Cersei has a royal wedding to plan, I am waging a war, and you have been out of danger for at least a fortnight.” Lord Tywin studied his son’s disfigured face, his pale green eyes unflinching. He ripped it off and crawled along the listing deck until the water was only neck deep.Ī Clash of Kings Generally in Westeros it is considered to be stupid to fight without a helm (helmet) Suddenly the river was pouring into his helm. Stones began to plummet down, crashing through the decks and turning men to pulp, until the whole bridge gave a shudder and twisted violently underfoot, knocking him sideways. His blood spattered through the slit of Tyrion’s helm. The slot in his helm limited Tyrion’s vision to what was before him, but when he turned his head he saw three galleys beached on the tourney grounds, and a fourth, larger than the others, standing well out into the river, firing barrels of burning pitch from a catapult.Ī naked man fell from the sky and landed on the deck, body bursting like a melon dropped from a tower. and Bronn was fifteen years younger, if she was any judge.įighting with helmet can restrict the vision range for a fighter and there can be other issues as mentioned below. Yet Catelyn noted that the sellsword stood half a hand taller than his foe, with a longer reach. High leather boots with steel shinguards gave some protection to his legs, and discs of black iron were sewn into the fingers of his gloves. He wore only a shirt of black oiled ringmail over boiled leather, a round steel halfhelm with a noseguard, and a mail coif. Falcon’s wings sprouted from the temples of his helm, and his visor was a pointed metal beak with a narrow slit for vision.īronn was so lightly armored he looked almost naked beside the knight. A skirt of lobstered metal covered him from waist to midthigh, while a solid gorget encircled his throat. Large circular rondels, enameled cream-and-blue in the moon-and-falcon sigil of House Arryn, protected the vulnerable juncture of arm and breast. Ser Vardis Egen was steel from head to heel, encased in heavy plate armor over mail and padded surcoat. Ser Vardis Egen was dressed in steel from head to heel and found it hard to move. When Bronn fought Ser Vardis Egen as Tyrion Lannister's champion at Eyrie, Bronn was lightly armored and he was able to tire Ser Vardis Egen out. Sometimes there are advantages of being lightly armored.

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