Editing First Men (section)

===Guest right===
The custom of [[guest right]] is both a sacred rule and an ancient one.{{Ref|ASOS|7}} The guest rights are taken seriously, both [[beyond the Wall]],{{Ref|ACOK|23}}{{Ref|ASOS|7}} and in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], and although it looms less in the southron kingdoms, it is held most dear in the [[north]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North}} There, breaking guest right is punished similarly to the direst of treasons.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North}}

The most common way of receiving guest right is by eating "bread and salt".{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Once guest right has been offered and accepted, the guests and hosts are protected from harm by one another for the length of the stay.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North}} Guest gifts can be given on the day the guests depart,{{Ref|ADWD|29}}{{Ref|ADWD|46}} possibly as a means of ending the protection of the guest right. Guest gifts are no longer given by all lords, however.{{Ref|ADWD|29}}