My father said you're still a virgin.
Sansa StarkYes.
Why? Why are you still a virgin? Afraid of dwarves?
Sansa Stark
Lord...Lord Tyrion was kind. He was gentle. He never touched me.
Sansa Stark
No, my lord.
Lying to your husband on his wedding night...that would be a bad way to start a marriage. We're man and wife now. We should be honest with each other. Don't you think?
Sansa Stark
Yes.
[Ramsay kisses Sansa on the lips.]
Good. Take off your clothes. [Sansa turns toward Reek, who tries to leave.] Oh no, no, no! You stay here, Reek. You watch! [To Sansa] Do I need to ask a second time? I hate to ask you a second time. Reek, I told you to watch. You've known Sansa since she was a girl. Now watch her become a woman.
Sansa Stark
Theon wait!
Sansa Stark
Help me!
[About Ramsay] You're his wife now.
Sansa Stark
Theon!
Do what he says! Do what he says or he'll hurt you!
Sansa Stark
He already hurts me every night! All day I'm locked in this room and every night he comes! It can't be any worse!
It can. It can always be worse.
Sansa Stark
What did he do to you?
Sansa Stark
You betrayed my family!
Sansa Stark
You have to help me! Theon, help me!
He'll see us! You don't know him!
Sansa Stark
My family still has friends in the North. All I need to do is give a signal and they'll rescue me. Climb to the top of the broken tower. Light this candle and put it in the window. Promise me, Theon.
Sansa Stark
Your name is Theon Greyjoy. Last surviving son of Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands. Do you hear me? Theon, promise me!
My beautiful wife. One day I'll be Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. You'll be my Lady and Wardeness.
Sansa Stark
But isn't your stepmother pregnant?
Sansa Stark
What happens if she has a boy?
Then I'll have a baby brother.
Sansa Stark
But he'll be the heir.
I'm Lord Bolton's eldest son.
Sansa Stark
But you're a bastard, a trueborn will always have the stronger claim.
[Ramsay turns to Sansa coldly.]
I've been naturalized by a royal decree from...
Sansa Stark
Tommen Baratheon? Another bastard.
[Ramsay stares at her incredulously, seething at her consistently reminding him of his precarious claim.]
Bastards can rise high in the world. Like your half-brother Jon Snow. Born the Bastard of Winterfell, now the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. You didn't know? Yes, he's done very well for himself. Oh! I nearly forgot why I asked you to join me. Come, my lady.
[Ramsay leads Sansa out to the courtyard where he has displayed the flayed corpse of the elderly maid who approached Sansa earlier about giving a signal in case she ever needed rescue.]
Your northern friend. [He pulls out the candle she gave Sansa.] Reek told me you wanted to leave. Why? Winterfell is your home, now I am your husband. Tough old bird. Everyone talks when I start peeling them. But this one? Her heart gave out before I even got to her face. [Sansa is in tears.] We do breed tough in the North. [To his men.] Bring my wife back to her chamber. It's far too cold out here for a lady. You should hold on to your candles. The nights are so long now.
Sansa Stark
Why? Why Theon?
Not Theon. There is no Theon. Reek!
Sansa Stark
Reek! Why did you tell him, Reek?
I was helping you. You wanted to escape. There is no escape. Not ever. Theon Greyjoy tried to escape. The master knew. He knows everything. He hunted him. He caught him, strapped him to a cross, cut away piece after piece until there was no Theon left.
Sansa Stark
Good! If it weren't for you, I'd still have a family. If I could do to you what Ramsay did right here, right now, I would.
I deserved everything. I deserve to be Reek. I did terrible things. Turned on Robb...captured Winterfell...killed those boys.
Sansa Stark
They weren't "those boys", they were Bran and Rickon. They were your brothers. You've known them since they were born!
They weren't! They were only...
Sansa Stark
Only what?
Sansa Stark
Tell me!
I can't! Not unless the master says...
Sansa Stark
Tell me! They weren't what?
Sansa Stark
Tell me why Bran and Rickon should be gone while you still breath the air! [Grabs Theon by the face and shakes his head.] TELL IT TO MY FACE, THEON! TELL ME THAT THEY WEREN'T YOUR BROTHERS!
THEY WEREN'T BRAN AND RICKON! [Pause] I couldn't find them. It was two farm boys. I killed them and burned them so no one would know.
[Sansa releases Theon.]
Sansa Stark
You didn't?
[Theon shakes his head.]
Sansa Stark
Do you know where they went? Bran and Rickon?
I can't talk to you anymore.
Sansa Stark
Theon, you have to tell me. Do you have any idea where...
MMyranda
My lady. I've come to escort you back to your chamber.
Sansa Stark
I know what Ramsay is. I know what he'll do to me. If I'm going to die, let it happen while there's still some of me left.
