Protector of the Realm

Developing in A Dance With Dragons, the theme Protector of the Realm includes How to Protect, Peacekeeping, Keep Your Temper, Defying Orders, Council, Lies Protect &  Kill to Protect

2 AGOT Bran I: Jon figures out how to protect the direwolf pups. How to Protect

12 AGOT Daenerys II: Pentos has doubled its guard with sellswords and free riders, given the massive khalasar so close outside its walls. How to Protect

16 AGOT Sansa I: Sansa holds her wolf to keep peace when she's so afraid of Ser Ilyn Payne Lady begins to growl. Keep Your Temper

18 AGOT Bran III: Bran must live to fight the Others. But how can he fight them? How to Protect

20 AGOT Jon III: Donal Noye keeps peace by explaining to Jon that he's being a bully. He chastizes him for being so rough with Toad and makes it clear he see Jon as the problem. It may be Donal Noye spoke to some of the other boys, too. Keep Your Temper, Peacekeeping

25 AGOT Bran IV: The Stark boys have to call off their wolves. Keep Your Temper

27 AGOT Jon IV: Jon moves to protect Sam from Thorne by terrifying Rast. How to Protect

28 AGOT Eddard VI: "Aegon the dragon, himself, could not keep the peace, Lord Renly." 273 Ned says Slynt may hire fifty men. "You found forty thousand golden dragons for a champion's purse, surely you can scrape together a few coppers to keep the king's peace." 273  Peacekeeping

31 AGOT Eddard VII: The Hound defends Loras by keeping the Mountain at bay until King Robert can intervene.  How to Protect

33 AGOT Arya III: Arya is concerned about how to protect her father against a wizard.  How to Protect

34 AGOT Eddard VIII: How to protect gainst forty thousand Dothraki that have yet to sail? Did Robert consider buying Drogo off? Varys did not suggest this.  How to Protect

35 AGOT Catelyn VI: Ser Donnel says he would "take a hundred men into the mountains, root them (the clans) out of their fastness and teach them some sharp lessons." 360 Sounds like raiding.   How to Protect

36 AGOT Eddard IX: When Jaime orders Ned's men killed, he can't do anything to protect them except kill the men assigned to kill them.  How to Protect

37 AGOT Daenerys IV: In Vaes Dothrak, peace is kept by a ban on arms. "...it was forbidden to carry a blade in Vaes Dothrak or to shed a free man's blood." 390 It seems the barbaric Dothraki keep peace by using laws. Kill to Protect

38 AGOT Bran V: Stiv has taken Bran hostage. Theon puts an arrow through Stiv to protect Bran. Kill to Protect

39 AGOT Tyrion V: The sky cell is a torture that will kill Tyrion. The gaoler is starving him and kicking him while he freezes on the edge of a cliff. Tyrion had to enter the public eye to protect himself from the injustice of this jail cell that might have killed him before he was granted a trial, despite happening to be innocent. How to Protect

40 AGOT Eddard X: When Ned asks Robert leave to bring Jaime to justice, the answer is "No." "I want no more of this. Jaime slew three of your men and you five of his. Now it ends." 429 Robert also commanded Ned to have Catelyn release Tyrion: "You will command her to release the dwarf at once and you will make your peace with Jaime." 428  Peacekeeping

42 AGOT Jon V: Jon protected Sam from the other recruits, but now that he's graduating he has to find a new way. He decides to appeal to Aemon to promote Sam without sword proficiency. How to Protect

44 AGOT Eddard XI: With Jaime gathering a host at Casterly Rock, Edmure mans the Golden Tooth. Tywin sends the Mountain to raid tha lands left undefended to fortify the Tooth. This forces Edmure to restore a portion of those men to defend towns & holdfasts along the border. Ned thinks it unwise for Edmure to fall for this trick: a good lord is made a bad general by protecting his people this way. How to Protect

After Ned's session on the iron throne, Varys warns it was bold to reject Loras's offer, which Ned called vengeance. Ned also refuses the riverlord Piper and Vance their request to raid in retaliation, to deny vengeance. However, sending Dondarrion and the kingmen was not peace keeping. Peacekeeping

