenhal"; rel="nofollow">hall of kings</a> in a fever "as the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Gregor_Clegane&q…; rel="nofollow">great dog</a> <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Capture_of_Harre…; rel="nofollow">descends on him</a>"; she dreamt of drums and pipes and screams <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Red_Wedding"; rel="nofollow">making a great clangor</a>; and "of <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Sansa_Stark"; rel="nofollow">a maid</a> at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow." Suddenly, she spots <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Arya_Stark"; rel="nofollow">Arya</a>, and calls her "blood child" and "dark heart", bidding her to leave. When Beric explains to the old dwarf woman that Arya is being brought to <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Riverrun"; rel="nofollow">Riverrun</a>, she tells them to seek <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Catelyn_Stark"; rel="nofollow">her mother</a> at the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Twins"; rel="nofollow">Twins</a>, for there is to be a wedding. She then demands a song as payment for her dreams, the same song she always requests from <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Tom_of_Sevenstre…; rel="nofollow">Tom</a>; <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Jenny_of_Oldston…; rel="nofollow">Jenny of Oldstones</a>.</p><p>Later, Arya speaks with <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Edric_Dayne"; rel="nofollow">Edric Dayne</a>, who is called Ned like <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Eddard_Stark"; rel="nofollow">her father</a>. Edric tells her that he saw her father during <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/The_Hand%27s_tou…; rel="nofollow">the Hand's tourney</a> while he squired for Lord Beric. He reveals that Beric was promised to <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Allyria_Dayne"; rel="nofollow">his aunt</a>, “but that was before he died”, Arya thinks to herself. Ned tells her of <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Wylla"; rel="nofollow">Wylla</a>, his <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Wet_nurse"; rel="nofollow">wet nurse</a>, who he says is the mother of <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Jon_Snow"; rel="nofollow">Jon Snow</a>. She has been in the service of the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/House_Dayne"; rel="nofollow">Daynes</a> for years, and Ned is surprised that Arya’s father never spoke of her nor of <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Ashara_Dayne"; rel="nofollow">Ashara</a>, Ned’s aunt. He tells Arya that her father and Ashara fell in love during the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Tourney_at_Harre…; rel="nofollow">tourney at Harrenhal</a>, and that she killed herself after the war because her heart was broken. Arya does not believe the young Lord of <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Starfall"; rel="nofollow">Starfall</a>, believing her father only loved her mother. She asks <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Harwin"; rel="nofollow">Harwin</a> about it, and he confirms that Eddard and Ashara may have fallen in love at Harrenhal, but at that time his brother <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Brandon_Stark"; rel="nofollow">Brandon</a> was betrothed to Catelyn. He claims that Ashara killed herself over grief for <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Arthur_Dayne"; rel="nofollow">her brother</a>, and tells Arya "Let it lie, my lady. They’re dead, all of them."</p><p>When the outlaws come upon a ruined village, Arya thinks the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/House_Lannister&…; rel="nofollow">Lannisters</a> destroyed it, but she is told that the village was destroyed years before by Hoster Tully, because Lord <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/House_Goodbrook&…; rel="nofollow">Goodbrook</a>, the lord of the village, had fought for the <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/House_Targaryen&…; rel="nofollow">Targaryens</a> during <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Robert%27s_Rebel…; rel="nofollow">Robert's Rebellion</a>. Later, Thoros sees in his flames that Riverrun will soon come under attack by the Lannisters again, and he believes the ghost’s dream that Catelyn and Robb are at the Twins. That night, Arya sneaks off while everyone else is asleep, feeling that the outlaws cannot be her pack if they want to ransom her off to her <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Robb_Stark"; rel="nofollow">brother</a>, mother, or uncle <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Brynden_Tully"; rel="nofollow">Brynden</a>. However, she is captured by <a href="awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Sandor_Clegane&q…; rel="nofollow">the Hound</a> while racing through the woods.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Follow Jimmy: </em><a href="twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI"; rel="nofollow">twitter.com/theFLOCKAVELI</a></p>&… Linktree<em>: </em><a href="linktr.ee/supergainsbros"; rel="nofollow">linktr.ee/supergainsbros</a></p>&l… reread will continue! 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