Tail 1960's lies jails have up to fail practitioners mid walls...with a 600-foot drop off the side of a mountain on the fourth side. The Lord of the Eyrie also tries to force the imprisoned to leave their castle via the Door When manages to get pardoned, Lysa Arryn manages to do Death By Freedom Death by Irony: Eddard Stark's first appearance has him beheading a for deserting the Night's Watch. himself is later beheaded as a traitor to the realm, right after having made a false confession front of the whole city Taken even further with the fact that Stark refused to harm Joffrey, even though he is trying to depose him, while Joffrey had no qualms about killing him. Early Installment Weirdness: When arrives at Winterfell, he and have a long discussion about Lannister becoming Warden of the East. After that, it's never mentioned again for the entire series. acts like being a Warden is a big deal, but while the titles of the various Wardens are sometimes mentioned, the idea that there is any sort of political power associated with the title is never suggested. When hears that is approaching Winterfell, he is described as giving a loud exuberant wooping noise, evoking the image of a fratboy. While it's -character for to be excited to see his long time friend, this open display of emotion contrasts strongly with his The Stoic and Grim Up North characterization and comes off as weird. The length and time of the recent seasons are given detail, mentioning the unusually long how winters Tyrion has lived through, and the Year of the False among others. subsequent books, the only anyone seems to mention or care about is the upcoming one, and the histories only refer to the seasons passing, if at all. Given the amount of historical detail given the books about virtually everything else, this is especially noticeable. Enforced Method Acting: An -universe example. During a battle at the end of the book, Lord Tywin Lannister tries to lure Robb Stark's army into a trap by having one flank of his own army crumble under assault, with the pikemen to sweep after the Northmen over-commit themselves. To accomplish this, he composes that flank solely of irregular troops and green recruits, gives command to his Psycho for Hire, and sticks his hated Tyrion for good measure. Exact Eavesdropping: Arya overhears a conversation between conspirators, but the conversation involves the political situation on a different continent, they don't drop particular details, and speak metaphorically for a large chunk of the conversation. Since Arya's only ten, not only does she misunderstand, she forgets large parts of the conversation As a result, when she tries to relate the conversation to someone else, it's garbled to the point of incoherency. Freudian Slip: When is speaking with Arya about how the wolf blood took his siblings and to early grave. found his death by threatening Rhaegar and getting killed by the Mad but Lyanna's case sounds weird since the accepted story of her death puts her as a Damsel Distress rather than dying due to her wild nature. This may indicate something more about her death, but Arya doesn't notice something is off. Good Is Not Dumb: Stark's advice is often dismissed as just being Honor Before Reason, but there are often very good reasons for his choices. He attempts to Take a Third Option regarding the impending succession crisis by warning Cersei that he will reveal the truth about her incest and the illegitimacy of her children order to persuade her to flee with the capitol] to avoid bloodshed. This action ends up costing him dearly. However, the seemingly obvious option of simply allowing [[spoiler: to find out, which would likely have lead to him killing Cersei a fit of rage, and the children killed as abominations, who are the family members of the most powerful lord Westeros and infamous dishonorable knight who has already slain his previous monarch would have horrific consequences as well. Kangaroo Court: Tyrion Lannister is the victim of the court of the Eyrie. After being kidnapped and taken to impregnable fortress, he has to offer to confess order to be let out of a cell specifically designed to make its occupant commit suicide, and then has to a trial by publicly shaming his accusers to avoid going back there. The trial question would be judged by the six-year old of the he's accused of murdering and presided