Jaime isn’t saying it’s a toss up between him and Arthur (who always uses Dawn for as long as Jaime has known him), he says he would win straight up. That’s my point of even bringing up the quote as Jaime is the biggest fanboy of Dayne out there and has him on a pedestal compared to everyone else yet he still thinks he is better.
I know he doesn't say that, I'm saying that if Jaime takes Arthur Dayne into account with Dawn in this statement, it's to be taken with a grain of salt. Even if Jaime is an exceptional swordsman, he remains arrogant, so when he says he can beat Arthur Dayne with Dawn, don't take that as an absolute truth (and I'm not saying that being arrogant necessarily means overestimating yourself at every time, but in some cases you have to be careful).
Then yes I say that Jaime Lannister can possibly beat Arthur Dayne without Dawn, but that does not mean that he can also beat him when Arthur Dayne is equipped with Dawn, because Barristan Selmy can also beat Arthur Dayne without Dawn, but not when Arthur has Dawn.
Yes, men-at-arms can fight but going by Garlan’s character and the narrative implication, he is fighting the best people he can which leaves us with either knights or people just as good.
Nothing implies that, he just wants to fight against several fighters at the same time to prepare for a battle, that's all. Of course he trains against people who know how to fight, but nothing says that he only trains with the best when he does this kind of training. That might be the case, but there's no evidence for it.
You’re thinking of the wrong part. I am talking about the Red Keep’s stables, not Barry at one of the city gates. He got out of the White Sword tower and had to kill some of the Goldcloaks to get his horse and get into the city. He made it to the gate where he charged one and took his spear before killing the man with the spear and leaving the city.
That's what I said. Janos Slynt and three gold cloaks attempt to seize Barristan (who is already on horseback) in the stables, Barristan had only one knife so he used it to wound an approaching guard, he galloped to the River's Gate and killed two men (one with a horse and one with a spear) as he fled from the city.
Sure. And he still had them all shook when he pulled his sword with no armor.
Maybe, but none of them showed shock, it was never described. And even if they were scared it absolutely does not mean that they would necessarily have lost, Barristan is extremely skilled so there would necessarily be one of them who would have killed during the fight, so it's normal.
You realise that has nothing to do with skill, right? That’s his personality and appearance that makes him dangerous. Barry doesn’t randomly kill people and has a level of honour despite his hypocrisy. The rest of them are thugs in armor while Jaime can flip his switch on a dime to murder people.
Or did I say the opposite? Of course it's not skill, but you forget that skill is not everything in a fight, and that Mandon Moore also has a lot of skill combined with his unpredictable face, that's why it makes him very dangerous . And that's one of the reasons why Barristan couldn't have defeated the five Kingsguard knights present.
I never said Pod killed him in single combat, I said Pod killed him before he could kill Tyrion. Barry would have killed everyone around them if he felt like it. The very fact that Mandon failed a sneak attack even though he doesn’t give away his attack and died before he could kill a single dwarf tells us he isn’t as good as Barry.
Literally anyone would have died in Mandon Moore's place too. The skill has absolutely nothing to do here. Mandon Moore would have killed Tyrion very easily if Pod hadn't thrown him overboard. Mandon Moore was outfitted head to toe in plate armor on unstable broken ship decks. A simple push and you fall in the water and you drown.
The two statements aren’t comparable at all. Barry without armor draws his sword and the KG are terrified. It’s why he tells them to “have no fear”. Jaime is mocking Tommen’s KG and talking about how they have no honour, referencing Aerys’ KG for contrast. Dayne doesn’t fight people while whipping his dick out, Barry very much does kill people without armor
It's not an equal exaggeration but it remains comparable, close. There is no way Barristan can easily kill 5 Kingsguard knights without armor
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