A Clash of Kings-Chapter 6

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A Clash of Kings
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Chapters
Arya 2 Jon 1 Catelyn 1
POV Characters
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Synopsis

Jon finds Sam in the basement library of the Night's Watch, a treasure trove with thousands of ancient books and accounts. Sam shows Jon the accounts of a ranger from before the Conquest, who wrote that they had fought Giants beyond the Wall, and even traded with the Children of the Forest. Sam also found a book about the language of the children and other works that even the Citadel doesn’t have.

Sam is afraid to go with the expedition beyond the Wall, but Jon reassures him that Mormont is taking 200 men, and they will be met by 100 more from the Shadow Tower under the command of Qhorin Halfhand. They depart to bring the maps to the Lord Commander. Jon meets Donal Noye on the way who tells that Robb was crowned. Noye reveals that he had forged King Robert’s warhammer.

In the Lord Commander’s chambers, Thoren Smallwood is demanding that he should have the command on the march, and that Mormont should stay at Castle Black. Mormont dismisses him, telling him he is not First Ranger until Benjen Stark is found dead. It will be the Lord Commander’s decision who replaces him. Sam gives Mormont the maps, and tells him Maester Aemon is choosing the ravens that will go with them.

Mormont tells Jon Maester Aemon's story. He was the third son of Maekar I Targaryen, who was himself the fourth son of King Daeron II. King Daeron, Maester Aemon’s grandfather, sent him to the Citadel when he was a boy. The Crown Prince, Baelor died in a tourney mishap, and his two sons died in the Great Spring Sickness along with King Daeron, so the King’s second son Aerys I succeeded him. After King Aerys I died without issue, the crown passed to Maekar. King Maekar was killed in battle against an outlaw lord, and his two eldest sons, Daeron and Aerion, were already dead. A Great Council was convened to decide on the succession, and passed over Aerion’s infant son, and then offered the throne to Aemon.

The Maester refused, saying he swore a vow to serve even though the High Septon offered to absolve him. His younger brother, Aegon V was then named King. He was called "the Unlikely" because as the fourth son of a fourth son he was very unlikely to become king. Maester Aemon then decided to come the Wall in order to provent other to use him against his brother.

Mormont explains to Jon why he spoke of this, because both Jon and Maester Aemon have something in common, a king for a brother and a humble live for theirselves as brother of the Night's Watcht. Jon admits that he is trouble by the difference in his destiny compared to his half-brother but swears he will keep his vows.