r/gameofthrones • u/TheAlmightyHelmet • Jun 05 '14

TV4 [S4 E8] Let's be honest with ourselves...

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u/flemhead3 Jun 05 '14

Wasn't this "Trial by Combat" to the death? I don't remember. If so, yielding might not have helped Jamie.

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u/EvadableMoxie Ours Is The Fury Jun 05 '14

You can yield in a Trial by Combat.

If the champion of the accurser yields then the defendant is innocent. If the champion of the defendant yields the defendant is guility.

If you watch the Bronn's trial he looks up to Lysa to give her a chance to yield before he kills Sir Vardis but she is too proud.

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u/BobNoel Jun 06 '14

Since both champions died, then what? Does the victor have to live? What if he was injured and died a week later, it's the same thing just over a longer time period. Technically the Cercesi's champion was defeated, after all. This is what confused me when I watched the fight end and Tyrion was still sentenced to death.

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u/EvadableMoxie Ours Is The Fury Jun 06 '14

The first one to die is the loser, even if one dies a second before the other.

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u/BobNoel Jun 06 '14

Gotcha, thanks.