Jaime now sets out to take Raventree Hall. The tree literally has thousands of ravens roosting in it. The hall is held by Tytos Blackwood, and besieged by Jonos Bracken. The Blackwoods and Brackens hate each other, but otherwise everything is sorted out in a very calm and civilised manner. Jaime divides up the land between them, extracts hostages from each, and generally knocks their heads together for being so silly. Everyone is now allied to the Lannisters. Hurrah!
We learn that grain mills are taxed at a rate of 10%. I wish I was taxed at a rate of 10%.
Jaime makes clear that he is not Ryman Frey. But now I can not remember what Ryman Frey did. Presumably nothing good, being a Frey.
So long as men remember the wrongs done to their forebears, no peace will ever last.
Yes, yes, put that on your instagram page, Hoster. Jaime points out the alternative is genocide. Nice. Personally I think both sides getting rich and comfortable enough to not care about it any more seems to work best. Or at least they fight it out on the football pitch instead. Have people in Westeros discovered the fun of inflating pigs' bladders, yet?
They march off towards Riverrun, or possibly King's Landing, I'm not sure. They camp in a village between two hills and leave the people alone and don't steal from them. Jaime seems to care a bit about Sansa. He hopes she stays in hiding so knights don't have to kill her.
Then again, didn't he send Brienne to fetch her? Or was it just to protect her? In any case, who should turn up at the end of the chapter but Brienne herself! The last time we saw her she was about to be hanged by undead!Caitlin. But she screamed a word. Now she wants to lure Jaime into what looks suspiciously like a trap (especially as we have no reason to believe Sansa really is a day's ride away). But Brienne likes Jaime, so she wouldn't lead him to his death, would she?
