Yay! Davos is back! It was so uncertain if we were going to see the old smuggler turned knight turned lord again, but here his is. I love Davos' character. He's so focused on the reality of the world. He doesn't dream or wish about things that will never be. He just deals with the things that happen. I respect that. He's much different from someone like Stannis who I think is kidding himself into thinking that he's this supreme king. Even with Melisandre telling him that he's some legend reborn, he's got to know that he's just the brother of a guy who managed to take a throne by force.
So, Davos washes up on shore in a small boat having been sent off by Salladhor Saan. It really was only a matter of time before Saan left Stannis. Davos is right...the guy was never to be trusted. Stannis was placing way too much on the shoulders of a guy who wants nothing more than gold in his pockets. When the gold runs out, Saan runs away. You have to respect Davos for sticking to his mission even when he could have stayed with Saan and headed south. Davos reminds me of Ned Stark in regards to his firm loyalty and desire to do the "right thing". I think that's why I like him. It does make me nervous that he's going to end up missing more than his fingers before these books are done.
Saan's betrayal is a rough blow to Stannis. His plans just keep getting swept away. I liked that there was a glimmer of hope when Davos found out that Tywin was dead and then it was gone when he found out that White Harbor was all but lost because of the Freys. I also liked the story of how Tyrion tore Tywin to pieces and was covered in blood. It's funny to see how rumors travel in Westeros.
It looks like Davos will be off to White Harbor to stop a wedding. I keep picturing some romantic comedy where he accidentally interrupts a different wedding before getting to the real one in the nick of time and stopping it. I highly doubt there will be anything romantic or comedic about what Davos is about go through.
Finally, the story about Ned Stark was interesting. Was there any truth to that? Was it a fisherman's daughter that gave birth to Jon Snow? I wonder if Martin threw in the exaggerated story of Tyrion into this chapter to hint that Lord Godric tends to believe anything he hears including ridiculous stories. Personally, I am still a believer in the R+L=J theory.
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