Editing Jeor Mormont (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:VeronicaV.Jones MandRaven.jpg|350px|thumb|Lord Commander Mormont and [[Mormont's raven|his raven]], by Veronica V. Jones ©]]
When Ser [[Waymar Royce]] disappears [[beyond the Wall]], Lord Commander Mormont sends [[Benjen Stark]] to search for the missing [[knight]].{{ref|AGOT|21}} The [[First Ranger]]'s party goes missing themselves, however.{{ref|AGOT|26}}

Jeor and his officers host [[Tyrion Lannister]] during his visit to [[Castle Black]] and the [[Wall]]. Although he disbelieves Jeor's reports about dangers north of the Wall, Tyrion agrees to inform King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], and Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] about the growing needs of the [[Night's Watch]] when he travels south.{{ref|AGOT|21}}

[[Jon Snow]], a recruit of the Watch and Benjen's nephew, occasionally hunts for game for the Lord Commander's table with the aid of [[Ghost]], his [[direwolf]].{{ref|AGOT|26}} When Jon and seven other recruits are given a special meat after completing their training, the Lord Commander sends them food from his own table.{{ref|AGOT|41}} Jeor personally requests that Jon become his personal [[steward]], but the youth is disappointed he was not assigned to the [[rangers]]. [[Samwell Tarly]] explains to his friend, however, that the appointment means that Lord Commander Mormont is grooming Jon for command.{{Ref|AGOT|48}}

When Ghost finds a severed hand near the [[weirwood]] grove in the haunted forest,{{ref|AGOT|48}} Jeor is part of the search party which finds the corpses of [[Othor]] and [[Jafer Flowers]], who had been with Benjen Stark. Lord Commander Mormont has their dead bodies brought back to Castle Black so they can be inspected by Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]. Jeor and Jon learn of the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and the [[arrest of Eddard Stark]] when they return to the castle.{{ref|AGOT|52}} During the night, the corpses, which are actually reanimated [[wight]]s, attack the Night's Watch, killing several men, including Ser [[Jaremy Rykker]]. Only the timely intervention of Jon and Ghost prevent the undead Othor from assassinating Jeor, though his residence in the [[Lord Commander's Tower]] catches fire.{{Ref|AGOT|52}}

Since the interior of his tower's top two floors are gutted from the fire, Jeor moves his residence to the [[King's Tower]].{{ref|AGOT|60}} He also hacks off his singed beard and begins to regrow it. For having saved his life, Jeor gives Jon the [[Valyrian steel]] bastard sword [[Longclaw]], ancestral weapon of House Mormont.{{Ref|AGOT|60}} The Lord Commander has Maester Aemon send letters to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] at the [[Red Keep]], but they receive no response. Jeor then sends Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] to [[King's Landing]] to show Jafer's severed hand to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|60}}

Intending to support his half-brother, [[Robb Stark]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], after the execution of [[Eddard Stark|their father]], Jon deserts from the Night's Watch and leaves Longclaw behind at Castle Black. Jon's friends ride south after him and convince him to return, however. Jon agrees to loyally serve as Jeor's steward again, and the Lord Commander announces his intention to lead an expedition to learn about threats [[beyond the Wall]], such as [[Mance Rayder]] and the [[Others]].{{ref|AGOT|70}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Brittmartin Old Bear Night Watch.jpg|300px|thumb|Jeor speaks to the [[Night's Watch]], by Brittmartin ©]]
Jeor has [[Samwell Tarly]] look for maps in the [[vaults of Castle Black]], and he sends Ser [[Arnell]] as an envoy to [[Renly Baratheon]], a claimant of the [[Iron Throne]] as [[War of the Five Kings|war breaks out]]. With Robb having been declared [[King in the North]], Jeor informs Jon about the history of Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], who had once been in the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] line of succession.{{ref|ACOK|6}}

The Lord Commander leads two hundred men from [[Castle Black]] north of the [[Wall]] in a [[great ranging]],{{Ref|ACOK|13}} and the first seven [[wildling]] villages they pass have all been abandoned.{{ref|ACOK|23}} At [[Craster's Keep]], however, Jeor learns that Mance is gathering his people at the [[Frostfangs]], preparing to launch an assault on the Wall. In return, Jeor gives [[Craster]] his fine axe and a crossbow as gifts.{{ref|ACOK|23}} Jeor admits to Jon that he and all of the [[rangers]] know that [[Craster's sons]] are [[Others|given to the woods]].{{ref|ACOK|23}}

