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Lord [[Eddard Stark]] dispenses justice to a [[Night's Watch]] deserter. When they are on their way back to [[Winterfell]], and [[Jon Snow]] and [[Robb Stark]] find six orphaned [[direwolf]] pups.
  
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
[[File:Neds justice by abepapakhian.jpg|250px|thumb|Neds justice by Abe Papakhian]]
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It is the ninth year of summer<ref group="N">Seasons in [[Westeros]] are of varying length, with summer and winter usually lasting several years. However, this has been an exceptionally long summer.</ref> Seven-year-old [[Bran Stark]] is traveling with a party of twenty men, including his father Lord [[Eddard Stark]], to see the king's justice done. This is the first time that he is allowed to join. Bran's older brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] thinks the man to be executed must be a [[wildling]] sworn to [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], which makes Bran think of the tales Old [[Nan]] has told him about wildlings.
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The [[Gared|offender]] turns out to be an old man dressed in the ragged blacks of the [[Night's Watch]] who has lost his ears and a finger to frostbite.<ref group="N">The [[Night's Watch]] [[ranger]] [[Gared]] from the [[A Game of Thrones-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref> Lord Eddard questions the man briefly. Then two guardsmen drag the man to the stump of a tree and [[Theon Greyjoy]], Eddard's ward, brings Eddard his [[Valyrian steel]] sword, [[Ice]]. Eddard pronounces the sentence (desertion of the Night's Watch is punished by death) and raises the blade. [[Jon Snow]], Bran's [[bastardy|bastard]] brother, reminds Bran not look away and so Bran watches as his father strikes off the man's head with a single stroke. The head lands near Theon, who laughs and kicks it away. Jon calls Theon an ass under his breath and compliments Bran on his poise during the execution.
  
Bran is traveling with his father lord [[Eddard Stark]] and twenty men to see his father dispense the king's justice. It is the first time that he was allowed to join. Bran's older brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] thinks he must be a [[wildling]], which makes Bran think of the tales [[Old Nan]] has told him about wildlings. When they arrive it turns out to be a deserter from the [[Night's Watch]]. They bring the man forth (who seems to be [[Gared]] from [[A Game of Thrones-Prologue|the Prologue]]) and [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] gives [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] the sword [[Ice]]. [[Jon Snow|Jon]] tells Bran to watch and not look away, and Bran watches as his father strikes off the man's head.
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On the way back to [[Winterfell]], Robb and Jon argue about whether or not the deserter died bravely before racing their horses to the bridge, leaving Bran and his pony behind. Eddard rides up and asks if Bran knows why he executed the man himself. Bran replies that the man was a wildling. Eddard corrects that the man was a deserter, then explains that the [[First Men]] &ndash; of whom the [[House Stark|Starks]] descendant &ndash; believed that the man who passes the sentence should perform the execution himself, lest he become too comfortable with ordering deaths; the Starks still hold to that principle.
  
On the way back to [[Winterfell]], Robb and Jon argue about whether the deserter died bravely. They race their horses, and Eddard comes up to speak to Bran. He asks if Bran knows why he executed the man himself. He explains that the [[First Men]], of whom the Starks are descendents, believe that the man who pronounces the verdict should do the execution himself, lest he become too comfortable in ordering deaths. The Starks still hold to that principle.
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[[File:Mark Evans direwolf pups.jpg|thumb|310px|left|[[Jon Snow]] and [[Robb Stark]] find the corpse of a direwolf.]]
  
Jon calls from up ahead, for them to come see what he and Robb have found. They find a corpse of a [[direwolf]], as large as Bran's pony, though direwolves have not been seen south of [[the Wall]] for two hundred years.
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Jon calls from up ahead for them to come see what he and Robb have found. They find Robb holding something in his arms next to the corpse of a wolf larger than Bran's pony. Jon correctly identifies the corpse as a [[direwolf]]. Theon comments that direwolves have not been seen south of [[the Wall]] for two hundred years. Bran then notices that Robb is cradling a small pup, and gives it a stroke after Robb reassures him. Then Jon gives him another pup.  
  
Robb is cradling a pup, of which there are five, and he gives one to Bran. When they inspect the mother's corpse, they find a large piece of shattered antler lodged in her throat. The soldiers in the company feel this is a bad omen. Theon offers to kill the pups, but Bran won't let him. Robb says they will keep them. Jon points out that there are five pups, one for each of Eddard's legitimate children, and that they are meant to have the wolves.
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When they inspect the mother's corpse, they find a large piece of shattered antler lodged in her throat. The soldiers in the company feel this to be a bad omen. Theon offers to kill the pups but Bran protests. Eddard initially states killing them would be best but changes his mind when Jon points out that there are five pups, one for each of Eddard's legitimate children; since the direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, they must be meant to have the wolves. Bran immediately realizes, along with everyone else, that the comparison only works because Jon is not claiming a pup for himself.
  
