Editing Castle Black (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:CastleBlack-NightWatch-Jon-Sam-Pyp.jpg|thumb|350px|Castle Black's training yard in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
[[Jon Snow]] and [[Samwell Tarly]] are trained by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] as recruits of the Night's Watch at Castle Black. [[Tyrion Lannister]] sleeps in the [[King's Tower]] during his visit to the Wall, while Jon sleeps in [[Hardin's Tower]].{{Ref|AGOT|19}} Jon and Sam swear their vows at the nearby godswood north of the Wall and are sworn in as new brothers of the Watch.{{ref|ASOS|48}} The bodies of [[Jafer Flowers]] and [[Othor]], rangers killed beyond the Wall, reanimate as [[wights]] at Castle Black. The [[Lord Commander's Tower]] burns during Jon's fight with the undead Othor when it tries to kill Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]].{{Ref|AGOT|52}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Two hundred men from Castle Black accompany Lord Commander Mormont during the [[great ranging]] north of the Wall. Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] remains at the castle because of his age. [[Samwell Tarly]] reads a report in the library about [[Redwyn]], a brother who led a ranging to the [[Frozen Shore]] during the reign of [[Dorren Stark]], [[King in the North]].{{Ref|ACOK|6}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Jon returns to Castle Black after being wounded by [[wildlings]] at [[Queenscrown]] south of the Wall.{{ref|ASOS|48}} Jon and [[Donal Noye]] fortify Castle Black as best they can in anticipation of [[Styr]], [[Magnar of Thenn]]. Styr's wildling raiders are defeated in their [[attack on Castle Black]] by a fire trap at the wooden stairs of the castle.{{ref|ASOS|55}}

[[File:Marc Simonetti landscape.jpg|thumb|350px|The [[Wall]] and Castle Black, by Marc Simonetti ©]]

[[Mance Rayder]] attacks the Wall with multiple waves of wildlings during the [[battle beneath the Wall]]. Jon leads the defenders atop the Wall while Donal protects the tunnel through the Wall. After the death of Donal, Aemon tells Jon that he must lead Castle Black until its garrison returns.{{ref|ASOS|64}} Jon is sent as an envoy to meet with Mance north of the Wall. As they converse, the knights of King [[Stannis Baratheon]] and [[rangers]] from [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea|Eastwatch]] appear and rout the wildling host.{{ref|ASOS|73}}

In the aftermath of the battle, Sam finds the [[common hall]] burned to the ground and the wooden stair a mound of broken ice and scorched timbers.{{ref|ASOS|75}} Stannis occupies the King's Tower, while the Lance, Hardin's Tower, the Grey Keep, the [[Shieldhall]], and other buildings are also crowded with men. Jon is selected as the new Lord Commander to replace Jeor Mormont, who was killed at [[mutiny at Craster's Keep|Craster's Keep]].{{ref|ASOS|79}} 

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Construction begins on a new switchback stair by the [[builders]].{{ref|AFFC|5}}

Samwell searches in Castle Black's library for information about the [[Others]]. Sam learns from Lord Commander Snow that he must escort Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] and then train at the [[Citadel]] to become Castle Black's new maester.{{ref|AFFC|5}} Because Stannis Baratheon has claimed the King's Tower, and the Lord Commander's Tower has been gutted by fire, Jon establishes himself in Donal Noye's modest quarters behind the [[armory (Castle Black)|armory]].{{ref|AFFC|5}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Matt_Olson_CastleBlack.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Bird's eye view of Castle Black, by Matt Olson ©]]
Castle Black hosts the army of King Stannis. Jon Snow executes [[Janos Slynt]] for disobedience, while [[Melisandre]] burns "[[Rattleshirt|Mance Rayder]]". Jon allows thousands of captive wildlings to cross through the Wall to Castle Black, much to the consternation of some members of the Night's Watch.{{ref|ADWD|10}} The officers worry there will not be enough rations for the additional mouths. Stannis departs to recruit the [[northern mountain clans]], although Melisandre remains at Castle Black.{{ref|ADWD|17}} Some wildlings are recruited by Jon to help the Night's Watch defend the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|21}}

Queen [[Selyse Florent|Selyse]] and her [[queen's men]] stop at Castle Black on their way to the [[Nightfort]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} [[Alys Karstark]] arrives seeking refuge and is married to [[Sigorn]] of Thenn in [[Wedding of Sigorn and Alys Karstark|a ceremony performed by Melisandre]].{{ref|ADWD|49}} Jon has Alys's relative [[Cregan Karstark]] imprisoned in an [[ice cell]]. [[Val]] brings [[Tormund Giantsbane]] and his four thousand wildlings to Castle Black, but [[Bowen Marsh]] and the mountain clans disapprove of the wildlings settling south of the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|53}}

Lord Commander Snow agrees to disperse the wildlings amongst the previously abandoned castles along the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|58}}{{ref|ADWD|69}} Jon receives a [[Bastard Letter|belligerent letter]] from [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] and, choosing to break his vow to the Night's Watch to remain neutral, decides to go to Winterfell to confront Ramsay. As he prepares, the giant [[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun|Wun Wun]] kills one of the queen's men, Ser [[Patrek of King's Mountain]]. While Jon is trying to make sense of the situation, he is [[Mutiny at Castle Black|attacked]] by Bowen and other members of the Night's Watch.{{ref|ADWD|69}}