Sam Fumbled For A Penny. Are You A Novice?

Sam fumbled for a penny. “Are you a novice?”  

“An acolyte. Alleras, by some called Sphinx.”  

The name gave Sam a jolt. “The sphinx is the riddle, not the riddler,” he blurted. “Do you know what that means?” 

“No. Is it a riddle?” 

“I wish I knew. I’m Samwell Tarly. Sam.”

i love sam and i love alleras and it’s criminal that i don’t draw them more 

And best of all, Lord Nestor’s cooks prepared a splendid subtlety, a lemon cake in the shape of the Giant’s Lance, twelve feet tall and adorned with an Eyrie made of sugar. For me, Alayne thought, as they wheeled it out. The cake had required every lemon in the Vale, but Petyr had promised that he would send to Dorne for more. 

asoiaf + ❝gentle heart❞ :

In the end a gentle heart may be worth more than pride or valor.   —   A Dance With Dragons

Every Arya & Lyanna parallel: → a good judge of character

ARYA

“Why would you want to ride a smelly old horse and get all sore and sweaty when you could recline on feather pillows and eat cakes with the queen?” “I don’t like the queen,” Arya said casually. Sansa sucked in her breath, shocked that even Arya would say such a thing, but her sister prattled on, heedless.

— A Game of Thrones, Sansa I

LYANNA

“Robert will never keep to one bed,” Lyanna had told him at Winterfell, on the night long ago when their father had promised her hand to the young Lord of Storm’s End. “I hear he has gotten a child on some girl in the Vale.” Ned had held the babe in his arms; he could scarcely deny her, nor would he lie to his sister, but Ned had assured her that what Robert did before their betrothal was of no matter, that he was a good man and true who would love her with all his heart. Lyanna had only smiled. “Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man’s nature.”

— A Game of Thrones, Eddard IX

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Theon Appreciation Month, Day 9: Loyalty

And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of Balon Greyjoy's loins. Murdered at the Red Wedding, butchered by the Frey's. Where was I? I should have died with him.

when is the asoiaf fandom gonna realize that learning to become an assassin revolves around training in espionage? which means the trainee in question needs to learn languages, history, religion, politics, acting, manipulation, lie detection, how to collect information, all kinds of science like poison and anatomy ect 

assassins do kill people but in order to to do that as quickly and efficiently as possible they learn everything. they need to be able to become anyone from anywhere at anytime. arya has one of the most varied skill sets in asoiaf. thats not even taking into account her own character strengths. but when grrm sent her to the house of black and white he was perfecting her ability to assume any role. something she’s been doing since the beginning. whether it was posing as a boy or a servant or a silly actress. thats literally what she does. arya is truly the most adaptable character in this series. she will do and become whatever she must to survive. that includes being a politician or a ruler.