Editing Luwin (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Drazenka Kimpel HealingExpertise.jpg|thumb|350px|Maester Luwin attends to the injured [[Catelyn Stark]]. Art by Drazenka Kimpel © Fantasy Flight Games]]
At [[Winterfell]] Maester Luwin receives and brings [[Catelyn Stark]] a letter from her sister, [[Lysa Arryn]], saying that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] murdered her husband, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]]. After Catelyn reads the letter, Luwin joins Catelyn in urging Lord [[Eddard Stark]] to accept Lord Arryn's vacant post. The Starks decide that they must continue on as if nothing happened, with Ned continuing south with the king, [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|6}}

After [[Bran Stark]] is crippled from a fall, Luwin tends to the boy and tries to aid a shocked Catelyn in administering the castle. He also treats Cat's wounds after a [[catspaw]] attacks Bran and her with a [[Valyrian steel dagger]]. Luwin is part of the group Catelyn confers with about what to do next before she leaves for [[King's Landing]], urging caution.{{ref|AGOT|14}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] provides the maester with plans for a saddle for the crippled Bran,{{ref|AGOT|24}} and Luwin creates a wicker basket which [[Hodor]] uses to carry Bran.{{ref|AGOT|53}} Luwin again treats Bran's wounds after he is attacked by [[wildlings]] in the [[wolfswood]].{{ref|AGOT|37}}

When [[Robb Stark]] departs south against Luwin's advice after Lord Eddard has been taken prisoner, he advises Bran to listen to the maester's counsel.{{ref|AGOT|53}} Once Catelyn reaches [[White Harbor]] during her return to the [[north]], Cat sends Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] back to Winterfell to serve as castellan and help govern with Luwin.{{ref|AGOT|55}}

Luwin accompanies Bran into the [[crypts of Winterfell]], where the maester is bitten by [[Rickon Stark]]'s direwolf, [[Shaggydog]]. Back in [[Maester Aemon's turret|his tower, he then discusses [[dragonglass]], the [[children of the forest]], and the [[Pact]] with Bran. The maester is saddened when Winterfell is informed of Eddard's execution in King's Landing.{{ref|AGOT|66}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Thaldir Maester Luwin.jpg|thumb|350px|Maester Luwin, by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games]]
With Robb Stark's departure, the day-to-day rule of the north falls to Rodrik and Luwin, who are acting with Bran's voice. The maester provides sleeping draughts to help Bran with his [[greensight|dreams]].{{ref|ACOK|4}}{{ref|ACOK|28}} Luwin unsuccessfully advises Bran to befriend [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]], Catelyn's new wards,{{ref|ACOK|4}} and the maester scolds the two [[House Frey|Freys]] for bullying Hodor{{ref|ACOK|16}} and for not being sympathethic after the death of their uncle, Ser [[Stevron Frey]].{{ref|ACOK|35}} Winterfell hosts the [[harvest feast]], which is attended by many of the northern bannermen. Luwin and Rodrik assist Bran when he meets Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], Lady [[Donella Hornwood]], [[Mors Umber|Mors]] and [[Hother Umber]], and [[Leobald Tallhart]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}{{ref|ACOK|21}}

With Rodrik's departure to deal with [[Ramsay Snow]], the fight over the [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] inheritance,{{ref|acok|28}} and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]] threatening [[Torrhen's Square]], governance falls completely on Luwin's shoulders. With reports of [[ironborn]] attacking the north, Luwin sends [[raven]]s to White Harbor, the [[barrowlands]], and the wolfswood.{{ref|ACOK|46}} 

Luwin is wounded during the [[capture of Winterfell]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]], although he manages to send one raven to White Harbor.{{ref|ACOK|46}} The maester continues to serve in the ironborn-held castle, and Theon forces him to participate in the unsuccessful search for Bran and Rickon after they disappear.{{ref|ACOK|50}} Theon presents the bodies of two [[smallfolk]] as the Starks and refuses Luwin's request to bury "Bran" and "Rickon" in the crypts.{{ref|ACOK|56}}

When Rodrik gathers an army to retake Winterfell, Luwin advises Theon to surrender and join the [[Night's Watch]], which Theon considers. Rodrik is betrayed by Ramsay Snow in the [[battle outside the gates of Winterfell]], however. Maester Luwin is then speared and run down during the [[sack of Winterfell]] by a [[House Bolton|Bolton]] knight.{{ref|ACOK|66}} Luwin is able to crawl to the [[godswood of Winterfell]], where he is found by Bran and his companions after they leave the crypts. As he lies dying beneath the [[heart tree]], Luwin instructs [[Osha]] to split up Bran and Rickon. He is then given the [[gift of mercy]] by Osha after the children are led away.{{ref|ACOK|69}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
At Winterfell for [[wedding of Ramsay Bolton and Arya Stark|the wedding]] of Ramsay and "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]", Theon notices that Luwin's ravens are living in the ruins of the [[Maester Luwin's turret|maester's tower]] as well as in the castle's godswood.{{ref|ADWD|37}}{{ref|ADWD|41}} Lord [[Roose Bolton]] brings three maesters, [[Henly (maester)|Henly]], [[Medrick]], and [[Rhodry]], to tend to the ravens.{{ref|ADWD|37}}