Thankfully, Tyrion steps in, refers to his nephew as a half-wit and eloquently demonstrates the difference between educating someone and threatening to end their life. Speaking of the poster boy against inbreeding, Joffrey has taken to punishing Sansa (Sophie Turner) for her brother's victories in battle, having his betrothed beaten for little more than his own pleasure. Making clear that though Robb may be skilled at war, he's woefully lacking in any knowledge of what comes afterward. The only trouble is, as Robb freely admits to a woman he's only just met, once the king has been dethroned, there is no official plan to replace him. Surely, this kind of exaggeration can only benefit the King of the North as he marches his army ever closer to Joffrey (Jack Gleeson). Word has spread to King's Landing that Robb Stark is attacking with an army of wolves and that the bodies of the dead are being eaten. On the other hand, some, like Robb Stark (Richard Madden) unwittingly see a benefit to the level of miscommunication that seems to mutate the truth as swiftly as his attacks on the Lannisters. And as Tyrion demonstrated during ' What is Dead May Never Die,' lives and positions can be obliterated as easily with words as they are by the edge of a sword. Naturally, there are those such as Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), Varys (Conleth Hill) and Lord Baelish (Aiden Gillen) who, were it not for the combined power of information, disinformation and misconception would be largely powerless against their more sword wield-y adversaries. However, much of the information dispersed amongst the main characters happens to be comprised of rumor and conjecture – which appears to be a unique currency in its own right. When one stops to consider the scope of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, its easy to understand the amount of time it takes for specific information to travel from kingdom to kingdom – not to mention how long, and through how many more channels said information has to travel in order for it to be disseminated amongst what amounts to be common folk.Ĭertainly, one of the highlights of Game of Thrones has always been the use of information as power, and in 'Garden of Bones,' this continues to be the case.

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