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The chalice and the blade summary
The chalice and the blade summary













Alaric of Eysen is scheduled to perform, but the great ceremonial pie arrives, served by six cooks. After Tyrion refuses and embarrasses the boy king, Joffrey empties the large royal chalice of wine over his uncle and orders him to be his cupbearer.

the chalice and the blade summary

A pair of dwarf jousters enter the throne room atop a dog and a sow and proceed to mock the Starks and Joffrey's Baratheon uncles, Renly and Stannis Joffrey encourages Tyrion to join them. Joffrey, while drunk, continually attempts to provoke his uncle, who is a dwarf. Tyrion is seated several seats away from the other Lannister attendees along with Sansa. Dancers from the Summer Isles also perform during the wedding feast. Galyeon sings a song of the Battle of the Blackwater with seventy-seven verses. Further entertainment comes from pyromancers, pipers, trained dogs, sword swallowers, and a juggler. The fools Moon Boy, Butterbumps, and Dontos Hollard also perform for the guests. Collio Quaynis sings " The Dance of the Dragons", a song of the Doom of Valyria, " Bessa the Barmaid", and another version of "The Rains of Castamere". Hamish is followed by a trained bear and Pentoshi tumblers. Hamish the Harper is the first performer, premiering " Lord Renly's Ride" and also singing " A Rose of Gold", " The Rains of Castamere", " Maiden, Mother, and Crone", and " My Lady Wife". Seventy-seven dishes are planned for the dinner.

the chalice and the blade summary the chalice and the blade summary

The wedding feast takes place in the throne room in the Red Keep. King Joffrey Baratheon dies of the poison © Josu Hernaiz The marriage of Joffrey and Margaery occurs at midday in the Great Sept of Baelor, before statues of the Father and the Mother. Lord Tywin Lannister gives his grandson a Valyrian steel sword Joffrey names it Widow's Wail and then uses the blade to destroy the book he received from Tyrion. Tyrion gives Joffrey a copy of the illuminated Lives of Four Kings, while Lord Mace Tyrell gives the king a seven-sided wedding chalice decorated with great houses: ruby lion, emerald rose, onyx stag, silver trout, blue jade falcon, opal sun, and pearl direwolf. The king receives a bow of golden wood from Jalabhar Xho, riding boots from Lady Tanda Stokeworth, a jousting saddle from Ser Kevan Lannister, a scorpion brooch from Oberyn Martell, silver spurs from Ser Addam Marbrand, a tourney pavilion from Lord Mathis Rowan, and a model of King Joffrey's Valor from Lord Paxter Redwyne. Queen Cersei Lannister gives Joffrey a wedding cloak which has been passed down from her mother, Joanna.

the chalice and the blade summary

Breakfastīreakfast for House Lannister, the men of House Tyrell, and other nobility is held in the Queen's Ballroom within the Red Keep the Tyrell women break their fast separately with Margaery. Instead of Joffrey, Sansa marries the king's uncle, Tyrion Lannister. Her grandmother, Olenna Tyrell, questions Sansa about Joffrey to see if the stories of the boy king's cruelty are true. After the Battle of the Blackwater, Joffrey discards Sansa Stark and is betrothed to Margaery. After Renly's death, the small council sends Lord Petyr Baelish to negotiate an alliance between Houses Tyrell and Lannister, supporting the claim of Joffrey Baratheon. House Tyrell aligns itself with Renly Baratheon at the start of the War of the Five Kings, with Renly marrying Margaery Tyrell.















The chalice and the blade summary