Randyll Tarly's martial acumen was noted from birth. His mother had just finished delivering him when some kind of crazy ninja assassin from Asshai (who'd been kicked out of the Faceless Men for being too hard) broke in and tried to kill Tarly, right there. Tarly, being born badass, simply whipped his own umbilical cord around the assassin's neck and strangled him to death.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one."
- George R. R. Martin (AdwD - p.452)
Randyll Tarly's martial acumen was noted from birth. His mother had just finished delivering him when some kind of crazy ninja assassin from Asshai (who'd been kicked out of the Faceless Men for being too hard) broke in and tried to kill Tarly, right there. Tarly, being born badass, simply whipped his own umbilical cord around the assassin's neck and strangled him to death.
Randyll Tarly's martial acumen was noted from birth. His mother had just finished delivering him when some kind of crazy ninja assassin from Asshai (who'd been kicked out of the Faceless Men for being too hard) broke in and tried to kill Tarly, right there. Tarly, being born badass, simply whipped his own umbilical cord around the assassin's neck and strangled him to death.
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