Ep. 226: - Epilogue | A Storm of Swords

Ep. 226: - Epilogue | A Storm of Swords

From Bend the Knee: A Song of Ice and Fire Podcast by Game of Thrones

June 20, 2026 · 45 min

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The episode explores Merrett Frey's reflections on his life and the events surrounding the Red Wedding as he approaches Oldstones with a ransom.

Merrett Frey is approaching the ruins of Oldstones with the ransom for his half-brother's ( Stevron Frey 's) grandson Petyr Pimple . He is considering all the ill luck throughout his life, starting as a squire, where in a battle against the Kingswood Brotherhood he got hit on the head so hard he was unable to ever truly fight again, which left him unable to reach knighthood. His father has always mocked him as "Merrett Muttonhead", and all he was good for during the Red Wedding was to drink the Greatjon under the table. Merrett recollects how his father ordered the massacre of the Starks at Edmure Tully ’s wedding, but it was Lame Lothar and Roose Bolton who had masterminded the whole affair. He considers how things at the Twins will turn worse for him when his father dies, as Ryman stands to inherit, and his sons Edwyn and Black Walder after him. Merrett feels that if he could accomplish this task, maybe his luck would change for the better, considering that Petyr is Ser Ryman’s son. However, he has failed at everything in his life, including his role in keeping the Greatjon too drunk to fight. The man killed or maimed four men, and it took eight to finally get him in chains…

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Places: Oldstones, Twins, Kingswood, King Tristifer

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