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When captured in the Eyrie, why didn't Tyrion just wait it out rather than risk his life in a trial by combat with a stranger as champion?
I don't remember what's in the tv-show, but the books make it pretty clear that his life is in danger in the sky cells, that people fall off them to their death, and the gaoler Mord has stolen his ...
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When captured in the Eyrie, why didn't Tyrion just wait it out rather than risk his life in a trial by combat with a stranger as champion?
The sky cells are highly uncomfortable and potentially deadly. Rather than freeze and starve, he hatched the plan to demand a trial by combat, as mentioned above. In the book:
"I thank you, my ...
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