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Brienne‘s thoughts are running together in her pain. Her hands are bound, Gendry says they won‘t release her until she stands before Lady Stoneheart. Her fever breaks &her thoughts begin to untangle. As they are judged for their crimes, Brienne realizes Lady Stoneheart‘s identity. She is asked to kill Jaime. Brienne pleads for his life, the good she saw in him. As Brienne, Pod & Ser Hyle are hanged - she screams a word-

They come upon many hanged corpses. &suspect Beric Dondarrion. They come upon survivors, mostly children left by the sparrows. The smith, Gendry, reminds her of Renly. She tries to place if any of the girls could be Sansa or Arya
Brienne brings Gendry dinner& questions him on his parentage. But they are interrupted. Riders arrive, lead by Rorge in The Hound‘s helm, Brienne kills him but is blindsided by Biter.

They are at the Quiet Isle just outside Saltpans. Outlaws recently attacked, but they say it was not the Hound who committed the atrocities
The Elder Brother reveals it was not Sansa who was with the Hound but Arya. He can‘t say for sure if she survived. He found The Hound at the Trident & watched him die.
The Elder Brother asks her to give up her quest & go to her family, thinks of her siblings who have passed, but she can‘t give up her quest.

The return to Maidenpool. Lord Tarly is frustrated about the outlaws including Lady Stoneheart, when he casts out Brienne, Hyle Hunt offers assistance in finding the Hound.
Joined by Hyle &a septon they head to the Saltpans. Traveling through the riverlands they discuss theology & septon warns of a monsterous she-wolf &horrors of war.

Brienne &Pod proceed with Nimble Dick as their guide. Her mistrust grows once they leave the roads.
At the gate, Nimble Dick reveals that the info he gave the fool was false &smugglers don‘t stop there now
Instead of Dontos, they find Timeon,Pyg &Shagwell. When she tells them she is after a fool with a Stark girl, they point her to the Hound. She‘s forced to kill them
She was followed by Hyle Hunt, she says they will follow the trail to Riverrun

Brienne trains Podrick. They run across 1 of Lord Tarly‘s captains, the soldiers are rebuilding Maidenpool while Lord Tarly is in the market dispensing justice
She‘s forced to confess her mission to him, he tells her of Lysa‘s death. With that, she thinks the Vale isno longer Sansa‘s place of refuge
She talks to Nimble Dick who tells how he helped frightened fool with 2 girls. She hopes it‘s Sansa and Arya. He promises to take her to the smugglers

Brienne arrives in Duskendale. She gets her shield painted &stays at an inn while the paint sets,is reminded of the baths at Harrenhal, tries not to think of Jaime there.
It‘s clear Sansa is not in Duskendale. The Lord suggests Dorne, Oldtown, far away. But she think Sansa will go where she has people. To the Wall? Riverrun? The Vale? She gets some other “leads”
She realizes she is being followed by a familiar squire hoping to find Tyrion

Brienne searches for Sansa
Ser Creighton offers to travel with her for her protection. She is a lady. Ser Illifer says she is accused of killing Renley. She swears on the Seven she did not harm him & they travel on peacefully
They come upon Ser Shadrich, who also searches for Sansa
Rumors circulate of how Jaime lost his hand & Brienne recalls admiringly his strength in their fight
In the morning she leaves before the others, continuing after Sansa