Jyana Arryn has managed to somehow acquire a group of three very young children to tell a story to. Amidst comical recitation, she notices too late that someone has been eyeing, and laughing, at her antics for quite some time.
Following a sparring session that inadvertently landed the pair of them inside the Small Council Tower, Almer Connington and Dagur Saltcliffe are called before the Hand.
The young Sarya Baratheon is getting bored by being constantly chaperoned and kept away from things she considers to be entertaining. She complains to her older brother, who has enought of 'the boy' left in him to understand her.
Having been driven inside by the rain, Irena Marbrand and Sarya Baratheon meet for the first time in the Royal Library.
When two of the Conquest's most famous blades decide to spar on a rainy afternoon, their rivalry erupts into an epic battle, and unforseen consequences...
After a morning of very clumsy riding, Jyana Arryn is approached by Almer Connington, who makes an offer she can't refuse...if she wants to keep from bouncing around the saddle like a sack of turnips, that is.
The Hand, Prince Viserys, presides over the first council session held since the return of part of Daeron's forces from Dorne. On the agenda are such matters as the conflict between Ser Doran and Ser Sarmion.
The Hand meets with the other party in the quarrel that erupted a few days ago, a certain Ser Sarmion, and has some requests to make of the knight. And once Ser Sarmion leaves, Ser Almer Connington takes his place, bringing with him some requests for the Hand.
Lady Elanna Penrose and Tancred Baratheon meets in the early afternoon at the Baratheon Manse to speak of such important issues as politic, honor, marriage and fond memories.
Lady Elanna Penrose, having returned from a night out into the city, comes across a contemplative Jyana Arryn, who puzzles over a certain complication.
Viserys presses Sarmion to publicly quiet rumors of his quarrel with Doran, then hears Almer's petition for the widows and orphans of his fallen men, granting honors and placements for children but refusing royal maintenance.
Doran asks Viserys how to answer Sarmion Baratheon's insults and restore his honor, but the Hand refuses to send him back to command in Dorne and warns that the good of the realm outweighs Doran's personal satisfaction.
Almer Connington and Jonn Lannister discuss a nasty rumor about a fallen comrade, as Elanna Penrose looks on.
Doran Dondarrion meets with the Hand to speak about the matter of his ... disagreement with Sarmion Baratheon
Almer Connington, exhausted from a meeting with the Hand of the King, comes across Jyana Arryn and her efforts to recreate the Charge of the Two Kings during the Wars of Conquest.