Editing A Feast for Crows (section)

===In the narrow sea===
At the [[Wall]], [[Samwell Tarly]] receives a new mission from Jon Snow. He is to take Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] back to the Citadel in [[Oldtown]] by sea and research the [[Others]] in the archives there. The information may be essential in a possible war to come. The [[wildling]] girl [[Gilly]] and the singer [[Dareon]] will accompany them as well. Jon is busy rebuilding the [[Night's Watch]] following the [[attack on Castle Black]] and the [[battle beneath the Wall]], and is concerned over [[Melisandre]]'s plans to burn the captive [[Mance Rayder]] in an attempt to resurrect stone dragons. Sam, Aemon, and Gilly take ship across the [[narrow sea]] for the [[Free Cities|Free City]] of [[Braavos]], but Aemon's health begins to fail him. Gilly cries throughout the journey, and Aemon reveals that she was forced to swap her baby with Mance's at the Wall (again to avoid Melisandre's fires). In Braavos, Aemon's health takes a turn for the worse and they miss the ship that was supposed to take them south. Dareon makes money singing, but constantly spends it on wine and prostitutes, leaving the group stranded. Dareon also hears rumors in the city of a three-headed dragon in [[Meereen]]. After Sam violently confronts Dareon, he meets a [[Summer Isles|Summer Islander]] who saw [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s dragons in [[Qarth]]. Aemon comes to believe that Daenerys fulfills the prophecy of [[the prince that was promised]], reasoning that the wording of the prophesy did not specify the gender of the leader. He resolves to travel to Meereen, and the Summer Islanders agree to take them south to Oldtown as part of the journey. At sea, Aemon dies of natural causes. His last instructions to Sam are to tell the maesters of the Citadel what has happened and make them understand they must send aid to Daenerys. Gilly and Sam become lovers along the way.