Chapter 0182: The Seven Kingdoms Gather
Three days later, the tournament officially began. (Friendly suggestion, scan the book a little slower, and it's best not to skip reading.) )
The tournament is divided into three.
On one side is a carpeted platform and benches for watching the contest, and in the middle of the platform are the seats of kings, queens and prime ministers, and on both sides extend for nobles and ladies to sit. The high platform and benches are in the shape of a ladder and are about a mile long. The passage between the benches and the benches is wide, allowing two people to pass side by side.
In front of the bench seats there are special bench tables filled with fruits and sweets. When the contest is over, the king feasts the nobles and lords, these fruits and sweets will be removed, steaming all kinds of meat, vegetables and delicacies will be served, and at the same time, the tournament will become a paradise for the actors. Singer, bard,
Behind the benches, the best cooks invited by the king are busy in the barbecue area, where whole goats, calves, and wild boars are skewered on iron drills, and are being rotated and grilled under the slow push of the cooks......
This high platform is in the center of the martial arts field, and on the other side of the martial arts field, the opposite side of the high platform bench, is crowded with ordinary people. Thousands of people are rubbing shoulders and occupying large areas. The noise was in stark contrast to the quiet elegance of the nobles on the king's side.
After the king and queen were seated, Prime Minister Stark was seated, and then hundreds of noble lords and their wives, young masters, young masters, and young masters were seated one after another.
With the king's loud voice, "Damned heralds, let them begin!" The herald issued an order, and the knights and warriors who participated in the tournament appeared on the stage, first circumnavigating the arena to greet the king, queen, prime minister, lords, nobles, and the people.
The first day is a spear competition, where the final four pikemen will be decided in one day, with a night's rest and the winner in the morning of the second day.
Arya, Bran, Sansa, Robb, Jenny Poole, Sister Modan and others are together, and they are a long distance away from Prime Minister Ed Stark. All four of Stark's wolves were imprisoned in the Prime Minister's Tower.
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The first team to appear was the knights of the king, and the first to ride was the king's younger brother, the handsome Duke of Storm's End. He wears a helmet with two golden horns, which are in the shape of antlers and are pure gold. As soon as he appeared, he aroused applause from both the people and the aristocracy, one after another. Both commoners and nobles liked Duke Lanli, and they were all impressed by his demeanor......
This was followed by the famous Seven Guards, but unfortunately, there were only four white cloaks in this year's contest, and they were the Captain of the Guard, the fearless Sir Barristan Selmy, who was sixty-one years old this year, but still won the championship in the great tournament four years ago...... Barristan Selmy, though also popular, was not as popular as the Duke of Lanli.
His other three white-clad brothers were Sir Berros Braun, an ugly man with a broad chest but hooped legs, a flat-nosed man with messy gray hair, the least daring of the seven, the diminutive Sir Preston Greenfield, and the most handsome of the guards besides Jaime, Alex Oakhet, who was third of the seven in his swordsmanship, after James and Barristan.
The Kingsguard was followed by a number of courtiers and mercenary knights, including Thoros, a warrior monk from the free-trade city-state of Mill on the other side of the Narrow Sea. He is a big bald head and believes in the Lord of Light, also known as the Red God. His loose red robe snapped in the wind, causing Sansa and Treasurer Poole's daughter Jenny Poole to giggle.
Sister Modan tells them that during the war of the Iron Islands Greyjoy's rebellion, Soros attacked the walls of Pike alone with a flaming sword, and Sansa and Jenny stopped laughing in surprise......
Dorne's archer, Angay, wore an old, tattered leather outfit, shiny chain mail, his hair was groomed, his stirrups were all new, and the red stirrups were very eye-catching, and he swore allegiance to the queen and became a commoner archer in the royal realm.
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The second team to appear in the tournament is from the West.
The first to appear is Gregor Clegane, who is known as the Magic Mountain. He rode on his tall warhorse, his legs were so long that his horse looked like a toy horse, and the spear in his hand looked like a broomstick compared to his enormous size.
The Magic Mountain caused a sensation as soon as it appeared. His eyes were tyrannical, and he was not happy when he received the cheers of the people. The Magic Mountain slowly rode his horse through the passage, and when his eyes met Sansa's, Sansa was suffocated......
Behind Gregor Clegane is the wrestling team of the West: Sandor Clegane, the hound, who is a shot away from his brother. It's a safe distance to get to know the character of the Magic Mountain. Then there is the bolon, who straightens up and is slightly taller than he appears.
