However, it is unclear whether one of his brothers, Euron and Victarion, or his daughter Asha should be his successor. Cersei realizes this too late when she visits their temple and is imprisoned.īalon Greyjoy, ruler of the Iron Islands, unexpectedly dies. Although the sparrows arrest Margaery on charges of immorality, they also make Osney confess that he has slept with Cersei. However, Cersei’s obsession with the Tyrells blinds her to the growing power of “the sparrows,” a radical religious movement. To forestall the prophecy, Cersei plans to ruin Margaery by arranging for one of her knights, Osney, to seduce her. She assumes the prophecy refers to Margaery Tyrell, who is to marry Tommen.
The prophecy said that she would become queen but be usurped by someone younger and more beautiful. Nevertheless, she is troubled by a prophecy she received as a child. With the effective ruler of Westeros now dead, Cersei positions herself as the new and exclusive authority in King’s Landing. As such, there can be a “king” or “ruler” of these, but they are nonetheless subordinate to Westeros’s overall ruler based in King’s Landing.Ĭersei Lannister, mother of eight-year-old King Tommen, hears that her father Tywin has been murdered. Note: Westeros is a unified kingdom composed of seven constituent smaller “kingdoms.” These include the Vale and Dorne. For clarity, this summary will look at the narratives associated with each of the main characters separately. These are arranged in broadly chronological order, with chapters jumping between the stories and locations of the different characters. This guide uses the Harper Voyager edition of the text published in 2011.Ī Feast for Crows is composed of 46 chapters, each bearing the name of the character from whose perspective it is told. The novel also follows a series of other characters’ stories occurring concurrently in different places in Westeros. It leads her to empower a religious movement that eventually imprisons Cersei on charges of murder and immorality. However, Cersei’s paranoia over Margaery and her plots to prove her infidelity backfire. She strives to eliminate all perceived threats, especially those of the Tyrell family, whose daughter Margaery marries child king Tommen, Cersei’s son.
In his place, his daughter Cersei, seizes power. A Feast for Crows focuses on the Lannister family’s continuing consolidation of power following victory in the “War of the Five Kings.” Specifically, it follows the events precipitated by the murder of Tywin Lannister, who had been de facto ruler of Westeros. It is the fourth of seven planned books in the series “A Song of Ice and Fire” set in the fictional medieval kingdom of Westeros. A Feast for Crows is a 2005 fantasy novel by American author George R.
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