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Why did Doran appoint Daemon Sand to guard Arianne in this mission?

Perhaps because they know each other so well. In the sample chapter, he already fulfills the role of confidant for Arianne. And don't forget, Daemon was trained by Oberyn himself. That might have raised Doran's trust in him as well, since Doran and Oberyn worked together really close.

Daemon might be able to predict Arianne's actions to a degree, and that could help him protect her. Sending a guard who doesn't know Arianne that well, would not have such an advantage.

Also, a guard that Arianne doesn't know very well, would be less trusted by her. And I don't think having a guard with you when you enter a potentially dangerous situation would be such a good idea.

Edit: Also, as your quote from the sample chapter shows us, Daemon isn't afraid to tell Arianne the truth. The other man she played Cyvasse with, told her she had played a gallant game, which was a way to try and make the loosing sting less for Arianne. But Daemon tells her plainly how it is. That's a good thing in an advisor. He tells things the way it is, and doesn't try to sugercoat it.

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and old Lord Hunter had died so suddenly that his two younger sons were accusing their elder brother of having murdered him.

Gilwood Hunter will be murdered by his brothers. Most likely by young Harlan, who arranged Lord Eon’s death.

It is first mentioned in ASoS that Gilwood Hunter murdered his father and accused by his younger brothers. Later in AFfC LF says that in fact the smallest brother Harlan Hunter did the job and will kill Gilwood as well. How will this kinslaying will effect the story in the Vale?

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Ok so I have a few....



1. Near the end of a Dance with Dragons, did Arya use her warging abilities on the cat, in order to kill the merchant?



2. Why do we assume Rhaegar Frey was baked (And eaten) into a pie by Lord Wyman?



3.What's the status of Brienne and Podrick? I thought it was pretty clear they were hanged by UnCat, but then there was this whole thing were Jaime went off with Brienne to meet Un Cat, is Brienne (Applies to Pod as well) some sort of UnBrienne now?



Thanks in advance!


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Ok so I have a few....

1. Near the end of a Dance with Dragons, did Arya use her warging abilities on the cat, in order to kill the merchant?

2. Why do we assume Rhaegar Frey was baked (And eaten) into a pie by Lord Wyman?

3.What's the status of Brienne and Podrick? I thought it was pretty clear they were hanged by UnCat, but then there was this whole thing were Jaime went off with Brienne to meet Un Cat, is Brienne (Applies to Pod as well) some sort of UnBrienne now?

Thanks in advance!

1. She does use her warging abilities to outsmart the Kindly Man, but she kills the merchant with a poisoned coin. The same way "The Alchemist" takes out Pate in the prologue of Feast.

2. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Frey_Pies/Theories

3. Brienne screamed "sword" as they were starting to hang to save Podrick.

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Barristan thinks Drink is false coin. Does this foreshadow some treachery or does this just show Barristan to be a bit of a snobbish prude?

"Behind the prince, Ser Gerris Drinkwater was whispering something to Yronwood. Ser Gerris was all his prince was not: tall and lean and comely, with a swordsman’s grace and a courtier’s wit. Selmy did not doubt that many a Dornish maiden had run her fingers through that sun-streaked hair and kissed that teasing smile off his lips. If this one had been the prince, things might have gone elsewise, he could not help but think … but there was something a bit too pleasant about Drinkwater for his taste. False coin, the old knight thought. He had known such men before." ADwD p. 786

Selmy is talking about Drinkwater's look and manner, that Drink is all flash and no substance. This right after Selmy thinks about mud men vs. fire men. Selmy is likely considering his own past, "a Dornish maiden" (Ashara) liking some fire man over him.

Doesn't seem like snobbery to me. Selmy is not shrewd enough to guess about treachery.

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Ok so that answer leads me to another question:

In what way does she use her warging abilities to "outsmart" the Kindly Man?

She wargs the cat to spy on who's beating her while she's blind. Through the cat she sees the KM beat her with the stick.

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Can we be sure that the numbers of men given by the characters in the books are certain? Ex. Tyrion claiming KL has half a million population, Renly boasting his 100,000 foot soldiers.

When multiple people say it, or when someone thinks it, or says it to himself, I think you can assume it's correct.

When someone is trying to sound better than he is, like for instance with Renly, you have reasons to doubt. But didn't Catelyn also say Renly's army was about 100.000 men large?

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Can we be sure that the numbers of men given by the characters in the books are certain? Ex. Tyrion claiming KL has half a million population, Renly boasting his 100,000 foot soldiers.

Nope.

Did not technically answer the question. He mentioned the size difference between the North and Dorne and talked about the climates for each. He also mentioned that Dorne likes to exaggerate their numbers a bit so as not to seem militarily weak to the other great houses. Reminded us that the men in Westeros have medieval type education. Not every man can count, not every man can read. Gave the example of different mens viewpoints regarding the same army. The first mans count would be 10,000 men. The second man seeing the same host would say it was 5,000...

http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Huntington_Beach_CA

3) What are the approximate populations of King's Landing, Qarth, Asshai and the Port of Ibben?

Populations were largely a matter of guesswork in such times.

http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Eastern_Cities_and_Peoples

Even in real life, estimating the size of medieval armies was always tricky. Try researching how many people fought at Agincourt or Crecy, and you will get a dozen different numbers. Why should Oxcross be any clearer?

http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Stone_Giant_and_Oxcross

Mormont's dialogue -- and the dialogue and thoughts of other characters, for that matter -- needs to be understood =as= dialogue. When we talk, we tend to be imprecise about such things, saying something happened "in the sixties" or "at the turn of the century," or that World War II was "fifty years ago." It's no different in the Seven Kingdoms.

And that goes for distances as well as dates. A phrase like "a thousand leagues" is not meant to be a precise measure of distance, only the equivilent of "a million miles away," ie, "a very long way."

http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Date_of_The_Hedge_Knight_and_Tyrions_Age

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Can we be sure that the numbers of men given by the characters in the books are certain? Ex. Tyrion claiming KL has half a million population, Renly boasting his 100,000 foot soldiers.

Yes we can assume, there is even a SSM with him saying that Kings Landing is bigger than Medieval Paris, but smaller that Ancient Rome or Constantinople, so 500,000 is about right. 100,000 also seems a good number as most men from the stormlands were levied and from the reach, with almost all hedge knights in westeros joining him. But sure we cannot be as we can assume that Caesar did not kill a million people in battles as he says.

How much od Westeros actually seem to believe Daeron was a bastard from Aemon? Fron both modern times and Dunk era

Its hard to say. During the rebellion, the Blackfyre propaganda made this rumor a fact, all lord supporting Daemon told their men that. Now most generations forgot it, especially the small-folk. Anyway most of them think Daeron was the true son of Aegon.

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It is first mentioned in ASoS that Gilwood Hunter murdered his father and accused by his younger brothers. Later in AFfC LF says that in fact the smallest brother Harlan Hunter did the job and will kill Gilwood as well. How will this kinslaying will effect the story in the Vale?

No, no. It's not mention Gilwood murder his father, just that younger brothers are accusing him of that. You know, younger bothers killed their father and they are trying to pin theirs murder to his older brother.

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