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Petyr Baelish

Shelter and control

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

The character in context

Petyr, known as Littlefinger, uses financial office, personal connections and marriage to gain power. He promises Ned assistance but betrays him in the throne room. Later he arranges Sansa’s escape from King’s Landing and hides her in the Vale as his supposed daughter Alayne. After marrying Lysa, he pushes her through the Moon Door and blames a singer. He retains authority as Robert Arryn’s guardian while planning another marriage for Sansa.

A reading path

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

  1. 1. A promise turns into betrayal

    A Game of Thrones, Chapter 49, Eddard XIV

  2. 2. Revelations before the Moon Door

    A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII

  3. 3. Arranging a future marriage

    A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne II

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 Game of Thrones, Chapter 49, Eddard XIV — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
  2. 2. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
  3. 3. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne II — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
  4. 4. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 61, Sansa V — A Wiki of Ice and Fire reference index
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