After d \efea ting Pope Pari in a co$!ntest of str`?_ength, Perc;::y wins*:! h /?is $appr/ +oval—#]but,/ d;eclin e]*s the papacy [to se*: )arch ]. for his origins. Guided by_._ t=he Pop e, @$he arri#ves in Crow Territory,= resc@!ue)
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%!.+ rea]ches the Co?hen ?family, )only to@ ?_ fin$ d them under _#siege by=^@ the Ross family.
His mot]+her \]reveals the truth of *his ?b -i.rth and urge]s him to flee. . Moved,@, Percy defeats%! the invade$r)=,s Brienne and Fion;a?, and? encou:
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# /ter%s Mia^- of the O\ ^]u*tflo!w =-Church, who#*, has been_? _!`searching for;. h^+@im.
Br* -ienne_ and F].io:na !?ar,$@
,e rescued a nd trans`formed by the falle@?n m@+ag? e ;`**Cru. Fiona e[:.]vo @]
lves into an e?vil dragon. Perc):)y is defeated and nearly kil[(led. \: Mi!a sa$ve:;s@ h;\+im at
%the cost*; of he\r own lif)$:e#. Perc)=`;y awa]$kens the Sun God's blessing, hea(l% /s Mia, t=r` an`]s!)^for\ms `*into a seraph, and s.:lays; Fion `a.
Cru fle
es^@]. Percy returns Mia to the)[ Church, re @fuses t[%he p:]
.ap?/acy ag$!ain,.( an;d choose*?s to hunt ]_down ^%;Cru.