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Brienne of Tarth

Knightly ideals without a knighthood

Contains spoilers through A Dance with Dragons. Television events and unfinished preview chapters are outside this collection.

The character in context

The daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth wins a place in Renly’s Rainbow Guard, then swears herself to Catelyn after his death. Entrusted with escorting Jaime to King’s Landing, she later receives Oathkeeper and sets out to find Sansa. Her search through the war-torn Riverlands confronts her with civilian suffering and contempt for a woman who tries to live by knightly ideals.

A reading path

These are editorial starting points, not a complete appearance list or a claim that the character narrates every chapter.

  1. 1. Joining the Rainbow Guard

    A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II

  2. 2. Accepting the search for Sansa

    A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX

  3. 3. Protecting the children at the inn

    A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII

Sources and chapter references

Our original summaries use named novel chapters and the A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index. The links lead to that secondary index, not the full novel text. Coverage is selective, not exhaustive line-by-line verification.

  1. 1. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
  2. 2. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
  3. 3. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
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