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Prologue

           Inthecenterofthechamberwasthegreattablefromwhichittookitsname,amassiveslabofcarvedwoodfashionedatthecommandofAegonTargaryeninthedaysbeforetheConquest.ThePaintedTablewasmorethanfiftyfeetlong,perhapshalfthatwideatitswidestpoint,butlessthanfourfeetacrossatitsnarrowest.Aegon’scarpentershadshapeditafterthelandofWesteros,sawingouteachbayandpeninsulauntilthetablenowhereranstraight.Onitssurface,darkenedbynearthreehundredyearsofvarnish,werepaintedtheSevenKingdomsastheyhadbeeninAegon’sday;riversandmountains,castlesandcities,lakesandforests.

           Therewasasinglechairintheroom,carefullypositionedinthepreciseplacethatDragonstoneoccupiedoffthecoastofWesteros,andraiseduptogiveagoodviewofthetabletop.Seatedinthechairwasamaninatight-lacedleatherjerkinandbreechesofroughspunbrownwool.WhenMaesterCressenentered,heglancedup."Iknewyouwouldcome,oldman,whetherIsummonedyouorno."Therewasnohintofwarmthinhisvoice;thereseldomwas.

           StannisBaratheon,LordofDragonstoneandbythegraceofthegodsrightfulheirtotheIronThroneoftheSevenKingdomsofWesteros,wasbroadofshoulderandsinewyoflimb,withatightnesstohisfaceandfleshthatspokeofleathercuredinthesununtilitwasastoughassteel.HardwasthewordmenusedwhentheyspokeofStannis,andhardhewas.

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