A Storm of Swords – Aunt Lysa

A Storm of Swords – Aunt Lysa

Sansa’s aunt, Lysa Arryn arrives with her retinue. Sansa quickly discovers that isn’t as good a thing as she was led to believe.

It’s hard to sympathize with Lysa Arryn, even after you learn about the tansy tea incident. It’s always a challenge to create an air of self-importance, paranoia, and being an absolutely pathetic human being.

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Could that be my aunt? Lady Lysa was two years younger than Mother, but this woman looked ten years older. Thick auburn tresses fell down past her waist, but beneath the costly velvet gown and jeweled bodice her body sagged and bulged. Her face was pink and painted, her breasts heavy, her limbs thick. She was taller than Littlefinger, and heavier; nor did she show any grace in the clumsy way she climbed down off her horse.
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