45 AGOT Sansa III: Ned needed to have sat Arya and Sansa down together to restore peace between them. Sansa unfairly blames Arya for Lady's death and Arya hates Sansa for lying and saying Mycah attacked Joffrey. They are too upset and too focused on their judgments to be okay, even separate. Peacekeeping

46 AGOT Eddard XII: Not knowing how else to protect Cersei's children by Jaime from Robert's wrath, Ned tells her he knows and warns Robert might kill them all. How to Protect

47 AGOT Daenerys V: The only way to protect Daenerys's unborn child from her drunk brother is to incapacitate him. Alas, the affront is too grievous to be answered with less than the full force of law. Viserys's death even comes as an overdue relief. If only he'd understood the idea this law was sacred. How to Protect

50 AGOT Eddard XIV: Though Ned has the gold cloaks assembled to keep peace, their presence proves to be as a sword.  Peacekeeping

55 AGOT Daenerys VI: Against a bounty, the only way to protect is to appeal to the purse... or kill them. Only, no. The purse being dead might in no way effect the circulated information. As with the dwarf heads, there may even be multiple frauds presented hopefully to whoever might pay. How to Protect

59 AGOT Eddard XV: Varys pretends to do all for peace. Ned believes his only means of protecting Sansa is to confess to treason and serve the story Cersei would tell. How to Protect

64 AGOT Catelyn X: After Catelyn is given a personal guard, she suggests one for Robb and the lords agree. Thirty men are selected to stay close to Robb and defend him.  How to Protect

66 AGOT Arya V: From her perch on the statue of Baelor, Arya prays to the gods to keep her father safe. When that doesn't work, she launches towards him, sword drawn, willing to cut her way to him. Yet, there is no way this action could succeed.  Kill to Protect

68 AGOT Sansa VI: Joffrey's court is not for peacekeeping but for mutilating anyone he feels like. His ruling that two knights in a land dispute resolve it by a fight to the death is really the opposite of peace keeping and points out that there are cases where a king was not needed to keep peace afterall.  Peacekeeping

72 AGOT Catelyn XI: Catelyn can think of no other way to protect Robb than to call for peace. Every battle is a chance she might lose him.  How to Protect, Peacekeeping

73 AGOT Daenerys X: Jorah makes Daenerys swear she does not mean to die with Drogo on his funeral pyre.  How to Protect

A Clash of Kings

74 ACOK 1 Prologue: Maester Cressen won't see Stannis kill Renly. To protect Stannis from her dangerous influence, Cressen attempts to murder Melisandre.  How to Protect

75 ACOK 2 Arya I: Yoren had to be seen to punish Arya for how much she hurt Hot Pie.  How to Protect, Peacekeeping

76 ACOK 3 Sansa I: In a chapter about the protective power of courtesy (and lies) we see the Hound defend by abetting other defenders, by offering evidence to the contrary, and by offering guidance. It seems these skills are what Sansa was meant to learn, but was never taught. It is one thing to know courtesy is a lady's armor and another to know what that might ever mean.  How to Protect

79 ACOK 6 Arya II: Yoren puts Arya and Gendry on coursers and tells them to ride hard for the Wall at the first sign of gold cloaks. The implication is he'll stall for them, but Arya worries for Yoren.  How to Protect

81 ACOK 8 Catelyn I: Catelyn feels she must appeal to Renly to threaten King's Landing (something he is already doing) in order to prevent Robb from foolishly attacking Harrenhal (something he would never do.)  How to Protect

82 ACOK 9 Tyrion II: Under Slynt peace was not being kept and even Slynt complained of it. The City Watch grew from 2,000 men in A Game of Thrones to 6,000. Still, Tyrion sees a corpse in the gutter and gold cloaks ignoring it. Peacekeeping

83 ACOK 10 Arya III: The smallfolk guard their fields with crude weapons against even men of the Night's Watch. How to Protect

88 ACOK 15 Arya IV: The holdfast doesn't really protect them the way leaving would have. When Lorch has it stormed, the holdfast is overwhelmed despite its walls being defended. men were willing to die to destroy it. How to Protect

