Joleta Gargalen speaks with the cousins Ser Aidan Dayne and Tanyth Toland about affairs at court following the news of the Dornish rebellion.
Ser Andry Chester, the first knight to return from Dorne since the rebellion began, is presented to the small council to deliver dire news.
Crakehalls reunite, but does the heir to Crakehall harbor a hatred for Dornishmen that, hard on the heels of the news of Lord Tyrell's murder, will cause trouble with the likes of Ser Aidan Dayne?
Several nobles gather in the Red Keep, but somewhere the conversation takes a turn for the worst. Ser Ethos ends up gravely offending Lady Reyna, Ser Tancred arrives in a fury, and what started as a pleasant gathering ends in anger and distress.
A fortnight after the wedding Prince Baelor and Princess Daena, a joust of love is held in their honor. Over two dozen competitors take part.
With information extracted from the prisoners, and confirmed by Ser Endros Buckler whose unexpected appearance provided the company a harrowing tale of his escape and travails since first being captured by the bandits, the expeditionary force under Ser Sarmion, the Warden of the Kingswood, closes with the location of the enemy encampment.
Having entered the kingswood on King Daeron's command to find and put an end to the Starveling and his band of outlaws, Ser Sarmion and Ser Dagur lead the company into the depths of the forest at the direction of a Wendwater knight. At the suspected area, a trap is devised to attempt to lure out a group of bandits.
During an impromptu gathering in the Old Keep, tensions run high as Mavros Uller encounters one of the more outspoken Dornish hostages, Valeria Blackmont.
The conclusion of the Dornish Bread Riot, as King Daeron personally leads a force to mercilessly crush the rioters following the failure of the City Watch to contain and control the problem.
Several Dornish hostages travel to the Bakers' Square following the rumor of buying bread that's just like home. But something goes wrong, very wrong.
A Dornish rebel, Ser Edmund Wyl, is brought to the Red Keep to meet the King's Justice. Witnesses to the event include Dornish hostages, notable knights and members of the court, and smallfolk. Matters grow out of hand following Wyl's defiant death.
Idly wandering into the Godswood one evening, Raynard meets Rosalind.
A group of nobles idly discuss recent events and matters of geography, and touch upon the attitudes of a certain member of the small council.
Elaena Targaryen's ninth nameday celebration is marred by the consequences of recent events and revelations concerning her cousin Prince Aegon.