8 AGOT Arya I : Since Arya is a girl, she is taught to embroider. Since Joffrey is a boy, he is taught swordplay. Neither is pleased. 39 AGOT Tyrion V : "Lannisters are all liars." 42 AGOT Jon V : Jon speaks to Aemon on Sam's behalf, to keep him from being lumped together with the general training when he has special needs and skills. 72 AGOT Catelyn XI : Marq Piper is so anti-Lannister, after what Tywin did to the riverlands, he swear to never call a Lannister his king.

Opening late in A Storm of Swords , The Kill a King relates to treachery 24 AGOT Daenerys III : Lose faith in his strength. When Daenerys realizes Viserys would never be followed by a Dothraki army, she acknowledges he's a fool to think he could take Westeros. She bids Jorah take Viserys's horse so he has no choice but to follow. 30 AGOT Sansa II : Tell him he's prohibited from fighting in the melee. 34 AGOT Eddard VIII : Send an assassin for him before he's born. 48 AGOT

A subtle major theme incorporating Law of the Sword and Might Makes Lord , 74 ACOK 1 Prologue : Stannis and Renly are contrasted on the topic of diplomacy and political skill. "Stannis has never learned to soften his speech, to dissemble or flatter, he said what he thought, and those that did not like it could be damned." 14 76 ACOK 3 Sansa I : The chapter teems with examples of gentility and courtesy used toward a variety of effects. Sansa thinks "courtesy is a lady's ar