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The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)

For the song which this episode is named after, see "The Bear and the Maiden Fair (song)".

"The Bear and the Maiden Fair" is the seventh episode of the third season of
Game of Thrones. It is the twenty-seventh episode of the series overall. It The Bear and the Maiden
premiered on May 12, 2013. It was written by George R.R. Martin and directed Fair
by Michelle MacLaren.
Season 3 Episode 7

Contents [show]

Plot
Dany exchanges gifts with a slave lord outside of Yunkai. As Sansa frets about
her prospects, Shae chafes at Tyrion's new situation. Tywin counsels the king,
Air date May 12, 2013
and Melisandre reveals a secret to Gendry. Brienne faces a formidable foe in
Runtime 57 minutes
Harrenhal.
Written by George R.R. Martin
ADVERTISEMENT Directed by Michelle MacLaren

Summary Episode Guide

Previous Next
In the North
"The Climb" "Second Sons"
After surviving the perilous climb of the Wall, Jon Snow, Ygritte, and the
wildlings led by Tormund Giantsbane make their way towards Castle Black to
await Mance Rayder's signal to begin the attack on the Night's Watch. Afterwards Jon
confronts Orell about cutting his and Ygritte's rope loose on The Wall, nearly killing the both of
them in the process. Orell tells Jon that he doesn't see Ygritte complaining about what
happened because she is a wildling and understood what needed to be done in a pressure
situation, also telling Jon that this is the reason he will never be able to keep her. During the Jon and Ygritte make their way to
journey through the woods, a clearly jealous Orell confronts Ygritte and says that he would be Castle Black.
a better man for her than Jon Snow, while continuing to express his distrust in Jon. Jon also
tries to persuade Ygritte that the wildlings' cause is doomed to failure, reminding her
that six Kings-Beyond-the-Wall have attacked the southern lands in the past thousand years and all have been repelled.
Ygritte refuses to listen and points out that Jon is technically one of them; if it fails, so does he. She renews her passion for him
and tells him bluntly that if they die, they die, but before they die they will live in each other.

At his prison, Theon Greyjoy is released from the cross to which he is chained by two beautiful girls. The women lay Theon down
on a bed and then proceed to dramatically seduce him. They say repeatedly that they have heard that the heir to Pyke is well
endowed and are hoping to get first hand experience. Theon is distrustful at first, fearing that this is another of his tormenter's
tricks. Theon cannot help himself but be aroused when one of the women who has become naked straddles him and begins a
rocking motion. Suddenly, the familiar horn sounds and the boy enters. Theon is terrified and tries to escape, but is struck hard
on the head and is flung to the ground. The boy claims he too has heard about Theon's famous body part and announces it

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must very well be his favorite body part. When the sadistic youth brandishes an odd knife, Theon realizes the boy means to
remove his penis. Horrified, Theon begs for mercy, but the boy quips that this is mercy as he's not killing Theon, merely altering
him. Two large men hold a screaming Theon down while the boy moves in to emasculate him.

In The North, on their way to the Wall, Bran Stark's party makes camp. Osha remains distrustful of Meera and Jojen Reed and
reacts with horror when they mention they intend to go beyond the Wall. Osha bluntly refuses to go, explaining that she lost her
husband, who then rose from the dead and tried to kill her. She rages that none of them understand what lies beyond the
Wall and that there is nothing left for men there.

In Yunkai
Daenerys Targaryen's army marches on to the next great city of Slaver's Bay, Yunkai. She and Barristan Selmy are confident
they can take the city, given that Yunkai are famous for training bed slaves rather than soldiers. Ser Jorah notes with wisdom
however that Yunkai's defenders won't fight them in open battle, being more likely to hole up behind their walls and chip away at
the Targaryen army through guerrilla tactics. He also advises Daenerys that conquering Yunkai does not help them with their
main goal of pressing on to retake Westeros. Dany however is adamant on freeing the slaves of Yunkai, who number in the
hundreds of thousands. She orders Grey Worm to send a messenger to the city and inform Yunkai's slaver rulers that they must
either surrender or suffer the same fate as Astapor.