Eddard says the children must feed the pups themselves, not pass them off to the servants, and must treat them well lest they become dangerous as they grow older. As they begin to ride away, Jon hears a noise and goes back to discover [[Ghost|a sixth cub]], white with red eyes, that had crawled away from its mother. He claims it for himself.
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Robb and Bran both declare that they are willing to nurse their pups by hand themselves. Eddard stresses that the children must feed and raise the pups themselves, not pass them off to the servants, and must treat them well lest they become dangerous. Both Robb and Bran state they will not allow the pups to die. As they begin to ride away, Jon hears a noise and goes back to discover [[Ghost|a sixth pup]], an albino with red eyes, that had crawled away from its mother. Bran finds it curious that it is the only pup that has opened its eyes. Theon claims that the albino will die quicker than the others, but Jon disagrees, claiming it for himself.
  
 
==Character List==
 
==Character List==
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'''Appearing:'''
 
'''Appearing:'''
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*[[Bran Stark]]
 
*[[Bran Stark]]
 
*[[Desmond]]
 
*[[Desmond]]
 
*[[Eddard Stark]]
 
*[[Eddard Stark]]
 
*[[Gared]]
 
*[[Gared]]
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'''Appearing:'''
 
 
*[[Ghost]]
 
*[[Ghost]]
 
*[[Grey Wind]]
 
*[[Grey Wind]]
 
*[[Harwin]]
 
*[[Harwin]]
 
*[[Hullen]]
 
*[[Hullen]]
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'''Appearing:'''
 
 
*[[Jon Snow]]
 
*[[Jon Snow]]
 
*[[Jory Cassel]]
 
*[[Jory Cassel]]
 
*[[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]]
 
*[[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]]
*Old [[Nan]]
 
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'''Appearing:'''
 
 
*[[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]]
 
*[[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]]
 
*[[Robb Stark]]
 
*[[Robb Stark]]
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*[[Rodrik Cassel]]
 
*[[Shaggydog]]
 
*[[Shaggydog]]
 
*[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]
 
*[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]
 
*[[Theon Greyjoy]]
 
*[[Theon Greyjoy]]
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'''Mentioned:'''
 
'''Mentioned:'''
 
*[[Mance Rayder]]
 
*[[Mance Rayder]]
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*Old [[Nan]]
 
*[[Rickon Stark]]
 
*[[Rickon Stark]]
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
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*[[Robert I Baratheon]]
*[[Rodrik Cassel]]
 
 
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==Places and terms mentioned==
 
==Places and terms mentioned==
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'''Places:'''
 
'''Places:'''
 
*[[Riverrun]]
 
*[[Riverrun]]
 
*[[Seven Kingdoms]]
 
*[[Seven Kingdoms]]
 
*[[Valyria]]
 
*[[Valyria]]
*[[The Wall]]
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*[[Wall]]
 
*[[Winterfell]]
 
*[[Winterfell]]
 
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'''Houses:'''
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*[[House Baratheon]]
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*[[House Cassel]]
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*[[House Greyjoy]]
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*[[House Stark]]
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*[[House Targaryen]]
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*[[House Tully]]
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'''Terms:'''
 
'''Terms:'''
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*[[Andal]]
 
*[[Andal]]
*[[House Baratheon]]
 
*[[House Cassel]]
 
 
*[[Direwolf]]
 
*[[Direwolf]]
 
*[[First Men]]
 
*[[First Men]]
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'''Terms:'''
 
*[[House Greyjoy]]
 
 
*[[Ice]]
 
*[[Ice]]
 
*[[King-Beyond-The-Wall]]
 
*[[King-Beyond-The-Wall]]
*[[The Long Night]]
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*The [[Long Night]]
 
*[[Night's Watch]]
 
*[[Night's Watch]]
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'''Terms:'''
 
 
*[[Others]]
 
*[[Others]]
 
*[[Rhoynar]]
 
*[[Rhoynar]]
*[[Snow]]
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*[[Bastardy|Snow]]
*[[House Stark]]
 
*[[House Targaryen]]
 
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'''Terms:'''
 
