Thursday, 16 May 2019

AFfC 31: Brienne 519

Brienne, Septon Meribald, Podrick Payne and Ser Hyle all walk across the sand to a sort of monastery called the Quiet Isle. They get well looked after. There are an awful lot of candles, which I am suspicious about because candles should be expensive. But it turns out they have beehives and probably make their own. Though I don't know how many bees you need to make a beeswax candle. Saltpans is visible from the Isle. We learn a lot about the atrocities there from the brothers.

The Elder Brother tells Brienne that it was not the Hound who raided Saltpans. In fact Elder Brother watched the Hound die. But he made the mistake of leaving his helmet to mark his grave, which was then stolen by some other outlaws and used to impersonate him. Elder Brother also tells Brienne that it is Arya who was with the Hound, not Sansa. Elder Brother thinks the new lord at Darry (Lancel) will sort out the outlaws, but this seems unlikely.

Brienne pledges to continue her quest to find Sansa.