A Game of Thrones - Kapitel 8 - Bran II

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vorheriges Kapitel	I-Arya I
nächstes Kapitel	I-Tyrion I
vorheriges Kap. mit diesem POV	I-Bran I
nächstes Kap. mit diesem POV	I-Bran III

POV-Charakter

Bran Stark

Ort der Handlung

Winterfell

Zusammenfassung

Bran klettert an den Mauern von Winterfell herum und überrascht dabei zufälligerweise Cersei und Jaime Lennister, die sich in ihrem Turmzimmer lieben und sich über seinen Vater unterhalten. Als die beiden Bran bemerken, schubst Jaime ihn aus dem Fenster.

Synopsis

Der Großteil der Männer (namentlich Robert, Eddard, Joffrey, Robb, Benjen, Jory, Theon, Rodrik, Tyrion) von Winterfell ist mit dem König am letzten Tag vor der großen Abreise gen Süden auf die Jagd gegangen, während Bran, Jon, Rickon und die Mädchen in der Burg bleiben mussten. Jon ist nicht aufzutreiben und scheint generell mit jedem böse zu sein, was Bran nicht versteht, da er ja schließlich mit Benjen Stark zur Mauer gehen darf, was in Brans Augen genauso gut ist, wie mit seinem Vater in den Süden zu gehen. Seiner Meinung nach hätte allein Robb Grund, böse zu sein.

Zunächst hatte Bran die Nachricht toll gefunden, dass er auf einem echten Pferd und nicht auf einem Pony Winterfell verlassen und nach Königsmund ziehen sollte. Er erinnerte sich an die vielen Geschichten der Alten Nan über die Hauptstadt, über ihre vielen Geheimgänge und Geister und Drachenköpfe an den Wänden. Er träumt davon, einmal ein Mitglied der Königsgarde zu sein und ist aufgeregt, dass er bald den berühmtesten lebenden Ritter treffen wird, Ser Barristan Selmy, Barristan den Kühnen. Jetzt aber ist Bran auch ein bisschen änglich, das einzige Zuhause zu verlassen, das er je hatte. Er denkt, dass er das alles auch vermissen wird, sogar sein Pony.

At first Bran was excited about leaving Winterfell and going to King's Landing on a real horse, not just a pony. He remembers the stories Old Nan told about ghosts and terrible dungeons, and dragon skulls on the walls. He dreams of being a member of the Kingsguard someday, and is anxious to meet the greatest modern knight, Ser Barristan the Bold. But now Bran is also apprehensive about leaving the only home he has ever known. He will miss all those he is leaving behind, even his pony.

Not being able to stand the goodbyes, Bran goes to the castle godswood with his direwolf. Unlike all his siblings, he still hasn’t named his wolf; none of the names he tries seem right. Eventually, Bran gets tired of trying to teach his wolf to fetch and decides to go climbing. His wolf doesn’t want him to go and howls when he climbs away up a tree and onto the armory roof.

Bran spends much of his time climbing the roofs of Winterfell. His mother claims that Bran could climb before he could walk. Since Bran cannot remember learning to climb or learning to walk he assumes it must be true. His mother was also terrified that one day he would fall and kill himself. Once Bran had kept a promise not to climb for almost a fortnight and was miserable the entire time. Finally he gave in but confessed his crime the next day. When his father ordered him to the godswood to cleanse himself, they had found him sleeping in the tallest tree in the grove the next morning. His father, angry and laughing, had told him that from now on he was free to climb, so long as him mother didn’t catch him.

Others had tried to stop him, but to no avail. The guards tried to stop him but they were too slow and escaping from them was fun. Old Nan had told a story of a boy who climbed too high and was struck by lightning and had his eyes eaten by crows, but Bran liked to feed the crows and they never seemed interested in pecking out his eyes. Maester Luwin had made a clay boy and thrown it off the wall as an example, but Bran had only responded that he was not made of clay and he never fell.

Bran is climbing to the Broken Tower, where he likes to feed the crows, when he is startled by voices from the First Keep, the oldest part of the castle. At first he doesn’t recognize them as Queen Cersei and her brother, Ser Jaime. Cersei is telling Jaime that he should be the Hand of the King, and that Eddard Stark will put them in danger because the king loves him like a brother. Jaime jokes that Robert hates his brothers. Unamused, Cersei insists that Robert will listen to Eddard. Jaime states that he prefers honorable men to ambitious men like Robert’s brothers and Littlefinger.

Cersei says she is worried about what Lysa Arryn may have said to the Starks, but Jaime tells her not to worry, as Lysa has no proof. Despite this, Cersei remains fearful that Eddard might betray her son Joffrey when he takes the throne or convince Robert to put her aside.

Bran grows frightened by what he overhears, but wants to see who is talking, so he climbs over the window, then drops down. He can see the man and woman inside wrestling naked, fondling and moaning. Suddenly he recognizes Cersei just as her eyes open and see him. Bran loses his grip as he tries to escape, but catches himself on the window ledge. Cersei and Jaime come to look at him. Jaime extends a hand to Bran and pulls him up onto the ledge.

As Bran begins to relax, Jaime asks him how old he is. Bran says that he is seven. Then Jaime loathingly says, “The things I do for love,” and shoves Bran backwards out the window into the empty air.

Handelnde Personen

• Bran Stark

Cersei Lannister Jaime Lannister Summer

Mentioned: Aemon Arryk Arthur Dayne Arya Stark Boros Blount Eddard Stark Erryk Gage Gerold Hightower

Mentioned: Grey Wind Hodor Jon Arryn Jon Snow Lady Littlefinger Maester Luwin Lyanna Stark Lysa Arryn Meryn Trant Mikken

Mentioned: Renly Baratheon Ryam Redwyne Sansa Stark Serwyn Shaggydog Stannis Baratheon

Erwähnte Personen

• Alte Nan
• Barristan Selmy
• Benjen Stark
• Eddard Stark
• Geist
• Joffrey Baratheon
• Jory Cassel
• Rickon Stark
• Robb Stark
• Robert Baratheon
• Rodrik Cassel
• Theon Graufreud
• Tyrion Lennister

Erwähnte Orte & Begriffe

Casterly Rock Eyrie The Neck Winterfell

Dance of the Dragons House Dayne

Dragonlord Godswood House Hightower

House Redwyne House Selmy House Stark

Orte

• Königsmund
• Die Mauer
• "Rote Burg" siehe Roter Bergfried
• Winterfell

Begriffe

• Drache
• Hand des Königs
• Königsgarde
• Königsweg
• Nachtwache
• Schattenwolf

Quelle

• http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/A_Game_of_Thrones-Chapter_8