89 ACOK 16 Tyrion III: To protect the city, Cersei is having weapons and catapults built. Tyrion reallocates those resources toward a massive chain. Cersei and Tyrion have diferent ideas of how to protect King's Landing. To protect Shae, Tyrion must never be seen or followed enroute to the manse he's renting for her. How to Protect

90 ACOK 17 Bran II: The Hornwood issue is left to Robb rather than brokered through Lady Hornwood herself, since the decision will feavor a northern house over others. The power vacuum created by the deaths of Lord Hornwood and heir is dangerous to northern peace. The preferrential tretment Robb can gie in this matter may be a token he'll be glad to offer. However, since it was a peacekeeping issue, contention begins between Manderly and Bolton. Peacekeeping

91 ACOK 18 Tyrion IV: A group of butchers, bakers and grocers ask to speak to Tyrion for protection for their businesses. The people are hungry and more refugees pour in every day while the price of food rises. A baker was murdered by a group of angry smallfolk for overcharging for bread. Tyrion needs to, at minimum, summon Ser Jacelyn to hear them, but doesn't even do that. Peacekeeping

Bronn watches the men-at-arms training so as to know their weaknesses.  How to Protect

92 ACOK 19 Sansa II: "His Grace led a sortie and sent them scurrying." 287 Joffrey's solution to keeping the peace when a mob of starving refugees forms at the gates is to attack them. Peacekeeping

Secrecy is the way to protect the escape plan. How to Protect

94 ACOK 21 Tyrion V: Joffrey disperses another crowd with violence. Ser Jacelyn's City Watch is thick with green refugees who only want fat bellies and beds of straw. They won't make much of an army, having already been destroyed by war. Peacekeeping

97 ACOK 24 Jon III: Though Mormont offers Craster sanctuary at the Wall, these's no help for Gilly. Craster believes he protects his wives from the Others by his sacrifices. Sam would protect Gilly by helping her get south of the Wall, as she asks, though he's bound to guard against wildling passage.  How to Protect

107 ACOK 34 Catelyn IV: When Renly dies in Brienne's arms and she screams, covered in his blood, kingsguard rush in and conclude she killed him. Even with Catelyn as witness, protesting, Ser Emmon Cuy's first impulse is to avenge himself on Brienne. She defends herself with Renly's sword while Ser Robar Royce gathers information from Catelyn. But how can the peace be kept if guards react murderously?  How to Protect

108 ACOK 35 Jon IV: The Fist of the First Men seems well sited for its natural defenses. How to Protect

109 ACOK 36 Bran V: How do you avert a green dream? Bran, Alebelly and Meera are all upset at not being able to protect against the predictions in Jojen's greendreams. He says their events come to pass regardless of actions taken.  How to Protect

115 ACOK 42 Tyrion IX: Tyrion had Bronn scatter sellswords through the crowd to stop trouble before it starts, but doesn't think it will help much. 592 There's a fire to put out by the end of it, the bloody flux is spreading in the stews along Pisswatr Bend. There's open talk of treason, even in the barracks of the gold cloaks. 600 Peacekeeping

117 ACOK 44 Jon V: Reluctantly, Mormont agrees to send the ranging parties Qhorin has proposed. He hates this because the purpose of ranging enmasse was to prevent the recurring situation where he is waiting for men who never return.  How to Protect

118 ACOK 45 Tyrion X: It is not walls that protect someone who would make a valuable as hostage; it's a secret identity.  How to Protect

119 ACOK 46 Catelyn VI: Though Edmure riding into battle at the fords looks to Catelyn like he attacks unneccessarily, defense of the fords is probably best viewed as necessary peacekeeping. How to Protect

120 ACOK 47 Bran VI: Bran must command Mikken silence and insist he has yielded command of the castle to Theon. How to Protect

123 ACOK 50 Tyrion XI: In his effort to protect King's Landing, Tyrion orders the trading ships seized from the harbors and the fish market burned down. He's so focused on keeping Stannis's soldier from taking the city that he ensures himself an unpopular future.  How to Protect

124 ACOK 51 Theon IV: Theon thinks of himself as peacekeeping when he rousts the castle from their beds to see who all is missing. It's even peacekeeping to kill the miller's boys and pass them off as Bran & Rickon. It's peacekeeping to drown Septon Chayle... Peacekeeping

