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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad to know I am not the only one having trouble with the High Sparrow plot line.  What is it they want the Queen & her brother to confess or do or say anyways?  Could it all have been some elaborate scheme by the last queen to gain control again?[/quote]

That is exactly what it was, though Cersei (former queen, mother of current king) lost control of her scheme.

The High Sparrow gained a following because the common people of Westeros were losing everything because of the war. Their towns are sacked, crops stolen, women raped, all because of the War of the 5 Kings. The High Sparrow traveled the countryside collecting followers by helping them, and by denouncing the war as unholy. Eventually they make it to King's Landing where they amass even more followers.

Cersei goes to talk to the High Sparrow, intending to stop him from spreading dissent and organizing the common people. Instead, she senses an opportunity to rid herself of Margery and gain control of King's Landing again. She revives an old order known as the Faith Militant and gives them equal power as the crown and tells the High Sparrow all about the sins of the Tyrells, making up stories about Margery's lack of virtue and confirming that Loras is gay. The Faith arrests both Margery and Loras, but then the High Sparrow has Cersei arrested as well because she fornicated with her brother, committing incest as well as adultery, and she gets tossed in the hoosegow as well.

Cersei is now aligning herself with the Tyrells since they have an army (remember the crown does not have an army, just the kingsguard and the city watch) and can stop the High Sparrow. I'm sure she has something in her back pocket to take them out when this is all over though.[/quote]

Why don't they have an army anymore?[/quote]

They never had an army. The crown doesn't have an army. Only the individual houses have armies made of bannermen loyal to their houses, hence why the alliances/bending the knee/swearing fealty are so important. The crown needs armies and money.[/quote]

But the Lannisters do have an army.  So why use the Tyrell army -- risking bringing it into the city -- as opposed to the Lannister army?  In the books at leaat, I thnk the Lannister army is largely depleted and/or fighting in the Riverlands (they still haven't taken over the Tully castle of Riverrun), the family is not as rich (anymore) as the Tyrells, and Kevan Lannister (the hand of the King) + the King promised not to use its army against the Faith Militant.  Or am I missing something?  And is this a trap by Cersei for the Tyrells -- having them take on the Faith Militant and incurring the wrath of the people? [/quote]

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