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Catelyn

           Theywereallherfather’sbannermen,lordsoftheTrident.MosthadleftRiverrunbeforeshehad,todefendtheirownlands.Iftheywerehereagain,itcouldonlymeanthatEdmurehadcalledthemback.Godssaveus,it’strue,hemeanstoofferbattletoLordTywin.

           SomethingdarkwasdanglingagainstthewallsofRiverrun,Catelynsawfromadistance.Whensherodeclose,shesawdeadmenhangingfromthebattlements,slumpedattheendsoflongropeswithhempennoosestightaroundtheirnecks,theirfacesswollenandblack.Thecrowshadbeenatthem,buttheircrimsoncloaksstillshowedbrightagainstthesandstonewalls.

           "TheyhavehangedsomeLannisters,"HalMollenobserved.

           "Aprettysight,"SerWendelManderlysaidcheerfully.

           "Ourfriendshavebegunwithoutus,"PerwynFreyjested.Theotherslaughed,allbutBrienne,whogazedupattherowofbodiesunblinking,andneitherspokenorsmiled.

           IftheyhaveslaintheKingslayer,thenmydaughtersaredeadaswell.Catelynspurredherhorsetoacanter.HalMollenandRobinFlintracedpastatagallop,hallooingtothegatehouse.Theguardsonthewallshaddoubtlessspiedherbannerssometimeago,fortheportculliswasupastheyapproached.

           Edmurerodeoutfromthecastletomeether,surroundedbythreeofherfather’sswornmengreat-belliedSerDesmondGrellthemaster-at-arms,UtherydesWaynthesteward,andSerRobinRyger,Riverrun’sbigbaldcaptainofguards.

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