Editing Night's Watch (section)

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Thomas Denmark jon snow whight.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Jon Snow]], [[Ghost]] and [[Mormont's raven]] confront the [[wight]] that was once [[Othor]], by Thomas Denmark ©  Fantasy Flight Games]]
While ranging in the [[haunted forest]], Ser [[Waymar Royce]] is slain by [[Others]]. After rising as a [[wight]], Waymar's body slays [[Will]].{{ref|AGOT|Prologue}} [[Gared]] flees south of the [[Wall]] but is executed for desertion by Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Warden of the North]].{{ref|AGOT|1}}

[[Jon Snow]]{{ref|AGOT|19}} and [[Samwell Tarly]]{{ref|AGOT|26}} join the Night's Watch as stewards,{{ref|AGOT|48}} while [[First Ranger]] [[Benjen Stark]], Jon's uncle and Eddard's younger brother, disappears [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|AGOT|26}} The [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|lord commander]], [[Jeor Mormont]], asks [[Tyrion Lannister]] for aid from the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|21}} Two slain brothers, [[Othor]] and [[Jafer Flowers]], rise as wights at [[Castle Black]], but Jon saves Jeor during the night.{{ref|AGOT|52}} Jeor rewards Jon with a [[Valyrian steel]] sword, [[Longclaw]].{{ref|AGOT|60}}

Jon's father, Eddard, is imprisoned in the dungeons of the [[Red Keep]] after the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} If Eddard admits to treason, Lord [[Varys]] and Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] agree that Eddard can join the Night's Watch.{{ref|AGOT|65}} King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] surprises the [[small council]], however, by instead ordering Eddard's execution at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{ref|AGOT|65}} Eddard's bannermen respond by proclaiming his heir, [[Robb Stark]], as [[King in the North]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

Jon attempts to desert so he can aid his brother Robb in the south, but his friends in the Watch convince him to return to Castle Black.{{ref|AGOT|70}} A [[great ranging]] is planned north of the Wall to search for Benjen, deal with the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], [[Mance Rayder]], and learn about the Others.{{ref|AGOT|70}}