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When she slid Oathkeeper from the ornate scabbard, Brienne’s breath caught in her throat. Black and red the ripples ran, deep within the steel. Valyrian steel, spell-forged. It was a sword fit for a hero.
Each man bore a famous sword, and surely Oathkeeper belonged in their company, even if she herself did not. “You’ll be defending Ned Stark’s daughter with Ned Stark’s own steel,” Jaime had promised.
brienne is a true knight, and does belong in the category with the heroes fr
“Tommen has his mother.” Ser Kevan’s green eyes met her own, unblinking. A last drop of wine trembled wet and red beneath his chin, and finally fell. “Aye,” he added softly, after a pause, “and his father too, I think.”
i love that this is the end of Cersei’s POV chapter and the next one is Jaime’s
“My lord,” the lad asked, “will you be wanting your new hand?” “Wear it, Jaime,” urged Ser Kennos of Kayce. “Wave at the smallfolk and give them a tale to tell their children.” “I think not.” Jaime would not show the crowds a golden lie. Let them see the stump. Let them see the cripple.
“You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne.”
Seven, Brienne thought again, despairing. She had no chance against seven, she knew. No chance, and no choice. She stepped out into the rain, Oathkeeper in hand. “Leave her be. If you want to rape someone, try me.”
she's literally the best
“Your word of honor?” Ser Brynden raised an eyebrow. “Do you even know what honor is?” A horse. “I will swear any oath that you require.”
i read this in the same tone of flynn rider in that scene from tangled
“She says that you must choose. Take the sword and slay the Kingslayer, or be hanged for a betrayer. The sword or the noose, she says. Choose, she says. Choose.”
“Podrick has never harmed you. My father will ransom him. Tarth is called the sapphire isle. Send Podrick with my bones to Evenfall, and you’ll have sapphires, silver, whatever you want.”
She screamed a word.
