A Storm of Swords - The Crow's Cage -

A Storm of Swords – The Crow’s Cage

Arriving in Stoney Sept’s town square, Arya sees northern prisoners being tortured to death in crow cages. There’s only one survivor.

It took me a little while to find a good reference for a crow cage, and a little longer to find ones I was sure were real. The first 10 pictures on my Google Image Search were all of Val Kilmer as Madmartigan in the Willow movie. That cage looks positively comfortable in comparison.

The biggest challenge was I wasn’t completely sure where the cages were. While it’s more dramatic to have Arya looking up at them, they’re probably not as high as I have them, since Arya’s able to give him water.

asoiaf a song of ice and fire storm of swords illustration pen and ink stoney sept town square prisoners cages arya stark — Wolves. Arya went cold. Robb’s men, and my father’s. She felt drawn toward the cages. The bars allowed so little room that prisoners could neither sit nor turn; they stood naked, exposed to sun and wind and rain. The first three cages held dead men. Carrion crows had eaten out their eyes, yet the empty sockets seemed to follow her. The fourth man in the row stirred as she passed. Around his mouth his ragged beard was thick with blood and flies. They exploded when he spoke, buzzing around his head. “Water.” The word was a croak. “Please . . . water . . .”
Arya V – pg 397

December 8, 2022

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in Illustration, Pen and Ink

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