Chapter 184

Stannis wore a crown of red gold, its rim wrought into tongues of flame. Pearls and yellow topaz studded his belt, and a heart-shaped ruby gleamed in the pommel of his sword.

Yet the rest of him was plain enough — a quilted tunic under a studded leather vest, scuffed boots, coarse brown breeches.

Across that sun-bright jerkin blazed a red heart ringed by orange fire.