12 AGOT Daenerys II : Drogo removes the bells from his hair before their nuptuals. The bells are awarded for victories. 47 AGOT Daenerys...

Opening in A Game of Thrones with Ned's military situation in King's Landing and lightly before that with Robb's military situation in the riverlands, this dynamic theme picks up and develops early in A Clash of Kings and is a theme specific to that book . Before it comes to swords, strength is calculated. 74 ACOK 1 Prologue : "It was said that Stannis knew the strength of every house in the Seven Kingdoms" 18. The ability to calculate strength is basic to any fight. Only

Opening in A Game of Thrones , Landscape as Prison builds momentum in A Storm of Swords where it figures heavily and poignantly. I...