Chapters 5 through 8 Summary

In Brienne, Brienne is traveling all around the kingdom in search of Sansa Stark. Sansa has no family, no home, and very few friends. She has fled because she is believed to be the one guilty of poisoning the king. The Lord Commander, Jaime, has sent her out to find her on a good horse, with good gold and silver, and with Sansa's father's sword. After searching a few towns, Brienne comes across a pair of hedge knights in the road. The fat one, Ser Creighton, is loud and boastful, telling tales of battles he has never fought. The smaller, older one, Ser Illifer the Penniless, speaks much less, and seems slightly wiser. They offer to share their trout with her, and to ride along with her, and she grudgingly accepts. On the road, the trio comes across a merchant and...