Jeor leads the expedition to the [[Fist of the First Men]], a good defensive position located on Mance's only route to the Wall, and waits for the arrival of [[Qhorin Halfhand]] with a hundred men from the [[Shadow Tower]]. Jeor hopes that the missing Benjen Stark will be able to find the large encampment.{{ref|ACOK|34}} Jon Snow finds a cache of [[dragonglass]] buried near the Fist,{{ref|ACOK|34}} and the steward makes a dagger for the Lord Commander.{{ref|ACOK|43}} Once the Shadow Tower men arrive, Qhorin informs Jeor that Mance and his wildling host intend to somehow break the Wall. The Lord Commander agrees with the Halfhand's suggestion to send scouting parties to the [[Milkwater]], the [[Skirling Pass]], and the [[Giant's Stair]], and he allows Jon to join Qhorin's group.{{ref|ACOK|43}}

Qhorin's party is hunted by wildings in the Skirling Pass, and Qhorin instructs Jon to join [[Rattleshirt]]'s band as a spy and learn what he can from the wildlings so that the Lord Commander can later be informed. When they are eventually overtaken, Qhorin attacks Jon and forces the youth to kill him to ensure that Jon will be accepted by the wildlings.{{ref|ACOK|68}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Bowen Marsh]] hold [[Castle Black]] as castellan in Jeor's absence.{{ref|ASOS|41}}

At the [[Fist of the First Men]], Jeor and his men await the return of the scouting parties. A small group of men led by [[Chett]] plan to desert and head south, with [[Softfoot]] and [[Small Paul]] tasked with assassinating Lord Commander Mormont. Before the plot can be put into action, however, the encampment is attacked by [[wights]].{{ref|ASOS|Prologue}} Jeor tries to organize the defense, and [[Samwell Tarly]] releases some [[raven]]s to inform the Wall of the battle. The ranging party is broken in the [[fight at the Fist]], however, and Jeor leads the survivors on a grim march back to [[Craster's Keep]]. During the journey, Samwell kills a lone [[Other]] with an [[obsidian]] dagger given to him by [[Jon Snow]].{{ref|ASOS|18}}

Craster reluctantly hosts the survivors at his keep. Jeor discusses dragonglass daggers with Sam and the need to supply the Watch with dragonglass weaponry, and he leads a eulogy for [[Bannen]] after the ranger succumbs to his wounds.{{Ref|ASOS|33}}

Craster holds a feast for the Watch the night before they are to depart his home, but several of the black brothers feel that Craster's offerings are meager. When they come to blows, [[Dirk]] slits Craster's throat and takes hostage one of [[Craster's wives|his wives]]. The outraged Lord Commander advances toward Dirk, but he is held back by [[Garth of Greenaway]] and then stabbed in the stomach by [[Ollo Lophand]] during the [[mutiny at Craster's Keep]]. As Jeor lies dying, he orders Sam to head for the Wall to inform the remaining Watch of all that has happened. Jeor's last wish is for Sam to tell his exiled son, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], to take the black.{{Ref|ASOS|33}} Sam takes Jeor's dagger before fleeing with [[Gilly]] and [[Monster|her child]].{{ref|ASOS|46}}

After the [[battle beneath the Wall]], King [[Stannis Baratheon]] takes up residence in the [[King's Tower]] at Castle Black and the Night's Watch holds a [[choosing]] to pick the next [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].{{ref|ASOS|75}} Sam offers [[Jon Snow]]'s name to Ser [[Denys Mallister]], reminding him that Jon had been trusted by Jeor.{{ref|ASOS|78}} [[Mormont's raven]] later emerges from the voting kettle and repeatedly says "Snow", and the amazed black brothers select Jon as their new leader.{{ref|ASOS|79}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Mormont's raven remains by Jon's side.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|21}} According to Jon, the bird ate Jeor's face after he died.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}