A Clash of Kings ÔÇö Arya V

The captives are marched to Harrenhal; when Lommy Greenhands cannot walk, Raff the Sweetling answers his plea for carrying with a spear.

The chapter retold

The captives from YorenÔÇÖs shattered column are marched to Harrenhal under Lannister guard, and the journey costs its first life almost immediately: Lommy Greenhands, wounded and unable to walk, begs to be carried. Raff the Sweetling answers the plea with a spear through the throat instead ÔÇö carrying him, he says, with black humor that tells you everything about the men now holding AryaÔÇÖs fate.

ItÔÇÖs a brutal, economical chapter that establishes the tone of HarrenhalÔÇÖs Lannister garrison before Arya ever sets foot inside the castle proper ÔÇö casual, bored cruelty as the house style. LommyÔÇÖs death also strips away one more piece of the group Arya fled KingÔÇÖs Landing with, narrowing her allies down to almost no one as the column nears the most infamous castle in the riverlands.

This movement: Wolves and Krakens

• Theon comes home to Pyke and finds his father plotting war on the North ÔÇö and his sister Asha commanding the ships he wanted.
• Renly weds Margaery Tyrell and parades a hundred thousand swords through the Reach at tourney pace.
• Dany leads her khalasar out of the red waste to the gates of Qarth, three dragons her only argument.
• Yoren's column is broken at a lakeside holdfast; Arya frees Jaqen H'ghar from a burning barn.

The fallen ÔÇö spoilers

• Lommy Greenhands ÔÇö Asked to be carried; Raff the Sweetling carried a spear.