125 ACOK 52 Jon VI: Holding a wall is less effective when you don't know what's coming. The stated purpose of many rangings is to gather information. Yet, rangings can provoke antagonism, especially when rangers are tasked to kill groups of wildlings, as Qhorin's group had to. Peacekeeping, How to Protect

128 ACOK 55 Tyrion XII: Cersei means protect Joffrey when she threatens Alayaya. Tyrion meant to protect Shae when he unwittingly put Alayaya in danger by going along with Varys's plan to use her as a decoy. To protect Alayaya, once seized, Tyrion threatens Tommen.   How to Protect

129 ACOK 56 Catelyn VII: Catelyn means to protect her daughters, knowing they no longer have their wolves. Yet, the risk she takes having Jaime escorted with too small a guard endangers any hostages Cersei holds. If Jaime dies, Cersei might want to killl Sansa.  How to Protect

After Catelyn defies Edmure's order no one see Jaim, convincing the gaoler he'd be defying her or Hoster, Jaime gets drunk and bitches about how he's reviled for killing Aerys by people who rebelled themselves. He's insulted as a lesser man for judging Aerys for his torturous injustice to Brandon & Rickard Stark. Jaime understands that a monster may rule when men believe it a crime to judge him. Jaime calls killing Aerys his finest act. 798 Defying Orders

130 ACOK 57 Theon V: Theon thinks of it as peacekeeping to let Reek quietly murder the men who were with at the mill and to then publicly execute Farlan for it. Peacekeeping

131 ACOK 58 Sansa V: Cersei says guards will desert them should Stannis appear to be winning. But, if the guard breaks, what was their purpose? It tests a man's loyalty to what he protects to be in a position to die for its protection. Were it his family he defended, he might fight more fiercely than for some royal family that thinks they're above him. How to Protect

Like Jaime, Sansa judges her king and can't help but crave his demise. In the context of silent prayers vs. songs sung by groups holding hands, Sansa's inabilty to hear Joffrey prayed for reveals that there are prayers of the hert individuals may not share. Sansa wonders which the gods hear. Defying Orders

132 ACOK 59 Davos III: Davos questions authority constantly and without pride. He thinks they are fools to sail down the Blackwater and that Stannis should have used Robert's sigil to appear a savior. Davos thinks of questioning as loyal.  Lord Bryce Caron sides with those counselling Stannis to leave Melisandre behind, saying "Your Grace, if the sorceress is with us, afterward men will say it was her victory, not yours." 829 It is true and fair council, though bold to speak. Defying Orders, Council

134 ACOK 61 Sansa VI: Cersei says the only way to be sure of loyalty is to be more feared than your rivals.  How to Protect

135 ACOK 62 Tyrion XIV: Clear assaults on weak points. Stop soldiers from arriving to assault. Slay where you can! Run toward the enemy!  How to Protect

136 ACOK 63 Sansa VII: The Hound says he can protect Sansa with cloak and sword. He says gates will open for his white cloak and that those who would oppose him will fear his sword.  Lies Protect

In an introduction of the idea of a broken man, soldiers are shown turning cloaks looting, deserting when their ranks have broken though it is not yet quite clear their side has held and so won. Each sword protects the realm, yet endangers it in war. How to Protect

137 ACOK 64 Daenerys V: When Jorah sees that Dany is being followed through the market, he uses the pretense of considering purchase of a brass plate to spy on the followers in its reflection. However, the real threat comes from elsewhere. The Sorrowful Man steps out in front of Dany. He didn't have to follow her. How to Protect, Lies Protect

141 ACOK 68 Tyrion XV: The men who fought bravely died early, all credit stolen by those who came late. Through Tyrion's POV, we see how being among the earliest waves only ensures you will be too tired to defend yourself before long.  How to Protect