*[[House Tully]]
 
 
*[[Valyrian steel]]
 
*[[Valyrian steel]]
 
*[[Warden of The North]]
 
*[[Warden of The North]]
*[[Wildling]]
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*[[Wildling]]}}
 
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==References and Notes==
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==Notes==
{{EnWikia|A_Game_of_Thrones:_Chapter 01|small=yes}}
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{{Notes}}
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://blogoficeandfire.blogspot.com/2009/05/prologue-bran.html Humorous review of the chapter]
 
*[http://blogoficeandfire.blogspot.com/2009/05/prologue-bran.html Humorous review of the chapter]
 
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-1 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
 
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-1 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
 
*[http://towerofthehand.com/books/101/002/index.html Summary of the chapter] on Tower of the Hand.
 
*[http://towerofthehand.com/books/101/002/index.html Summary of the chapter] on Tower of the Hand.
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Revision as of 20:17, 9 June 2019

Bran I
A Game of Thrones chapter
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POV Bran Stark
Place North of Winterfell
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Chapter chronology (All)
Prologue  ← Bran I →  Catelyn I

Bran II

Lord Eddard Stark dispenses justice to a Night's Watch deserter. When they are on their way back to Winterfell, and Jon Snow and Robb Stark find six orphaned direwolf pups.

Synopsis

It is the ninth year of summer[N 1] Seven-year-old Bran Stark is traveling with a party of twenty men, including his father Lord Eddard Stark, to see the king's justice done. This is the first time that he is allowed to join. Bran's older brother Robb thinks the man to be executed must be a wildling sworn to Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, which makes Bran think of the tales Old Nan has told him about wildlings.

The offender turns out to be an old man dressed in the ragged blacks of the Night's Watch who has lost his ears and a finger to frostbite.[N 2] Lord Eddard questions the man briefly. Then two guardsmen drag the man to the stump of a tree and Theon Greyjoy, Eddard's ward, brings Eddard his Valyrian steel sword, Ice. Eddard pronounces the sentence (desertion of the Night's Watch is punished by death) and raises the blade. Jon Snow, Bran's bastard brother, reminds Bran not look away and so Bran watches as his father strikes off the man's head with a single stroke. The head lands near Theon, who laughs and kicks it away. Jon calls Theon an ass under his breath and compliments Bran on his poise during the execution.

On the way back to Winterfell, Robb and Jon argue about whether or not the deserter died bravely before racing their horses to the bridge, leaving Bran and his pony behind. Eddard rides up and asks if Bran knows why he executed the man himself. Bran replies that the man was a wildling. Eddard corrects that the man was a deserter, then explains that the First Men – of whom the Starks descendant – believed that the man who passes the sentence should perform the execution himself, lest he become too comfortable with ordering deaths; the Starks still hold to that principle.

Jon Snow and Robb Stark find the corpse of a direwolf.

Jon calls from up ahead for them to come see what he and Robb have found. They find Robb holding something in his arms next to the corpse of a wolf larger than Bran's pony. Jon correctly identifies the corpse as a direwolf. Theon comments that direwolves have not been seen south of the Wall for two hundred years. Bran then notices that Robb is cradling a small pup, and gives it a stroke after Robb reassures him. Then Jon gives him another pup.

When they inspect the mother's corpse, they find a large piece of shattered antler lodged in her throat. The soldiers in the company feel this to be a bad omen. Theon offers to kill the pups but Bran protests. Eddard initially states killing them would be best but changes his mind when Jon points out that there are five pups, one for each of Eddard's legitimate children; since the direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, they must be meant to have the wolves. Bran immediately realizes, along with everyone else, that the comparison only works because Jon is not claiming a pup for himself.

Robb and Bran both declare that they are willing to nurse their pups by hand themselves. Eddard stresses that the children must feed and raise the pups themselves, not pass them off to the servants, and must treat them well lest they become dangerous. Both Robb and Bran state they will not allow the pups to die. As they begin to ride away, Jon hears a noise and goes back to discover a sixth pup, an albino with red eyes, that had crawled away from its mother. Bran finds it curious that it is the only pup that has opened its eyes. Theon claims that the albino will die quicker than the others, but Jon disagrees, claiming it for himself.

Character List

Appearing:

Mentioned:

Places and terms mentioned

Places:

Houses:

Terms:

Notes

  1. Seasons in Westeros are of varying length, with summer and winter usually lasting several years. However, this has been an exceptionally long summer.
  2. The Night's Watch ranger Gared from the Prologue

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