Editing Northern mountains (section)

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Bran s h m j-winterfell.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], and [[Summer]], by M.Luisa Giliberti ©]]
Rather than take the kingsroad to the [[Wall]], [[Bran Stark]] and his companions travel through the northern mountains, which have no roads among their twisted valleys. They pass a granite upthrust as large as Winterfell. Bran recalls that [[Arya Flint|his great-grandmother]] was a [[House Flint of the mountains|Flint of the mountains]], and that [[Old Nan]] used to claim that it was her blood that gave Bran his interest in climbing. Bran explains to his companions that the clansmen know of their presence, but will not bother them unless they try to take their goats or [[horse]]s. The only person they meet is [[House Liddle|a Liddle]] taking shelter from freezing rain in a shallow cave. The Liddle warns them about [[ironborn]] in the [[wolfswood]] and [[House Bolton|Boltons]] on the kingsroad, and he leaves them with sausage and oatcakes.{{ref|ASOS|24}} 

Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] sends [[raven]]s to the mountain fastnesses of the clans to request aid against [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], and his [[wildlings]].{{ref|ASOS|55}}