142 ACOK 69 Jon VIII: Dissemble. Cover tracks. Hide. Escape pursuit. Lies Protect

143 ACOK 70 Bran VII: Separate the princes. Hide. Escape. Find shelter with friends still standing. Lies Protect

A Storm of Swords

144 ASOS 1 Prologue: Thoren convinces Mormont they should defend the Wall by routing Mance Rayder's wildling horde. He thinks if they hit hard, repeatedly, the army will scatter, since it includes so many women, children and livestock. But each man Thoren would send to route this army would accomplish more atop the Wall. Most importantly, Thoren proposes to use wildling-style guerilla warfare on wildlings on their home turf. Those who attack this army will be hunted down and killed, to a man. They won't even know where to hide. How to Protect

145 ASOS 2 Jaime I: Brienne must sink Ryger to protect Jaime. How to Protect

146 ASOS 3 Catelyn I: Edmure complains to Catelyn that she had no right to fee Jaime because Robb tasked Edmure to protect him. Catelyn insists Brienne vowed she’d proect Jame. but Brienne is just one kight, no matter how formidable. Sword in numbers protect against rogue elements. Except that swords in numbers also pose threat. Tasksed to protect Jaime, Edmure puts a large bounty on his capture. This will send all manner of hunt after Jaime and may endanger his life as well as his recapture. Protector of the Realm

147 ASOS 4 Arya I: "When they crossed the first stream, Arya turned her horse aside and led them off the road, following the twisting course of he stony brook. If the hunters brought dogs, that might throw them off the scent, she hoped. They could not stay on the road. There is death on the road she told herself, death on all roads." 44 Arya sometimes doubles back to obscure the trail. Lies Protect

148 ASOS 5 Tyrion I: At the highest level, peacekeeping is accomplished with quills and marriages. Peacekeeping

Tyrion though of himself as the savior of King’s Landing and now wrankles bitterly to see most credit go to those who contributed least. Like Tywin. However, he fails to acknowledge the more important contriutions of so many. Of Bronn, of those who died, of the Hound before he fled, etc. Protector of the Realm

149 ASOS 6 Davos I: Davos could let himself die, but chooses to serve his conscience in an effort to redeem

himself by doing what he should have and freeing Stannis Melisandre’s dark, evil influence. Protector of the Realm

153 ASOS 10 Bran I: Bran's decision to take the difficult path of growth rather than wear his preferred skin and be a wolf is neccessary if he’s to be any worthy kind of prince. Protector of the Realm

154 ASOS 11 Davos II: Davos would kill Melisandre for Stannis despite Stannis's own will in the matter. Protector of the Realm

155 ASOS 12 Jaime II: Kill those who would light the fuses of the wild fire caches. Jaime might have had them remove the caches, instead, but he could not trust they'd obey him over their king. How to Protect

157 ASOS 14 Arya II: Stay hidden in the woods. Tom says instead of fighting each other, they could break bread at the inn. Except it's a trap.

The war ruined riverlands are being ruled by outlaws. That the serve Beric Dondarrion keeps them less dangerous than otherwise, but they are stealing from the survivors as much as protecting them, maybe even more than. And where are the local lords, the Tullys? Why is no one lordly performing such rounds? Protector of the Realm

159 ASOS 16 Jon II: Kill the enemy's king. Jon thinks the wildling army would dissolove without Mance, envisions him marching on Winterfell, and resolves to kill him. How to Protect

160 ASOS 17 Sansa II: Sansa cannot think how to protect Margaery from Joffrey. How to Protect

A Feast for Crows

179 ASOS 36 Catelyn IV: When Catelyn begs Robb to submit to Lannister rule, his face goes cold and he asks “is that why you freed the kingslayer? To make peace with the Lannisters?” 482 It’s the same type of treason that got Lord Alester Florent burned alive by Stannis. Catelyn doesn’t understand, asking “is that so ill?” I read this as an example of the less informed (Catelyn) holding the superior view (prioritizing making peace, especially given their definite loss). Protector of the Realm

181 ASOS 38 Jaime V: “Bring me your father’s head if you are no traitor” 507 Jaime did not consider following the order but it was because “Aerys would have no yielding” At a certain point, ruler’s must concede for the sake of peace, but Aerys meant to torch the city to ashes as Theon was said to have done to Winterfell when he could no longer hope to hold it. Protector of the Realm

