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Facts about A Storm of Swords
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Tyrion Lannister kills his father Tywin with a crossbow while Tywin sits on the privy in A Storm of Swords' climactic chapters.
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In A Storm of Swords, Jaime Lannister loses his sword hand to Vargo Hoat's soldiers after the Whispering Wood battle, fundamentally altering his character arc throughout the trilogy's final installment.
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George R.R. Martin wrote approximately 973 pages for A Storm of Swords, making it the longest novel in the main series at the time of its 2000 publication.
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The Red Wedding, a pivotal massacre in A Storm of Swords, occurs at the wedding of Jeyne Westerling to Robb Stark in 298 AC according to George R.R. Martin's timeline.