The Yunkish herald is carried into Daenerys's camp on a litter carried by slaves, along a road
flanked by Unsullied. Missandei announces the newcomer as Razdal mo Eraz, one of the
ruling "Wise Masters" of Yunkai. Daenerys meets the man in her pavilion, flanked by her
dragons who vie for her attention and fight over the pieces of meat she tosses to them; they
also snarl at Razdal when he gets too close. Razdal declares that Yunkai was an ancient
Daenerys meets with Razdal.
civilization long before the rise of Valyria and that numerous armies throughout history have
tried and failed to conquer it. However Daenerys is not threatened, commenting that a hard-
fought battle would give her Unsullied much needed practice. Razdal tries a different tact, asserting there is no need for their
factions to fight, that Yunkai is willing to overlook her attack on Astapor and will even provide her with the gold and ships needed
to transport her army to Westeros. In exchange, they ask that Daenerys leave Yunkai in peace.

Daenerys makes a counter-offer: she will spare the lives of Razdal and the slave-masters of Yunkai if every slave (men, women
and children) in the city is set free, and given as much food, clothing and property as they can carry in payment for their services.
She warns that if her offer is rejected, Yunkai will be shown no mercy. Razdal takes offense, promising that Yunkai will be more
of a challenge for her than Astapor or Qarth, and threatens her with the retribution of Yunkai's "powerful friends" who he claims
will take great pleasure in destroying her army and enslaving the survivors. At that, Drogon and his siblings roar in anger; Razdal
protests that he was promised safe conduct, to which Daenerys counters that her dragons made no such promise and take
offense to him threatening their mother. After the dragons prevent his slaves from reclaiming the chests of gold he brought with
him, Razdal storms out of the pavilion, muttering curses. Daenerys tells Jorah to find out more about Yunkai's "powerful friends"
before she commits herself to an attack on the city.

On the Narrow Sea

Traveling back from the Riverlands, a ship carrying Melisandre and Gendry leaves King's Landing and passes through
Blackwater Bay. Melisandre stares at the broken wrecks of Stannis's fleet destroyed by the wildfire, asserting that her presence
might have turned the tide of battle. She questions Gendry and is surprised to learn he is unaware of his father's real identity. As
they pass by the Red Keep, Melisandre reveals to Gendry that he is King Robert Baratheon's bastard son.

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In the Riverlands
At the camp of the Brotherhood Without Banners, Arya, disillusioned with the Brotherhood for
selling Gendry, takes an opportunity to escape and runs off into the night. Before she gets too
far, however, she is snatched up by Sandor Clegane, who was lying in wait for her.

In the Riverlands, en route to The Twins, Robb Stark's army is forced to make camp, their
progress delayed by heavy rain. Catelyn warns them that the prickly Lord Walder Frey will
Arya begins to hate the
take the delay as a deliberate insult to him, but Edmure Tully points out that Frey is getting
Brotherhood.
the wedding he wanted; his sister counters that he is getting a wedding, but not the one he
wanted, glaring at her son and his wife as she says so, pointing out that Frey wanted one of
his daughters wed to a king. Robb retorts that Edmure is the best match House Frey has been offered in its history. Later that
night, as Robb and Talisa prepare for bed, she tells him she is pregnant with his child. Robb is gladdened by the news.

In King's Landing
At King's Landing, neither Sansa or Tyrion are particularly happy about their impending marriage. Margaery Tyrell consoles
Sansa, reminding her that Tyrion is far from the worst Lannister and that Tyrion might be able to make her happy, given his skill
as a lover. Bronn, meanwhile, points out to Tyrion that he can easily wed Sansa and get a son and heir from her to placate his
father and keep having sex with Shae in private, thereby getting two women and a kingdom to rule for himself. However, Tyrion
is concerned his mistress isn't going to be so willing to go along with that plan and is less than enthusiastic about having a wife,
a mistress and the entire North despising him. Bronn points out that Tyrion is wasting his time trying to be universally loved.
Tyrion's fears prove accurate as Shae bluntly tells him that she will no longer sleep with him after he weds Sansa.

