A Storm of Swords

    The book is set in the fantasy land of Westeros and the time mimics the medieval period. Westeros is a harsh world, frozen cold in the north near the wall, and in the south it has crowded and disgusting cities. The phrase "You'll smell the city long before you see it." was used to describe the capital of Westeros kings landing. The character Arya Stark does not fit in in this world at all. Even at the beginning of the story she was seen as different, because of her interest in things seen only for boys and her distaste for more feminine things. This is especially obvious as her sister, Sansa is the opposite. Currently in the story she is on the run from the kings knights after her father was beheaded as a traitor. Arya never really has things go her way. As far as she knows she has no surviving family and her life is constantly in danger. At the end of the novel she had boarded a ship to a smaller kingdom across the sea called Bravvos. My prediction is that she will begin to training to fight there because throughout the book they had said the Bravvosi were proficient in sword fighting, which was what Arya was learning to do at the beginning of the book series.