Once he does join the Hill Tribes on the field, he's knocked out by an errant war hammer moments into the march. After Bronn leaves, Tyrion goes to bed with Shae, barely waking up the next morning in time to go to war. After the joke was revealed, Tywin allowed his whole household guard to rape the woman while Tyrion watched. Shae manages to tap into Tyrion's pained past, however, which prompts him to tell the story of how he was married for a short time - until he learned that his brother Jaime Lannister had paid a whore to take him as her husband. They try to divine each other's pasts, which Tyrion does very well with Bronn but fails miserably with his mistress. In Tyrion's tent, he plays a drinking game with Bronn and Shae. Strange and demonic noises begin to emanate from Drogo's tent, and Dany, curled on the ground, begins to go into labor. After a fierce struggle, Jorah manages to kill Drogo's bloodrider. The Dothraki are enraged at this affront to nature, and Qotho draws his arakh and attacks Jorah. Mirri agrees that the khal will die, but when Dany begs her to perform magic, the witch agrees, slaughtering the khal's horse as a sacrifice. Instead, Daenerys sends for Mirri Maz Dur, the last hope of saving her husband. Ser Jorah Mormont urges Dany to leave now, before the khal dies and leaves her and her unborn son without protection. His wound has festered, leaving him just hours away from death. The Dothraki make camp, and Daenerys tends to Drogo. Tyrion pushes himself away from the table and returns to his tent, where Bronn has acquired a whore for him, a foreign girl named Shae, who Tyrion wants to serve him exclusively for as long as he pays her. "Surely, there are ways to have me killed that are less detrimental to the war effort," Tyrion says, but his father's decision is final. Tywin informs the dwarf that he is to lead the vanguard into battle with the Hill Tribesmen. Tyrion Lannister eats with his father, Lord Tywin Lannister, and the family's war council. The bloodrider Qotho rides to the front of the hoard and looks down on Drogo and Dany, declaring, "A khal who cannot ride is no khal." When Drogo falls from his horse and into the dirt, Daenerys Targaryen bolts from her saddle to help him. Khal Drogo's khalasar travels across Essos, through rocky terrain, with its leader slumped in his saddle and obviously ill. He reveals that he is a Targaryen - the uncle of the Mad King Aerys - and that he stood by his duty at the Wall while the Lannisters all but exterminated his family. Aemon explains that men of the Night's Watch are meant to live a life devoid of family because "love is the death of duty." The blind maester knows this firsthand. Jon visits the old man, struggling under the weight of his devotion to Robb. All of Jon's friends clamor to examine the long sword, but any excitement he feels evaporates when Sam Tarly shares the news of Robb's march south, which was brought by a raven for Maester Aemon. Grateful for Jon Snow's bravery in saving his life, Lord Commander Jeor Mormont bestows his family's blade, Longclaw, on the young Night's Watchman. But Walder's only real pledge is to his own house, so the price of his backing is steep: Arya and Robb must each marry a Frey. Catelyn Stark calls on Lord Walder, hoping that his oath as her father's bannerman will help shore up his loyalties. This means acquiring the cooperation of Lord Walder Frey, the ancient and wily patriarch who controls the river's lone crossing - a bridge fortress known as the Twins. Robb and his host approach the Trident River, which they must cross in order break the Lannisters' grip on the Riverlands. "What of your daughter's life," Viserys asks. Ned refuses to offer a false confession and capitulate to the queen who tried to murder his son: The lord's life is not so valuable to him that he'd forsake his honor. Varys wants to avoid the war the Robb Stark is about to wage against the Lannisters - and all the devastation it will cause to innocent lives. Lord Varys visits the accused traitor to say that his own loyalties are to the people of the realm. In the black cells of the Red Keep, Lord Ned Stark wastes away in the darkness.
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