Meanwhile, Tywin Lannister enters the throne room to answer a summons from King Joffrey.
After exchanging some false courtesy Tywin asks why his grandson wished to see him.
Joffrey wants an update on what the Small Council has been doing. Tywin informs Joffrey that
the king can attend any Small Council meeting should he desire it. The boy king claims that
he is too busy to attend said meetings and demands to know why the location of the council
meetings has changed. Tywin says that he is holding the meeting in the Tower of the Hand to
Tywin confronts Joffrey.
save time. When Joffrey complains that he would have to climb too many steps should he
wish to sit in on a small council meeting, Tywin silently ascends the steps to stand next to the
throne, silently glares down at Joffrey, and then sardonically says he could arrange to have Joffrey carried. A
disconcerted Joffrey changes the subject to Daenerys Targaryen; Tywin is surprised that Joffrey even knows about the exiled
princess. Tywin admits the reports are apparently true that the last Targaryen is not only alive, but has successfully hatched the
first live dragons the world has seen in almost two centuries. Joffrey is puzzled at why Tywin doesn't think they should do
anything about her, but Tywin reminds Joffrey that the last Targaryen dragons were stunted inbred creatures who weren't a
threat to anyone, and Daenerys' dragons are probably just curiosities at best, not grand weapons of war. Moreover, Tywin says
that even if Daenerys' dragons do turn out to be as strong as the dragons of centuries long ago, they are on the far side of the
world and no threat to Joffrey's rule. Tywin also warns his grandson that he should heed his advisor's council on matters he does
not comprehend. When Joffrey protests that he hasn't been counseled on anything, Tywin says he is being advised at this very
moment and says that he will inform Joffrey should he deem it necessary. Before taking his leave Tywin smiles slightly with an
even slighter bow leaving a browbeaten Joffrey squirming on the Iron Throne. Their exchange leaves no doubt as to who is
really ruling the kingdom.

At Harrenhal

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At Harrenhal, Jaime speaks one last time to Brienne before he leaves. Jaime remarks that he owes Brienne a debt for both
keeping him alive on their journey and for giving him a reason to live to rouse him from his suicidal depression after losing his
hand. Brienne tells Jaime to repay his debt by keeping his pledge. Jaime promises that he will keep his word to return Catelyn
Stark's daughters to her.

The next day, Jaime leaves Harrenhal in the company of Qyburn (who is to accompany Jaime to continue treating his arm in the
hopes of getting his Maester's chain restored through Lord Tywin's influence- Jaime jokes that his father will make Qyburn Grand
Maester if he grows Jaime a new hand) and a number of Bolton soldiers under the command of Steelshanks, one of Lord
Bolton's captains. Lord Roose Bolton, who is also about to depart Harrenhal for the Twins, under orders from Robb Stark,
requests that Jaime pass on his regards to Tywin; Jaime asks that Bolton do the same for him with Robb. Locke, who has been
left in charge of the castle in Bolton's absence, can't resist poking fun at the departing Jaime and sneers that he will 'take good
care' of Brienne, though Jaime doesn't rise to the bait.

When their party makes camp, as Qyburn checks Jaime's stump, Jaime questions how the former Maester lost his chain.
Qyburn explains that he lost it for performing vivisections on the sick and dying in a bid to better understand illness. Jaime is
disgusted by this revelation, but Qyburn counters what he learned has saved numerous more lives and questions Jaime on how
many he has killed compared to how many he's saved. Jaime responds that he has probably killed thousands, but he saved half
a million lives when he killed the Mad King to save the population of King's Landing, much to Qyburn's surprise.

Jaime then asks about Brienne; Qyburn confirms that they sent a raven to her father, Lord Selwyn Tarth, and he offered a
ransom of 300 Gold Dragons for his daughter's safe return. However, Locke refused the offer; still under the misapprehension
that Tarth owns every sapphire mine in Westeros, Locke is convinced Lord Selwyn is trying to cheat him. When Qyburn mentions
that most of the men would rather get some meager entertainment out of killing Brienne before they die in battle or winter, Jaime,
feeling guilty because his lie to protect Brienne has invertantly placed her in greater danger, urges Steelshanks to return to
Harrenhal. Though the man initially refuses, Jaime uses the promise of a reward and the threat of Tywin Lannister's retribution to
convince him to go back.

Upon arriving at Harrenhal, Jaime is shocked and furious to find Locke and his cronies have
thrown Brienne into a bear pit, facing an angry bear with only a wooden sword to defend
herself, as they all mockingly sing The Bear and the Maiden Fair. Jaime orders Locke to pull
her out and offers to pay whatever ransom he wants, but Locke dismisses the offer, getting
more satisfaction out of the spectacle of Brienne being torn apart. In desperation, Jaime leaps
into the pit to help her; before the bear can harm either of them, Steelshanks shoots it with a Brienne is thrown in the bear pit.
crossbow, distracting the beast long enough for Jaime and Brienne to be pulled out of the pit.
Locke tries to stop them from leaving, but Jaime angrily tells him that Lord Bolton cares more
about getting him back to King's Landing alive than keeping one of his pet thugs happy, and backed up by Steelshanks and his
men, Locke is unable to stop them. Jaime then departs Harrenhal with his escort and Brienne in tow.

