Re: Selwyn sending Brienne off alone while holding back his levies , isn’t it an extremely dickish move for someone who is commonly respected as a good & noble man ? Wars are not kind on women in Westeros. Yes, Brienne is far more capable of defending herself than an average man or woman, but still it would have made far more sense to give her a picked hundred men or so at least. Such a small force wouldn’t be noticable to external observers , but it still gives Brienne some added clout.

No, I don’t think so. If we look back to Catelyn II, we see a Brienne who is ride-or-die (or more accurately, ride-and-die) for Renly. So he’s not going to stop her from leaving. 

But a hundred picked men is going to be noticeable – they’re going to be wearing his livery and fight under his banner, so it visibly commits him to Renly’s cause no matter what. 

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