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The '''Mutiny at Craster's Keep''' was a rebellious engagement involving the [[Night's Watch]] at [[Craster's Keep]]. After the crushing defeat at the [[Fist of the First Men]], the Night's Watch were forced to retreat. The survivors were able to make it to [[Craster's Keep]] where they sought shelter.
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The '''mutiny at Craster's Keep''' is a rebellious engagement involving the [[Night's Watch]]. After the crushing defeat in the [[fight at the Fist]], the Night's Watch are forced to retreat and seek shelter at [[Craster's Keep]] in the [[haunted forest]].
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
The [[Night's Watch]] had been losing strength for years with fewer volunteers every season and so it relied more and more on the dungeons of the Seven Kingdoms to fill the ranks. Most of these disreputable individuals were selected for the [[The Great Ranging|Great Ranging]] and the forced march further into the winter beyond the Wall made them even more disgruntled.  
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The [[Night's Watch]] has been losing strength for years with fewer volunteers every season, so it increasingly relies on the dungeons of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] to fill the ranks. Many disreputable individuals are selected for the [[great ranging]], and the forced march further [[beyond the Wall]] makes them even more disgruntled.  
  
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[[Chett]] and a few other brothers plan to betray [[Jeor Mormont]], the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], and his senior commanders so they can escape the Watch, but the combination of the heavy weather and the assault from [[wights]] at the [[Fist of the First Men]] make this plan redundant.{{ref|ASOS|Prologue}} Around sixty men{{ref|ASOS|33}} retreat from the [[fight at the Fist]], but some die from wounds, wander off, or are attacked by wights or [[Others]].{{ref|ASOS|18}}
  
[[Chett]] and a few other brothers planned to betray Lord Commander Mormont and his seniors so they could escape the Watch but the combination of the heavy weather and the assault from the Others at the [[Fist of the First Men]] made this plan redundant. The retreat to [[Craster's Keep]] brought their morale to an all time low and certain brothers started being more vocal with their criticism.
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Forty-four men reach Craster's Keep, but their morale is low and certain brothers start being more vocal with their criticism. After several days, [[Bannen]] and three others have died, leaving thirty-two men capable of fighting and eight incapacitated by wounds or illness.{{ref|ASOS|33}}
  
==Brawl==
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==Mutiny==
The trouble starts when [[Ulmer]] asks for more bread, as [[Craster]]’ wives have brought only two loaves for the starving men to eat. Clubfoot [[Karl]] chimes in that they need more bread, the Lord Commander puts him in his place.  Karl says he wants what [[Craster]] is hiding.  Craster’s eyes narrow and he says that he has his women to feed. [[Dirk]] implies that means he has a secret larder.  Craster gets annoyed.  Karl calls Craster a niggardly man and a liar.  The men of the Night’s Watch start to argue about all the food Craster must have, hams, sausage, oats, apples, dried berries, cabbages, pine nuts and salt mutton.
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Trouble begins when [[Ulmer]] asks for more bread, as [[Craster's wives]] have brought only two loaves for the starving men to eat. [[Clubfoot Karl]] and [[Dirk]] demand more food, but are rejected by [[Craster]], and Karl defies [[Jeor Mormont]] order to be silent. [[Samwell Tarly]] thinks that Karl is about to sit, but Craster, interrupting the standoff with the axe gifted to him by Jeor,{{ref|ACOK|23}} states any who disrespect him in his home must sleep outside in the cold without food.{{ref|ASOS|33}}
  
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Losing his temper when called a [[bastard]], Craster vaults his table but has his throat slit by Dirk. Craster crashes face first across the wounded Ser [[Byam Flint]] and drowns in his own blood. Dirk shoves a knife under the chin of one of Craster's wives, demanding that she show them where the food is or he will kill her. Lord Commander Mormont tells Dirk to unhand her, but [[Garth of Greenaway]] blocks his path and [[Ollo Lophand]] stabs Jeor's belly. Garth of Greenaway kills [[Garth of Oldtown]], while [[Rolley of Sisterton]] breaks his neck after falling from the loft while chasing after Craster's wives.{{ref|ASOS|33}}
The Lord Commander rises and tells the men ''silence'', and that he’ll hear no more talk. Clubfoot [[Karl]] defies him and stands up. The Lord Commander ''commands'' him to sit, eat, and be silent.  
 
