A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 69
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| POV | Jon Snow | |||||
| Place | Castle Black | |||||
| Page | 899 UK HC (Other versions) | |||||
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Synopsis
Jon means to lead men to Hardhome to rescue the wildlings and men of the Night's Watch trapped there. Queen Selyse and Melisandre discourage him, and want to leave them to their fate. However, Jon is determined to lead a rescue mission.
While planning the mission with Tormund Giantsbane, Jon receives a letter from Ramsay Bolton. Ramsay claims that King Stannis is dead after a seven day battle, that he captured Mance Rayder and flayed his spear wives, and that he wants his bride back, along with Theon, Melisandre, Val, Mance's presumed son, and Queen Selyse and her daughter
This changes everything, and Jon decides to send the bulk of the Night's Watch to Hardhome with Tormund in command, while he will go to Winterfell himself and make Ramsay answer for his words. Jon knows that doing so will break his vow to not interfere in the wars of the Seven Kingdoms, so he is prepared to go alone. He asks if anyone will ride with him and he gets an overwhelming roar of support from most of the wildlings, though not from his Black Brothers - Yarwyck and Bowen Marsh leave the hall with their men. Jon doesn't mind as he appears to have more than enough men to go with him and none of the Night's Watch will have to break their vows.
When Jon is on his way to inform Queen Selyse, he hears the giant Wun Wun roar and a man scream. When he arrives, a bleeding Wun Wun is smashing dead Ser Patrek against a tower wall. Jon tries to calm the people who come running, when Wick Wittlestick slashes at Jon's throat with a dagger, just barely grazing him. While Jon is still trying to understand, Bowen Marsh and others plant daggers in him, all of them saying, "For the Watch." By the time the fourth dagger slashes him, Jon passes out.
Character List appearing/mentioned
- Queen Selyse
- King Stannis
- Shireen Baratheon
- Patchface
- Ser Axell Florent
- Melisandre
- Devan Seaworth
- Malegorn of Redpool
- Benethon Scales
- Narbert Grandison
- Patrek of King's Mountain
- Dorden the Dour
- Brus Buckler
- Tormund Giantsbane
- Gerrick Kingsblood
- Mance Rayder
- Raymun Redbeard
- Ygritte
- Gerrick Kingsblood's three daughters
- Lady Val
- Ghost
- Borroq and his boar
- Soren Shieldbreaker
- Alys Karstark
- The promised prince
- Rattleshirt
- Arya Stark
- Leathers
- Toregg the Tall
- Mother Mole
- Little monster (Gilly's child)
- Mance Rayder's child
- Mully
- Fulk the Flea
- Mormont's raven
- Satin
- Bowen Marsh
- Othell Yarwyck
- Morna White Mask
- Brogg
- Gavin the Trader
- Great Walrus
- Howd Wanderer
- Harle the Huntsman
- Harle the Handsome
- Blind Doss
- Ygon Oldfather
- Maester Aemon
- Samwell Tarly
- Qhorin Halfhand
- the Old Bear
- Donal Noye
- Wun Wun
- Cregan Karstark
- Clydas
- Ramsay Snow/Bolton
- Jeyne Poole
- Rowan
- Holly
- Squirrel
- Willow Witch-eye
- Frenya
- Myrtle
- Theon Greyjoy/Reek
- Reek/Heke
- Robb Stark
- Bran Stark
- Rickon Stark
- Sansa Stark
- Lady (direwolf)
- Horse
- Rory
- Wick Whittlestick
- Left Hand Lew
- Alf of Runnymudd
External links
- A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 41 Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.