Appearances

Main: The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)/Appearances

First
Razdal mo Eraz

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Myranda
Violet
Ser Balon Swann

Production
Cast

Starring Guest starring

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister Mackenzie Crook as Orell

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen Richard Dormer as Lord Beric Dondarrion
Kit Harington as Jon Snow Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr
Richard Madden as King Robb Stark Noah Taylor as Locke
Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont Natalia Tena as Osha
Michelle Fairley as Lady Catelyn Stark Anton Lesser as Qyburn
Charles Dance as Lord Tywin Lannister Michael McElhatton as Lord Roose Bolton
Natalie Dormer as Lady Margaery Tyrell Clive Russell as Ser Brynden Tully
Carice van Houten as Melisandre Tobias Menzies as Lord Edmure Tully
Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Prince Bran Stark Ian McElhinney as Ser Barristan Selmy
Sophie Turner as Princess Sansa Stark Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Snow
Maisie Williams as Princess Arya Stark Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane
Alfie Allen as Prince Theon Greyjoy Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jojen Reed
Oona Chaplin as Queen Talisa Stark Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed
Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey Baratheon Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
Joe Dempsie as Gendry Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
Sibel Kekilli as Shae Kristian Nairn as Hodor
Rose Leslie as Ygritte Philip McGinley as Anguy
Jerome Flynn as Ser Bronn George Georgiou as Razdal mo Eraz
Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane Jamie Michie as Steelshanks
Charlotte Hope as Myranda
Stephanie Blacker as Violet
Art Parkinson as Prince Rickon Stark

Animal Performer

Bart the Bear as the eponymous bear.

Uncredited

Michael Stuart as Bolton Guard

Cast notes
21 of 27 cast members for the third season appear in this episode.
Starring cast members Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Petyr Baelish), Liam Cunningham (Davos
Seaworth), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) and Conleth Hill (Varys) are not credited
and do not appear in this episode.
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Neil Finnighan, Jozsef Fodor, David Forman, Paul Herbert, Ben Mahoney, Philip McClean, Michelle McKeown, Domonkos
Pardanyi, Curtis Rivers, Doug Seus, C.C. Smiff, Scott Smith, Melissa Stubs and Mike Vézina were stunt performers in this
episode.

Notes
The title of the episode comes from The Bear and the Maiden Fair, a popular song in Westeros.
This episode was originally announced by George R.R. Martin on his blog in 2012, almost a year ahead of
transmission. The original planned title was "Autumn Storms." In January 2013 he announced that the title had been
changed to "Chains." However, due to scenes from another episode being moved into it, it was decided to retitle the
episode to "The Bear and the Maiden Fair." Thus Martin himself didn't write the scenes that include the bear (which
all occur in one big chunk at the end of the episode).

Parts of this episode were filmed in Los Angeles, USA, because they involve a live actor-bear (named Bart the Bear) and
there are various legal restrictions on international transport of large animals such as bears.[1]
As director Michelle MacLaren explained, she chose Bart out of three potential stunt-bears: one from Utah (Bart), one
from Canada, and one from Europe. Bart was then flown from Utah to California, where a partial duplicate of the bear
pit set at Harrenhal was built in a Los Angeles studio parking lot. Just the pit part was built: the extras crowded
around the top of the pit were filmed on the full set in Northern Ireland. Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) and
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) were the only cast members flown out to Los Angeles, to film on-set with the
bear. The footage from within the pit was then digitally married with the footage of the extras crowded around the top
on the duplicate set.[2][3]
Christie explained that she was actually with Bart the bear in the pit, though in real life the crew was being friendly to
the bear and saying encouraging things to keep him calm. Christie said that she did every stunt in the bear pit -
except for one, when she has to pretend that the bear is hitting her. A stunt double was used for that specific, brief
shot, though in real life Bart was just playfully pawing at the stunt man.[4][5]