  
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==Aftermath==
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Fearing they will be killed by mutineers, [[Grenn]], [[Dolorous Edd]], [[Bedwyck]], [[Dywen]] and other loyalists admit defeat and retreat back to [[Castle Black]] to report on the disastrous expedition. [[Grenn]] urges [[Samwell Tarly]] to come with them but he does not move. Of note, Sweet [[Donnel Hill]] was complicit in [[Chett]]'s plan to betray their brothers on the [[Fist of the First Men]], but it appears after the [[fight at the Fist]] he decided to remain loyal to the Watch. Approximately a dozen men return to the [[Wall]] before the [[attack on Castle Black]].{{ref|ASOS|48}} Other men, such as [[Jarman Buckwell]], also return to Castle Black from [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|48}}
  
No one speaks. No one moves. All eyes are on the Lord Commander and the big clubfooted ranger. They stare at each other across the table.  It seems to Samwell that Karl breaks first, and was about to sit, though sullenly … but [[Craster]] interrupts the standoff, rises with axe in hand and tells [[Karl]], [[Dirk]] and both Garths he’ll not sit and anyone that calls him a niggard must leave with empty bellies and sleep outside in the cold.  
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While mutineers gorge in Craster's cellar or rape his younger wives, the shocked Sam sits with the dying [[Jeor Mormont]]'s head in his lap. Jeor tells Sam to make for the [[Wall]], instructing him to inform Castle Black of what happened. The Lord Commander's dying wish is for his exiled son, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], to take the black. Encouraged to escape by Craster's wives, Sam flees [[Craster's Keep]] with [[Gilly]] with [[Monster|her baby]].{{ref|ASOS|33}}
  
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Nine mutineers remain at Craster's Keep with his food and wives.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} Five betrayers later wander in the [[haunted forest]], planning to head south over the [[Wall]] for a warmer climate. However, they are killed by [[Coldhands]] and his [[raven]]s. [[Summer]], the [[direwolf]] of [[Bran Stark]], finds the bodies and eats parts of the meat.{{Ref|aDwD|4}}
  
One of the Garths calls [[Craster]] a bloody ''bastard''. [[Craster]] loses his temper and quickly vaults across the table with axe in hand.  A woman screams. [[Garth (Greenaway)]] and [[Orphan Oss]] draw their knives.  Karl stumbles back and trips over Ser [[Byam Flint]].  One instant [[Craster]] is spitting curses, the next he is spitting blood.  [[Dirk]] grabs [[Craster]] by the hair, yanks his head back and opens his throat ear to ear with one long slash.  [[Craster]] crashes face first across Ser [[Byam Flint]] and drowns in his own blood, the axe slipping from his fingers.
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==Participants==
 
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===Loyalist casualties===
 
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Loyalist casualties include but are not limited to:
The furious Lord Commander stands over [[Craster]]’s corpse, saying that the gods will curse them, as there is no crime so foul as for a guest to bring murder into a man’s hall.  [[Dirk]] replies that there are no laws beyond the [[Wall]] and shoves a knife under the chin of one of [[Craster]]’s wives demanding that she show them where the food is or he will kill her. 
 
 
 
 
 
The Lord Commander tells [[Dirk]] to unhand her but [[Garth (Greenaway)]] blocks his path and [[Ollo Lophand]] yanks him back.  They both have blades in hand.  Ollo warns the Lord Commander to hold his tongue.  Instead the Lord Commander goes for his dagger.  Ollo had only one hand but it was quick. He twists free of the Lord Commander’s grasp and shoves a knife into Mormont’s belly, and yanks it out again, all red.
 
  
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* Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
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* [[Byam Flint]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
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* [[Garth of Oldtown]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
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It seems to Samwell that everything goes mad after that.
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===Confirmed loyalist survivors===
  
==Participants==
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Loyalists confirmed to survive and return to the Wall:
===Loyalists===
 
 
{{Columns|3|
 
{{Columns|3|
* Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]]
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* [[Bedwyck]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Byam Flint]]
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* [[Black Bernarr]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Samwell Tarly]]
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* [[Dywen]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Eddison Tollett]]
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* [[Goady]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Dywen]]
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* [[Grenn]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Grenn]]
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* [[Garth Greyfeather]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Bedwyck]] known as '''Giant'''
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* [[Donnel Hill|Sweet Donnel Hill]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Bernarr (Black)|Black Bernarr]]
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* [[Kedge Whiteye]]{{ref|AFFC|5}}
* [[Tim Stone]]
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* [[Left Hand Lew]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Ulmer]] of the Kingswood
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* [[Tim Stone]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Garth Greyfeather]]
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* [[Samwell Tarly]]{{ref|ASOS|75}}
* [[Ronnel Harclay]]
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* [[Eddison Tollett]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Bannen]]†
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* [[Ulmer]]{{ref|ASOS|48}}
* [[Kedge Whiteye]]
 
