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The '''old warhorn''' is a horn made from an auroch’s horn.
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The '''old warhorn''' is a [[horn]] made from an [[aurochs]] horn. The cracked warhorn is banded with [[bronze]] and its rim is chipped.{{Ref|ACOK|34}}
  
It was found buried in a black woolen cloak at the [[Fist of the First Men]].  by [[Jon Snow]]. The black woolen cloak also contained [[dragonglass]][[Ghost]] led Jon to the catch in the woolen cloak. Sam took the old warhorn with him to [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|aFfC|35}} {{Ref|aCoK|34}}
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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While the [[Night's Watch]] is encamped at the [[Fist of the First Men]] during the [[great ranging]], [[Ghost]] finds a bundle of black wool buried in a mound of soft earth behind a fallen tree. The [[direwolf]] informs [[Jon Snow]]. A length of rope binds together the bundle, which is perhaps two feet across. It contains the horn and [[dragonglass]] [[Armament|weapons]], including a dozen knives, leaf-shaped spearheads, and numerous arrowheads.{{Ref|ACOK|34}} Jon is unable to get any sound from the warhorn, so he gives it to [[Samwell Tarly]], reasoning that Sam likes old things. He suggests to Sam that he make a drinking horn out of it to celebrate his part in mission [[beyond the Wall]], Jon also gives Sam a spearhead and a dozen arrowheads, passing the rest out among his other friends for luck.{{Ref|aCoK|43}}
  
==Description==
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===''A Feast For Crows''===
The warhorn is made from an auroch’s horn and is banded with bronze. On closer examination the horn had proved cracked, and even after Jon cleaned all the dirt out, he was unable to get any sound from it.{{Ref|aCoK|34}} The rim is chipped as well.  It may be ancient.  Where it came from and who it belonged to is a mystery.
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While staying at an inn in [[Braavos]] with Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], [[Dareon]], and [[Gilly]], Sam still has the horn.{{Ref|AFFC|26}} On the ''[[Cinnamon Wind]]'', Sam trades away almost all that they own in order to pay [[Quhuru Mo]] for their passage south from Braavos to [[Oldtown]]. By the time the dealing is done, Sam is only left with his boots, black clothing, smallclothes, and the broken horn Jon had found on the Fist of the First Men.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
  
Some readers suspect that this broken, modest horn may actually be the legendary [[Horn of Winter]], also known as the ''Horn of Joramun'', and they surmise that it may have been broken purposely, or even warded - so that it cannot be blown in error.  For theories about the Horn, see [[Horn of Winter/Theories]].
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==Theories==
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:{{Main|Horn of Winter/Theories}}
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Some readers suspect that this broken, modest horn may actually be the legendary [[Horn of Winter]], also known as the Horn of Joramun, and they surmise that it may have been broken purposely, or even warded, so that it cannot be blown in error.   
  
==Discovery==
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==References==
During [[the Great Ranging]] at the Night’s Watch is encamped in the [[Fist of the First Men]].  Just after hearing the howling of wolves [[Jon Snow]] realizes that something is bothering [[Ghost]] and that he wants him to follow him. Concerned about the direwolf’s agitation Jon follows [[Ghost]].
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Ghost leads Jon away from the encampment, downhill over a brook and a quarter way round the Fist.  Finally at the base of the hill behind a fallen tree he finds [[Ghost]] digging furiously at a mound of soft earth.
 
 
 
Jon digs at the loose sandy soil and two feet down his fingers touch cloth and he pulls out a rounded bundle perhaps two feet across.  A length of rope binds the bundle together.  He slits the rope and turns the bundle and its contents slide out on to the ground, glittering dark and bright.  He sees a dozen knives, leaf-shaped spearheads, numerous arrowheads.
 
 
 
Jon picks up a dagger blade, featherlight and shiny black, hiltless. Torchlight moves along its edge, a thin orange line that spoke of razor sharpness.  [[Dragonglass]], he thinks to himself.  Beneath the dragonglass is an old warhorn, Jon shook the dirt from inside it and a stream of arrowheads fell out. He let them fall and he notices that the wool is good wool, thick, a double weave, damp but not rotted - meaning it could not have been long in the ground. He sees the colour is black and before he stands and shakes it out he realises that it is the black cloak of a Sworn Brother of the [[Night's Watch]]. {{Ref|aCoK|34}}
 
 
 
==Recent Events==
 
===A Clash of Kings===
 
[[Jon Snow]] finds and gifts the cracked auroch’s warhorn to [[Samwell Tarly]], reasoning that Sam likes old things, even worthless old things.
 
  
He suggests to Sam that he make a drinking horn out of it to celebrate his part in [[the Great Ranging]] beyond the [[Wall]], all the way to the [[Fist of the First Men]].  But there is no indication that Sam got round to doing this, or give much thought to the horn.  He also gave Sam a spearhead and a dozen arrowheads as well, and passes the rest out among his other friends for luck. {{Ref|aCoK|43}}
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Later Sam slays an Other with [[dragonglass]] dagger given to him by Jon. 
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===A Feast For Crows===
 
On the ''[[Cinnamon Wind]]'' Sam had to give almost all that they owned in order to pay [[Quhuru Mo]] for their passage south from [[Braavos]] to [[Oldtown]].  By the time the dealing is done Sam is down to boots and blacks and smallclothes - and the broken horn [[Jon Snow]] had found on the [[Fist of the First Men]].{{Ref|aFfC|35}}
 
==References and Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 11 July 2022

The old warhorn is a horn made from an aurochs horn. The cracked warhorn is banded with bronze and its rim is chipped.[1]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While the Night's Watch is encamped at the Fist of the First Men during the great ranging, Ghost finds a bundle of black wool buried in a mound of soft earth behind a fallen tree. The direwolf informs Jon Snow. A length of rope binds together the bundle, which is perhaps two feet across. It contains the horn and dragonglass weapons, including a dozen knives, leaf-shaped spearheads, and numerous arrowheads.[1] Jon is unable to get any sound from the warhorn, so he gives it to Samwell Tarly, reasoning that Sam likes old things. He suggests to Sam that he make a drinking horn out of it to celebrate his part in mission beyond the Wall, Jon also gives Sam a spearhead and a dozen arrowheads, passing the rest out among his other friends for luck.[2]

A Feast For Crows

While staying at an inn in Braavos with Maester Aemon, Dareon, and Gilly, Sam still has the horn.[3] On the Cinnamon Wind, Sam trades away almost all that they own in order to pay Quhuru Mo for their passage south from Braavos to Oldtown. By the time the dealing is done, Sam is only left with his boots, black clothing, smallclothes, and the broken horn Jon had found on the Fist of the First Men.[4]

Theories

Some readers suspect that this broken, modest horn may actually be the legendary Horn of Winter, also known as the Horn of Joramun, and they surmise that it may have been broken purposely, or even warded, so that it cannot be blown in error.

References