A Game of Thrones-Chapter 13

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Tyrion II
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Tyrion I
Eddard II  ← Tyrion II →  Catelyn III

Tyrion III

Tyrion rides north with Benjen Stark and Jon Snow.

Synopsis

Tyrion rides north from Winterfell with Benjen Stark and Jon Snow, as well as two of his own retainers. They also bring some horses and ravens for the Wall. Fortnight on what passed for the King’s Road to the North of Winterfell proved the difference between a map and reality. It had grown colder and far more quite. Three days out of Winterfell the farmland gives way to dense dark woods and the road becomes lonely. Near the edge of the wolfswood they meet up with Yoren, another member of the Night's Watch, who is accompanied by two peasant boys condemned to join up. Tyrion notices Jon Snow looking at their new companions and wondering about the Night's Watch and Tyrion feels sorry for Jon. Benjen Stark apparently shares his brother’s dislike of the Lannisters, and is not sparing Tyrion anything, driving him hard on his mount. Tyrion had brought his warmest coat which was obviously inadequate, and accepted an old tattered bearskin from Benjen who Tyrion thinks probably did not expect the him to accept, and was also probably now regretting his gift.

They make camp on the eighteenth night of their journey (the inns had long since disappeared). Being too small to help, Tyrion, as is his custom, goes away from the camp with a book on dragons, one of several books he has brought with him from Winterfell; he has always been interested in dragons. He remembers seeking out the dragon skulls in King's Landing the first time he was there. He had a torch with him when he found the skulls, and he senses that they seemed to like it when he put his torch to them. There where three skulls much larger than then others, and one of the skulls Tyrion notes, could have swallowed a mammoth whole. According to the tales, King Loren I, the ancestor of the Lannisters, fought against Aegon I Targaryen and the Tagaryen army was about to run, but then the three dragons accompanying the Targaryen army arrived and made short work of their opponents.

Jon Snow approaches Tyrion, asking why he reads so much. Tyrion asks Jon to tell him what he sees and he says Tyrion Lannister. Tyrion replies his body is twisted and weak, so he must rely on his mind, if he had been a peasant, they may have set him out. As a Lannister, things are expected from him. He cannot wield a sword like his brother, so he keeps his mind ever sharp. Jon then asks what Tyrion is reading and is told he is reading about dragons. He continues on how he used to fantasize about them as a child. Tyrion then goes on and tells him that he must have some resentment about his family: Catelyn treats him as one of her own, and Robb treats him well since he gets Winterfell, and John gets the Wall, and Eddard must have had good reason to pack him off to the wall. Jon replies that the Night’s Watch is a noble calling. Then he tells Jon that those on the wall are the midden heap for all the misfits of the realm: debtors, poachers, rapers, thieves, and bastards like him. These are his new brothers. The is too close to the feelings Jon has now that he has seen some of the new members of the Night’s Watch, and Jon demands that Tyrion stop. Tyrion feels badly for what he just did, and is reaching towards Jon and Ghost attacks, knocking him down. Tyrion cannot get back up and asks for help. Jon refuses until Tyrion apologizes, which Tyrion does. Jon then helps Tyrion up as he asks why the wolf attacked him, and Jon replies that the wolf must have been a grumkin. This amuses Tyrion, who had just mentioned that part of what the Night’s Watch does is watch for gumkins. Then Jon asks if the Night’s Watch was like Tyrion stated, and Tyrion says yes. Jon the states that if that is the way it is, then that is the way it is. They share some wine and then return to the camp, Tyrion telling Jon he does not believe there are any dragons anymore.

Benjen tells Jon when he comes back that he should not go out by himself; he tells Jon he was afraid the Others had gotten him. The company eats stew given body by a squirrel. Tyrion shares his wine with the others. Tyrion is the last to retire, and Jon has the first watch.

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