In the contrast between the Hound and the Magic Mountain, Bolon's presence is too low. Beside Boron was Adam Malbran, tall and handsome, handsome and sunny, wearing a purple cloak, holding a spear in his hand, with the tip of the gun pointing to the sky, heroic and elegant.
Behind these four men were the hired knights and oath riders of the West, a large group.
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After the Westlands passed, there were lords and knights from all over the world, including Earl Jason Mellister with a hawk helmet, from Sealand City, who forced Will to be a night watchman who poached stags, and his brother Dennis Mellister, who had been executed by Will at the Wall.
and Sir Baron Swain, Earl Bryce Cullen of the Frontier, Ser Anda Royce, heir to Jörn the Bronze, and his brother Sir Robert...... Sir Weimar Royce, who was killed by the stranger when he went out on patrol outside the Great Wall with Will and Gary, is from this family.
The armor of the knights of House Royce was silver-plated and engraved with bronze protection charms, which were said to have some magical energy. Sir Horace and Sir Hopper, twin brothers from the Redwin family on the distant island of Qingting, have grape bunches of grape coats of arms on a blue background on their shields......
Of all the jousting knights, the youngest was Sir Loras Tyrell, known as the Knight of the Hundred Flowers. He was the youngest son of Mace Tyrellle, Duke of High Court and Warden of the South, and was only sixteen years old. His armor is intricately carved with enamel containing a thousand different bouquets of flowers, and his snow-white mount is covered with a red blanket and white roses.
Sansa had never seen such a handsome person, and she couldn't take her eyes off his eyes as she looked at his charming smile.
There are also six representatives of the Frey family, including Sir Jerry, Sir Hosting, Sir Danwell, Sir Ammon, Sir Theo, and Sir Paiwin from Luanhe City, all of whom are the children and grandchildren of the old Marquis Walder Frey, and even Walder Frey's illegitimate son, Martin Hewen, also came.
Robb Stark, who was sitting in the noble seat, looked at the Frey Tournament team, wondering if the guys had received the news of the tragic death of their father, Walder Frey...... I hope that the Freys, who have lost their father, will not be affected by the death of their father, and will be able to exert their strength and achieve a good result.
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The last to appear is the Northern Tournament team, the Night's Watch also belongs to the North, and the Starks and the Night's Watch are long-term allies, so Will the Man in Black appears in the North's tournament team.
Iron Spear Jon rode in front of the Stucker Icewolf banner with one hand, and he was applauded as soon as he appeared, and the flag bearers of other martial arts teams were holding the flag with both hands, but he was one-handed, showing his unrivaled arm strength. This made Theon Greyjoy, who thought highly of himself, quite unhappy......
In the ranks, Jory, the captain of the Prime Minister's guard, looked like a beggar. He wore gray-blue armor without any coat of arms or carvings, and the gray cloak on his shoulders resembled a dirty rag. Erin and Harwyn, who were with him, were similar to him, and the three of them resembled wandering riders without masters.
In the team, the heroic Daisy Mormont attracted the attention of many people, and the big Gilly next to her looked disgraceful and was completely ignored...... But there was one man who stared at the great Gilly, the little demon Tyrion who was mixed in with the nobility, and he saw the great Gilly's short bow and the black arrows that were especially one size smaller...... The black arrow impressed him deeply, and it seemed familiar.
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"Hey, little devil. A voice said softly.
The little devil turned around and saw the smiling little finger, Count Petyr Berish. Beside him, a humble strange attendant also looked at him with a smile on his face.
"I'm going to make a bet with you when the game starts. Petyr said.
"How many days have you disappeared?" there was no smile on the little devil's face, caution and scrutiny hidden in his eyes.
"Luckily, it's intact and it's still alive. I'm curious, how did you survive that night?"
"I'm curious, too, but what about you?"
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When the last Sir Tyronn Ash appeared, the audience was a sensation, and the real giant came, Tyron Ash carried his dread sword, heavy black plate armor, and the ground trembled slightly with every step...... He was the only knight in the audience who did not ride a war horse around the field, because no war horse could bear his weight, and his height was too high, riding on the strongest war horse, his legs were still on the ground......
Queen Cersei was so elaborate that she thought she had a chance to win—but when she saw Tyronn Ash coming like a mountain, Cersei's face turned pale...... She had heard warnings and descriptions from the mouth of the little demon, but she didn't take it to heart, but now—
King Robert stood up abruptly, his glass splashing with golden liquid: "My God, Ned, when did a giant emerge from the North...... Big man, come here, I want to reward you with three glasses of wine......"
It was the first time that the king had given wine such an honor, before the tournament had officially begun.
The audience roared, and the people cheered like thunder!