MMyranda
Die? Who said anything about dying? You can't die. Your father was Warden of the North. Ramsay needs you. Though I suppose he doesn't need all of you. Just the parts he'll use to make his heir, until you've given him a boy or two and he's finished using them. Then he's got incredible plans for those parts. So, shall we wait for him to come back or should we begin now? You're leaving it to me? Good. Let's begin.
[Theon grabs Myranda by the waist as she fires her first arrow, making her miss Sansa.]
MMyranda
Reek, stop! Stop!
[He pushes her off the catwalk, killing her. Theon and Sansa stare down at her body and then turn at the sound of a horn.]
[Theon takes Sansa's hand and leads her to the nearest balcony. Together they jump into a deep snowdrift]
[Kneels and places her sword on the snow in front of Sansa] Lady Sansa, I offer my services once again. I will shield your back and keep your counsel and give my life for yours, if need be. I swear it by the old gods and the new.
[Sansa, shaken, looks to Theon who nods in approval]
Sansa Stark
[Looks to Brienne] And I vow...that you shall always have a place by my h-hearth, and...
[Chimes in] Meat and mead at my table.
Sansa Stark
...Meat and mead at my table. And I pledge...to ask no service of you that might bring you dishonor. I swear it by the old gods and the new. Arise.
Sansa Stark
It's good soup. Do you remember those kidney pies Old Nan used to make?
With the peas and onions. We never should have left Winterfell.
Sansa Stark
Don't you wish we could go back to the day we left? I want to scream at myself, "Don't go, you idiot!"
Sansa Stark
I spent a lot of time thinking about what an ass I was to you. I wish I could change everything.
Sansa Stark
I was awful, just admit it.
You were occasionally awful. I'm sure I can't have been great fun always sulking in the corner while the rest of you played.
Sansa Stark
Do you forgive me?
There's nothing to forgive.
Sansa Stark
Forgive me.
Alright, alright, I forgive you.
[The two laugh. Jon hands Sansa his cup of ale. Sansa takes a swig and coughs]
You'd think after thousands of years the Night's Watch would learn how to make a good ale.
Sansa Stark
Mm. Where will you go?
Where will we go? If I don't watch over you, father's ghost would come back and murder me.
Sansa Stark
Where will we go?
I can't stay here after what happened.
Sansa Stark
There's only one place we can go: home.
Well, should we tell the Boltons to pack up and leave?
Sansa Stark
We'll take it back from them.
Sansa Stark
How many wildlings did you save?
They didn't come here to serve me.
Sansa Stark
They owe you their lives. Think they'll be safe here if Roose Bolton remains Warden of the North?
Sansa Stark
Winterfell is our home. It's ours. And Arya's and Bran's and Rickon's. Wherever they are, we have to fight for it.
I'm tired of fighting! It's all I've done since I've left home! I've killed brothers of the Night's Watch, I've killed wildlings, I've killed men I admire, I hung a boy younger than Bran! I fought...and I lost.
Sansa Stark
If you don't take back the North, we'll never be safe. I want you to help me, but I'll do it myself if I have to.
[reading a letter from Ramsay] "To the traitor and bastard Jon Snow, you allowed thousands of wildlings past the Wall, you have betrayed your own kind, you have betrayed the North. Winterfell is mine, bastard. Come and see. Your brother Rickon is in my dungeon. His direwolf's skin is on my floor. Come and see. I want my bride back. Send her to me, bastard, and I will not trouble you or your wildling lovers. Keep her from me, and I will ride North and slaughter every wildling man, woman, and babe living under your protection. You will watch as I skin them living."
[Jon stops]
Sansa Stark
Go on.
It's just more of the same.
[Sansa grabs the letter and reads it]
Sansa Stark
"You will watch as my soldiers take turns raping your sister, you will watch as my dogs devour your wild little brother, then I will spoon your eyes from their sockets and let my dogs do the rest. Come and see. Ramsay Bolton, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North."
Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North?
Sansa Stark
His father's dead. Ramsay killed him and now he has Rickon.
Sansa Stark
Yes we do.
How many men does he have in his army?
Sansa Stark
I heard him say 5,000 once when he was talking about Stannis' attack.
That can march and fight? 2,000. The rest are children and old people.
Sansa Stark
You're the son of the last true Warden of the North. Northern families are loyal, they'll fight for you if you ask. A monster has taken our home and our brother. We have to go back to Winterfell and save them both.
[Jon nods]
Sansa. Lady Brienne. When I heard you'd escaped Winterfell I feared the worst. You have no idea how happy I am to see you unharmed.
Sansa Stark
Unharmed? What're you doing here?
I rode north with the knights of the Vale to come to your aid. They're encamped at Moat Cailin as we speak.