185 ASOS 42 Jon V: When Styr orders Jon to kill the old man, he’s aware the man is protected by the Night’s Watch and Winterfell. “A man should have been free to build a fire here without dying for it.” Ygritte compares the man to a sentry and to Orell, saying he was sitting by the fire, too. Jon disagrees. Styr commands him to. “You command Thenns,” Jon told him “Not free folk” 567 Note: Laws of the hearth don’t apply south of the Wall? Protector of the Realm

188 ASOS 45 Jaime VI: When Steelshanks decided they won’t return to collect what Jaime left at Harrenhal, Jaime has to think of how to best him “Once Jaime might have countered with a smile and a threat, but one-handed cripples do not inspire much fear. He wondered what his brother would do.” Protector of the Realm

194 ASOS 51 Arya X: The Bolton man who allowed them to enter the camp at the Twins said to speak to Sedgekins, so Arya reminds the Hound. He intends to go to the castle to look for Robb. “Sedgekins can bugger himself with a hot poker”...”It’s your brother I want.” 692 Protector of the Realm

196 ASOS 53 Arya XI: Arya defies the Hound’s order to recognise that it’s a massacre and her brother and mother are lost, running toward the castle. 710 Protector of the Realm

206 ASOS 63 Jaime VII: Tywin orders Jaime to abandon the kingsguard for Casterly Rock, where he’ll take Tommen until new marriages are found for Cersei and Jaime himself. Jaime refuses, saying he will remain Lord Commander of the kingsguard. Tywin says “You are not my son.” 856 Protector of the Realm

216 ASOS 73 Jaime IX: When Kevan is granting Jaime request to leave the king to his seal stamping he adds that Jaime should submit to Tywin, trying to guilt trip Jaime with mention of the gift, the sword Oathkeeper. Kevan presses and so Jaime bypasses asking leave of Tommen. “Sire, do I have your leave to go?” “As you like, Ser Uncle.” 998 Jaime later sends the sword with Brienne, partly to irritate Tywin. Protector of the Realm

221 ASOS 78 Tyrion XI: Varys warn Tyrion not to go to up the ladder to the Tower of the Hand but to come with him to the waiting ship. Still, as Tyrion asks for instuctions, Varys gives them. He says Tyrion risks both their lives but, if that were really true, why give precise directions on how to do what is such folly? Protector of the Realm

252 AFFC 27 Samwell III: Though sent for wine and food for an old man and a mother with child, Dareon spends the time and money drinking and whoring. He deserts the Night’s Watch casually, even joyfully, since he never wanted to join in the first place. That he’s been given orders doesn’t matter. He’ll not be found, punished, recognized. Protector of the Realm

260 AFFC 35 Cat of the Canals: As Cat of the Canals, Arya is supposed to be leaning Braavois and gathering secrets for the House of Black & White. She’s even been told that it is not for her to decide who lives and who dies. As an assassin for the Faceless Men, she must serve the Many-Faced God. However, Arya slits Dareon’s throat since he’s a deserter from the night’s Watch and that offends her. She does so right after the name “Lord Snow” is mentioned. Protector of the Realm

268 AFFC 43 Brienne VIII: "No one can keep them safe." 902 Brienne thinks of the children in the inn. How to Protect

271 AFFC 46 Samwell V: Ironborn attacks on Oldtown make Sam wonder if Horn Hill will be safe enough for Gilly. So far inland, it should be. "The Young Wolf had no doubt thought the same was true of Winterfell until the night that Theon Turncloak scaled his walls." 963   How to Protect

A Dance With Dragons

274 ADWD 3 Daenerys I: Barristan explains to Dany that neither the Unsullied nor his knights will serve for keeping peace in Meereen. Nor Dothraki...Nor Sellswords... The chapter focuses on two deaths: Stalwart Shield, the Unsullied who paid to be held, and Hazzea, the four year old girl eaten by Drogon when he landed on a sheep flock.   How to Protect

275 ADWD 4 Jon I: Jon prepares to send Aemon and Dalla's babe away so Stannis can't burn them alive, but the thousand captive wildlings beyond the Wall are trickier. It doesn't come up in this chapter hat the Others are coming, but it's already questionable that the refugees who come to the Watch in twos and threes will be penned outdoors and not even granted the safety of the Wall. They're entirely exposed.  How to Protect