Due to wear and tear from all the stunt work in the bear pit scene, the costume team actually had to make six identical
copies of Brienne's dress (once it gets very badly torn, for continuity reasons, they can't just stitch the original back up).[6]
This is the third episode to raise the issue of Margaery Tyrell's ambiguous virginity. The first was "What Is Dead May Never
Die," where Renly Baratheon said he doubted Margaery was actually a virgin. The second was in "Dark Wings, Dark
Words," where Cersei got Joffrey to confront Margaery about her childless marriage to Renly. In the first case, Loras Tyrell
stated she was officially a virgin, and in the second, Margaery used Renly's homosexuality as a defense. In this episode,
Margaery uses Sansa's own words to deflect the conversation. Her virginity is similarly an ambiguous matter in the books.
Margaery tells Sansa "my mother taught me". This is the only reference in the show to Alerie Tyrell (without actually
mentioning her name).
This episode marks the first time that Tywin Lannister has had a significant scene with his grandson King Joffrey
Baratheon. They did previously appear together in the Season 2 finale, but that was a public ceremony in which everyone
was reciting pre-scripted lines to each other. This marks the first time that Joffrey and Tywin have actually interacted in
person - this is somewhat indicated within the story itself, as Joffrey has summoned Tywin to complain that he's leaving
him out of Small Council meetings.
This episode also indicates that a new member of the Kingsguard has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death
of Ser Mandon Moore and the desertion of Sandor Clegane - which had left only three living Kingsguard in the Red Keep:
Ser Meryn Trant, Ser Boros Blount, and an unnamed Kinsguard this wiki identifies as Ser Preston Greenfield - as no
Kingsguard is seen dying in the Riot of King's Landing it is also assumed Ser Preston survives, unlike his book counterpart.
This wiki will assume the fourth Kingsguard is Ser Balon Swann as this character has the least impact in the book plot as of
A Storm of Swords.

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Word has finally reached the highest levels of the Red Keep that Daenerys Targaryen has hatched three live dragons in the
distant east of Essos. Varys has been aware of this for several months, and mentioned it to Tyrion in "The Prince of
Winterfell," but they decided to focus on the impending Battle of the Blackwater. Tywin was probably notified about the
dragons by Varys, but Joffrey must have heard it somewhere else.
Viserys previously described the dragon skulls kept in the throne room when he was having sex with Doreah in "Cripples,
Bastards and Broken Things" - except in that episode, Viserys said that the dragon skulls were arranged so that they got
progressively bigger as they got closer to the Iron Throne, while in this episode, Tywin says that the smallest skulls were
near the Iron Throne and the largest were on the far side of the room. Viserys (and the books) said that the skull of the
smallest one wasn't much bigger than that of a dog's skull, but Tywin says the smallest was the size of an apple. Tywin was
probably exaggerating. Joffrey points out that the biggest skull was the size of a carriage: when Arya stumbled upon a
stored dragon skull while wandering the Red Keep's dungeons in Season 1's "The Wolf and the Lion," it was indeed bigger
than a carriage. The largest dragons were said to be easily capable of swallowing a horse whole.
Bronn mentions that Tyrion was once married to a whore, and this didn't work out well for him. Tyrion says he regrets
telling him about that - Tyrion told Bronn (and Shae) about his first marriage to Tysha in "Baelor."
Talisa states in Robb Stark's army camp as he leaves Riverrun for the Twins that the War of the Five Kings has lasted two
years now. This reinforces the general principle that one TV season equals one year within the story continuity.
Talisa reveals she is pregnant with the heir to the North. This is a departure from the books: Robb's wife Jeyne Westerling
did not conceive a child prior to Edmure's wedding.
In the DVD commentary, George R.R. Martin explains that he didn't write any of the scenes with Theon Greyjoy and
Ramsay Snow in this episode (in which Ramsay emasculates Theon). The novels didn't state that Ramsay cut off Theon's
genitals, though it was vaguely implied that he had.
Theon being emasculated in this episode is foreshadowed in the Season 2 episode "A Man Without Honor", in which
Theon says "I'm looking at spending the rest of my life being treated like a fool and a eunuch by my own people."
Interestingly enough, both are the seventh episodes of their respective seasons.
It is the second episode in the series in which no actual characters have died, following "Lord Snow".
Jaime tells Qyburn he saved half a million people - the population of King's Landing. Given that two decades passed since
that day, the city population might have increased, thus that number is currently inaccurate. In "A Storm of Swords", Tyrion
tells Oberyn Martell there are half a million people in King's Landing, referring to the present population.

In the books

See Differences between books and TV series - Season 3#The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)

The episode is adapted from the following chapter of "A Clash of Kings":
Chapter 58, Davos III: Melisandre and one of Robert's bastards are on their way to Dragonstone.

