The commander, eager to prove himself, made his decision, leaving the three subordinates no choice but to endure the hardship. Will, once a poacher with exceptional tracking skills, quickly deduced the situation of their quarry—about ten individuals, a mix of men, women, and children, likely a wildling family.
Wildlings had a fearsome reputation among the people of the Seven Kingdoms, often used as a boogeyman to scare Northern children. But the Night’s Watch, who frequently dealt ...
The law was clear: deserters of the Night’s Watch were criminals, and every lord of the Seven Kingdoms was obligated to hunt them down and execute them. This was especially true in the North, where the Stark family and their bannermen had no mercy for deserters. Unless a man fled north to join the wildlings, the fate of those who attempted to escape was grim and certain. But Aegor had no intention of running toward the Others and the wildlings, the very threats he wanted to avoid. Running s...
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The horn sounded, and then it sounded again.
Once to signify a brother returning home, twice for a wildling attack. But today, why did it keep going?
It had been thousands of years since the Night's Watch last blew the horn thrice, so long that even the more seasoned black brothers had nearly forgotten its meaning. But Aegor hadn't. When the third blast, louder and longer than the first two, ripped through the icy air atop the Wall and echoed in his ear...