* [[Fornio]]
 
* [[Goady]]
 
* Sweet [[Donnel Hill]]
 
* [[Lew (Left Hand)|Left Hand Lew]]
 
* [[Garth|Garth of Oldtown]]
 
 
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===Craster's Family===
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===Craster's family===
 
{{Columns|3|
 
{{Columns|3|
* [[Craster]]
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* [[Craster]]
 
* [[Dyah]]
 
* [[Dyah]]
 
* [[Ferny]]
 
* [[Ferny]]
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* [[Gilly]] and [[Monster|her baby]]
 
* [[Nella]]
 
* [[Nella]]
* [[Gilly]]
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* fifteen other wives
 
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===Betrayers===
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===Mutineers===
 
{{Columns|3|
 
{{Columns|3|
* [[Dirk]]
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* [[Alan of Rosby]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Ollo Lophand]]
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* [[Muttering Bill]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Grubbs]]
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* [[Dirk]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
* [[Garth (Greenaway)|Garth of Greenaway]]
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* [[Garth of Greenaway]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
* [[Alan of Rosby]]
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* [[Grubbs]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Rolley]] of Sisterton†
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* [[Clubfoot Karl]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
* [[Mawney]]
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* [[Mawney]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* Clubfoot [[Karl]]
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* [[Ollo Lophand]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
* [[Orphan Oss]]
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* [[Orphan Oss]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
* [[Bill|Muttering Bill]]
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* [[Rolley of Sisterton]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}
 
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==Aftermath==
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==Quotes==
The majority of the betrayers stayed behind at the Keep to feast on Craster's stores and rape his wives/daughters. After this was done, they planned to head south over the Wall for a warmer climate but they never made it. Whilst leading [[Bran Stark]] and his companions north, [[Coldhands]] tracked them down and killed them. Their corpses were then discovered buried in the snow by [[Summer]] and his wolf pack.
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{{quote|'''Craster''': Who calls me [[bastard]]?<br>
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'''Karl''': It's no more than all men know.{{ref|ASOS|33}}}} - [[Craster]] and [[Clubfoot Karl]]
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{{quote|'''Jeor''': The gods will curse us. There is no crime so foul as for a guest to bring murder into a man's hall. By all the [[guest right|laws of the hearth]], we—<br>
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'''Dirk''': There are no laws [[beyond the Wall]], old man. Remember?{{ref|ASOS|33}}}} - [[Jeor Mormont]] and [[Dirk]]
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{{quote|[[Ollo Lophand|Ollo]] had only one hand, but that was quick. He twisted free of the old man's grasp, shoved the knife into [[Jeor Mormont|Mormont's belly]], and yanked it out again, all red. And then the world went mad.{{ref|ASOS|33}}}} - thoughts of [[Samwell Tarly]]
  
[[Eddison Tollett|Dolorous Edd]], [[Grenn]], [[Bedwyck|Giant]], [[Dywen]] and other loyalists admitted defeat after the Lord Commander had been slain and retreated back to Castle Black to report on the disastrous expedition. [[Grenn]] urged [[Samwell Tarly]] to come with them but he wouldn't move and so they were forced to leave him behind. Of note, Sweet [[Donnel Hill]] & [[Kedge Whiteye]] were complicit in [[Chett]]'s plan to betray their brothers on the Fist of the First Men but it appears after the [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men|defeat]], they decided to remain loyal to the Watch.
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==References==
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Samwell was eventually ushered away by some of Craster's wives to take [[Gilly]] and her child somewhere safe.
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Revision as of 15:31, 26 June 2018

Mutiny at Craster's Keep
Victor Garcia Mutiny NW.jpg
Mutiny at Craster's Keep - by Victor Garcia. © Fantasy Flight Games
Conflict Conflict beyond the Wall
Date late 299 AC/early 300 AC
Place Craster's Keep
Result mutineer victory, loyalist retreat
Combatants
Night's Watch
Craster's family
Night's Watch mutineers
Commanders
Jeor Mormont
Craster
Dirk
Ollo Lophand
Casualties
Jeor Mormont
Craster
Garth of Oldtown
Rolley

The mutiny at Craster's Keep is a rebellious engagement involving the Night's Watch. After the crushing defeat in the fight at the Fist, the Night's Watch are forced to retreat and seek shelter at Craster's Keep in the haunted forest.

