I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. ![]() Night gathers, and now my watch begins.In the name of the Maid I charge you to protect all women. In the name of the Mother I charge you to defend the young and innocent. In the name of the Father I charge you to be just. In the name of the Warrior I charge you to be brave.Describing Duncan the Tall, to explain why the commoners are on his side. Steely Pate in The Hedge Knight (1998).And Tyrion Lannister, defiant, stares right back.Quotations In the name of the Warrior I charge you to be brave. As for Tywin: he stares straight ahead, in dark hatred, at his youngest son. Cersei smiles, triumphant at having pushed him too far. (beat) I demand a trial by combat! The roar of the crowd is deafening. And I know I'll get no justice here, so I will let the gods decide my fate. Uproar from the crowd Killer! Kingslayer! Monster! TYWIN (shouting over the crowd, to Meryn Trant): Ser Meryn, escort the prisoner back to his cell- TYRION: I will not give my life for Joffrey's murder. I would gladly give my life to watch you all swallow it. I wish I had enough poison for the whole pack of you. TYRION: I wish I was the monster you think I am. Tyrion turns from her and looks out at the crowd of nobles. Cersei has never hated Tyrion more than in this moment. Watching your vicious bastard die gave me more relief than a thousand lying whores. TYRION: I did not kill Joffrey but I wish that I had. TYWIN: Have you nothing to say in your defense? TYRION: Nothing but this: I did not do it. I've been on trial for that my entire life. TYWIN: You are not on trial for being a dwarf. I am guilty of a far more monstrous crime. Is that what you want to hear? TYWIN: You admit you poisoned the King? TYRION: No, of that I'm innocent. Do you wish to confess? Tyrion turns to face Tywin. I should have let Stannis kill you all- TYWIN: Tyrion. I saved this city and all your worthless lives. ![]() TYWIN: You wish to confess? Tyrion gazes out at the crowd, who are taking such pleasure in his destruction. TYRION: Father, I wish to confess! (shouting over the crowd) I wish to confess. So he promised to kill King Joffrey for her. (beat) After that, all he wanted was her. Tyrion can only stare at her as she turns back. The hundreds of spectators, the judges, Tywin himself: none of them are here. For a single moment it's just the two of them. She turns to speak to him directly for the last time. I took his face in my hands and said, "I am yours and you are mine." Tyrion speaks quietly, for her alone, begging her with his look to stop. ![]() He ordered me to call him "My Lion," so I did. I would wait in his chambers for hours so he could use me when he was bored. I kissed him where he wanted, licked him where he wanted, I let him- put himself, where he wanted. Whatever he told me to do to him, whatever he felt like doing to me. OBERYN: And did you? SHAE: Did I what? OBERYN: Fuck him like it was his last night in the world? SHAE: I did everything he wanted. Tywin keeps a straight face, until finally: TYWIN: SILENCE. "I want you to fuck me like it's my last night in this world." Loud laughter and chatter from the crowd. He broke the knight's arm and brought me to Lord Tyrion. But when Tyrion arrived, he sent one of his cutthroats into our tent. I was with another man, a knight in your lordship's army. TYWIN: How did you come into his service? SHAE: He stole me. ![]() MACE TYRELL: I beg your pardon, you said you were his-? SHAE: His whore. (beat) He stole poison from the Grand Maester's chamber, to put in Joffrey's wine- OBERYN: How could you possibly know all this? Why would he reveal such plans to his wife's maid? SHAE: I wasn't just her maid. SHAE: She wanted revenge for her father, her mother, her brother. An eruption from the crowd at this confirmation. What do you know of this? SHAE: I know that he's guilty. TYWIN: This man stands accused of King Joffrey. TYWIN: And how do you know him? SHAE: I was handmaiden to his wife, Lady Sansa.
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