But the king has decided we need a sellsword like you.

Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind.

"It will be full dark soon," the sellsword pointed out.

The sellsword gave way, a faint smile playing over his lips.

Without it, he was no more than a sellsword.

The Tyroshi sellsword was not a good man, no one needed to tell her that.

Your 'sellsword' is awfully good with that sword of his.

And invite the captains of the sellsword companies to call on me as well.

One of the wings buffeted the sellsword in his face.

The sellsword king, how the singers would love me.

But the sellsword had been blunt about the risks of such tactics.

And this is Bronn, a sellsword of no particular allegiance.

The gaunt sellsword made for a much more reassuring presence than the boy would have.

"I could have your head off for saying that," he told Brorm, but the sellsword only laughed.

Let some sellsword drunk on visions of lordship try to kill her.

They dug a grave of their own then, burying the sellsword where he'd slept.

These days the sellsword was looking almost respectable.

The sellsword rose laughing and brushed a blade of grass from his knee.

The black-haired sellsword turned his head, considering the task.

He will make short work of the sellsword."

"In half a year my gold was gone, and I was obliged to take service as a sellsword.

Now the sellsword circled left, away from the shield, toward the knight's unprotected side.

He was honing the edge of his sword, wide awake; the sellsword did not seem to sleep like other men.

A true believer, not simply a sellsword.

That would depend on the sellsword, it seems."