Chapter Forty-Nine - Tyrion 11 - A Clash of Kings | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

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Tyrion sees two new Kingsguard appointed and oversees preparations for Stannis’ arrival. The pyromancers have more than delivered on their wildfire promise. And Varys has foiled a plot to open the gates to Stannis. Mackelly and Simon dip a finger in the boiling oil.
 
Chapter Review:
Tyrion sends Shagga and the other mountain clansmen to the Kingswood to harry and delay Stannis’ army as it finally makes its way to King’s Landing. Tyrion and Bronn review the defenses on the river-side of the city and decree that the homes and shanties that lean against the outside of the wall, need to be removed (with minimal human misery if possible) before the invaders use them to scale the walls.
 
Tyrion has learned that Winterfell has fallen to the Greyjoys and while celebrating the Starks’ misfortune, he cannot help but feel that there is something not right about it. He ponders this while seeing Balon Swann and Osmund Kettleblack sworn in as the latest members of the Kingsguard. They replace the late Preston Greenfield and the disgraced Boros Blount, who capitulated too willingly when Tyrion’s men forcibly wrested Prince Tommen from his care.

Tyrion meets with Hallyne of the pyromancers who is miles ahead of schedule on the production of wildfire. Tyrion is skeptical, but Hallyne explains that their spells are working like they used to in the time of dragons. Tyrion faces complaints from ships’ captains who’ve had their ships impounded in defense of the capital. He meets with Varys who has unearthed a plot to open the gates to Stannis’ army. Not from the starving hordes, but from middle-class King’s Landians who’d rather see the back of the Lannisters. One of them is a master armorer, who fell out with Tyrion over his great chain scheme.
 
Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Queen Cersei Lannister - Widow of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister.
King Joffrey Baratheon - Bastard son of Jaime Lannister and his twin sister Queen Cersei Lannister.
Tyrion Lannister - Youngest son of Tywin Lannister. Brother to queen Cersei and Jamie Lannister. Acting Hand of the King.
Varys - Master of Whisperers and member of the Small Council.
Jacelyn Bywater - New Commander of the City Watch (AKA Gold Cloaks).
Bronn - Sellsword. Now Tyrion’s friend and bodyguard.
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