A Feast for Dragons

education. He
reads and writes, he speaks several tongues, he has studied history and law and
poetry. A septa has instructed him in the mysteries of the Faith since he was
old enough to understand them. He has lived with fisherfolk, worked with his
hands, swum in rivers and mended nets and learned to wash his own clothes at
need. He can fish and cook and bind up a wound, he knows what it is like to be
hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid. Tommen has been taught that kingship is his
right. Aegon knows that kingship is his duty, that a king must put his people
first, and live and rule for them.”
    Kevan Lannister tried to cry out … to his guards,
his wife, his brother … but the words would not come. Blood dribbled
from his mouth. He shuddered violently.
    “I am sorry.” Varys wrung his hands. “You are suffering, I
know, yet here I stand going on like some silly old woman. Time to make an end
to it.” The eunuch pursed his lips and gave a little whistle.
    Ser Kevan was cold as ice, and every labored breath sent a
fresh stab of pain through him. He glimpsed movement, heard the soft scuffling
sound of slippered feet on stone. A child emerged from a pool of darkness, a
pale boy in a ragged robe, no more than nine or ten. Another rose up behind the
Grand Maester’s chair. The girl who had opened the door for him was there as
well. They were all around him, half a dozen of them, white-faced children with
dark eyes, boys and girls together.
    And in their hands, the daggers.
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    A Feast For Crows
    A Bantam Spectra Book / November 2005
    Copyright © 2005 by George R. R. Martin
    Maps by James Sinclair
    Heraldic crests by Virginia Norey
    eISBN: 0-553-90032-3
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    Contents
    Dedication
    Map
(Iron Islands)
    Prologue
    The
Prophet
    The
Captain Of Guards
    Cersei
    Brienne
    Samwell
    Arya
    Cersei
    Jaime
    Brienne
    Sansa
    The
Kraken’s Daughter
    Cersei
    The
Soiled Knight
    Brienne
    Samwell
    Jaime
    Cersei
    The
Iron Captain
    The
Drowned Man
    Brienne
    The
Queenmaker
    Arya
    Alayne
    Cersei
    Brienne
    Samwell
    Jaime
    Cersei
    The
Reaver
    Jaime
    Brienne
    Cersei
    Jaime
    Cat
Of The Canals
    Samwell
    Cersei
    Brienne
    Jaime
    Cersei
    The
Princess In The Tower
    Alayne
    Brienne
    Cersei
    Jaime
    Samwell
    Meanwhile,
Back On The Wall . .
    Appendix
The Kings And Their Courts
    The
Queen Regent
    The
King At The Wall
    King
Of The Isles And The North
    Other
Houses Great And Small
    House
Arryn
    House
Florent
    House
Frey
    House
Hightower
    House
Lannister
    House
Martell
    House
Stark
    House
Tully
    House
Tyrell
    Rebels
And Rogues Smallfolk And Sworn Brothers
    Lordlings,
Wanderers, And Common Men
    Outlaws
And Broken Men
    The
Sworn Brothers Of The Night’s Watch
    The
Wildlings, Or The Free Folk
    Beyond
The Narrow Sea
    The
Queen Across The Water
    In
Braavos
    Acknowledgments
    About
The Author
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    Dedication
    For Stephen Boucher, wizard of Windows, dragon of DOS,
without whom this book would have been written in crayon
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    Map (Iron Islands)

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    Appendix The Kings And Their Courts

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    The
Queen Regent
    CERSEI LANNISTER, the First of Her Name, widow of {King
Robert I Baratheon}, Queen Dowager, Protector of the Realm, Lady of Casterly
Rock, and Queen Regent,
     
    —Queen Cersei’s children:
    —{KING JOFFREY I BARATHEON}, poisoned at his wedding feast,
a boy of twelve,
    —PRINCESS MYRCELLA BARATHEON, a girl of nine, a ward of
Prince Doran Martell at Sunspear,
    —KING TOMMEN I BARATHEON, a boy king of eight years,
    —his kittens, SER POUNCE, LADY WHISKERS, BOOTS,
    —Queen Cersei’s brothers:
    —SER JAIME LANNISTER, her twin, called THE KINGSLAYER, Lord
Commander of the Kingsguard,
    —TYRION LANNISTER, called THE IMP, a dwarf, accused and
condemned for regicide and kinslaying,
    —PODRICK PAYNE, Tyrion’s squire, a boy of ten,
    —Queen Cersei’s uncles, aunt, and cousins:
    —SER KEVAN LANNISTER, her uncle,
    —SER LANCEL, Ser Kevan’s son, her cousin, formerly King
Robert’s squire and Cersei’s lover, newly raised to Lord of Darry,
    —{WILLEM}, Ser Kevan’s son, murdered at Riverrun,
    —MARTYN, twin to Willem, a squire,
    —JANEI, Ser Kevan’s daughter, a girl of three,
    —LADY GENNA LANNISTER, Cersei’s aunt, m. Ser Emmon Frey,
    —{SER CLEOS FREY}, Genna’s son, killed by outlaws,
    —SER TYWIN FREY, called TY, Cleos’s son,
    —WILLEM FREY, Cleos’s son, a squire,
    —SER LYONEL FREY, Lady Genna’s second son,
    —{TION FREY}, Genna’s son, murdered at Riverrun,
    —WALDER FREY, called RED WALDER, Lady