Sansa Stark
To come to my aid? Did you know about Ramsay? If you didn't know, you're an idiot. If you did know, you're my enemy. Would you like to hear about our wedding night? He never hurt my face. He needed my face; the face of Ned Stark's daughter. But the rest of me, he did what he liked with the rest of me as long as I could still give him an heir. What do you think he did?
I can't begin to contemplate...
Sansa Stark
What do you think he did to me?
Lady Sansa asked you a question.
Sansa Stark
Yes, he enjoyed that. What else do you think he did?
Sansa Stark
What else?
Sansa Stark
Maybe you did know about Ramsay all along.
Sansa Stark
I thought you knew everyone's secrets.
I made a mistake. A horrible mistake. I underestimated a stranger.
Sansa Stark
The other things he did, ladies aren't supposed to talk about those things but I imagine brothel keepers talk about them all the time. I can still feel it. I don't mean, "In my tender heart, it still pains me so." I can still feel what he did in my body standing here right now.
Sansa Stark
You said you would protect me.
And I will. You must believe me when I tell you that I will.
Sansa Stark
I don't believe you anymore. I don't need you anymore, you can't protect me. You won't even be able to protect yourself if I tell Brienne to cut you down. And why shouldn't I?
You want me to beg for your life? If that's what you want, I will. Whatever you ask that is in my power, I will do.
Sansa Stark
What if I want you to die here and now?
Sansa Stark
You freed me from the monsters who murdered my family and gave me to other monsters who murdered my family. Go back to Moat Cailin. My brother and I will take back the North on our own. I never want to see you again.
I would do anything to undo what's been done to you. I know that I can't. Would you allow me to say one more thing before I go? Your great uncle, Brynden, the Blackfish, has gathered what remains of the Tully forces and retaken Riverrun. You might consider seeking him out. The time may come when you need an army loyal to you.
Sansa Stark
I have an army.
Your brother's army. Half-brother.
[Jon Snow arranges for a parley with Ramsay Bolton outside Winterfell]
[to Sansa] You don't have to be here.
Sansa Stark
Yes I do.
My beloved wife. I have missed you terribly. [to Jon] Thank you, for returning Lady Bolton safely. Now, dismount and kneel before me. Surrender your army, and proclaim me the true Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. I will pardon you for deserting the Night's Watch, I will pardon these treasonous Lords for betraying my House. Come, bastard. You don't have the men, you don't have the horses. And you don't have Winterfell! Why lead those poor souls into slaughter? There's no need for a battle. Get off your horse... and kneel. [smirks] I am a man of mercy.
You're right. There's no need for a battle. Thousands of men don't need to die. Only one of us. Let's end this the old way. You, against me.
[After a pause, Ramsay starts to laugh]
I keep hearing stories about you, bastard. The way people in the North talk about you, you're the greatest swordsman who ever walked! Maybe you are that good, maybe not. I don't know if I'd beat you, but I know that my army will beat yours. I have six thousand men, you have...what? Half that? Not even?
[smiles] Aye, you have the numbers. Will your men want to fight for you, when they hear you wouldn't fight for them?
[to Sansa] He's good. Very good. Tell me, will you let your little brother die because you're too proud to surrender?
Sansa Stark
How do we know you have him?
[Lord "Smalljon" Umber throws the head of Rickon's direwolf at Jon's feet.]
Sansa Stark
You're going to die tomorrow, Lord Bolton. [the conviction in Sansa's voice momentarily stuns Ramsey] Sleep well. [she rides away]
[smiles] She's a fine woman, your sister. I look forward to having her back in my bed. And you're all fine-looking men. [laughs] My dogs are desperate to meet you. I haven't fed them for seven days, they're ravenous! I wonder which parts they'll try first? Your eyes? Your balls! We'll find out soon enough. In the morning, then... bastard.
[in the kennels] Ah. Sansa. Hello, Sansa. Is this where I'll be staying now? [Sansa stares silently at him, and he shakes his head, smirking] No. Our time together is about to come to an end. That's all right. You can't kill me. I'm part of you now.
Sansa Stark
Your words will disappear. Your house will disappear. Your name will disappear. All memory of you will disappear.
[Sansa opens the doors of his hounds' kennels. One of them emerges from its cage, growling quietly, and approaches him]
My hounds will never harm me.
Sansa Stark
You haven't fed them in seven days. You said it yourself.
Sansa Stark
They were. Now, they're starving.
[Two more hounds emerge and come to sniff at his face]
[hisses] Sit. [the hound begins licking his bloody face hungrily] Down. Down! Down! Down! Down!
[Ramsay screams as his hounds begin devouring him face-first; Sansa walks away smiling]
[Sansa meets up with Jon outside as he watches Melisandre ride south alone...]
