Aside from Arya’s dissatisfaction at not being able to see the massive weirwood tree rumored to lie at the bottom of the well, the Northern inspection group’s visit to the Nightfort could be considered a success. However, after resting there f...
2025-01-29 12:10:51 +0000 UTC View PostCastle Black’s leadership insisted on avoiding bloodshed, while the small delegation from Eastwatch—barely two or three dozen men—was woefully outmatched. In the end, the conservative officers reluctantly agreed to try one last thing: sendin...
2025-01-29 12:10:32 +0000 UTC View PostCotter Pyke opened his eyes.
The sky outside was still dim. Through the glass and curtains, the room remained cloaked in darkness. The faint light was far from enough to wake someone naturally. Even considering the weather, it was surely sti...
2025-01-29 10:02:51 +0000 UTC View PostAt this very moment, back at Castle Black, a mere dozen miles away, three of the Night’s Watch’s highest-ranking officers sat fuming in silence, awaiting Robb Stark’s response to Jaime Lannister’s actions that morning. Meanwhile, Cotter Py...
2025-01-28 23:20:38 +0000 UTC View PostAegor had never personally sailed across the Narrow Sea, but he had heard plenty about its treacherous weather and harsh conditions. Moreover, the journey from Braavos to the Gift was far longer than a mere crossing of the Narrow Sea. Even if the ...
2025-01-28 23:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe commotion at Castle Black that morning had been significant. Although Aegor intercepted the complaint letter, rumors could not be completely concealed from the Lord of the North. Since Robb Stark was bound to learn about it eventually, Aegor's...
2025-01-28 23:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostAegor approached the massive weirwood cautiously, extending a gloved hand to touch its surface.
At first glance, it wasn’t immediately obvious this was a weirwood. Torgenhen Flint’s confident declaration that it was the largest heart tr...
Earl Karstark volunteered to be the first northern noble to descend into the well, and Robb Stark cautiously followed, carefully stepping onto the stone protrusions along the wall. After descending a few steps, Robb suddenly looked back as if reme...
2025-01-28 23:19:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe attitude of the northern lords towards the New Gift settlement plan was critical, but at least for today, Aegor did not need to be overly concerned. Long Night Castle was not part of the New Gift initiative; its reactivation had been decided b...
2025-01-28 23:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostSuch a major event, yet the final key figure to appear took so long to arrive—not out of arrogance, but because of frailty. Maester Aemon, who had served under countless Lord Commanders and had grown so old that even Denys Mallister considered h...
2025-01-28 23:18:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Yohn, stop this madness!" The Master Builder, typically reserved and careful with his words, bellowed for the first time since appearing on the scene.
"You think I'm the one being reckless?" Yohn Royce roared back. "The Kingslayer acted wi...
Cotter Pyke charged at the Kingslayer, his right arm raised high to deliver a downward strike. A low, guttural roar escaped his lips, like a tiger descending from the mountains.
It was a simple, unadorned move, but one that had seen great s...
With the blade pointed at him, Jaime showed no sign of tension. Wearing a faintly amused smile, he kept his gaze locked on Cotter Pyke as his hand moved to his waist...gripping the exquisite steel sword forged by Lannisport's finest smith. Slowly,...
2025-01-28 23:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time in history, the Night's Watch election for Lord Commander concluded with a one-man-one-vote system. As the voting results from other strongholds were delivered to Castle Black via ravens, the final tallies revealed a shift that ...
2025-01-28 23:17:32 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the election was halted for several days, the voting supervisors appointed by Robb Stark finally reached the various castles along the Wall. They began implementing the new one-man-one-vote electoral system.
This was nothing short of ...
Do we have a grudge or something?
Aegor nearly blurted it out.
The one who had spoken was a Karstark, someone Aegor barely knew. Meeting the man’s gaze, Aegor couldn’t tell if the words came from thoughtless bluntness or carried ...
Everyone’s eyes turned to Aegor.
As the Chief Logistics Officer, he had been sent south by Lord Commander Mormont and spent long periods away from the Wall. This made it difficult for him to connect with the black brothers on a personal l...
When one party is resolute and immune to persuasion, and the other lacks the leverage to sway them, negotiations lose their challenge and excitement—often resulting in one-sided agreements with little meaning.
Aegor had experienced this o...
It wasn’t just Aegor and Melisandre exhausting themselves over the election of the new Lord Commander. In the Long Spear Tower, temporary quarters for the Shadow Tower delegation, Ser Denys Mallister had barely dismissed a few aides and begun hi...
2025-01-28 23:15:57 +0000 UTC View Post"Increase the number of voters? Surely you’re not suggesting extending voting rights to the Gift. We’re electing the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, not the King of the Gift. Voting is a privilege reserved for sworn brothers of the Watc...
2025-01-28 23:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostIn the dim crypt, time seemed to stand still, but in truth, it was growing late, and the window for voting at Castle Black was closing rapidly.
Over two hundred votes remained uncast. Should the decision not be made before supper, these vot...
"Such eloquence, Lord Chief Logistics Officer. You’ve truly made me reconsider myself today." Despite being humiliated in front of everyone, Ser Denys Mallister maintained his composure. His face did not redden, and his tone remained steady. "Yo...
2025-01-28 23:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostOver eighty percent of the Night’s Watch at Castle Black had already gathered, and the hall was growing more crowded by the minute. Among the familiar or vaguely recognizable faces of the Watch’s soldiers, Aegor also spotted the long-absent Re...
2025-01-28 23:14:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe return of the Chief Logistics Officer after two months was like a storm crashing into Castle Black. He arrived with his sleeves rolled up, radiating an air of confrontation, and summoned the brothers to witness whatever drama was about to unfo...
2025-01-28 23:14:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe stretch of the King's Road running through the Gift, from the southern boundary of the new settlement to Castle Black, had long since been repaired, widened, and reinforced. The straight, sturdy road was regularly patrolled and maintained, ens...
2025-01-28 23:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind howled outside the window, another day just like any other. Samwell Tarly got dressed, pulled on his boots, and stepped out of his room. He glanced up at the gray, overcast sky, thick with clouds, suppressing the urge to crawl back into h...
2025-01-28 23:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post"We’ve all been played by that bastard!" Yohn Royce fumed as he gathered the other exiled Vale lords sent to the Wall alongside him. His voice was thick with rage and frustration. "He declared he wouldn’t participate in the election and left C...
2025-01-28 23:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostRobb had long noticed—Aegor had an uncanny ability to effortlessly utter seemingly profound and logical statements. Instead of analyzing the intricacies of his logic, Robb found himself more interested in the details of the "civilizing" aspect A...
2025-01-28 23:13:12 +0000 UTC View PostNorth of the Neck, aside from White Harbor, Robb and the hundred Winterfell guards accompanying him had never encountered a place as bustling as this.
The wooden houses were occupied by employees of the Night’s Watch logistics division, w...
By trading "wildling grain for wildling labor," an audacious and borderline immoral tactic, Aegor had achieved what countless Lord Commanders of the Night’s Watch had only dreamed of for generations. Along the Wall and in the Gift, he had comple...
2025-01-28 23:12:34 +0000 UTC View Post