277 ADWD 6 Tyrion II: In Pentos, they keep peace by paying off Dothraki would-be attackers. Tywin notes "The Free Cities fight with coins instead of swords" 88 Tywin holds this strategy in contempt, saying they'd just come again who were paid to go away. However, their approach favors diplomacy and relationship building.   How to Protect

282 ADWD 11 Jon III: Jon means to keep peace but only ruins dinner when he chastizes Pyp for mocking Melisandre. Bowen Marsh asks Jon if the wildlings let through the Wall will keep the king's peace. Jon admits "Some will. not all." 154 Melisandre's fire is too hot and many who should seek the sanctuary of the Wall turn away rather than trust such an inhospitable welcome. Yet, these are largely the weak, sick and cowardly: no good as soldiers for Stannis, anyway. Peacekeeping

283 ADWD 12 Daenerys II: When nine of hers are killed in a night, Dany must respond. Dany chooses to tax the pyramids and to take child hostages. If she wanted to hold the Great Masters responsible, Dany should have tasked their sons to keep the peace in the streets. "She was the blood of the dragon. She could kill the Sons of the Harpy, and the sons of the sons, and the sons of the sons of the sons. But a dragon could not feed a hungry child nor help a dying woman's pain. And who would ever dare to love a dragon?" 165 Peacekeeping

287 ADWD 16 Davos II: The Seal Gate in White Harbor between the wharves and market is lightly manned with portcullis open. The market is busy enough. So long as it's mostly business, there's little need for peace keeping. Peacekeeping

Though Bolton’s bastard and Whoresbane Umber march on Moat Cailin with Cerwyn and Hornwood men, Wyman Manderly seems to refrain. This despite Wylis remaining a Lannister hostage. The truth is, as long as he is in negotiations with Cersei about Wylis’s release, it’s not worth anyone’s energy to criticize him. How to Protect

293 ADWD 22 Jon V: The wildlings settled in Mole's Town cause a conundrum for Jon. He's placed guards to keep them from raiding, but those guards will just be killed if the Watch can't feed the refugees at Mole's Town well enough. Peacekeeping

295 ADWD 24 Daenerys IV: Daenerys tasks Hizdahr with ninety days and nights of peace. Then, she'll consider marrying him as a political ally. Peacekeeping

300 ADWD 29 Jon VI: Jon is reconciling himself to having no right to try to protect Arya from a forced marriage to Ramsay Bolton when Melisandre tries to seduce him by begging to let her save his sister. How to Protect

301 ADWD 30 Davos IV: "They do not expect the north to believe their lies. not truly, but they think we must pretend to believe or die." 431 Wyman Manderly explains to Davos that he had to play along until Wylis was returned. Peacekeeping

302 ADWD 31 Daenerys V: When tales come from Astapor from a woman saying some believed Daenerys would come to sve them, even as all hell broke loose, Dany feels culpable and that she should have gone to Astapor. Though, what could she have done besides lose Meereen and many of her soldiers? She can't fly on a dragon but, even if she could, it woud only set more fires.  How to Protect

303 ADWD 32 Melisandre I: The Lord of Light grants her visions, but Melisandre struggles to interpret them. If the vision of the cliff of fires going out with skulls means the Others will attack the wildlings there, the meaning is different than if it's a wildling attack on the Wall via the Bridge of Skulls. She can't even tell if the towers by the sea are Eastwatch, though she's been there. What use are her visions if they send Mance Rayder to Winterfell to save Alys Karstark at Karhold?  How to Protect

307 ADWD 36 Jon VII: Iron Emmett recommends Jon put guards on the Harlot's Tower, especially after three drunks shower up there hoping to find whores. Jon knows the women can protect their own, but acknowledges the tower is likely to be a source of future drama. To his credit, Jon recognizes that Emmett's concern qualifies him to command at Long Barrow, which will be populated by wildling women. Not to his credit, Jon's solution for Halleck is to send him to a newly opened castle. It seems Jon's cure-all for wildling problems is to send them away in a manner that endangers those set to rule over them.  How to Protect,  Peacekeeping