The episode is adapted from the following chapters of "A Storm of Swords":
Chapter 36, Davos IV: Melisandre intends to use one of Robert's bastards for Stannis's cause.
Chapter 41, Jon V: Jon Snow continues to accompany the wildlings South of the Wall.
Chapter 42, Daenerys IV: Daenerys Targaryen and her army arrive at Yunkai. A slaver envoy of Yunkai brings
Daenerys gold hoping she will leave, but she spurns their offer.
Chapter 43, Arya VIII: Disillusioned with the Brotherhood's actions, Arya decides to escape their camp, but the Hound
captures her.
Chapter 44, Jaime VI: Jaime asks Roose Bolton to give his regards to Robb Stark before leaving Harrenhal. Qyburn
tells him that Brienne's captor has refused Lord Selwyn's offer because he's convinced that Tarth is full of sapphires.
Jaime decides to go back to Harrenhal, where Brienne has been thrown into a pit to fight against a bear. Jaime saves
her and they abandon Harrenhal together.
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Chapter 45, Catelyn V: Catelyn, Edmure, Robb and his army travel to the Twins.

The episode is adapted from the following chapters of "'A Dance with Dragons":
Chapter 12, Reek I: Theon's captor continues torturing him and playing games with his mind.
Chapter 16, Daenerys III: Someone offers Daenerys ships, providing that she leaves for Westeros, but she refuses.
Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell: It is implied that Theon was castrated.

Memorable quotes
Melisandre: "Haven't you ever wondered where your strength came from? Your talent for fighting?"
Gendry: "I'm lowborn. As low as can be. My mother was a tavern wench."
Melisandre: "Mine was a slave. So was I. Bought and sold, scourged and branded, until the Lord of Light reached down, took
me in his hand and raised me up."
Gendry: "I was born in Flea Bottom."
Melisandre: "Your blood is noble."
Gendry: "Are you saying my father, he was some lord or..."
Melisandre: "There." [Nods to the Red Keep.] "Your father's house."
Gendry: "I'm just a bastard."
Melisandre: "The bastard of Robert of the House Baratheon, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men. Why do
you think the gold cloaks wanted you? There is power in a king's blood."

Ramsay Snow: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Terrible timing. But I was getting jealous. Well? Should we see this cock everyone's always
going on about? Everyone knows you love girls. I bet you always thought they loved you back. Your famous cock must be very
precious to you. Would you say it's your most precious part?"

Theon Greyjoy: "Please! No! No! Mercy, please! Please, mercy! Mercy!"
Ramsay Snow: "This is mercy. I'm not killing you. Just making a few alterations."
Theon Greyjoy: "No! No! No! Please, no! No! No! No, please! Please!"

Jaime Lannister: "Sorry about the sapphires."

Tyrion Lannister: "I don't pay you to put evil notions in my head. The ones already there don't need company."
Bronn: "You pay me to kill people who bother you. Evil notions come free."

Jon Snow : "Ygritte, you won't win. I know your people are brave. No one denies that..."

Ygritte: "You know nothing—"

Jon Snow: "Six times in the last thousand years, a King-beyond-the-Wall has attacked the kingdoms. Six times they failed."

Ygritte: "And how do you know that?"

Jon Snow: "Every boy in the North knows it. We grow up learning it. Where the battles were fought, the names of the heroes,
who died where. Six times you've invaded and six times you've failed. The seventh will be the same."

Ygritte: "Mance is different."

Jon Snow: "You don't have the discipline. You don't have the training. Your army is no army. You don't know how to fight
together."

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Ygritte: "You don't know that."

Jon Snow: "I do. I know it. If you attack the Wall, you'll die. All of you. All of us."

Ygritte: "You're mine as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. But first we'll live. Yes, first we'll live."

Gallery

The eponymous bear, played by The eponymous maiden-fair,

Bart the Bear the actor-bear. Brienne of Tarth.

Tywin arrives at the Iron Throne to Tyrion and Shae

speak with King Joffrey

See also
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References
1. ↑ WinterIsComing.net , January 28th, 2013. 4. ↑ Calgary Expo 2015 , starts at 15 minutes 30 seconds.

2. ↑ "A woman of action: Michelle MacLaren, Artsci'86" 5. ↑ [2]

(written 2014) 6. ↑ Making Game of Thrones Blog
3. ↑ [1]

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