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** Jorah Mormont wore the favour of Lynesse Hightower and won a tourney, defeating all opponents and even gaining her hand in marriage.

* [[Lady of War]]: Daenerys

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: A rare example of this in a very cynical series - Stannis, looking for a lord who can bring the North under his control, offers to {{spoiler|legitimise Jon Snow and free him from his vow to the Night's Watch.}} He refuses, partly out of an [[Generation Xerox|eerily familiar ironclad sense of honour]], and before the night is out he's been, largely coincidentally, {{spoiler|elected as Lord Commander of the Watch}} (for which Stannis' offer would have made him ineligible).

* [[Last-Minute Baby-Naming]]: [[Justified]]. With the [[Grim Up North]] conditions behind the wall, the mortality of children is so high that naming one that hasn't yet grown enough to walk is considered [[Tempting Fate]].

** The Starks and the Northern rebellion are brought down when {{spoiler|Robb Stark has a tryst with Jeyne Westerling and breaks his marriage pact with the Freys to marry her}}.

* [[Lying to the Perp]]: Tyrion uses this to ferret out the three traitors in his midst: Littlefinger, Varys, and Grand Maester Pycelle. He gets ample dirt on each of them but only manages to trap Pycelle, the least dangerous of the trio; and even then he's quickly reinstated by Tywin.

 

== M-O ==

* [[Noble Fugitive]]: Viserys is a bit of a deconstruction. Straighter examples in Daenerys, {{spoiler|Ser Barristan, Jon Connington, and Tyrion.}}

* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted. Defecation is mentioned quite frequently. In ''Storm of Swords'', Strong Belwas shames the Yunkai champion Oznak zo Pahl by shitting in the direction of his city and wiping himself with the dead Oznak's cloak. And {{spoiler|Tywin Lannister}} is assassinated when he's on the privy, {{spoiler|proving that he ''doesn't'' shit gold}}. Astapor's refugees bring the bloody flux to Mereen, leading to a mass outbreak of dysentary. Also, {{spoiler|Dany}} gets the runs after eating wild berries while stranded near the end of Dance with Dragons.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: The Stark's direwolves and {{spoiler|Dany's dragons}}.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: A number of incidents are referred to early on, with clues popping up over the course of the series. Examples include the tragedy at Summerhall, the Doom of Valyria, and the events at the "tower of joy."

** "As useless as nipples on a breastplate" is quipped by multiple people throughout the series. The gag continues when {{spoiler|Ser Jorah Mormont}} is shown in ''A Dance With Dragons'' wearing a breastplate with pierced nipples.

 

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