308 ADWD 37 Daenerys VI: She can't bring the Astapori refugees into the walls or even heal them from the bloody flux. She can't even deliver food without losing soldiers to the mob, and food is running low. She can't protect them. How to Protect

309 ADWD 38 The Prince of Winterfell: Jeyne begs Theon to help her escape, but he knows the only way he could spare her is by slitting her throat.  How to Protect

310 ADWD 39 The Watcher: It seems Doran uses the water gardens to learn about his future lords so as to keep peace. However, given his life span is not infinite, it seems he uses the children as spies rather than truly doing more. Peacekeeping

315 ADWD 44 Daenerys VII: Marrying Hizdahr means Daenerys can delegate the protection of her people to him as ambassadors. She should have just demanded it of him or dangled fighting pit reopening as the reward. Still it's clear she does not want to rule. The tasks she would delegate are the ones that define rule. Even naming Hizdahr Hand and relinquishing reponsibility would be to acknowledge defeat. Daenerys cannot protect her people because she ruined her reputation as a negotiator with early treacheries.  How to Protect

318 ADWD 47 A Ghost in Winterfell: Peace keeping becomes tense at Winterfell, in the atmosphere of random deaths. Peacekeeping

320 ADWD 49 Jaime I: Hoster Blackwood tells Jaime Tytos is convinced there will never be a lasting opeace between Blackwood and Bracken because, when fresh quarrels break out, old grievances are brought up. "So long as men remember the wrongs done to their forefathers, no peace will ever last." 705 Peacekeeping

321 ADWD 50 Jon X: Alys Karstark came to Jon for protection in his last choral chapter. She can't just stay at the Wall because Cregan will come for her and Jon may only intervene in certain ways. Alys must return to Karhold to rule as its lady, being heir. But Night's Watch men may not be sent with to protect her. The idea emerges, somehow, to wed Alys to Sigorn, Magnar of Thenn. His two hundred warriors can protect her. They can even hold Karhold for Alys. And it gives them a home, a purpose and a future.  How to Protect

323 ADWD 52 Theon: When a fight breaks out in the Great Hall, Roose commands those it's between out different gates to go fight Stannis. Peacekeeping

324 ADWD 53 Daenerys IX: The only way to protect her people from her dragons is to learn to fly them and control them. How to Protect

325 ADWD 54 Jon XI: Jon has taken a hundred boys as hostages as part of his pact with Tormund. It's to hold him and his to promise to not raid. While wildlings can be set to man some of the abandoned castles, to protect the seven kingdoms, peacekeeping between them at the castles will fall to those present. The only way to protect the wildlings from the Others is to let them through the Wall. Peacekeeping, How to Protect

329 ADWD 58 Tyrion XI: Tyrion protects Penny from information, the same way he protected Sansa. How to Protect

330 ADWD 59 Jon XII: As they pass through the Wall, many wildling warriors give Jon their oath. These are those who will keep peace among their own. Manning the castles protects the seven kingdoms. Peacekeeping

331 ADWD 60 The Discarded Knight: Pit fighters are for show. Guards scan for unseen threats. An assassin does not present himself in bold colors but disguises intentions. Selmy sees error in Hizdahrs choice to be surrounded by pit fighters as guards. How to Protect

336 ADWD 65 The Ugly Little Girl: The man Arya kills was a purveyor of ship insurance. He sold binders against ships going down, wages that would protect a captain's family from ruin or a ship owner from bankruptcy. How to Protect

337 ADWD 66 Cersei II: Ser Theodan the True and the Warrior's Sons have been tasked to escort Cersei on her walk of atonement. When the crowd begins to get unruly, Theodan grabs Cersei's arm to hurry her, since he can only shield her, not keep peace among those assembled.  How to Protect

339 ADWD 68 The Kingbreaker: The tourney at Harrenhal in the year of the false spring was designed to keep peace by using a great council to make the decision of how to transition between the mentally ailing king and the crown prince. Hizdahr's decision to use pit fighters as guards is showy but laughable. Peacekeeping