Editing Hodor (section)

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:John Matson Hodor.jpg|thumb|350px|Hodor and [[Bran Stark]], by John Matson © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Bran defends Hodor when [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]] leads [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder Frey]] in mocking him in Winterfell's yard.{{ref|ACOK|16}} When Bran has Hodor bring him to the godswood, the stableboy is frightened when a nude Osha leaps out of the cold pool by the [[heart tree]].{{ref|ACOK|16}}

During the [[harvest feast]] in the [[Great Hall of Winterfell|Great Hall]], Hodor hops from one foot to the other while listening to a piper perform. Bran sends sweets to the stableboy and [[Old Nan]] during the meal. After the tables are cleared for dancing, Hodor dances by himself. When Bran has Hodor take him back to his bedchamber, they encounter [[Joseth]] with a woman, who screams when she sees Hodor watching them. Bran has Hodor continue on, and when they get to his room, Bran tells Hodor he can return to the feast, but not to bother Joseth and the woman.{{ref|ACOK|21}}

When [[Summer]] and [[Shaggydog]] chase [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] up the heart tree in the godswood, Bran has Hodor chase off the [[direwolves]].{{ref|ACOK|28}}

During the [[capture of Winterfell]] by the [[ironborn]], [[Theon Greyjoy]] has all of Winterfell's people gather in the Great Hall so that they can hear Bran yield to him. Bran tells them to do as they are told by Theon, but [[Mikken]] angrily objects, and is killed by the ironborn. Theon asks if anyone else has something to say, and the frightened Hodor shouts ''"Hodor hodor hodor hodor."'' Theon commands that "the halfwit" be quieted, and his ironmen beat Hodor with the butts of their spears. While the men are beating Hodor, Theon promises the people of Winterfell that he will be as good to them as [[Eddard Stark]] was. Afterwards, the bruised and bleeding Hodor carries Bran back to his bedchamber.{{ref|ACOK|46}}

Hodor, Osha, Bran, [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], the Reed siblings, and the direwolves apparently escape from Winterfell, and are hunted in the [[wolfswood]] by a search party including Theon Greyjoy, [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]], [[Wex Pyke]], Little Walder, [[Farlen]], Joseth, Maester [[Luwin]], and several ironborn. The tracks of Hodor's heavy tread are plain to see. Luwin makes Theon promise not to harm Bran, Rickon, or the Reeds, and tries to do the same with Hodor, who is only doing as he is told, and had always cared for Theon's horse and equipment. Theon thinks Hodor is nothing to him, but agrees, as long as Hodor does not fight them. When the party reaches a stream, Wex and Joseth point out that Hodor's prints are not visible in the mud, only the direwolves, and Theon understands that the escapees have doubled back. Eventually he realizes they have lost them.{{ref|ACOK|50}} In the end, Reek helps Theon cover up the Stark boys' escape by killing two [[miller's sons]] of an age with the Starks, and then flaying the corpses to avoid recognition.{{ref|ACOK|56}} 

In actuality, Hodor, the Starks, the Reeds, and Osha are hiding in the Winterfell crypts. Hodor often sings "Hodor, Hodor, Hodor" to himself in the darkness.{{ref|ACOK|69}} While they are hiding, Reek reveals himself as [[Ramsay Snow]], betrays Theon, and orders the [[sack of Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|66}} When Bran and the others eventually decide to head aboveground, Hodor has to strain to open the [[ironwood]] door of the crypt, blocked by fallen stone, but succeeds. Outside, Hodor is upset to see Winterfell in ruins. After they speak to the dying Maester [[Luwin]] in the godswood, it is decided that the Stark brothers should be split up. Hodor goes with Bran, Meera, Jojen, and Summer north to the [[Wall]], while Osha departs with Rickon and Shaggydog.{{Ref|ACOK|69}}