Assassination

4 AGOT Daenerys I: Though Dany never saw one, Viserys was certain they were hunted by assassins.

15 AGOT Catelyn III: Someone sent an assassin for Bran.

33 AGOT Arya III: Varys's little birds are introduced here. They will later be revealed to be assassins as well as spies.

34 AGOT Eddard VIII: Robert demands the council send knives for Daenerys. It can't be Jorah Mormont or the Dothraki would remove their spy. The council decides against poison. The Faceless Men are too expensive. When Littlefinger visits Ned he says

"Varys will quietly let it be known that we'll make a lord of whover does in the Targaryen girl." Ned was disgusted. "So now we grant titles to assassins?" Littlefinger shrugged. "Titles are cheap." 358

53 AGOT Jon VII: The corpse of Othor seems to target Lord Commander mormont. It had been stored far below and would have been drawn elsewhere first if only looking for living flesh.

68 AGOT Sansa VI: Sansa almost shoves Joffrey to his death, so provoked is she by his tortures.

69 AGOT Daenerys IX: Mirri Maz Duur killed The Stallion Who Mounts the World before he was born.

A Clash of Kings

74 ACOK 1 Prologue: Maester Cressen determines to play assassin to save Stannis from Melisandre.

79 ACOK 6 Arya II: It seems Cersei has ordered Gendry brought to her to execute him as a rivasl to Joffrey.

91 ACOK 18 Tyrion IV: All a would-be assassin must do is pocket the right dusty vial from the maester's cabinets.

99 ACOK 26 Tyrion VI: Tyrion gives Cersei a small dose of poison, but it could almost as easily have been a fatal dose.

103 ACOK 30 Tyrion VII: Tyrion blackmails Lancel for his role in Cersei's assassination of King Robert Baratheon.

104 ACOK 31 Arya VII: Jaqen presents himself as an assassin and offers her three names.

107 ACOK 34 Catelyn IV: Stannis's shadowsword

112 ACOK 39 Arya VIII: Jaqen H'ghar kills Weese for Arya. Too late, Arya realizes she ought to have named Tywin.

114 ACOK 41 Daenerys III: "The Sorrowful Men were an ancient sacred guild of assassins, so named because they always whispered, "I am so sorry," to their victims before they killed them. The Qartheen were nothing if not polite." 576

116 ACOK 43 Davos II: Melisandre births a shadow assassin inside Storm's End. Davos feels his culpability, having rowed her in.

128 ACOK 55 Tyrion XII: Cersei, warned by Varys, suspects Tyrion means to see Joffrey killed when Stannis attacks. He's insisted Joffrey appear in battle, alongside his men to inspire confidence.

129 ACOK 56 Catelyn VII: Jaime discuses his assassination of Aerys as his finest act.

137 ACOK 64 Daenerys V: A Sorrowful Man gives Daenerys a jewel box with a manticore i it at the docks in Qarth. He was presumably sent by Pyat Pree and the surviving warlocks, but it could have been anyone, even Xaro Xhoan Daxos, who hired him.

138 ACOK 65 Arya X: Arya kills the guard in a style that resembles as assassin's work, though she fumbles into it. The lie she tells--that she's been sent to give silver pieces to all the guards for good service--is one he doesn't believe but wants to. When she drops the iron coin, he kneels and exposes the back of his neck, as if kneeling before a lord or executioner.

141 ACOK 68 Tyrion XV:

Someone paid Ser Mandon Moore to kill Tyrion during the chaos of the Blackwater.

A Storm of Swords

144 ASOS 1 Prologue: The mutineers disagree on how many of the officers they should kill to ensure their escape.

154 ASOS 11 Davos II: Davos fails to assassinate Melisandre to save Stannis.

155 ASOS 12 Jaime II: Beneath the empty eyes of the skulls on the walls, Jaime hauled the last dragon king bodily off the steps, squealing like a pig and smelling like a privy. A single slash across the throat was all it took to end it. So easy, he remembered thinking. A king should die harder than this." 159

159 ASOS 16 Jon II: " He need not slay a thousand, only one. Mance is all that keeps them together." 211

194 ASOS 51 Arya X: The Hound infiltrates the red wedding to present his sword to Robb or ransom Arya. He looks like an assassin, though.