I'm having the lord's chamber prepared for you.
Sansa Stark
Mother and Father's room? You should take it.
Sansa Stark
You are to me.
You're the Lady of Winterfell. You deserve it. We're standing here because of you. The battle was lost until the Knights of the Vale rode in. They came because of you. You told me Lord Baelish sold you to the Boltons.
Sansa Stark
He did.
Sansa Stark
[chuckles] Only a fool would trust Littlefinger. I should have told you about him, about the Knights of the Vale. I'm sorry.
We need to trust each other. We can't fight a war amongst ourselves. We have so many enemies now. [starts to walk away]
Sansa Stark
Jon. A raven came from the Citadel. A white raven...Winter is here.
[smiles and looks to the sky] Well, Father always promised, didn't he?
You are my sister, but I am King, now.
Sansa Stark
Will you start wearing a crown?
When you question my decisions in front of the other Lords and Ladies, you undermine me!
Sansa Stark
So I can't question your decisions anymore?!
Sansa Stark
Joffrey never let anyone question his authority. You think he was a good King?
Do you think I'm Joffrey?
Sansa Stark
You're as far from Joffrey as anyone I've ever met.
Sansa Stark
You're good at this, you know.
Sansa Stark
At ruling.
Sansa Stark
You are! You are. They respect you, they really do, but... [Jon smirks] Why are you laughing?
What did Father use to say? "Everything before the word 'but' is horse-shit."
Sansa Stark
He never said that to me.
No. No, he never cursed in front of his girls.
Sansa Stark
Because he was trying to protect us. He never wanted us to see how dirty the world really is, but... Father couldn't protect me, and neither could you. So stop trying.
All right. I'll stop trying to protect you, and you stop trying to undermine me.
Sansa Stark
I'm not trying to undermine you! You have to be smarter than Father. You need to be smarter than Robb. I loved them, I miss them both, but they made stupid mistakes, and they lost their heads for it!
And how should I be smarter? By listening to you?
Sansa Stark
Would that be so terrible?
[Maester Wolkan approaches]
MWMaester Wolkan
A raven from King's Landing, Your Grace.
[Wolkan bows and leaves as Jon unrolls the scroll]
"Cersei of House Lannister, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms..."
Sansa Stark
What does she want?
"Come to King's Landing. Bend the knee, or suffer the fate of all traitors."
Sansa Stark
You've been so consumed with the enemy to the north that you've forgotten about the one to the south.
I'm concerned with the Night King because I've seen him. And, believe me, you'd think of little else if you had, too.
Sansa Stark
We still have a Wall between us and the Night King; there's nothing between us and Cersei.
There's a thousand miles between us and Cersei. Winter is here, the Lannisters are a southern army. They've never ranged this far North.
Sansa Stark
You're the military man but I know her. If you're her enemy, she'll never stop until she's destroyed you. Everyone who's ever crossed her, she's found a way to murder.
You almost sound as if you admire her.
Sansa Stark
I learned a great deal from her.
You all crowned me your King. I never wanted it. I never asked for it. But I accepted it because the North is my home! It's part of me, and I will never stop fighting for it, no matter the odds! But the odds are against us. None of you have seen the Army of the Dead. None of you. We can never hope to defeat them alone. We need allies. Powerful allies. I know it's a risk, but I know I have to take it.
Sansa Stark
Then send an emmissary! Don't go yourself!
Daenerys is a Queen. Only a King can convince her to help us. It has to be me.
Sansa Stark
You're abandoning your people! You're abandoning your home.
I'm leaving both in good hands.
Sansa Stark
Whose?!
Yours. You're my sister, you're the only Stark in Winterfell. Until I return, the North is yours.
[Arya and Sansa meet at their father's tomb]
Do I have to call you "Lady Stark" now?
Sansa Stark
Yes. You shouldn't have run from the guards.
I didn't run. You need better guards. It suits you: Lady Stark. Jon left you in charge?
Sansa Stark
He did. I hope he comes back soon. I remember how happy he was to see me. When he sees you, his heart will probably stop.
[They gaze at the statue of Ned Stark]
It doesn't look like him. Should've been carved by someone who knew his face.
Sansa Stark
Everyone who knew his face is dead.
We're not. They say you killed Joffrey. Did you?
Sansa Stark
I wish I had.
Me, too. I was angry when I heard someone else had done it. However long my list got, he was always first.
Sansa Stark
Your list?
Of people I'm going to kill.
[Sansa stares at her for a moment, then they both laugh]
Sansa Stark
How did you get back to Winterfell?
It's a long story. I imagine yours is, too.
Sansa Stark
Yes. And not a very pleasant one.
Mine, neither. But our stories aren't over yet.
Sansa Stark
No, they're not.
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