If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." --Prince Oberyn of Dorne.

Now that we have the pissing contest out of the way, we need information. [Rayna]

First blood is mine.
Last blood counts for more.

--Artemis Entreri and Drizzt Do'Urden

You don’t even know me, or what I am capable of, boy.

I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?

All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.