Disease could wipe out an army quicker than any battle.
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The looters comes with the carrion crows after every battle.
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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
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Then Royce's parry came a beat too late. The pale sword bit through the ringmail beneath his arm. The young Lord cried out in pain. Blood welled betwe...
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Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.
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A man is never so vulnerable in a battle as when he flees," Lord Eddard has told Jon once. "A running man is like a wounded animal to a soldier. It ge...
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Armageddon,' Sandy said. 'The final battle. The ultimate confrontation between good and evil. That's what armageddon is supposed to be. Right?'Hobbins...
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Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When ...
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The battle fever. He had never thought to experience it himself, though Jamie had told him of it often enough. How time seemed to blur and slow and ev...
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Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert hi...
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But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.
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No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the Reader's beloved books. No banners flew...
