Opening early in Brienne's storyline in A Feast For Crows , Worth More Than Honor may be a major Brienne theme. It figures broadly, as well, and involves the idea of compromising or being compromised, even morally. On inspection, honor is an obstacle and worthless, especially when Treachery Pays. A Game of Thrones 31 AGOT Eddard VII : Feeling alive. Robert would set aside his crown and become a sellsword in Essos. 36 AGOT Eddard IX : Your men's lives. 41 AGOT Catelyn VII :

Originating early in A Clash of Kings , Aerys Come Again will develop into Butcher King and really becomea topic in A Dance With Dragons , with Daenerys. 76 ACOK 3 Sansa I : Sansa mut intervene to keep Joffrey from killing Dontos for being fool drunk at his nameday tourney. Aerys Come Again, Butcher King 83 ACOK 10 Arya III : Tywin has laid waste to the riverlands, burning them by command. Aerys Come Again 84 ACOK 11 Davos I : Stannis has slain and imprisoned those lords wh

Originating in A Game of Thrones , Called Duty covers subthemes: False for Peace , Strong No Tears, Confronted by Opportunity , and Turn on the Hunter. The theme relates to unconscious motives and the dangers of repressed emotions. 1 AGOT Prologue : Young Waymar decides it is his duty to travel the short distance to see the wildling raiders will has reported dead, to confirm they will trouble the realm no longer. As it's his first ranging, he likely feels he must not come