Background

The Night's Watch has been losing strength for years with fewer volunteers every season, so it increasingly relies on the dungeons of the Seven Kingdoms to fill the ranks. Many disreputable individuals are selected for the great ranging, and the forced march further beyond the Wall makes them even more disgruntled.

Chett and a few other brothers plan to betray Jeor Mormont, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and his senior commanders so they can escape the Watch, but the combination of the heavy weather and the assault from wights at the Fist of the First Men make this plan redundant.[1] Around sixty men[2] retreat from the fight at the Fist, but some die from wounds, wander off, or are attacked by wights or Others.[3]

Forty-four men reach Craster's Keep, but their morale is low and certain brothers start being more vocal with their criticism. After several days, Bannen and three others have died, leaving thirty-two men capable of fighting and eight incapacitated by wounds or illness.[2]

Mutiny

Trouble begins when Ulmer asks for more bread, as Craster's wives have brought only two loaves for the starving men to eat. Clubfoot Karl and Dirk demand more food, but are rejected by Craster, and Karl defies Jeor Mormont order to be silent. Samwell Tarly thinks that Karl is about to sit, but Craster, interrupting the standoff with the axe gifted to him by Jeor,[4] states any who disrespect him in his home must sleep outside in the cold without food.[2]

Losing his temper when called a bastard, Craster vaults his table but has his throat slit by Dirk. Craster crashes face first across the wounded Ser Byam Flint and drowns in his own blood. Dirk shoves a knife under the chin of one of Craster's wives, demanding that she show them where the food is or he will kill her. Lord Commander Mormont tells Dirk to unhand her, but Garth of Greenaway blocks his path and Ollo Lophand stabs Jeor's belly. Garth of Greenaway kills Garth of Oldtown, while Rolley of Sisterton breaks his neck after falling from the loft while chasing after Craster's wives.[2]

Aftermath

Fearing they will be killed by mutineers, Grenn, Dolorous Edd, Bedwyck, Dywen and other loyalists admit defeat and retreat back to Castle Black to report on the disastrous expedition. Grenn urges Samwell Tarly to come with them but he does not move. Of note, Sweet Donnel Hill was complicit in Chett's plan to betray their brothers on the Fist of the First Men, but it appears after the fight at the Fist he decided to remain loyal to the Watch. Approximately a dozen men return to the Wall before the attack on Castle Black.[5] Other men, such as Jarman Buckwell, also return to Castle Black from beyond the Wall.[5]

While mutineers gorge in Craster's cellar or rape his younger wives, the shocked Sam sits with the dying Jeor Mormont's head in his lap. Jeor tells Sam to make for the Wall, instructing him to inform Castle Black of what happened. The Lord Commander's dying wish is for his exiled son, Ser Jorah Mormont, to take the black. Encouraged to escape by Craster's wives, Sam flees Craster's Keep with Gilly with her baby.[2]

Nine mutineers remain at Craster's Keep with his food and wives.[6] Five betrayers later wander in the haunted forest, planning to head south over the Wall for a warmer climate. However, they are killed by Coldhands and his ravens. Summer, the direwolf of Bran Stark, finds the bodies and eats parts of the meat.[7]

Participants

Loyalist casualties

Loyalist casualties include but are not limited to:

Confirmed loyalist survivors

Loyalists confirmed to survive and return to the Wall:

Craster's family

Mutineers

Quotes

Craster: Who calls me bastard?
Karl: It's no more than all men know.[2]

- Craster and Clubfoot Karl


Jeor: The gods will curse us. There is no crime so foul as for a guest to bring murder into a man's hall. By all the laws of the hearth, we—
Dirk: There are no laws beyond the Wall, old man. Remember?[2]

- Jeor Mormont and Dirk


Ollo had only one hand, but that was quick. He twisted free of the old man's grasp, shoved the knife into Mormont's belly, and yanked it out again, all red. And then the world went mad.[2]

- thoughts of Samwell Tarly

References