Editing Gilly (section)

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Survivors of the Night's Watch retreat to Craster's Keep after the [[fight at the Fist]]; Samwell thinks of [[Melessa Florent|his mother]], [[Talla Tarly|his sister]], and Gilly as motivation to keep going during the dangerous march.{{ref|ASOS|18}}

While the black brothers regroup at Craster's Keep, Gilly gives birth to [[Monster|a son]] instead of a daughter; Craster does not care about Gilly's shrieks during the painful delivery.{{Ref|ASOS|33}} Craster and [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], are killed by a [[mutiny at Craster's Keep|group of mutineers]] before Craster can sacrifice the child. [[Ferny]] and [[Gilly's mother]] convince Samwell to flee with Gilly and her newborn, with Gilly offering to become Sam's wife.{{Ref|ASOS|33}}

Gilly and Samwell take shelter in a wildling village which may be [[Whitetree]], and Gilly starts a fire after Sam is unable to. She tends to Sam's hand after he cuts himself, and she breastfeeds her unnamed babe by the fire. Sam tells her about [[Castle Black]] and his childhood, and he sings "[[The Song of the Seven]]" to her. wWile staying in the village's longhall, Sam dreams of a lactating Gilly wearing only a big fur. The small party is attacked in the middle of the night by [[wight]]s. Gilly flees outside with her child while Samwell holds off the undead [[Small Paul]], but she is cornered against a [[weirwood]] tree by other wights.<ref group="N">Including [[Lark]], [[Softfoot]], [[Ryles]], [[Chett]], and presumably [[Hake]].</ref> Gilly, her son, and Samwell are then saved by [[Coldhands]].{{Ref|ASOS|46}} 

Coldhands takes them south toward the [[Nightfort]],{{Ref|ASOS|56}} where Gilly, the babe, and Samwell cross the [[Wall]] through the [[Black Gate]]. At the Nightfort, they encounter [[Bran Stark]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]], [[Hodor]], and [[Summer]]; Gilly agrees to keep Bran's survival a secret. Sam helps Bran's party pass through the Black Gate to meet Coldhands north of the Wall.{{Ref|ASOS|56}}

From the Nightfort, Sam, Gilly, and her babe walk to [[Deep Lake]] and [[Queensgate]] on the narrow track running between the castles on the south side of the Wall. A day and a half from Castle Black, they are found by Ser [[Denys Mallister]] from the [[Shadow Tower]] and his riders.{{Ref|ASOS|75}}

After arriving at Castle Black, Gilly serves as a [[wet nurse]] to the [[Aemon Steelsong|unnamed son]] of the captured [[Mance Rayder]], [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], since [[Dalla]], Mance's wife, died in childbirth.{{Ref|ASOS|73}}{{Ref|ASOS|75}} Gilly finds Dalla's boy to be greedier than her own child.{{ref|ASOS|75}} 

Samwell suggests to [[Jon Snow]] that he could write a letter to his father, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], claiming that Gilly's child is his own, with the intention of finding Gilly and her boy a safe place at [[Horn Hill]], his father's castle.{{Ref|ASOS|75}} Feeling that Gilly has made him braver, Sam approaches [[Cotter Pyke]] and Ser [[Denys Mallister]] and convinces them to support Jon as the new Lord Commander.{{ref|ASOS|78}}