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Davos

           Archersscrambledintotheshallows,holdingtheirbowshighovertheirheadstokeepthestringsdry.Theysplashedashoreonthenarrowstrandbeneaththebluffs.Rockscamebouncingdownfromthecastletocrashamongthem,andarrowsandspearsaswell,buttheanglewassteepandthemissilesseemedtodolittledamage.

           Prayerlandedtwo-dozenyardsupstreamandPietywasslantingtowardthebankwhenthedefenderscamepoundingdowntheriverside,thehoovesoftheirwarhorsessendingupgoutsofwaterfromtheshallows.Theknightsfellamongthearcherslikewolvesamongchickens,drivingthembacktowardtheshipsandintotheriverbeforemostcouldnotchanarrow.Men-at-armsrushedtodefendthemwithspearandaxe,andinthreeheartbeatsthescenehadturnedtoblood-soakedchaos.Davosrecognizedthedog’s-headhelmoftheHound.AwhitecloakstreamedfromhisshouldersasherodehishorseuptheplankontothedeckofPrayer,hackingdownanyonewhoblunderedwithinreach.

           Beyondthecastle,King’sLandingroseonitshillsbehindtheencirclingwalls.Theriverfrontwasablackeneddesolation;theLannistershadburnedeverythingandpulledbackwithintheMudGate.Thecharredsparsofsunkenhulkssatintheshallows,forbiddingaccesstothelongstonequays.Weshallhavenolandingthere.HecouldseethetopsofthreehugetrebuchetsbehindtheMudGate.HighonVisenya’sHill,sunlightblazedoffthesevencrystaltowersoftheGreatSeptofBaelor.

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