THE PURPLE WEDDING

THIS POST IS DARK AND FULL OF SPOILERS

Remember our coverage of the royal wedding in Westeros?

Dejligste roser har stindeste torne,
skønneste blomster sin tærende gift,
under en rosenkind hjertet kan forne,
for dog at skæbnen er sælsom og skift!

Vackraste rosor på törnbusken glöder,

skönaste blommor har tärande gift,

kinden kan blomstra fast hjärtat det blöder,

ödet är sällsamt och ändrar sin skrift!

The critical moment

Did any one mourn Joffrey (not counting his royal mother!)?

The unexpected and sudden early death of Joffrey Baratheon-Lannister has excited more than one Westeros fan. And also awakened my own Christie vein. What did he consume? Who did it?
Should we blame the cupbearer, even though we love Tyrion for his sharp mind and good sense?

The downfall of this sociopathic ruler started when he washed his share of the wedding cake down

with a glass of Arbour Red wine laced with strychnine.

The raw material for the crystal he swallowed. Nux vomica.
The active principle was taken from these seeds.

A strychnine molecule

The real culprit was the grandmother of the bride, Olenna "Queen of Thorns" Tyrell (née Redwyne!): the elderly lady next to Joffrey in our latest screenshot of the Purple Wedding. The motive? To empower the Tyrell clan and weaken the Lannisters.

Now, let's sing the Rains of Castamere to finish this post!

And whoooo are yoooou... the proud lord said...

that I must bow so looooow...?