A Clash of Kings, Chapter 8, Tyrion
Chapter 8, Tyrion
Summary
Tyrion drinks with Lord Janos Slynt. After the conversation Tyrion gives Slynt to the new captain of the gold cloaks with orders to send him and his trusted men to the Wall. When Janos is taken away Varys visits Tyrion. They talk about Slynt’s involvement in Ned’s death and murder of Robert’s bastard. Varys reveals that he planned for one boy to escape Cersei’s wrath.
Quotes
“I told them to throw Allar Deem into the sea. I am sorely tempted to do the same with you.”
“You might be disappointed by the result,” Varys replied.
“The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling.”
“Alas, no. There was another bastard, a boy, older. I took steps to see him removed from harm’s way… but I confess, I never dreamed the babe would be at risk. A baseborn girl, less than a year old, with a whore for a mother. What threat could she pose?”
“She was Robert’s,” Tyrion said bitterly.
Who truly killed Eddard Stark do you think? Joffrey, who gave the command? Ser Ilyn Payne, who swung the sword? Or… another?”
Tyrion had the City Watch now, plus a hundred-and-a-half fierce clansmen and a growing force of sellswords recruited by Bronn. He would seem well protected. Doubtless Eddard Stark thought the same.
“How do you know which ones to hire?”
“I look them over. I question them, to learn where they’ve fought and how well they lie.”
Bronn smiled. “And then I give them a chance to kill me, while I do the same for them.”
“Have you killed any?”
“No one we could have used.”
“And if one of them kills you?”
“He’ll be one you’ll want to hire.”
Commentary
This is one of my favorite chapters, full of hidden schemes and meanings.
First of all, Tyrion is starting to build his domain in King’s Landing. He’s killing two birds with one stone by removing the butcher Janos Slynt and replacing him with his own man (or, as he reflects, replacing Littlefinger’s man with Varys’). He thinks that securing the gold cloaks plus the army of mercenaries recruited by Bronn should make him feel safe, but he also keeps in mind that Ned was also feeling safe and it didn’t do him much good.
Tyrion is also having an interesting conversation with the Spider himself. Tyrion tells Varys that he’s tempted to remove him just like he did it with Slynt, but Varys doesn’t seem scared. He even kind of boasts, that big fish come and go and he keeps on paddling.
Varys also says something very intriguing. He hints on the possibility that it was not Ilyn Payne, nor Joffrey that killed Ned Stark. He leaves the question hanging in there and the general understanding is that it was Joffrey that gave the command and should bear the responsibility, but what if there was someone else, who convinced Joffrey that leaving Stark alive would be a sign of weakness or that he should punish Ned for the humiliation Arya put him through? Just a thought to ponder. 
There is one more plot touched in this chapter - Robert’s bastards. Cersei wants them dead and she doesn’t hesitate sending men to kill new born children. Varys reveals to have plotted to hide one of Robert’s bastards. It’s logical to assume that he’s talking about Gendry. What were his reasons? Who can tell? Does he have a plan that involves Gendry? Did he do it to honor Robert’s life? To save his child knowing that the “true-born” were not his own? Or did he just do it to spite Cersei? I wonder.
The last thing that amused me greatly in this chapter is once again the filled with cynism comedic duo of Tyrion and Bronn. Those two are worth each other.
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