195 ASOS 52 Catelyn VII: The Red Wedding.

197 ASOS 54 Tyrion VI: "Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner." 720 It may be Tywin got this answer at The Purple Wedding.

199 ASOS 56 Jon VII: Jon looks for Styr in battle, thinking if he can kill their king it might route the Thenns.

201 ASOS 58 Daenerys V: Arstan fends off Mero's assassination attempt on Daenerys.

205 ASOS 62 Sansa V: Littlefinger reveals that he assassinated Joffrey and framed Tyrion.

206 ASOS 63 Jaime VII: Both Tyrion and Brienne are in custody and accused of having killed kings. Jaime thinks Brienne is not a good enough liar to be other than innocent. He expects Tyrion is innocent as well.

211 ASOS 68 Jaime VIII: Jaime gathers the kingsguard to discuss how they left Joffrey get assassinated and how to protect Tommen.

221 ASOS 78 Tyrion XI: Varys may have hopes Tyrion would kill Tywin, making it more like an assassination than it seems to Tyrion, though he commits the act.

224 ASOS 81 Sansa VII: Littlefinger kills Lysa, seeming to have been positioning her for years. His motive seems undeniably political, but also personal.

A Feast for Crows

228 AFFC 3 The Captain of Guards: Lady Nymeria Sand would send Tyene to King's Landing to assassinate Tywin, Cersei, Jaime and Tommen.

229 AFFC 4 Cersei I: Cersei assumes Tywin was killed by Stannis men or Tyrells...Varys working for Stannis, Tyrion...

243 AFFC 18 Cersei IV: Cersei has put a price on Tyrion's head, but people keep bringing her the heads of innocents.

247 AFFC 22 The Queenmaker: Arianne meant to crown Myrcella, but her party might as well have been intending assassination because Darkstar was open to it.

250 AFFC 25 Cersei V: Cersei bid Ser Balman find a way for Bronn to experience a fatal mishap. However, Lady Tanda's fall suggests there's already foul play afoot. It seems Bronn is ahead of Cersei and certainly of Ser Balman. Instead of clandestine assassination, the Stokeworths are at a devious, murderous war.

260 AFFC 35 Cat of the Canals: Arya trains as an assassin

270 AFFC 45 Jaime VII: After Ser Ryman is hanged, Edwin says "It is almost as if they knew he would be returning to the Twins, and with a small escort." 948

A Dance with Dragons

274 ADWD 3 Daenerys I: Daenerys knows the Sons of the Harpy want to kill her, not her soldiers and freedmen. They operate in secret among her people and are dangerous assassins.

275 ADWD 4 Jon I: Melisandre warns Jon she's seen daggers in the dark coming for him, enemies posing as friends. She asks if he'd like to know their names. "I have seen you in the storm, hard-pressed with enemies on every side." 65

304 ADWD 33 Reek III: While Maester Uthor said Domeric Bolton died of a sickness of the bowels, Roose believes Ramsay poisoned him. He says he expects Ramsay to kill any sons he has by Walda, too. However, it seems Roose does not expect Ramsay to live to do so. He has been warning him to fear treachery and deceit from northern houses, but does Ramsay listen?

309 ADWD 38 The Prince of Winterfell: It's not clear, but Mance and his washerwomen may be operating as assassins as much as a rescue squad. Somebody is.

310 ADWD 39 The Watcher: Lady Nymeria and Tyee are going to King's Landing, and separately. Each to position and each a deadly assassin.

318 ADWD 47 A Ghost in Winterfell: Theon thinks Abel's washerwomen have been killing men at Winterfell.

322 ADWD 51 Daenerys VIII: The Westerosi from the Windblown turned out to have been sent by the Tattered Prince. It's unclear whetehr they were meant to be assassins. Dany asks Selmy if they could be used to kill Brown Ben Plumm.

344 ADWD 73 Epilogue: Varys's little birds are revealed to be assassins as well as spies.