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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Yes, yes, tell me more...

Just read the new chapter on Martin's website. Brilliant. This bastard better not die before he's done writing these damn things.

Yes, another new chapter was just released on GRRM's site, and it is awesome! Best sample chapter from WoW yet, though Theon's was pretty good as well. Here is the link:

Mercy: http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerp...nds-of-winter/

My initial thoughts on this new chapter:

Spoiler!

- Arya chapter...woo hoo! She's always one of my favorites to read.

- Man Arya seems to really be growing up. Maybe it's just how weird the sexual parts are to read since I think of Arya as a child, but I guess she should be coming up on 13 or so in the books. Might be GRRM trying to age her in readers minds too as part of accounting for the fact that the actress on the show is going to be much older by the time these scenes get filmed.

- Love it that the tree is watching her in her wolf dreams. The ravens talking at the end of the Theon chapter too. Bran's power seems to be growing...or maybe it's bloodraven?

- Nice little twist that Arya is playing Sansa in the play.

- Sweet revenge for Lommy! Arya is so deadly now! Another name off her list, it's getting pretty short now.

- I love it that she seems to be retaining her Starkness by going after this revenge kill of Raff the Sweetling even though it messes up her current situation. She is not "nobody", she is Arya ****ing Stark!

- I guess Arya is there to learn mummery/acting since she will be playing so many different roles as a faceless woman. I didn;t get the impression that she had any target to kill until she saw her own target.

- The envoy is Harys Swift, master of coin, who Kevan Lannister sent to Bravos in the epilogue of ADWD before Varys kills him. This chapter almost makes it sound like Cersei is back in charge now...hmm?

- Phario Forel is the playwriter...any relation to Syrio Forel from Bravos? GRRM loves to screw with us.

- Arya will have to leave now that she killed Raff and the other guard will know it was Mercy who killed him. I think she alludes to this when she says it will be her first lines and her last. I wonder if the faceless men will be angry with her and if she'll have to leave Bravos altogether?

I want more chapters! I want the whole damn book!!